Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-22
King Albert and Governors
Sproul Will Plant Trees in
Capitol Park Commemorate
ing Visit to City
STREET DECORATIONS
ARE STRONGLY URGED
Short Tour of the City Will Be
Made to Give People Oppor-
tunity to See Heroic Figures
and Show City to Visitors

Arrangemen for the reception to
royal party during their visit to Har-
risburg, from until 1890 o'clock
Friday morning, are progressing
rapidly under the direction of the
officials of the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce. 1t is intended to make
| the reception one of the most COM
plete demonstrations in honor Of dis
tinguished visitors that has ever
featured the history of the city.
A reception committee of promir-
ent citizens, including the directors
of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce, the Mayor, city and county
officials prominent clergymen and
others, is being completed. Vance
C. Mccormick, the director of the
Chamber of Commerce, who acted
for the organization in bringing the
royal party to Harrisburg, will be
chairman of the committee.
Route of Parade
Officials of the Chamber of Com
merce with the special committee OF
the board of directors, rode over the
proposed route of parade to-day and
determined that the procession would
pass over the following streets:
starting at the Pennsylvania Rail-
road station at o'clock, out Market
street, across the Market street
bridge to the West Shore, returning
via. the Walnut street bridge, to
Front street, to Maclay, to Second,
to State street, to- Front street,
circling State street plaza and re-
turning on State street to the Capitol
grounds, through the Capitol
grounds, to the front entrance of the
Capitol. After the ceremonies at the
I Capitol, the guests and the members
of the reception committee, in auto
mobiles, y will leave the Capitol
grounds and return to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad station via. Fourth
street.
City officials will not permit the
| parking of vehicles on any portion
| of the route during the parade. 1t
I is understood that the Capitol build
| ing will be closed to all except the
visitors and the reception committee
until after the party leaves the
Capitol grounds. This, for the pur-
| pose of avoiding a rush and also to
avoid delaying the party, whose time
! in the city will necessarily be short.
Citizens of Harrisburg have been
requested to begin decorating their
! homes and places of, business along
the route at once, using as many
| Belgian flags as possible. They are
assured by the committee that there
will be no change of route, so that
the decorating of the city ought to
be as general as possible in the short
time given for this purpose.
To Plant Two Trees
Representatives of the Commerce
Chamber waited upon Governor
Sproul before he left for Pittsburgh
at noon to-day, and he approved the
program so far as it affected his own
participation in it and assured the
committee that he would be happy
to cooperate in every way. Arrange
ments were made for the planting
of two trees in the Capitol Park, one
by the King and the other by Gov
ernor Sproul. This planting will be
particularly appropriate, inasmuch as
Friday is the State Arbor Day and
the trees will represent permanent
m EN- orials of the visit of of the King
and Queen. The planting of the
trees will follow the visit of the party
to the Capitol and will conclude the
formal features of the reception, the
visitors leaving Immediately thereaf-
ter for the train.
Several bands will furnish music
for the occasion. The national airs
of Belgium, America and the Allies
will mingle during the hour and a
half that Harrisburg greets the visit
ing sovereigns.
1t was said likely that many bust
ness houses throughout the city will
close for several hours Friday morn
ing, in honor of the royal visitors.
Hundreds of Boy Scouts will aid
in keeping the streets clear during
the parade. The suggestion that bust
nessmen make Fridays reception the
occasion of a short holiday of a
couple of hours, during the visit, was
made by Mayor Keister. The names
and titles of the members of the