Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-03
HIGH HONORS PAID
TO KING ALBERT
CONTINUED from First Pagc.1


Keeping the roadway clear for the
royal procession. AS the kings au-
tomobile swept up the City Hall
steps a mighty volume of cheering
arose. pierced by the shrill screams
of scores of sirens and the hooting
of thousands of automobile horns.
At the entrance to the City Hall
the king was greeted by Governor
Smith and Mayor Hylan. In his
address of welcome the mayor eX-
pressed his conviction that a new
and greater Belgium would arise out
of the wreckage of the great war.
In reply the kind said:
King Speaks
Mr.. Mayor: l thank you heartily
for your words of welcome. / APP
preciate highly the honor that the
city of New York does me in max
ing me one of its citizens, 1 prize
all the more highly this manifesto
ton because in Belgium municipal
institutions have always played in
the past and continues to fill to-day
marked role in the public life of
the country.
"I think that there is not in the
history of the world another eX-
ample like that of the city of New
York which, born not three CEN
turies ago, has become in this short
space of time, one of the centers of
universal activity.
New York is indeed worthy to be
the commercial and financial me-
tropolis of that admirable American
democracy which showed itself to
be as great in war as in peace, and
always generous towards those who
suffered. I am happy, Mr.. Mayor,
to be able to bear to the immense
city which surrounds us with its
splendor the salutations of Bel
GUM"
'Incognito" of Small Avail
The incognito" which the King
and Queen chose to assume upon
their arrival yesterday was as novel
to New Workers as was the actual
fact of the presence in the city for
the first time in history of a reign
ing King and Queen. The 'incognito"
proved only partly effective as far
as Albert was concerned. When he
went for an automobile tour of the
city with Prince Leopold the we'll
known face of the "soldier-king
was frequently recognized, and he
was fervently cheered. He received
an especially enthusiastic ovation at
Columbia University, where he was
recognized by a throng of students
leaving their classes.
Visit Stores
Queen Elzabeth's 'incognito" aid
ed by a heavy white veil, proved
more effective. According to the
Baroness de Caraman Chimay, her
women in waiting and the Baroness
de Cartier de Marchienne, wife of
the Belgian Ambassador to the
United States the Queen visited
several Fifth avenue department
stores and made small purchases
from saleswomen who failed to real
ize the rank of their quiet customer
In the evening the Queen. with her
lady in waiting and the Baroness
de Cartier de Marchienne, visited a
cabaret, accompanied by Baron de
Caraman Chimay. King Albert spent
the evening chatting with friends.
Wants to Sec Wilson
1t was learned to-day that King
Albert expressed the wish to go tc
Washington incognito in order to ex.
press in person his sympathy will
President Wilson in his illness. The
King abandoned his plans on reccip
of telegram from Rear Admira
Cary T. Grayson, the President.
physician, that the Presidents con,
dition rendered it necessary to pro
hibit his receiving any visitors.