Evening star., 1922-02-04
CARD|NALSAGA|N
FAIL TO PICK POPE
First Two Ballots FruitIess,
Paper Reports Cardinal
MistrangeIo Leading.
BY the Associated Press.

| by tne ASsOclaleu fTesS.
ROME. February 1.-Two ballots
for the election OF a successor to
Pope Benedict were taken by the
| conclave of the sacred college to-
day, but without result. no candidate
receiving a sufficient number of
votes.
Not all the members OF the crowd.
however, were satisfied that the
smoke spiral of the second ballot
was definitely of the hue which in
dicated no choice. and eventually
there was a rush by several thou
sand up the steps of st. Peters in the
belief that the smoke indicated a
choice had been made. Diplomats
Vatican balcony waved their hands
negatively to the multitude below,
| but the crowd. which had rushed
forward in the expectation of receiv-
| Ing the first benediction from the
| new pontiff. was still skeptical.
Smoke began to appear from the
chimney of the Sistine Chapel. where
the conclave was in session. shortly
| before IL o'clock, for the first ballot
| The expectant crowds watched eager
ly from the moment the first wisps
| showed themselves, but the smoke
cloud at once began to assume the
| telltale dark color, which indicated
! that there had been no choice.
A report was circulated at IL O'Clock
| this morning that the choice of new
| Pope had been reached by the sacred
conclave. This was based on a ru-
NOR that no food had been ordered for
! further sessions Of the cardinals.
Prelates about the Vatican who are
| not taking part in the conclave say
that such a alQuick election would point
! to the choice of Cardinal Gasparri
who was secretary of state under the
/ late BENEDICT XIV.
| According to custom, the supply of
food sent in to the cardinals while
| in conclave is restricted after they
i have sat three days, and after five
days they are served nothing but
bread, wine and water.
According to the Stefani News
Agency, mass was celebrated in the
! Sistine chapel at $3.50 o'clock this
morning with all the cardinals pres
/ ent, after which the balloting was
| resumed.
Cardinal Marini Better.
! Cardinal Marini, it was added, had
recovered sufficiently from his illness
! to participate in todays proceedings
| Doubt as to the color of the smoke
signals from the chimney of the Sis
! tine Chapel yesterday morning caused
| some confusion, but the eagerness
! with which the thrOngS assembled pe-
fore St. Peters was evidence that the
| populace would not have been sur
prised at an election on the first bal
lot, insufficient tow, it seems. was
mixed with the straw in which the
ballots were burned, this resulting in
! light smoke, the sign of election.
! Discretiontprevails inside and out
| side the Vatican, and no inkling
| aside from the smoke puffs. may be
/ gathered as to the activities of the
| conclave.
! Ell Mundo. under the heading "The
First Indiscretion,' is the only newspa-
per venturing to publish purported
result of what the conclave accom-
plished in it's first days sitting.
/ This account says that Cardinal
Gaspari and Cardinal Lualdi. Arch
bishop of Palermo. were leading on
| the first ballot, with Cardinals La
Fontaine and laurent next. there
being scattered votes for Cardinals
Ascaliessi. Lega, Ratti and Tacci-
Porcelli. Allsare Italian members OF
the sacred college.
Cardinal Mistrnngelo I'm Lead.
| The second ballot, according to the
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