Evening star., 1922-02-11
AMERICAN P'RELATE
RECEIVED BY POPE
Pontiff Express. Admiration
for Cardinal Dougherty.
Many Seek Tickets.
By the Associated Press.

6y the ABSocl4ted Press.
ROME. February 11.-Pope Plus to-
day received Cardinal Dougherty of
Philadelphia in private audience,
greeting him most cordially and ex-
pressing regret felt by the entire
college Of cardinals that its Ameri-
can members had been unable to
reach Rome In time for the election
of the new pontiff.
His holiness told Cardinal Dougher-
ty 1t was a great pleasure to become
ter having learned OF and admired
| the zeal OF the cardinal. which had
contributed SO greatly to the well
fare of the church in America.
Arrangements were completed to-
day for Pope Piux xI to leave the
apartment in which he lived during
the conclave that elected him and to
take up his residence in the pontifical
apartments on the top floor Of the
Vatican. occupied consecutively by
The new Pope made several changes
in the arrangement Of his apartments,
the principal one being that the bed
room the Holy Father chose Is the cor
ner room, commanding a view of the
whole Of Rome. 1t is the same room
as that occupied by Plus x. Bene-
dict XIV converted the room into a
chapel. but the new Pope's chapel will
be in another part Of the house.
Entering the pontincal apartments
passes into a small reception room
and then into a spacious anteroom,
which Is sometimes used as an audi
ence room. Beyond that is the din
ing room. hung with tapestries. but
Forty-thousand tickets have already
been distributed for the papal corona
tion ceremonies. The flood Of demands
continues. and Mgr. Sanzde Samper.
the papal chamberlain, unable to meet
all the requests for admission. has
assigned a certain number of tickets
to each Roman parish. Outside the
Vatican the crowd clamoring for ad-
mittance into the chamberlain's Office
became SO large yesterday that the
Swiss guards were ordered to pro-
hibit any further entrance into the
Vatican of persons in quest Of the
highly-prized tickets.
Few Tickets for Americans.
A large number Of Americans have
applied to the American college for
tickets. but only a few have been
allotted to that quarter, and no as
surance is offered that additional
O'Connell Of Boston has promised to
do his best, so that Americans will
be able to get a glimpse Of the pro-
ceedings.
Two American Catholic students
who waited in long line at the
majordomo's ONCE for ninety minutes
were forced to return empty. handed
because when their turn came the
hourof noon had struck and the Of
fces were closed.
Pope Plus received his brother
francesca. who is a civil engineer.
and his brothers daughter, pretty.
slim, fair-haired girl. He conversed
with them for a considerable time
about his native town and his rela-
tives, about thirty Of whom have ar
J rived in Rome. He se.id he would
see them all as soon as the grave
occupations of these first days will
permit to impart the apostolic oene-
| diction to them.
A large number of Milanese and
many Of his own personal friends
who came to Rome with the family
were also received by the Pope.
Cardinal O'Conne1l of Boston was
| visited by Cardinal Csernoch, Primate
! Of Hungary, and Cardinal Pifh. Arch
| bishop of Vienna, who expressed to
| the American prelate their appre-
| citation of the succor which has been
| given their countries by the United
States. Americas name will forever
be blessed by Austria and Hungary
for saving the people OF those coun
I tries from extinction" said Cardinal
pin. "In every home, in every heart
| your wonderful country is cherished
as our good Samaritan and savior"
Both cardinals were deeply moved
az they told Cardinal OConnen they
| favored an amendment to the papal
| constitution in order that America
| might be represented at the next con-
| clave.