The sun., 1919-10-05
BELGIAN KING SEES
CITY BY AIRPLANE



stairs. They had arranged for him to
go up to the Columbia Yacht Club land
ing at the North River end of Eighty
sixth street and take a trip in a sea-
plane. The King is considerable Of a
pilot himself having SCARED many times
over the various battle fronts during
the war and once escaping in a wild
night before a crazy Fokker circus that
descended upon him while he was flying
over the Ypres sector.
Albert, followed by Lieut.-Gen.
Jacques, Col. Tilkens and Count D'Oul-
tremcnt appeared at the door that Mike
superintends and asked for their car.
Mixed looked. There was no car there.
Mike raced up and down the pavement
for a few seconds breaking all his own
and other doormen's records and finally
flushed a taxicab. Mike was scandal
lied but the King wanted to get some
where 90 there was nothing TO do bu,
to spologeticaily open the door and get
the King inside.
Ensign Lamb Has Honor.
Ensign Frank Lamb Of the Navy Ali
Service was the pilot who had he honor
Va TIC hluH ilU. f4nEkn
Carter. Chief Mechanic w, L. Carleton
and Mechanic w. II. Smith manned tht
big plane, The King. Count dOutre-
mont and Major Hoffman of the United
States Army clambered into the obser.
walton cockpit and Off they went.
1t was hazy and the plane had to fiS
low. 1t was 8 80 when they took off
They rose on n straight incline to an al
tttude of 1000 feet. and then fndini
that the city was hidden beneath a fof
came down a bit. They struck Off Il
the north as far as Spuyten Duyvil
keeping over the Hudson. Then the,
zigzagged south. swinging back ant
forth over the island of Manhattan am
across the two rivers as far as the Bat
terry Then they made a wide detour o.
tho bay. flying low over Governors Isl
and, and then back to the Columbi;
Yacht Club. The trip took but thirt,
minutes and the King appeared to b.
pleased. The haze left lot to be wishet
for but 1t was wholly worth while as {
trip.
The haze ruined the woolworth towel
expedition also This time John Nc
Donald. an ex-soldier, had the pleasur,
Of taking the King aloft. John used al
elevator. One couldn't see more thar
twenty feet ahead with any success af
ter the tower. platform was reached.
ghostly outline Of many nearby cornice
limited the picture.
A considerable crowd had gathered II
the halls OF the huge. building >and th'
police had quite a time of II. john Nc
Donald then lowered the King and th'
Prince TO the Irving National Bank OF
Aces on the second floor and the visitor
looked around. Then the party went I,
the Stock Exchange. the Produce Elk
change, the Treasury. the Guarant,
Trust Company. the Chamber of Com
nerce and the Aquarium.
The visitors arrived at the New Yorl
stock Exchange shortly before L
o'clock and were at once escorted t
the governors room, where they wer
| received by william H. Remick an,
other members Of the governing com
| mittee. After a moment spent In tn
exchange Of greetings they were takel
| to the New street gallery of the ex
change, where for the first time In tn
| history OF that institution reignin
royalty looked upon the activities Of tn
| floor members.
For perhaps three or four minute
| all trading ceased and the brokers witt
one accord turned toward the CALLER.
| where the royal party stood. Neve
| In the widest moment of trading has tn
air of the great trading room rung a
| II did yesterday. Three cheers. thric
repeated. brought smiles, formal militar,
salutes and courteous bows Of apprecia
ton from both the King and the Prince
Preparations Are Thorough.
Brief as was the visit of the roya
party, the preparations for their recep
tion were as thorough and complete a
i II theyihad come for a much longer time
\ The walls about the trading floor. tn
lobby, the elevators. the Wall street en-
| trance and the stairways were bedecke
with Belgian and American flags an
| the two elevators at the Wall street en-
use of the party.
After leaving the Stock Exchange tn
King and his following went to tn
United States Sub-Treasury. where the
were met by Assistant Secretary of III
Treasury Martin Vogel. Here the
were escorted to the vaults. where the
were permitted to gaze in unaffecte
awe upon gold bars to the value of abol
a billion dollars. King Albert displaye
deep interest when 1t was explaine
that here was really the centre fro
which the financial operations Of the wa
were cared for. Prince Leopold. Il
heir apparent to the Belgian thron
held a package containing 100000 .o(
in $4,000 gold certificates. He held Il
certificates very cautiously for fe
minutes, while the King remarked tn;
the Prince was holding in his hands
great deal moro money than they wou
ever have personally.
From the Treasury the party WI
conducted to the New York Produce E
, change, King Albert having expressed
|, desire to see the workings OF the mark
! through which the foodstuffs of Il
world passed. He was met there
President Edward Flash, Jr., who deli
cred a brief address OF welcome. II
King replied In English. saying that
. had come to the exchange in an inform
manner to see the operations of the ma
ket and had not expected such war
reception, but he expressed his profoui
gratitude for the hearty welcome al
, shook hands with many of those gra
, brokers. and others In the crowd w
|. could get near enough to him.
! He was conducted through the e
change by President Flash and the wor
ings Of the market thoroughly explain
to him. After leaving the Produce E
change the party repaired to the hoT
OF the Chamber of Commerce of I
State OF New York on Liberty sire
where he was greeted by Alfred Z. Ma
ling and Secretary Charles T. Gwynne.
Not for some months has a 80 dist
guished body of New Workers. gather
J together as were to be seen at the lunc
con at the Bankers Club. Alexand
I Hemphill. chairman Of the board OF ,
, rectors of the Guaranty Trust Compar
presided. James w. Gerard, former Al
| bassador to Germany; Brand WhitloC
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