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Show I MULTITUDE VIEWS BODY OF POPE BENEDICT I 11 CARDINALS TO , NAME PONTIFF I' IN FEBRUARY y 'Robed Body cn Catafalque SI Placed in Basilica of J St. Peter's j SCENE IMPRESSIVE 11 American Churchman Must J Speed to Pe in Rome for 9 Grea. Conclave iH ROME Jan. M. (By the Associat- H .,j prM The meeting of the Secred ollege In conclave to elect n successor ! late Pope Benedict will open February I or P bi uai j 2, H was Btat- iBk While "li the Cardinal resident n I'uroF an fxprded to reach Rome in IIm time for the conclave; U Is considered gfW ir.me:v doubtful whether th Am- SI etlcan Cardinal will find it powih - H t, he prev.lt. a' bast for the ope- JnK of the session as the date set is J i.ireh ten days away. MM Maffl La Fontaine and Usui of 4 Plea, v-n.ee and Milan, re-lively, re-lively, are the most prominently m the most likely c andidates for the go H i successor to Pope BjeneldcL m j ardlnal Matri I .unced 1 K j of I h.-e tli" 1 prelates If :...,IE. .--.:y the a...m-- ?1 . In th. .""' v..,,,-- historic church, the body fit fcf ope Bei edl I XV I - Iti si iU toda W thronga passed reverentls A afalque Early In the day all that was n.or . tal of the late pontiff, whose death I V n the early hours of Sunday plunged ihc Church throughout the world Into ,.st mourning, was taken to Uie BlsUne Chapel from the throne room W , th , ,. ll had b. H placed on Sunday, then at :45 . lo. k It was solemnly carried to M Peter's attended by a procession of . ardlnals, priests, members of the dlp- B ...... u.- corps and dignitaries of the and placed on the atafalque, Kl . rounded by oth e candles m pi BLU VDMITTE5D. B Word was given that the public me would be idmltt Km ii o' lot and Immi crowda Immediately began entering the vast edifice and flliiiB by the BB Th.- bodv in robed in white, with fl stole and chassuble of red. embrolder- ed With gold. The head, wearing the 1 pontlficlal mitre, reposes upon cush- Ions of rod and gold velvet The H hands, wearing the pontlficial gloves m. ut purple llk ami holding the ros- arv uie clasped over the breast. BORNE I PON BI R. The body, as It was solemnly . brought into St. Peters, was bornu upon a red covered bier by ushers, j Bfl rlad In medieval costumes of scarlet . K.1 proci i" ded bj flclal police, with their el:, borate unl- forms of blue and white, walking, BH .th drawn swords, Following them; ere the palatine guards. In dark blue uniforms and plumes of black Wf M , feathers .-tandlng erect. L1 Mil I I l.ill'H Ml H9 The certificate of Pope Benedict's j death was registered at the city's bu-roau bu-roau of deaths today. It rea'djf j 'The undersigned physician berel tiitf-s that at 0 o'clock a m.. January1 . ills Holiness Pope Benedict XV. BH titacomo Delia Chiesa, expired follow-' Ing un attack of broncho-pneumonia B brought on by Influenza. B (Signed !. Raffaele Battlatloi." 1MERR INS TO 'i : Bi BOSTON Mass.. Jan. .'3. The! K plans for t'arumal i nell-- ..-.n,, H to Kome to participate In the election of a succesror to Pope Benedict weie announced today. H ;te will have only eight days to t ch Kome before the onnAve ope.. . and will sail tomorrow in the Presidents Wilson. As Cardinal B Dougherty of Philadelphia is In the. Weal Indies, Cardinal ''"onto 11. (or Bbveral days al Past. the only American with . voice and voit in the i is. t.on of the new head of the Roman Catholic church ; propi Rn i i ? i i .it v, 1-1 u .xi iN, Ji n BB SH hx liepl'ew. M.i I 'l pi I I IB Chleza. says a Central NV.vs dispatch ! KH from Rome today Variou .-U' ir H his private apartments wora b' q: th- Vl ed ' nls successor and there are many! IB bequests to relatives n.d son intfl |
