Evening star., 1922-02-03
DARK SMOKE PUFFS
Twice TELL THAT
POPE IS UNCH0SEN
First Two Efforts Prove
FruitIess, Signal Tells
Waiting Crowds.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, February 3-The third and
fourth ballotS were taken by the
cOnclave OF the sacred college this
evening in an effort to choose q sue
cesxOr to Pope Benedict. There was
no choice, however, on either ballot.
ROME. February 3.-Voting for the
election of Pope to succeed Benedict
XIV was begun by the conclave of the
sacred college today. Two ballots
had been taken up to / o'clock this
afternoon. on neither of which any
cardinal received sufficient number
Of votes to be elected.
Fifty-three members of the sacred
college assembled in the historic
Sistine Chapel today to cast their
first ballots in the elections of the
new Pope. The doors Of the Vatican
were closed yesterday with the
centuries-old ceremony. to remain
shut until the next pontiff is chosen.
Cardinal Marini, who has influenza.
was taken into the Vatican before the
doors were closed. 1t had been thought
he would be unable to attend. He
did not participate in the opening
ceremonies. remaining in bed.
Four ballots will be taken daily,
instead of two, as has been the rule,
1T Is learned through the Irish Col
lege. and confirmed in other quar-
ters The number and issue Of the
successive ballots will be evident to
the people coneresated outside of
burning. q common iron stove hav-
ing been installed just outside the
thrones in che ss ssiss1Hs eaapsi. n Sar'asss Wo
sacks of straw lie nearby. This is
used to color the smoke of the burn
ing voting papers. dark smoke ihdi-
eating to the crowds watching the
chimney that there is still no cleo
tion and light vapor that a new POPE
reigns.
First Vote Merely Test.
The first vote, it is thought. will be
merely in the nature of a test of the
drift of sentiment. Progress after
that. however, is expected to be fairly
rapid, Cardinal Gasparri and Others
having indicated their belief that the
conclave will not be long-lived.
There is much interest in Rome in
the effort of Cardinal O'Connell, Arch
bishop of Boston. to reach here in
time to participate in the voting. The
steamship President Wilson, on which
he is passenger. Is not expected in
Naples before Monday. and it is
feared that he may be disappointed,
as he was In 1914. when Pope Bene-
dict was elected while the cardinal
was speeding toward Rome from the
seaport in an automobile.
Prince Chigi. marshal of the con-
clave. and Cardinal ,Gasparri, the
camerlengo, or acting head of the
church. have taken precautions to
prevent the results of the various bal
lots from leaking out before the con-
clave is over. Greatest care was
taken in securing the doors and re-
inforcing the partitions which sktit
the area of the conclave from the rest
of the palace. All the attaches have
heen impre ssed that discretion shall
be exercised in the choice of the per-
sonnel of the staff so that no leak is
possible.
Carry Out Ceremonial
The conclare's isolation from the
outside world was carried out yester-
day with full ceremonial. Shortly
after lunch the cardinals met in the
Pauline Chapel. where "Veni Creator"
was sung: a procession then formed
led by Cardinal Vannutelli. dean of
the Sacred College, passing through
the Sala Regia to the Sistine Chapel,
where the hymn was concluded. The
cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel,
and behind closed doors the oath was
taken to maintain secrecy.
The camerlengo> Cardinal Gasparrf
and Cardinal Risleti, the first deacon,
surrounded by an escort of swiss
guards and acolytes. marched to Con-
sistorial Hall, where all the attaches
Of the conclave, including the clerks
of the household and those who are
to be in attendance on the cardinals,
assembled. Again the oath of secrecy
was administered, under pain of ex-
communication and any punishment
which the future holy father might
infiict.
The masters of ceremony then pro-
ceeded throughout the sacred palaces,
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