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Show ROOSEVELT VISIT IS OJT SHORT STOCKHOLM. May 8. Former President Roosevelt shortened bis program pro-gram today even more than It had already been abbreviated by King Edward's death because of the hoarse- i riess from which he is suffering. A I throat xpeclallst visited the palace twice teday and recommended Colonel Rooseelt to stay In doors, as tho weather was blustery and rainy. Colonel Roosevelt left his apart- ments only once. He look lunch with Charles H. Graves, the American mln-sltor mln-sltor at tho legation hero, and met Sven Hedln, the explorer; Dr. Nor-densjold, Nor-densjold, t hp Antarctic explorer; Admiral Ad-miral Fa1nnrter, Professor Arrhenlus, who is connected with the Nobel Institute, In-stitute, and other scientific and liter-! liter-! ary people. He Intended to make a speech at the Natldnal museum before be-fore tho students oad the massed singing societies, but he gave this up and instead bowed from the balcony of the legation to the. studonts and singers wlm gathered in the street below and fang selections Render American Song. ! The combined choruses rendered Swedish songs and the "Star-Spangled I Banner," and at the conclusion of the i singing Colonel Roosevelt expressed i his thanks The crowds on both sld?s i of the water front facing the legation I were estimate at between "O.noo and lO.O.in, the protest crowds. Minister j Graves said, he had ever seen in I Stockholm. The roofs of the houses and the shipping in the harbor wero crowded and a mighty shout went up when he appeared Later he received in the legation t'ie Pwedlsh members of the interparliamentary inter-parliamentary union. Senator Deck-man Deck-man referred to Mr. Roosevelt's services ser-vices to the cause of peace and the forn.er president replied briefly. Professor Ounnar Anderson presented pre-sented him the first copy, Just from the press, of the Norwegian Geological Survey, which had been specially bound I- Arrangements had been mnde for I Mr. Roosevelt to go today to the RJd-. RJd-. dnrl.olmen to place a wreath on King i Oscar's tomb, but ho sent Kermlt In j hi:; place. I Crown Prince Visits. The crown prince spent some time I in the colonel's room In the forenoon I and had tea with him in the afternoon, after-noon, at which' also the crown princess I and other members of the royal fam-J fam-J lly were present. A Stockholm paper published a statement that a messenger messen-ger from President Taft hag reached Mr. Roosevelt with a letter in which Mr. Taft aays he dees not intend to lie a candidate for the presidency and Invites Mr. Rooseelt to become secretary of state in succession to Mr. Knox. When he was shown this story today Mr. Roosevelt aald It was worse . than a nightmare, that It wa3 a tissue of absurdities and that, or course, no such messenger or message exists. Wcrd comes to Stockholm that the funeral of King Edward Is likely to j be held May 17, which Is the day fol-I fol-I lowing tho proposed arrival of Mr. j Roosevelt in London, hence the ex-presirlont ex-presirlont would be present for the funtral. He is prepared to postpone hi Oxford lecture, scheduled for May I.", should the university authorities so desire. While he has not yet beard ! from Berlin. ?rlr. Roosevelt wishes that i the Imperial plans for observing monr-! monr-! Ing bo arranged without regard to his 1 visit.- I After luncheon at the lepatlon there Iwaa an exchange of stories. Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt being deeply Interested In the ex- perience of Sven Iledln in Thibet |