Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-25
STATE URGED BY KING
TO BUILD GOOD ROADS
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great and enduring memorial to
fighting sons. The King asked nu
merous questions about the bridge,
its relation to the general scheme
and was taken by the comprehen-
siveness of the idea and what it
would mean to the city.
Brand Whitlock, ambassador to
Belgium, was a questioner about the
plans for the identification of the
Capitol. I'VE have been hearing
about these plans of yours out in
Toledo, we already know of the pro-
gressiveness of Harrisburg and your
State Capitol plans are certainly
splendid" said he.
One thing about the King which
attracted the attention of people
near him on his visit to the Capitol
was that he knew all about William
Penn and his ideals and the signifi-
canoe of the historical paintings in
the legislative halls and also that Ed
win Abbey had been a Pennsyl-
vanian. Incidentally, he appeared
to know more about the Barnard
groups than a good many people
who pass them every day, but it was
the Brunner plans for the Capitol
extensions that interested him most
and he seemed captivated by the
bridge project and the setting of the
State House. --s
Kings Ideas on Roads
| Harrisburg's expanse of paved
street came in for notice, but the
King appeared to be much interest
ed in the Pennsylvania road build
ing program and fired questions at
the Governor. who was the exponent
of good roads legislation years and
years ago. The magnitude of the
| M CT tnfi inYN
tent of the contracts let for perma-
nent roads brought a remark upon
the wisdom of making roads that
would wear. He said that war ex-
perience had shown that the roads
of Belgium could not stand up un-
der the heavy English trucks and
that roads should be built with such
traffic in mind, adding that it was
wise to limit their weight.
Good roads. said the King, are
next to schools, the greatest thing
| progressiveness of a state.
j. Speaking about roads, the Bel
| gian King said that he had found
Pennsylvania to be a considerably
| larger State than he thought and
that its road system was of national
i'm portance.
1t was noticeable, too, that when
| State officials were presented to him
that the European ruler seemed to
have pretty firm grasp of the
scheme of State government
i The Belgian newspapermen ac-
companying the royal party yester-
day declared Pennsylvania Capitol
to be one of the most beautiful pub
lie buildings they had ever seen and
almost missed their cars because
they wanted to look at the rotunda
i Accompanying the King were six
men connected with the newspapers
and publicity branch of the Belgian
government. After the reception in
the Governors rooms they were es-
corted to the rooms of the legislative
correspondents where they wrote
their names for a record of the visit
and admired the collection of photo
graphs and cartoons, meeting dele
cations of Harrisburg newspaper
men and correspondents.
In the party were Arthur de Rud-
der, of LIE Soir, Brussels; Franz Rus
|, sci, war historian; Pierre Goernave,
of the famous La Libre Belgique,
one of the men whose work for the
Belgian newspaper printed under
, the noses of the Germans attract ed
international attention.; Ernest Hem
nen, of the War Office; e. M. Peret,
l i.
| Feibelman, of L'Etoile Beige.
With them were James Dalton, of
The Associated Press, and Don E.
Chamberlain, of the United Press,
who has accompanied the royal
| party over the country.
The remarkably good English OF
Prince Leopold impressed those Har-
risburg people who had an oppor-
/ tunity to converse with him. Mayor
Keister, who rode in the same auto
, mobile with the Crown Prince, said
, Leopold's English is consid era bly,
above the average of some people
/, of this country.
; There is nothing foolish about the
Prince, he is perfect young gentle
man. according to the Mayor His
: conversation throughout was very
sensible, the citys chief executive
adds. =
Leopold was impressed with the
beautiful scenery about Harrisburg,
especially of the broad Susquehanna
with its many islands. The demo-
} cracy of the Prince was quite mark
ed, as was that of the whole royal
iamily, Mayor keister to-day said.
Ihe Prince was continually shaking
hands with those who greeted him.
/ The Queen Pleased
| During the visit of Queen Eliza :
{ petn, OF the Belgians, those of the
Harrisburg reception committee who
looked after her comfort while here
! found the consort of King Albert a
most delightful and charming
woman. She is highly educated and
mas. had fine miisical training. 1t
was remarked by one of the Ameri-
cans who are accompanying the Wis
itors that both the King and Queen
are most considerate of others, fear
; ing always to disturb their hosts or
disarrange the customs of the people
whom they meet. Mrs. William Jen-
nings explained at the Capitol the
mural decorations and significance
of the many interesting decorative
features of the great building which
the Queen so much, admired She
was especially pleased with the
n greetings of tn children and many
!, little one in Harrisburg will cherish
the memory of the gracious kindness
; of the guest from Belgium
AS Admiral Long. u. S. Navy, was
: alighting at the Capitol the ubiuui-
tous small American pressing against
, the car asked. Mister, are you the
King?" mo" said the Admiral
ARE you?" Admiral Long was