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Show mm 1 King Albert Sends Message Mes-sage to State'sFamous 1 Fighters. BELGIANS DELIGHTED Reception in America Pleases Members of Royal Party. CLEVELAND, O. Oct 7 On Board I King Albert ? Train) Kui Albert of the Belgians, one of the foremost boI- Jdiers of Europe paid tribute to the gal-lantry gal-lantry of Ohio's Thirty-Severn h division di-vision when h- aok- this morning within the boundaries of the state of Ohio which furnished the American larmy v illi its 37th division I His majesty's message said. "The king takes occasion to render his homage to those magnificent troops for Hie brilliant part they took in the fighting In Belgium. The king, as commander of the group ot anulefl of Flanders, is profoundly happy to be able 10 bring '.o these heroes on their 1 own territory this tribute of admiration admira-tion of their Belgian brothers in arms and the expression of gratitude of ;he entire Belgian nation toward the de liverance of which the glorious Thirty-Seventh Thirty-Seventh division contributed so much iThe king desires to add to this list the name of the chief who commanded these troop-.. -Major Charles S. Farns ' worth." The party rested well list nirif nf ier thdr fatiguing day at Buffalo -ind Niagfira Falls. The onlv slop of the dav, except to chance engines, fflll h--at Toledo which the Belgians will visit as the friends of Brand Whitlock. American ambassador to their country who endeared himself to the entire na- lion cunuB lu There was no formal program there. The visitors were taken for a ride about ihe city after being welcomed by the mayor and a committee of citizens. citi-zens. All the Belgians were delighted with their reception in Buffalo. King Al bert decorated Mayor Buck as a commander com-mander of the Order of Leopold II and made John Lord O'Brien, chairman chair-man of the reception commlttei-, an officer of the order The Order of Leopold was also conferred on the three young Buffalo women members of the Women's Motor Corps who drove the cars in which rode the king, queen and crown prince. They were Mrs R W iH.wner. Mrs Elliott Arm-Strong Arm-Strong and Miss Dorothy Dudley |