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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
CONCERNING Sail6sh and 0ther Things.

IlnT
TE1LA dear exclaimed lnzie as long as you arr ~ ~ ne
Brownies
good idea trip under the ocean: anu sec sO ~
~
mouth opened to answer ou' D'10i1 80 ~
"oh would never think Do you imagine want any
like Sharks or
added S"l
shore Tor
undersca III nave q soo' s''ep "o 90
] -
Pnzie he turned nc
Srmp the way you uu .aI ~
'Ftt
nodded gayly She seemed aH'oSt ." $4,000 "
posed Brownies - ,,o ,~,s,.1 bcr
the rocks LoryEns ran as
Cor nc
chance Oh oens
others) as -
times above
of found themselves
knew the whole party were
such fun that the Shrimp been Brownies weed te mp
wfsers paddle legs this way and ha' IN 's "
.,,. h,a ,oon
exclaimed Inc Shrimp that rna oce i
"ybat in the world near Sea can ma DC! -.
the which
pEe ABOUT as
it large In tiat
o Foo hi hoo =" Stella called as it passed
bit and opened us hou'n 50
ing buhbl through the wae: r,;.o -. ou
il then tilcNinG IT'S
Snookums up close 70 stella
'yvhy did you say Boo hoo he asked ., .,.,r,
o. particular Fish she answered
Il called and
4 OF Swordfsh rs you may nave s"N '' - 7
They swan quickly quecry and differently
vivid bright scarlet and there we're many '
changing co!os NsAA
all like
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
II TIL CORPORATION COURT or
! TIE CITY Or ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA.:


Commonwealth Of Virginia, rs. One
Cadillac Automobile. Information.
WHEREAS, an information has this
day been fled by Howard ". Smith,
Attorney tor tie Commonwealth, al
leglng that one Cadillac Automobile
Roadster Model Engine No. M57-53,
las been apprchcnded and seized by
the police department OI the City OK
Alexandria, Whlch automobile at the
time Of said apprehension and sciz-
urc was engaged IN the unlawful trans
portat:On OF ardent spirits and,
WHEREAS said Information prays
that said automobile be forfeited to
,ac Commonwealth and he condemned
and sold and the proceeds d!Sburscd
according to Law.
NOW IHLfEFORE, I'll! persons
concerned in interest in said automo-
Die are hereby cited and admonishcd
10 appear n the Corporation Court Of
Jnc City Of Alexandria. Virginia, at
ten O'Clock A. ~, on the 18th day Of
February. 1922, and show cause why
cAe prayer Of the information afore-
SAID toc the CONFORMATION and sale
Of said automobile should not be
granted.
Given undcr my hand this 3lst day
Of January, 1922.
NEWELL S. G2EENAWAY
Cleri: of the Corporation Court of the
City Ct Alexandria, Virginia. 27-5c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
About Dromedaries and camels.

About Dromedaries and .amels. .
nc ute al through tho flat
Not room wGs in order hat
you'd put pith torcthought aud care
Ia hopes thn. rhcn quiet cGme StiH Could be there
nd Pa III ks rraprcr in
settled exhausted, afternoon nap
TIE chj.dnn 1ri!h candy had con'onsy JED
md
Enrolw had trnitcd golden poultco,
Harfn0 ccircd it, had prompt notice
pockets nor and bill time ahead
SpIaH sad IN his head
he'd rccciu had he wanted;
4 hunayc nccktic the flduntedl
rho hou OF pine rccdc sacket did smell
Tissue al
Merru o all! II gear
too convnccG =
Daddy?" the children asked
bS writ thoughts sad
cried the e t6L 9asn'eF w mnF Fairy g ssor s
Her
father cxairnsd
land Wishing Fairy To-days story IS about
Can1elit it ,a,., -.
Daddy, the matter? You look so SAD
"Nohng l thinking
from? chidren ASKED as
comfortably down his zap .oh h o .o,r;,,
nitcd
,bo,tr he thinking of something else
places Here III the
that will ell US them ,-.,., 81,
which important as ne ivd
big, stretches SAND re
by which he could store away water
he
Fairy had made his wish come true
into lot INTO
he days without
dbnc merely liquid contained In these stom'cn cels
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
900 insects q week.

1t is estimated that the sparrow,
thought to be a city. bird, is found to
the extent of five pairs on each farm
in the Northwestern. part OF the
United States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01

&C a n I ana gir'e
and Pimzie -rinncd ex-
ri:etllr. Tel us"
"Wra. PYTHON said
Suo0 kum : imCres-
si"ciy. And s5n was
cofled around and
around Ter .Gss. Even
;:,urgh ! couiIn't help
feeling 4 bit afraid. II
reminded M ~ 4 hen
covering her egg. :1r
Mis-. ryth . ~ Il 9
El.aw ME i d 4 q q.
hooked Just IS c"ntle
and happy &od sleepy
auv old tcn trying
ii warm her gES ard
match out aeg family.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
nUUhiS FOX KEN

FOR RENT--ONE FURNISHED FRONI
room, ali moo ern. improvements. -tp-
ply. oI3 Soutn washington 81. I'nohe
1872. 2i-o-H
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FOR RENT-FCRNiSHED Room. HOT
and cold water. not WAFER i:vitt. A.'-
pay: liU Norm C0IuInuu3 -. 2b--Z-I
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81 For Best Results Use
~ GAZETTE
Classified Columns
HELP WANTED

w A n T E D-A SETTLED WOMAN
(white) to take care OF two children
and do light house work through cay
and go home nights. Apply Mrs
Thomas Cliff, 902 Prince ST.
27-2-P
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LOST-KEYS ON >LE&iBLE RING.
Notify ". C. Ioperts, 100 ). Union
ST. 26~--3-C
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Southern Railway System.

South North
81. m. I~rrriS S9"rtnl .2.l3 AIN
'S:ST Il III. WEsbrn.ton-iis r4.souhurg S:l3 = ~
tl1cE!b
1851 NJ. WIshiig on Iguvil.a :. Sis pm.
IiDcgii
s:3I AIN. Washington bnpvi,e :. .........
tEN;r"sSt
s:l1 m. Nv SG~k New Grleaps ln.t? n,
B::2 10. ul-iiIrr;scmbUr: q - p.u
tIn.SD
ali pm. birmingham Sreria; 1918 pm.
4.12 p.u Wasriurt0u-tiarSi srEl,aTr =; *; ! n
iIGcan
i:22 pm Wssh'ton- charlottesville I0.5s ny
'incril
5:o2 IN. Wsshir.tpr-N r-r"at"n "a. am
Local.
T.f7 u.rn. y. Y.-AIgUsts Askav.l.. -..3.r
iu.O7 y ul... WHshn.;na-A ils#'r 100: Il n
i".iI ..,n... Cnattanr1rn Limited 7..s y ~
E32 pm New In:s-N"w Orleans s:.S "A
tIiin!.edl
DAILY except Sundays.
). D. shelton. Ticket AceG.. Alexandria Va
+. y. burgess Div. lass Arent.
WAglir~ICn. ID. T.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01

FOR RENIAEiEG STREET APART
ment, / luu"., 49," -.I... -.
ard l.. rI.~..ul., 80 -Aii'-o. ''"''~
1891. -.
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LOST AND FOUND

,LOST-SYRA CORD TIRE, S4X4, Satur-
day between Central Garage on
Washington street and Cnas. King
and Son. Reward ii returned to
Chas King. 25-3-P
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01

python around Monkey and crush
~ rrsi. s1aare as he answered this aoes'" that
% @ s"2o5g,'I In l put 2 hn was 50 atu, tina, don't think
would forget fool IS though could still heir the aGr' i
returned the world where
s5n waiI lot m: nns s5o At
s ;3 times saw several different r''"s Would 20" like to s ABOUT
should against some soft
almost interesting having them oneself love IT," .. go,
OF missing only
tires T cve% INK on the xcins things that
ai n a Perhaps %$ 9dd ed S With ss0 ya~n
10 love to be %ty ard not 10 be sea or hnI6 y 10 Is s b s
S% h9 It's true he only hears ~ n or wow sna t "' MS
you 2 and he S turned hs gc smiling fsss
rfss under huge t bf, ]9R a was @ s
asleep tired but suddenly,
o fG ,Eo Tas as " though one Of the
looked though were frozen with
- soon as realized
5 d f G s e o2 like s""S the
s. TG1 way and Ia, s2 ss n5si s' {
and Senm' h 1sp TD n n asn e head f.
s b '9f the I9 hdn had been lebra trying pas
de- g Si and @n df around so 5ns ,1 anss am"
ssf4 "i va, 'sS" 'stsn asFs and S"s ~
lIr bumped into--no there IN is@2
and "f Emit o' =r 9ns's slE5MHII
@,,rs r'yi13a" sata I|zYas s
con1 IND and and ,I4lz$5 " y
. .ssS BIT Sn'. 45 2eh t LIzss s zssaS .
Y. a.: :: q. 81:
any irving /a
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FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS

AUIU REPAIRING - KEEP YOUR
ruid cars and trucks on the Job ~
letting LYONS SEltS.CE GAkAGC
MAKE nlsnI repairs ut Regular prices.
L.,lIinaleS given on al repairs. III
.<vrtu Pit ST., Phones 945 and SAT.
lift
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Snookums Tells q Strange Tale.

time You saw a
Python coil around unfortunate little Monkey ana crush
A-g rrr2ie stddcrcd he answered this question that
SnooNtrn hah 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01

w A n 7 f D-CooK. APPLY So9
Cameron ST., 26-tl.
WANTED = COMPETENT STENOG-
rapher and typist. Apply to Health
Officer, City Hall. 26--1-C
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-23
st. pauls,s. f., Washington, d. c..

st. PaulsNs. e., Washington, d. c.
j. w. Manokey.
ST. Johns, Chatham, Ontario--R. ].
Scott.
81. Marks, Merchantville, n. j.
Joshua King.
ST. Johns, Goshen, n. Y.--Simon
Guy.
,Nickham, Port Jarvis, n. Vt L.
Holden.
Mt. Pisgah, n. w. Washington, d. c.
Robert lrby.
McCalvary, spenccrsville, Md.--w.
r. Brogden.
St. Johns, Newark, Del, c. Den
nison.
Bowens' Circuit Union Bridge, Md
G.. W. Fowler.
i, Mt. Pleasant, Mardella Springs, Md.
j. A. Redding
st. Johns Chapel, Chester, n. y
To be supplied,
Bethany Mission, Philadelphia. II.
Connor.
Mt. Tabor, Baltimore, Md. NJ:
Stevens.
st. Stephens, Hurley, n. Wv. A.
Richardson.
Conference Evangelist--Mrs, Annie
Nj. Smith of Norristown, Pa.
Conference Financial Agent--Mrs,
Mary Smith. Washington, ID. c.
General Missionaries-Dan Harris
and Mrs. katherine.
District --Dilsworthtown|
Pa; j. w. Morgan: Delaware county
Pa, John T. DENLY; Newark, n. j., Nj
B. jackson; Hartford county, Md, Jas
II. Bishop; District of Columbia, n. ID
Hall; Alexandria, Va, l.. l.. Strange
Delaware county, Pa, Mrs. Lucind'
Morgan: Montgomery county, Pa, Mrs
Bertha Ross; Chester county, Pa, Mrs
NJ. A. Pope; Camden county, n. j., Mrs
Elizabeth johnson and Mrs. ). II
Downs; Washington, ID. e., MIR
Mamie Williams; 5. L. Washington
Mrs. Mary Scribner and J. IL. Howell o
New Jersey.
The Conference adopted resolution
requesting the United States Senator
from Delaware and other States IN TIN
Conference bounds TO support the Dye
Anti-Lynching bill,
Favorable action was taken on resolu
ton recommending to the General Con
ference, which meets every fourth yea
and which will convene in September o
this year in Wilmington, that the It'll
of the presiding officer of the Conferenc
be changed from president to bishop.
1t was voted to raise $1,000 extra 10
missionary work this year. The con
ference next year will meet in Chester
Pa.
There were but two changes anon
the pastors of Delaware churches. Rev
Jacob +. Deshelds of st. Johns Church
Newark, where the Conference was hell
was transferred to st. James Church
Towson, Md. and Rev. J. c. Dennisol
was moved from Star Of Bethlehem
Church, Newport to Newark. Rev
G.. D. Trusty secretary Of the Confer
cnce, becomes pastor at Newport, BEN
transferred from Amber, Pa.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-23
PASTORS LOCATED
! FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Appointments Announced by A,
. v. N. p. Conference in SEES
sion at Newark Today.

Special pispatch to Every Evening.
Newark, MAY %. AT the closing scs-
s,on Of the 10th annual Conference OF
the African Union Methodist Protestant
Church, today. the appointment OF
pastors and other conference officials
~ decided on by the Rev. J. II. Bell,
ID. d, president and his committee on
appointments, were read by the Rev.
c. ~. Trusty, conference secretary. The
conference takes in Delaware, Mary
land. Virginia, District OF Columbia
rcnnsylvania, New Jersey, New York
and y part OF Canada. The pastoral
appointments follow:
Mricsn Union Church--Wilmington
j ". Brown.
Ehcnczcr Norristown. Pas. w.
Chippey. 49,
81 paul's, South Wilmington--G. II
Murphy.
81 Peters, wilmington-P. J. Rob
ison.
- James, wilmington--I VI. Miller
Star Of Bethlehem, Newport, De. -
(. ID Trusty
st John $, Chester, Pa.-C.C. Collin,
Rosanna, Lincoln University, Pa
j. G. Comments.
Emmanuel, Amber, Pa.-Samuel
Hines.
Scott, Camden, ~ J-P Q. Hicks.
John Wesley Rutherford, y. y
j. Edward Nichols.
Nj. Pisgah, Wilmington-G. W
Williams
Providence, Elkton, Md. c.
Blscklcdge.
Cedar Hill, Northeast, Md.-C. II
Walker.
Wesley Henry, Colts, Md.-S.
Holland.
Nj, salem. Pcnwick, \. IA. d
Hammond
New Jerusalem, Clsysvillc, n. j
4 NJ Walker.
Manlcv, Havre de Grace, Md.-G. \
sheppey
Chippcy's Chapel, Hockessin, Del
Il T Rector
Wai,es. Hyland Park. Md.-Henr
Mates
-. James. Towson, Md.-7Jaoob j
Desheilds.
Trinity Circuit, Centrcville, Md
: IL Jones.
Tyasking and Quantico Circuit, Md
" A. Brown.
81 Thomas, Glasgow, Del-S-
Mills
ST Marks Elk Neck. Md.-S. II
johnson
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-23

citation made public yesterday. This was
said 10 be an increase OF 10000 tons
over tho previous week and 1000 tons
mere than the losdinxs for the first
week OF April.
The association also reported G0b
mines In the state were working,
which, Il was said. was an increase Of
30 mines over the previous week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-23

Some timS Sunday nisht thieves
entered the once OF Holmes Jones. mt
800 Shipioy street. Personal effects
were carried away, II was reported TO
the police.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-23
COAL SHIPMENTS INCREASE.
10000 Tons More Inst Week Than
| Previous Seven Days In w. NR.

Charleston, w. Va. May 23.--Coal
loaded In the West Virginia nelds dur
ing the week ending May 81, amounted
TO 1.b3o,7t0 tons. according to the re-
port OF the West Virginia Coal Asso-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-23

Every bit RI dullncss disappears
with a Golden Clint Shampoo.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-10
UTAH Steel. PLANT
ADDS MORE men
@TEEL PLANT PREPARES TO Rs-
suME OPERATIONS ON iNcREAs-
ING BASIS AT MiDvALg
Plans Are Announced to Put Seventy
i've More Workmen on Jobs
February 10 and Gradually
Build Up Force

htIdvale One hundred men were
put TO work ut the MidvaIe. Utah
plant of the Utah Steel corporation
Wednesday, according to Morris RIO
saaibiatt, general manager Of TINT com
pany. Another seyenty-fiva men will
DO added to the norce on February 10.
and frogn then on additions to the
working orgaization win be made from
time 10 time. as conditions improve
and q market for steel products de-
vel0ps, until the plant has reached
u capacity basis. The present re-
sumption IL about one4haif capacity.
The mills OF the Utah sted corpor-
alton viii, fowevar. reach capacity
wfthin the next thirty days, while
the open hearth department win com
time on the 10 per cent basis for
sonae time. MIR. Rosenbiatt estimates.
Other Industries also are making pre-
yarntion for q break In the Industrial
depression OF the past several months.
Marked Improvement In conditions
and indications that this Improvement
will continue are given by MIR. Rosen-
biatt AS tina reasons for saSAiming
steel production at thsi time. ssThera
can be no question as TO the general
Improvement OF conditions during the
past few weeiss." he said. awe have
orders for steel on hand and pros
poets for future orders that warrant
an Immediate resumption Of opera
tlons. Our plant will Increase It's
production as the demands for steel
increases, and personally I believe
the return 10 capacity will be rapid.
We are pleased with the projects,
not only because 1t means we are
back In the market. but because 1t
seems 10 herald an immediate relief
from the acute sufferangs of the I'M
employed"
In addition TO the reopening OF the
Utah Steel corporations plant, 1t was
learned Friday that during the past
few weeks the Garfield smelter has
had q repair force grooming that min
20 readiness In anticipation OF re-
sumption of ore shipments by the
Utah Copper company. Officials of
the latter company said that
there has been no change from the
situation as reported few weeks
ago and that no definite plans for
resuming operations have been made.
Condition OF the copper market does
not at this time warrant q resump-
ton OF production.
Previous announcements have fixed
a tnetative date for reopenlng the
copper mines Al April 1, and 1t Is the
hope for thisbe Ing the case that led
the smelter people 10 commence pre-
parations for the resumptioat II is
said
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-10
California plans sohool 80

Chicago The California system of
school taxation was advocated as a
model by g. w. Washburn, superin-
tendent Of schools Of WinnetlSa, Ill.,,
before the Illinois League OF Women
Voters citizenship school Thursday.
ITO equalize the burden N taxpayers
and to equalize opportunities for chill
dren.p he said, 1T Is necessary that
the state and county together benr APP
proSilnately two-thpds Of the burden
of school taxation, as is done in Cali
fornia.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-10
Another sack Holder

Los Angeles-When John Harkobus
opened q sack he had been told con
talned $300,o00 and found only pieces
OF newspapers, he went to the police
station, according to report on file
there Thursday. He explained he had
drawn $1,000 from the bank and given
Il to two men he met in Pershine
square as surety that he would act in
good faith in helping them give $500.
600 to the poor. They took the $1,000
he said, and left him the sack.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-10
Wac Passenaer q Eirst shlp.

Weymouth, England. A clergyman
who as boy OF six crossed on the first
passenger steamship TO the United
States eighty-four years ago recently
preached a sermon at St Paurs church
here. He Is the Rev. Vincent r. Ran
some, aged 90, perhaps the Oldest
clergyman In the United Kingdom,
He had to be helped into the pulpit,
but his voice WIS stlll clear and
strong. He sailed for the United
States on the steamship Sirius, which
left England on March 2s. 1888, the
passage to New York taking about
three weeks.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-10
GOVERNMENT TO
PROBE TRAGEDY
WASHINGTON THEATRE WRECK
TO BE pRoRED BY FED
EaAL GOVERNMENT
Faulty CONSTRUCTION or Lax lnspec.
tIon WIN be Handled In Courts
Attorney General DsuGherty
Says In 8tatemens

Washington All the powers of the
federal government win be exercised
20 probe the Knicierbocker theatre
catastrophe, which cost the lives OF
many few days ago, 1t was learned
Tuesday DIT the department OF justice.
III the Investigation shows faulty or
cheap construction and lax building In
snection methods, those responsible
will be charged with criminal negli-
genre md reIentlesslv prosecuted. At
torney General Daugherty has deter
mined.
Congress, the executive departments
and the district government have
joined In comprehensive Inquiry into
every phase Of the disaster
Police Tuesday claimed that care
full checkup had decreased the death
list to ninety-five, that several errors
and Implications had been discovered.
sixty-two OF the ia injured still are
In the hospitals.
Six OF the best army and navy con
struction engineers win investigate the
construction OF the theatre for the
department of Justice
Reports are current that concrete In
the walls and roof was In a crumbly
state and that reinforcements were
lacking.
The report OF the army.navy experts
win be placed before federal grand
jury here, which already has started
an Investigation Of the case.
A coroner's Jury has been impaneled
and will start its inquiry within a few
days. Local building inspectors have
made preliminary tests.
The prevailing opinion OF engineers,
such as Colonel Charles Keller, district
commissioner, Is that the weight of the
snow on the roof would not have
caused the roof to cave In with deadly
effect Ii there had not been some
fundamental defect in construction.
Meanwhile the senate was expected
TO adopt a resolution of Senator Cap
per, Kansas, which calls for an in
quiry by the senate district committee
particularly into reports that ring
Of profiteerlng contractors, in league
with local building inspectors, has been
putting up cheap ana Dangerous build
ings here.
The demand for complete inyests
cation is most insistent over the
stunned and saddened city which
Tuesday buried ten of the dead. Mean
while the work OF razing the remain
ing walls Of the theatre has started.
The work Is progressing slowly be-
cause of the danger Of collapse,
which would bury workmen.
South American diplomats Tuesday
attended services for Nine. Virginia
Feaud, sister of the Guatemalan min-
ister, Bianchi, held during the after
noon from the Guatemalan legation
and st. Paul's Catholic church, after
which the body was to be sent u
Ventura, Cal,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-10
SMOKE SIGNAL. IS
BEING WATCHED
TASK OF SELECTING SUCCESSOR
TO POPE BENEDICT XIV IS
NOW UNDERWAY IN ROME
Crowds Are In Daily Attendance To
Watch for Thin Column Of Va
por From Chimney to De-
note Election

Rome-The conclave of the Sacred
college which Is to choose success
sor to Pope Benedict XIV began its
sittings Thursday. The fifty-two car
dinals who are In Rome went into
seclusion Wednesday night, and when
the great oak barrier at the entrance
Of the courtyard of st. Damasco was
closed they were cut off from codnmuni-
cation with the outside world until
their sacred task was done.
The balloting is not expected to CON
sumo more than a few days, and the
next pope, in the concensus of opinion
In vatican circles, will come from
among the moderate section of the
Sacred college. Neither the "irrecon-
ciliables" nor the peace party which
favors closer relations with the Italian
government, is understood to have
chance to elect its candidate, the mod.
crates holding the balance of power.
Crowds gathered in st. Petersburg
square to watch for the telltale smoke
wreaths from the chimney of the sis
tine chapel where the conclave sits.
A ballot is taken on the morning and
evening of each day the conclave is
In session, and these smoke puffs are
the only indication to the watchers as
to the progress made. When no cleo
ton is effected little straw is burn
ed with the voting papers, causing
the smoke to assume dark color.
When choice is finally made, the bal
lots, burning alone, emit a thin wisp
of light smoke.
Until the election the only communf-
cation between the approximately $50
persons in the vatican and the outside
+, is through the ''rota'' or turning box
at the entrance of the court yard, and
such communications as are made in
this way are not allowed to come to
the attention Of the cardinals. Penal
| ties for violation of this secrecy is ex,
communication.
| The confidence that the concIaye
would be of short duration is shared
| by Cardinal Asparri, who, In making
provisions for the sustenance of the
cardinals, only provided menus for
three days. Others who believed the
election would be brief pointed out
that the cardinals generally were in
favor of continuation of the late
pontiff's policy, and that there was
therefore nothing to do but choose a
man who would follow out that pro-
gram.
AS the conclave convened 1t APP
peared that the s'irreconcilables,a
headed by Merry del Val, and the
peace Party" under Gasparrl, could
each count on about twenty votes, the
remaining twelve constituting the mod
crate section. The candidate of Mer-
nv del Walls group was said to be Car
dinal Lafontaine, while either Cardln-
ais Gasparri; Maffi or Ratti was said
to be acceptable to those favoring Il
irapprochment with the quirinaI. Car
dinal laurent was mentioned as a
candidate who might be put toward
4 by the moderates and fully satisfy
both factions.
Cardinal Marini has Influenza ana
will be unable to attend the conclaYe.