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Show PROFOUND REGRET. President Roosevelt Voices Sentiment of Americans. Oyster Bay, N. Y.. July 20. President Roosevelt was deeply touched by the death of ' the pope. On being informed of the demise of . the venerable head of the Catholic church he dictated the following fol-lowing for the Associated Press: '"The president expresses his profound regret at tho death of the venerable pontiff pon-tiff whose Ions career, no less than hts exalted character, has commanded the respect of all Christendom." The president said that In uttering these sentiments he was .giving expression to the feeling of all the pe-ople in the United Unit-ed Statas. wholly without regard to their religious faith. i Whitelaw and Mrs. Reid of New Tork i are the guests of President and Mrs. j Roosevelt today.' Their visit was of purely social character. |