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Congress Pays Honor To Belgium’s Rulers Washington, Oct 28.—Both houses of congress paused in their work to day to greet tho king of the Belgians, his consort and their son. It was the first visit of ^ king to thS capitol and the lawmakers of the nation gave a cordial welcome to the democratic sol dier-ruler of Europe’s pluckiest little state. King Albert is not given to long ■ first m "rw senate and then in the house, made scarcely 600 words but in them he gave the American army credit for as suring victory in the war, paid hom age to the fallen and extended his sympathy to the wounded. He ex pressed his admiration for the United States, acknowledged the debt of the makers of Belgium’s constitution to those who framed that of this country, predicted that th§ ties binding the two nations never would be broken and offered thanks to all the Ameri cans who aided his people in the war. There was little ceremony in the visit to congress but there was no mistaking the warmth of tlie greeting . given the royal Belgians and the W ■ i. A I I t/-. I' if Kr P •v7... I * If 3 ^ m i vk' ij,: ■ yMffik VB T;; of the American expeditionary forces." As he ceased speaking he and Pershing, each animated by the same impulse, stepped forward a pace and clasped hands silently, his majesty half a head taller than the American chieftain but each of them typical soldiers, , . PERSHING FAVORS ARMY OF 800,000 Commander of A. E. F. Testifies Before Military Committees of Congress. Washing tun,-Ort: ■St—-Ptssentlirg ~In earnestness oXlkfr *4 crowded although admission was only by card and nearly all the senators were in their seats when the coming of his majesty was announced. Jus tices of the supreme court, senators and spectators rose and applauded vigorously as the tall, erect figure of the king strode down the aisle beside Senator Lodge. Behind him came the Duke of Brabant escorted by Sen ator Hitchcock. A few moments later the handclap ping changed to cheers as Queen Elizabeth gowned in white and wear ing a wine-colored cloak of velvet, ap peared in t&e executive gallery with the wife of Vice President Marshall and attended by Countess DeCaraman- Chimay, her lady in- waiting. Staid members of the upper house forgot their dignity in their admiration for the little woman who had followed her husband through the trenches in Bel gium. The king wa« escorted to a seat be side Senator Cummins, who was pre siding as president pro-tem, and who greeted him with high praise for his moral courage and his gallantry on the field. Prince Leopold was seated at his father's right. Grouped about them, carrying the swords they wear only on ceremonial occasions, were Lieut. Gen. Baron Jacques, one of Bel gian’s greatest mil Mary leaders. Colo nel TOken, aid to his majesty and Major Count d’Oultremont, adjutant of the court, with them were Major Geferal William M. Wright and Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, the king’s American aides. Ambassador Brand Whitlock and Baron De Cartier de Marchienne, the Belgian ambassador. Albert was interrupted more than once by applause during his brief ad dress and there war another demon stration of ppprov&l when he finished. Later he and his son met the senators individually. The scene in the house was a repe tition of that in the senate. On the floor were the cbiJdren v of many of the members and their cheers were as en thusiastic as those of their fathers. The king was siehted before his com ing had been heralded* and the house and galleries rose to greet him. There was another burst of applause when he was introduced and an even louder one whet, he had finished. King Albert was the central figure In the day In a ceremony more pictur- eque if less important than his visit to the capitol. It was enacted in the drawing loom of the home of Breckin ridge Long, where he is a guest, when Secretary of War Baker pinned upon his breast by direction of Pres ident Wilson the American distin guished service medal. ' Pershing, commander of America’s forces in the field, was there to greet the leader of Belgium’s armies. With him were General March, General Jacques, his broad chest covered with the ribbons denoting decorations from many countries. General Wright, Ad miral Long and Prince Leopold. Al bert wore no decorations upon his lieutenant-general’s uniform until that of America was pinned there and the only ribbon on Pershing’s tunic denoted' the war cross of Belgium. Secretayy Baker, in a brief address, expressed the pleasure it gave him to decorate so brave a soldier and then read the citation which granted his majesty the medal in recognition of "the distinguished and patriotic ser vice which he has rendered to the common* cause upon the battlefields of Europe. ' " \ Albert, trained from youth to hide his emotions, could not altogether dis semble. He hesitated a moment and bis voice trembled slightly as he voic ed his appreciation of “this medal worn by so many distingiiished sol diers." Then, turning to General Perahing, he added: many important respects from the program recommended by the war de partment and the general staff. Gen eral Pershing told the military com mittees of congress today that 300,000 men, raised entirely by voluntary en listment, should be the outside figure considered for a standing army. He favored universal military train ing to provide an emergency reserve, but thought general educational work should be combined with it and mili tary discipline “somewhat relaxed’’ so that the system would be in complete harmqny with Democratic institu tions. He fixed six months as the training period. The department had recommended of more than 500,000, with a yenaLtragip bracing the educational feature. Its recommendation for a training period was three months. Departing again from the expressed views of the department, the general declared army purchasing should be reorganized in a new bureau apart from the quartermaster corps, and a separate department of the govern ment should be organized to co ordinate and supervise military, naval and commercial aeronautics. He con sidered the department’s request for 231 general staff officers excessive, and made clear his opposition to any ffort by the staff to extend its au thority into the details of the depart ment bureaus and of the line. During his day of testimonies be fore the two committees which open ed a series of special joint sessions to hear hip views on peace time re organization of the army, the former commander of the 'American expedi tionary forces expressed several times his unfamiliarity with the present make-up and policy of the general staff and emphasized that he was speaking directly from his experienc in the field. But he did not hesitate to put into pointed language his opinions on the abstract questions presented by committee members. When" one represenative asked whether he approved an apparent tendency of the staff to project ita control into details of the line, he brought his fist down upon the table and snapped: “I certainly do not" He was equally emphatic when a senator asked whether the staff ought not to take the military committees into its confidence about the general situation in the army. “I am quite sure of it," he quickly replied. Only once or twice did the question ing lead him into discussion of the activities of the American armies in France, though that is expected to come in for more detailed considorar thm before he completes his testi mony. He will appear again tomor row and his statement, which is ex pected to be the last heard by the committees before they bgin framing reorganization legislation, may run Into next week. The general said no American com bat planes at all had been received up to the beginning of this year, though on January 1 a total ® American machines of the observation type were on hand, together with 5,- 181 of various types made In Europe.. The only American guns which got into action, he said, were some 8-inch piece**. About 170 American made 75 M.M. guns reached France, but they were never used. He did not have the exact figures on guns and planes at the time of the armistice.} General Pershing also recommended that rank up to and including second lieutenant be given army nurses; that students at Wiest Point be required to serve a year in the army or go to a training camp; that the pay of officers and enlisted men be increased; that reserve officers be classified and as signed on paper to definite units; that the scope of army service schools be broadened and that the duty of bu reau chiefs be prescribed by law and the President empowered tq remove them. be sentenced to death by electrocu tlon. Evidence brought opt by the prose cution in the two cases heard today showed the existence of a post of the “Progressive Fanners arid Household Union of America," the organization under which it Is alleged tke negroes were banded for the uprising at El aine near where the disturbances took place th|! first week in Octobet, re sulting in the death of five white per sons and Be Sure to Meet and To Talk to This Lady at Our Store Friday, Large number of negroes anllte Several witnesses for the state re lated how they joined the Elaine post within ten days before the disturbanc es began and were "told to briijig arms to meeting houses, beSkuse the union “expected trouble if the whites tried to break up its meeting." That the union had a large follow ing in the Elaine neighborhood was brought out in the testimony of George Green, a nepro appearing for the state in the case of Frank Hicks, charged with the killing of Clinton Lee. Green said he attended he meeMng of the un ion in a church the night of Septem ber 30 and saw there “over a hundred head” who, he testified, all carried guns. 1 n It was then an automobile in which a small sheriff’s posse was going to neighborhood, was stopped for repairs before a negro church, according to a statement Issued by the “committee of seven,” authorized by Governor Chas. Brough, city and county authorities to investigate the trouble, that the dis orders sarted, the negroes in the building firing on the party, killing one white man and wounding another. The first case called today was that of Frank Hicks, several witnesses for the state testified they saw Hicks flrril the shots the morning of October I, that resulted in the death of Clin ton Lee, of this city, a former soldie^ who was a member of one of the posses sent to the section following receipt of news of the attack yn the sheriff’s posse, the previous night. The defense announced it had no wit nesses against Vhicri the state rested its case. Court adjourning until af ternoon as a mark of respect for Judge H. C. Thweatt, oldest member of the local bar, whose son was buried here today. When court ’Was recon vened arguments were waived and Judge J. M. Jackson instructed the jury, which, after eight minutes’ de liberation, returned a verdict of guilty in first degree murder. Hicks acted as leader, giving orders. The second case called, named as defendants Frank Moore, Ed. Hicks, J. E. Knox, Paul Hall and Ed Cole man, all negroes charged Jointly with the murder of Clinton Lee. In this case the prosecution attempted to prove the five negroes were leaders of the Elaine “squad". Witnesses for the state repeatedly testified that Moore, Knox and Hicks acted as lead ers giving orders and forming a col umn of twos, marched toward Hoop Spur where they had heasd, shots. John Jefferson, negro, testified that Hicks was president” of the Elaine post of the union and Knox, vice pres ident He also said that Knox who brought up the rear of the column, said he would shoot any deserters. Witnesses also testified to the pres ence of Hall and Coleman in the squad that morning. LAURENS COUNTY CITIZEN " IN AUTO ACCIDENT SIX NEGROES GET DEATH FOR HELEN A RIOT Tial of Cases Growing Ont of Recent Race Riots Is Proceeding Rapidly. 122 Indictments Have Been Bronght Helena* Ark., Nov. 3.—Trial of cas es growing out of the recent race dis turbances near Elaine, in the southern part of this county, which resulted in the bringing of indictments against 122 persons, mostly negroes, proceed ed rapidly today in Phillips county circuit court, juries returning verdicts “I anr pelased to receive it in the t of guilty of first degree murder in two preeence of the commander-in-chief. cases, thereby causing six negroes to Mr. Geo. H. Bolt, of the Trinity Ridge Section, Accidentally Strikes New* berry Cltisen with Fatal Result.' Mr. George H. Bolt, the well known farmer of the Trinity-Ridge section, had an unfortunate experience on the wa to the state fair last Wednesday when his automobile struck H. L. Dominick, of Newberry county, about 17 miles out of Columbia, causing the death of the latter in a Columbia hos pital the same night. A coroner’s Jury sitting on the case in Columbia, exon erated Mr. Bolt from blame, ascribing Mr. Dominick’s death to an “unavoid able accident". Mr. Bolt did all in his power to render aid to the injured man, carrying him to Columbia in his own car and remaining near him un til his death, but all efforts in his be half were in vain. A full account of the accident, ap pearing in The State Thursday, was as follows: Henry L. 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