The Omaha Daily Bee. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nehi sks-Flioe . For ln a-Showers; colder. For weather report h Pag 3. THE OMAHA DEE ton . tb homM Is read by th morner aella goods for advertisers. L. X.XXIX NO. 2-TJ, OMAHA. TUESDAY MOllNIXU, AVUll, .". UMO-'HVKliVK PAGES. sixiui: con two ckntk. MILLION FIRE BURNING YET Rnini of Miney Mill, Nye-Schneider-Fowler Plant and Yarded Cart Are Flaming Still. OWNERS COUNT THEIR LOSSES Reaffirm Estimate of $1,000,000 Reached on Scene fay The Bee. BIG INSURANCE PROTECTION Policies Corer Most of Damage in the Scourged District. PALE OF SMOKE OVER SCENE wrote to the former president at Khartum I a full story of political events during the Vapors and Fumes from Tangle of j ,!me ,he distinguished hunter was m the , , j African Jungles. It also Is known that DebriS Hang ADOVe. .William Loeb, Jr., who was Tresldent . I Roosevelt's secretary, now collector" of cus- toma at New York, has maintained com FUGITIVES BACK INTO HOMES I mi.nlcatlon with Colonel Roosevelt both Rehabilitations of Houses in Danger Zone Has Begun. VEERING WIND FANS EMBERS .lr fin rt men I 'a Filthier Invade Pit of Deal riicl Inn Willi 1 1 one Lines to I n ii I Serlhlnir Tanule wt Tultled llulns. i Kir- Fta-tlng at midnight Sunday ni;,ht, wiv'ng u'lt the Nyo-Scbnpldcv-l-'ouler r-kalor, the Maney Milling jiK.Pt una score. i.f box cars, Is bttrn ii n .1. tbt! in. ns l to. In y. 1 h fire n i.,;. ii s .i -.uunv (if Kiilblej ilatij;';' to l ii i . which il lliii atviii'.l l.ibt i,.;.. t :.t ! . v. 1 1 . t' wiiUu ufiy liani i . .. . :.. ! . -ti!i::!io.4 of i;ie flaws il't' where winds .III tic (Nli-i!- in the ? I-1 wmk lrrm. t !- "l bv in r" ro f '. ' nioM-'e i t . v. - .f : Dl. !., sc IH Of '- i 'mi lr? ?iil it few t n Vr th.it -' r i inl'i 1:1 ! t i v'nr I i". Inl-Hv - ! " v i i' In i .' h? 1 i i'l'i) itin I'nm 'irp t.i . w h it it oirli a considt T- ' - " !') : )int pn ' . I.. . , f ? li, llllll -o (l,o l,,iild- :,r:-' f v f,rn,0iin to JP, ii'i.fii.O on vii'vf"r; 'Ci'or linr In th' vol . i,M ...i,,.- r.. that In ctfi ori i- t'-o ls nt thi Nye SehnPiriVr i. .. iiirTjt ta fully em rivrl hv Insur i ft' n T'-f estllnrfiM of ilmnagp v.ere innr I'.iiislile. How many olhrrs lost In e 'i't'1Hy mrri-lnR by Snm lol I If'-i i't sccilonn !s not known. The tci , . . . ., i ; c gale carried ihe the so fast that those rh. tiKi IrMn t troarurcr of the com- " 1 " " ., . , . wlio tiltrniptcd to rido ahead of it were "V- i coinpriud to swerve from its path, and at t i"n rn tf M:infv iniMintj plant Is ; one place the Llaxe made n lump of lSj rt C 1 r 0 . 0 1 r , nrcorrtlnK to T. V. fe t ne.vss breaking and started on the T'""!:". i mincer. ' ""'.trance overs v. H' !n 10 rf cent of tho los. .Innirs A. V.WW-, loral agont of tho ("hit nf o' Orfi'.U Western ratlronl, sat-J .Tc.i 'ry that the eompnny has not rle lirr.i'riel whether :h los to th? In- rlcnrn r'rn t olpvatol will ho hoavy or HKi,t Wo cannot co:ernl!n. said Mr. j Kllis, "whRt our loss will be until w ; ''iike 1 in in n U In pert Inn of the grain' 'tnrl the Ir.ill ltns;. Without making a ', tlos? Insnocilun It v.ntili! nem tint tho Jreatist cltmiar,i ns that done to the jVtlnt on tht hvillint, h'it ' do not know whether our grain Is (lnmasei or riot. There 1r a wide ronpe at which : Oiir losses might he nlacinl, aril t hoy tn be quite lisht or heavy. At pre.- i put il would srem thst we tirl not s.if I fr very honvy dsmago." ' i Ailjastera Are llasy. Insurkiuo adjusters maintain that j thi reported damage exceeds the ac- tual losses, even taking Into account i the ('m-pi'tainty of the hox ear and In-j i'.ppondiU ''1 'rotor losses, .loseph Har-! krr, secretary for H. K. Palmer, Son & Co., Insurance agents. mUl that he thought the damage co' .d not possibly exceed $1,000,000, and he did not think that It would come within sev eral nundred thousand of that amount. The marks of the fire lie all over the city. In the path of the wind a continuous shower of embers and spark rained down district of the city Turning street. It was rt wakiful on the residence as far north a.-i restless night tn r-.il of Omaha. People on the housetops far norlh watched what little of the f v theie wa within their view. Vp and down the alley, throughout the city householders ere on the alert to MHii,p out tiny blaies that startal from ih shower of Kpaiks. Many at ad for hour on the outflde of ihelr homes (Continued on Pa Two) President Taft In Touch with Predecessor Story that Senator Root and Col lector Loeb Are Mediums of Communication. WASHINGTON, April 4. -President Taft In In no doubt about the attitude of Theo ilnie Roosevelt. Ills predeipssm , towards his administration. Roosevelt Is not depending upon chance nfeetlng.i with American, newspaper men or others for Information as to the attitude of his successor towards the problems besetting the executive. These two sentences comprise the substance of a report current In Washington today. This report, to atale It d'rectly, was that while there may have been no recent direct com munication between the two men, President Taft and former President Roosevelt have been kept In touch with each oilier by means of mutual friends. Neither con firmation or denial was to be had at the Whit House. It Is known that Senator Root, who Is Very close to Colonel Roosevelt, recently by letter and cablegram. Mr. Loeb has been a frequent visitor at the White House of late and has seemed to he on notably friendly terms with Presi dent Tafl. These Incidents. It is believed, have been largely responsible for the story that Is now current and for the st""- " that 1 President Taft reads with ci , the report from abroad that M - Mr. Roosevelt's friendship and tl " e mer piesldcnt would not be adve i his name used as a candidal: j Taft. I In fact It was said the presid to a caller today that lie was.'' to know "a little of what Is ;the Hocsevelt party himself, i No comment was obtainable I, ' lute House as tn the Incident Praisie Fire in South Dakota Number of Homesteads in Newly Settled Parts of Perkins and Meade Counties Devastated. PUCKRK. S. I).. April 4. (Special.) .I ion t ih- prairie f'riM a short lime ate, o.' one Kli'cll appc:u 4 In have been the i..n- (lcv.i in live Imx t en little heralded. Horn the fact that It did i i m destructive i o' k In lb" newly s ttl d sietiin of north- .i.. M ..ile and southern Perkins counties, iciuot'.' from conimuiilcitioii. , The loss , h ie Poi milling ti! o lilsli 111 the can.: u' n::y urn- inilividual u i dlt- tlut .Sully to :t!0 ff: I". Will be Just as severely f?lt. us in most ch?i I; was tho 1oh3 of hoino iV iwiers vl Ii limheil i.ieiinK. lust aettliur a ntsrt on their pra'.rle homes, 'i lie rtpoit giving nan.es of I oxers so fill s leuii.el v.crr: Albert Betharda. los-l ivcii'thliig exccpt.il team and otua and the clothes the family wore when they junipul into ll.e wanun to flee Irom the Chin. i s, "Jii.s .Myiile. Word, lost everything on her clui'.n and bn.cly escaped with hci llfi ; l.udvig Heigs'eh. InM all his build 'iiBy: l'. Jenks, lo.t cveryihlnir but his house; Ceorre Wali.ue. Inst all but his , lions '; Alonzo Tensley, lost his hay nnd bmn: A. 'ivertoii. U.tl barr, satldle and huriics; Mrs. Kll.s. barn and supplies: A. P. Williams, nil niithiilldings, hay and a e.ilt; l. 1. Merchant, three horses; Harry Herd. barn, hay, wnston and '!' In money: Kuge:;e Hrow n. ninety tons of hay :ird bain: Andrew .lurgeson and Hen (iarnrs. their ' hoi's' s Many others lost buy, slock and buildings. I'lie f.re swept over miles of territory a!iil '.lie loves given are in a small space tpposlte m nc of the titrip. Roosevelt Meets Pinchot in Genoa Former President and Forester Will Have Conference Next Monday Neither Will Talk. i;omk. April i. -Mr. Roevelt will meet n fford I'lnchot at Oenra on Ap'll 11. "After our Interview I shall hive nothing to sit. said Mr. Roosevelt Dtiav, "and I shall be surpilsed If Plnchot has." M: Roosevelt said he had not hfard from Mr. Plnchot sine? he had been In Afi.ca. when he received a telegram from Mr. I'lnchot at Copenhagen announcing his coming vlsll to Genoa. 3 '- Mr. ;f.Pf, U f 1 ' i Bridget Plays Hookey and So Do Hazel and Mabel If a certain pug dog named "Hrldget" hud not been truant then Uaxel and Mabel O' Hrleii would not have played hookey either and would not have been brought tearful and fearful before Juvenlne court. Ilaxel and Mabel are 8 and 10 years, re spectively, and Hrldget, who Is owned in common, Is the Joy of their existence. Without Bridget the universe is empty and void of meaning and purpose. - Sj when the dog with the retrousse nose disappeared from the O'Brien menage at Twenty-third and Jefferson, Hazel and Mabel decided that finding him was far ii.. re Important than going to school. Four days they hunted In the highways and byways and alleys of their own and other neighborhoods and at length came upon Ihe erring dog. Their cup of Joy Just about to be quaffed to the dregs was nevertheless rudely snatched away from their lips by a truant officer, who had been on a hunt of his own .Judgo Sutton argued with the children about the relative importance of culture and canines, and the chl dren promised to pursue the oung idea as eagerly as they NEBRASKA LAW DECLARED VOID Statnte of 1905 Requiring Railroads to Furnish Switching Service to Elevators Unconstitutional VICTORY FOR TILE RAILWAYS Decision Does Not Prejudice Ca:' Arising Under Amendments. MANLEY FARMERS FOR FAk Were Dissatisfied with Treatr.. the Missouri Pacific. STATE WAS AWARDED JUDGMENT Jnatlre Holmes Holds Ihnt "Railroads llavr lilshts" and that Properly l aiiuot lie Taken M llh ont rajhient. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. April H-(Special Tele giam.) Th supreme court today In the so called elevator cases against the state of Nebraska decided BKalnst the state In an opinion by Justice Holmes. Justice Harlan and McKenna dissenting. At the time of their passnse. those cases were looked upon as belnit extremely vital In the enforce ment of the rate reKulatlon law passed sev eral years ano by the legislature of Ne braska and later developed by the then at torney general, Norris Drown, now senator. This case grew out of the Missouri Pacifi company refusing to run a spur alongside or near an elevator operated at Manley. Neb., by the Manley Co-operative Grain company of that place. It was shown by the plaintiff in the primary ;cntirt and the defendant In supreme court that the Mis souri Pacific company had established a number of stations along the line of Its railroad In Cass county and that It main tained a station at Manley, tht it had been requested by the Mauley Co-Operatlve Grain comnany to erect a sidetrack or switch of sultahle length to approach as near as four feet of the outer edpe of the Manley Co-Operative Grain company s ele vator, but the railroad company paid no attention to the rr(U st. w hereupon the elevator company brought action against the railroad company in the sum of I."ifl0 Tried In Cns County. The case va' tried in the district court of Cass county without a Jury in lWi and a verdict was rendered fir the state. An ap peal was taken to the supreme court of Nebraska, which affirmed the decision of ,1 .... K.l.-.. ifhnri.iii.nn IIia rntlrrtn.! I 1 ! company brought I,. n.i,ll.r hufi.n Ilia supreme court of the 1'nlted states and se- eti.H n reverwsl todaV. Justice Holmes in his decision reverses the supreme court of the state, taxing the costs to the state and remanding the case. Judge Holme. In announcing the opinion! uJiA .h 'v,iirn,,d. like othe, ! of I he court, said the "railroads, like other awners of property, have rlchts that are ner.tei'tefl hv the constitution and their " 1 r r.i...nitv enold not be taken without com- I pensation. He held the law did take t lie pn.perty of the railroad without compensa tion and heme the law was unconstitu tional. However, he said. It vas agreed that the law had been amended so as to give the railroau:i compensation for the taking of their propel ty. He had looked at th st nute as amended, he said, and found this was so, yet as the case before the court orig inated before these ajm-ndments became ef fective, the delslnn of th Nebraska court must be reversed, without prejudice to the cases arising under the law as amended. Two Western Bills. s. Two hills of considerable Interest to the west passed the house today through the efforts of Representative Mondell. chair man of the committee on public lands. The first provides for a survey of the unsur veyed lands within the railroad land grants of for a forfeiture of unsurveyed lands. There are approximately 12.300,000 acres nt unsurveyed railroad land and apf raxiniati 1 ,' an cipial area of public lands In the Fame territory. The Intent of the bill Is to force railroad companies owning land grant land j to co-operate with the government in niak- ing surveys sil as to determine just what Is . railroad land and what Is public land. It 1 Is deemed wise that these lands be sur- j veyed ns promptly as possible that they j may become taxable by states and com- j niunitles and secondly that the government j n ay dispose of its lands which Join rail road lands and In order that where railroad lands occur within forest reserves about 3.000.000 acres of unsurveyed lands being in reserves-government officials may be uble to determine the boundaries of public lands for the purpose of controlling and regu luting the same. The second bill provides that the state of Wyoming may select lands In place of j the evinlng he will be entertained at dln those which will be overflowed through ! i r by foreign Minist- r Pavlgnou. opj-iatlons of irrigation projects. Necesstty for this legislation arises from the fact ! STARVES HERSELF TO DEATH that In building the Shoshone dam, form- I ing a great reservoir covering li.600 acres, I Mrs. 1). K. Kvnns of Tonrku, krn.i considerable areas of land owned by the j har'cl with Arson Dies state were wholly or partially submerged, I ,n ''' r . TOI KKA, Kan., April i. Mis. P. K. (Continued on I'age Two.) had sought "Bridget." Mamie Jensen was also before Juvenile court on a truancy charge. The Jensen child has no dog; neither has she a dis- I Inclination to study, but her father, Carl i Jensen, who lives at 206 H street, South! Omaha, Is the cause of the trouble. Mon- I day, a week ago, Jensen was warned by i Judge Sutton that he must not keep his I duughter from school. Jensen heard the I warning In silence and procefded to keep Ihe girl out again. "You stem to think the Juvenile court Is a Joke," said Judga Sutton, grimly. '"It Is not the child's fault. She Is a good little girl. I do not wish to punish her for your sins, but to teach you a lesson, 1 am going to send" her to the lietentlon home for week." Pavld I-uud appeared In Juvenile court and secured custody of three young chit dren who have been kept from him for two years. I.und's wife died and a sister-in-law took the children for a while. I,und fslled to pay her as promised and the woman, being unable to maintain the expense her, self, the children went to Juvenile court. From the Washington Herald. POPE'S ACTION STIRS TRANCE Refusal to Meet Colonel Roosevelt Creates Wide Interest. 'MAY INFLUENCE COMING ELECTION Will Prove MriHiK Card for Govern ment, It la Tboniibl, Because of Look Separation Fight. PARIS. April 4. Nowhere In Kurope has the failure of the pope to grant an audi ence to Mr. Roosevelt created greater In terest than In France, on account of the long separation fight, and it Is expected ni't'a n ati'diiir rarH fur the irnvprnmcnt " " j In the coming elections as supiMirtltiK the contention of M. Hi land, the premier, mat the recent agitation of the French episco pate was inspired by the present Uitoler 1 ant attitude of the Vatican. , ' J1"' "'"V" " t. lecall.i a conversation, which the representative of that paper had with Mr. Roosevelt u day or two ago, in which, evl- J .1.. 1. I ..I, I .... R f - """J . .. ... -n extrolled religious tolerance, pointing out how tn America his friends Included minis ters of all denominations. "1 have a particular sympathy," said Mr. Roosevelt, "for those who esteem that religious faith is mystic. It even gives a man a dynamic value, which becomes a benevolent force for him and others." Hecalln Killtor's Visit. Mr. Roosivelt also recalled during the course of the ititervlew, the visit of M. Tardiiu. foreign editor of the Temps, to the I'nited States when lie dined at the White. House with high representatives of all churches, Catholic bishops on that oc casion fraternizing with I'rotestnnts and those of Jewish faith. "Tardtau must have noticed," said Mr. Roosevelt, "Hint I was the friend of min isters of all cults. 1 have myself mounted a pulpit and delivired u sermon to the faithful of your religion, who listened with the greutcFt sympathy." "That is a thing that would be rather difficult in ' Eondcnt. Kurope." remarked the corre- "Yes, I think so, responded Mr Roosi -v.-U. with vigorous gesture of li Ih head. Hlll SKKLS, April I. Tentative plans f..r the entertainment of Mr. Koosc velt here bavo been completed. He will be given a dlnm r at the American legation by Min ister liryan on April 28, and following the dinner will receive the members of the American colony. Next morning Mr. Roosevelt will have an interview with M. Kenkm, minister for ' lhl' .'donles. regarding the situation in he ! the Itelgnmi Congo. On the same day wt 1 havtV luncheon with King Albert at the palace, and in the afternoon will drive with his majesty to the Laeken palace, in j F.vans, who waa arrested at Logan. i was brought to Topr ka t answer la . the dell- charge i f aistin died today, havlni; starved herself to diath. lit rat: ly Crlciigo torn Klrin I'mIIh, CHICAGO. April 4. Application for i I eceivn suip was made here ti.dav bv the was made here ti.day burns-Yam s Grain company of Chicago land Huff::l i. Mr. Bur:is explained that I i the application was marie in onlrr id I 1 confer vi the mteiest of creditors. The firm I Is Known ctileily as a caan corn concern i . . Start the week with a little Bee want ad to sell the useless things about the house. The Bee can sell it for you. Somebody wants it. Somebody will pay for it. Somebody is vatobing Tlie l't'e's want columns to find it. In general. 20 cents will do the work. Call nouglaa 238 and you will find a cheerful staff ready (or you. Both in Season ' S-A; I M LITTLE. iffZtf J --iiir V-' ' J0B W r . Will Not Punish Sugar Combine for Contempt Judge lacombe Holds that Subpoena Requiring Witness to Bring Books Too Sweeping. NEW YORK, April 4.-Vnlted Slates Judge Iacombe today refused to punish the American Sugar Refining company for contempt of court. The government had SBked that the corporation be declared in contempt for refusing to produce Its books before the grand Jury Investigating the sugar underweighlng frauds, in response to a subpoena directed to the company and aerveil upon Its secretary, Charles R. Heike. Helke refused to produce the books' un less sworn before the grand i Jury. The government, believing that ground for a claim of Immunity might thus be estab lished, declined to put him under oath, and the grand Jury consequently did not obtain possession of the books. Judge 1m combe said he regarded the subpoena served on Helke as far too sweeping to be reasonable. A second subpoena, however, which was served on the president and resident agent of the company and restricted to specified books, wks upheld by the court, which denied the application of the company's counsel to pot It ajdde. JUDGE WILLIAMS IS DEAD Member of Grant's Cabinet, Who Was Admitted to Bar In lows In IK44, Dies. FORTLANP, Ore.. April 4. Judge George H. Williams, the last surviving member of President Grant's cabinet, died here today. Judge Williams gave up active work sev eral years ago because of poor health, but his condition had not occasioned alarm. Me was admitted to the bar In Iowa in 1X11 and became district judge. In IS'iS he was sent to Oregon as chief Justice of the territory supreme court and drafted the constitution of the state of Oregon. As senator from Oregon he served on Ihe Alabama claims commission and the Brit ish Columbia boundary commission and was appointed attorney general by Presi- , dent Grant in 1871, serving until 1878. In 1S74 he was nominated as chief Justice ! of the supreme caurt of the United States. I tiu this nomination was not confirmed by but this nomination was not conflrnjed by cabinet he returned to Oregon to resume the practice of law. Two Tobacco I'lants Closed. '.OUISVlMiK. April 4-The strike of tobacco stemmers for higher wages, which was inaugurated last week, resulted today in the closing by the American Tobacco company of two of its largest plants. About 4.000 men and women are now on strike. How Big is Omaha? Everybody Guess $25 for those who hit the mark 1883 by census, of 1860 16.083 by census of 1870 30,518 by census of 1880 66,536 by census of 1890 102,555 by ceiisiis of 1900 How many by census of 1910? Corrected Fill in, cut out and mall is my guess of the number of inhabi tants in Omaha according to 1910 census. Name Address $10.0) for beat atlmata. S5 for ac'i of thrat next best. In caae of tie flrat answer haa preference. Award on official count CUMMINS POSTPONES VOTE Iowa Senator Delays Action on Rail road Bill Slated for Saturday. OPPOSES HALE AND ELKINS lie Declares that Two Weeks Mioulil he Taken to Consider Amendments and Hasty Action Would Ba a Joke. WASHINGTON, April 4,-Peclarlng that no less than two weeks' time will be neces sary to consider the amendments already offered to the railroad bill, Senator Cum mins today resisted the combined efforts of Senators Hale and Elklns to obtain an agieement to vote next Saturday on the bill. The Iowa senator not only objected to the proposition, but he pronounced It a Joke. Senator Bacon made It evident that If no one else had objected ha would do so. tie contended that the managers of the bill were not Justified tn asking for an agree ment looking to a vote until they are able to present a perfected bill. Mr. Elklns brought up the question of a vote after the close of a speech by Senator Crawford advocating the amendatlon of the commerce court provision of the bill. "I don't want to rush senators," said Mr, Elklns, "but we all want to get away from here by the 15th of June. I therefore urge that senators desiring to speak on the bill or amendments will prepare themselves to do so and give us an opportunity to vote." Rlklns Regrnrded na Jocose. Mr. Cummins regarded Mr. Cummins as not only amiable but Jocular. There were more than 100 amendments to this hill to be considered, he said, and no less than a fortnight would be necessary for the duty. He suggested as a substitute an agree ment that no less than three hours a day be devoted to the consideration of the bill and amendments until disposed of. Mr. Bacon would not consent. "Senators say the bill has been here six weeks," he said; "it is not here yet. Amendments have been offered today, which none have seen, and we receive no assurance as to when the bill would be completed." "Today's amendments are not of a kind that surprise senators," responded Mr. Hale'. "We don't know," replied Mr. liacon, when we haven't seen them." Mr. Cummins brought the discussion to an end by presenting an amendment strik ing out the provision authorizing the sub mission In advance of agreements to the court of commerce. The senate than went Into executive session and adjourned with out further proceedings on the railroad bill. I ' ' Mistake Wfe for Ilnrarlar. WK1.LINGTON. Kan.. April 4.-Mlstak-Ing her for a burglar. James Vanderwoon a farmer living seven miles southwest of I VVollltiirl.in Bli..f trA l,.4 l.i.. . ,,.. niiiDu ma wiiii nere early today. to The Bee-iAprll 6, 1910 AUDIENCE WITH rOxNTIFF IS OFF Roosevelt and Pope Pius X Cannot Agree and Meeting of Two Cancelled. i BOTH GIVE OUT STATEMENTS Jorn Callan O'Laughlin and Merry - Del Val Are Negotiators. BOTH APPEAR WILLING TO MEET Conditions Named by Holy Father Seem Beyond Arbitration. INCIDENT STIRS ROMAN CITY Comment In Italy lllsaatrnna to tall can as Kleturnt of Hellalna. Ilehlnd Tronhle la Delicate Una. Ri iM K. April 4. Now that Mr. Roosevelt has made public the documenis which the Vatican had considered confidential. Cardi nal Merry lel Val. papal secretary of state, wishes the entire history of the negotiations for the audience which the former president sought of l'ope Plua X to be known. Cardinal Merry Pel Val Is credited with the responsibility for the Vatican's part In the matter and the following may be ac cepted as his version; Following the exchanges between Mon slgnor Kennedy nnd American Ambassador i Irishman and Mr. Roosevelt's decision not j to be received under the terms Imposed, John Callan l)' Uiiughllii. w ho was assistant secretary of slate In V.'OD and n personal ! friend of Mr. Rooceve.t, called upon Cnrdl I nal Merry Hoi Val. bearing an Introduction from Monsignor Falconlo. apostolic dele gate in the United States. Immediately after being Introduced to the presence of the cardinal Mr. O l-aiighlln said: "1 do not come In the name of Mr. Roose velt, but on my own account as an Ameri can Catholic." Cardinal Merry Pel Val said: "Then what are we here for? It Is use less to discuss the matter. If you do not represent Mr. Roosevrlt you cannot moke any arrangements or sp -nk for him." Aaavter of Mr. O'l.auahltn. Mr. O'Laughlin replied: "What I consider Important is to tell your eminence that If the two dispatches eent by Monsignor Kennsdy are retracted I can assure you that Mr.- Roosevelt will accept an audience." Cardinal Merry Pel Val said: "I will not discuss Mr. Roosevelt's rights, but give inc confidential assurances that, .defaeto, Mr. Roosevelt will not go to the Methodists and the audience will occur. Mr. O'Laughlin refused to give this as Durance. The cardinal then iald: " ''Mr. HoosevtsU Is free to ao to th Math oillrtn and dw whatever ha chooses, but the pontiff is certainly fre not to receive a man who would claim the right to Insult him on the day after having been received by him, ,or perhaps on the ame day, as according to jour atatement he may leave Home on the same day of the papal audi ence, thus having only between noon and evening Tuesday In which to see the Methodists. "It is of little connequonre whether he Is a Catholic, Protestant, IraelKe or Buddlsh. All religious persons merit the same es teem. The Important thing lk to be honest and sincere. So far as the form of belief Is concerned, I believe that all honest peo ple will be always on good terms with Itnosevt-lt Seeks A ad lr nee. Mr. Kuoseveii sought an audience with the pope through American Ambassador Irishman fend received a reply that the holy father Would be 'delighted to receive him, but th answer was coupled with an expression of the hope that the audience would nut be prevented by such a regreta ble ipcldent as made an audience for former Vict President Fairbanks Impossi ble. Mr. Rousevfelt In turn stated that he could nut accept any stipulation limiting hla free dom of conduct. To the latter message tht Vatican made answer that the audience could not take place excepting on the un derstanding flrst made known. On March 20 Mr. Roosevelt sent to Ambassador Welsh man the following cablegram. "Proposed preaentatlon la, of course, now Impossible." Mr. Roosevelt insists that the Incident be treated as purely personal and earnestly hopes It will not give rise to any bitterness, tie appreciates the attitude of the Vatican, but feels that as a free American cltlsen he cannot consistently take any action that might be construed as Involving a limita tion of the freedoaH of bla personal con duct. He had made no engagement to address the Methodists or other religious bodies of Rome, but at the same time be thinks he Bhould not make promises as to what he will or will not do. It would appear today that, so far as the Vatican and Mr. Roose velt are concerned, the Incident Is closed. Incident iltlrs Home. The news that the former president has abandoned his proposed vlsl to the Vatican readied the morning papers very late, but made a deep Impression. The Meesagero, an antl-clerlcal organ, alone comments edi torially on the matter. This paper says: "When the news was fcpread It was re ceived with Incredulity, many regarding II as a malicious fabrication of the enemies of tlie Catholic church, but when con firmed it produced comment disastrous to the Vatican. Men of every religion dally visit the pope without first giving the itin erary of the churches which they Intend to visit. Why should the Vatican require Mr. Roosevelt to Ignore the churches of his own religion during hla short stay In ! Rome? The Incident will not add to the dip lomatic fame of the pope's advisors. "Mr. Roosevo.t us the h'ad of the great American republic, followed the principle enunciated by Premier Lusxattl, 'a free church under a sovereign state,' " The Messagero places the responsibility for whut it terms a "blunder" on the pope's entouruge, continuing: "For it was a blunder to ask a certlfiratt of acceptability from a man Illustrious everywhere for his Intelligence and tbs nobleness of his life. The liberty whlcl Mr. Roosevelt is defending for all, be could not renounce for himself," Two Autllrnre Asked. Whllo at Uondokoro In February list, .Mr Rourevell wrote to Ambassadir l.eishman, saying that he would be glad of the honor of an audience with King Victor Kmanuei tContiuu'd oo Second I'ae