The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-23
POPE BENEDICT 8
SUCCESSOR T0BE
SELECTED SOON
Meeting Of Sacred College First
Week in February
ONE VOTE FROM AMERICA
Cardinal 0Connc!l of Boston
Leaves Tomorrow TO Par
ticipate In Election

Boston. Jan Cardinal 0cou
nell VIII eaiI for Rome tomorrow {.
participate In the election OF Pop,
l'onedict's suroessor. a. Cardinal
Doueherty IS at present IN the West
indies
Cardinal O'Conncll WI De the on'y
American With voice ana vote iu
tho election
Rome, Jan 90 CBy taa Associated
rress)-The mectIng.<oi the sacred
college 10 aiect successor to Pope
beucdict WLl begin February or O.
In the basllica az 81 Peter5 the
body o. Pore Benedict lay in state %.
day while throngs OF people passed
before the Cataalque The body i-
Tobed iE VIII 70 With sto ant
chausablc OF red embroidered with
gold The head wearing the p0ut u
cal crown rests on cushions Of rad
and gold velvet The hands wearlue
purple gloves hold a rosary and are
clasped over the breast The body
was born into the church by ushprs
in medieval costumes of scarlet
Rome Jan 23--tRy the Assoc.at
cd ProssJ -Arrayed Ia u,. sanoni
Gals. with golden mitre. owes ana
ring. the body OF Ben jiat NV lies in
state in tic throne room. ON the floor
immed ately below the apartment iu
which be died
For mnny 'ogrs yesterday % tho
room whrrc the Pouu ( had made
his lght for life camo continuous
stream CT officials. the represent.
;lycs OF foreign nations. high pru-
lates and others Then ate iu tho
afternoon, IL gorgeous procession.
composed OF Palatiuc guards. gend.
armes, the Sw SO Guard. secret clam.
herLain5 and honorary chambnr.a.ns.
tie body .bei soiemuiy t.anspoIt.t
down thh fuya staircase. Though
C.emeatine Han into the throne
room, where II was paced ua e.
;ai.ed cGlafl0ra, before which 49,
hole diplomatic corps lult dev0a.
reverence.
The Sac.sta1 Zompui gave a5so.
lutiop, aud the Cardua spiuk.ed
holy water nh 'e tho gen ,ant.ar.es
increasingly chaltei prlyors answer
ID by kEN"l!ng 0ulI0ec-y immedi
gtey after ards 'hr doors were
opencd . the mu'titldes desrcui o.
leokihg cor the last time Oa the d.
la-ted Poutr
2 Sacred Congregation con eu.
cd Sunday morning when the Csrdi.
AS were informed OF the Popes
death Nith the exec Ju of Ca,I-
! az Eao-a-ri tine p..I S.c-vtay OF
state. they gatnwel in beugd CTS
private apartment Gaspa-ri 10 due
und solemn 'W. escorted by TIE
Swiss Guard iu tIl dress aad accom-
panied by TIN utrlht,s Hud 1.u'y'"'
cf the Reverend Aroatl'r Chamhor
cu,eTeI t'e u.lrtmcLlS "a tsW midI
ps L. rr. pe VII administer o."
Hoy See du irg uc nt,rrcgnum.
With h ~ also Was Nea !gnor sin
torO. necretmy o. Oh Sac"pt College.
Ca.ciGM Cas.ati surrounded hy
She Cari.'aY then proceeded '1
Verify the death Bou,dlct. extend.
.nc over TIE l!te'css form o silver
Wand aud crying cut Gia'umo.
giacOmo. Gmcomo' lie opened the
Certificate cf death and declared
omlnus papa nnster mur'uu' est
thus NLnounc ns officially tie Pope b
GcGth
The oTlcid and semloGcial Va
icnn or2t,us gave sis o.c ok 1888 Eve
time o. t.'o p0pes Geuth.
THO. Cardinal was asked at what
lpuf death had occurred and +" r..
Med: "EXctiy at this minutes
AZ -this Identical moment the behi
of st. Peter 8 st.uck the FIRST siroh'
uf Six o'c Wk
pope Bencdict XIV Che 2ilth sue
lcesor OF 81. Peter as supreme head
~ the Roman Catholic Church. BEGAN
his pout 1cate on sen em''"r = ~, -
scon after Europe entered upon It's
raur years o war, Upon many o,cl.
ions during war be endeavored
,,, bring the belligeTent nations u
peace arrangement and thus 20 man.
tain the title which hed been at.ec-
fiopa.e bestowed upon him by higA
dianitary cf his commuN n as d
,neseenget God sent 10 '-'.' peace
The war between italy ana AUSTRIA
IN both OF whir peoples o. l'
catholic reAgicn predomInGt"l was
uartlcunrly great sorrow q the
ponc Those nenr to him said b" dep'
rera,ed the German violation of Hel'
rinm When the Lus tan'u was SUNK
n, photographed to the ten Empwo,
William his nbhorrance ci a deol
which had shocked the world. .,
The successor of Plus y was sl!'
+, have combined the sutesmanslI3 y
Of pope leo NH with the grace oi
MA Immediate predecessor lie en-.
deayored II rs said 70 carry ont il"
.Jes's and policies o those two greal
churchmen. But the world war,
which hrcke the 'eart Of Plus y saA.
daned The first iou, years Of his pom
tiftate aud prevented the mli''men'
of somo of his aspirations
one of the incidents of his POM '
fc,i career was the visit which presl
dept Wilson paid to him on Januar'
1919. eaen tho President went to-
rome prior to the opening OF the
pence conferentt at Paris. Social
and treaty questions were diacassed.
II is said during the private audi