Show lii ports BALTIMORE march 8 special A high dignitary in tho catholic church declared to the reports circulated regarding the proposed canonization ot columbus were baseless an 1 without the slightest foundation in fact the proposition had not even been mentioned ai the vatican while columbus was a catholic he was not aa devoted and telf as hie church require before it colonizes conon izes one of its followers the discovery of am edica had more 0 a commercial character than of a religious only those who devote their lived athe church and wiio miff treat t its elory ir earn considered canonization |