Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-15
HARLAN WORKERS TO
AID LIBERTY LOAN
WITH BIG PARADE
Four Thousand Men in Overalls
and Jumpers. With Band,
TO Open Campaign.
FLOATS MAY BE IN LINE

With parade Of 1000 wor1mcu from
tho Harlan plant Of the Bothlchcm Ship
building Corporation at noon. and
rousinp massmccting IN the afternoon or
evening the opening of the third Liberty
Loan campaign ~ trril g. will be rIslcred
M III this city with sufficient dcmnnstrn-
tIon Ia reach every arction ot tho city
The niTcr nf the Harlan management
coming To- the committee voluntarily,
Is considered very remarkable by Char
man John = Roaeell and the others who
are assisting him IN this third appeal Tor
national funds Mr. Rnzscll Will aid
the ehipbuildlng officials N making any
arrangements necessary tnr the parade.
which Il is believed will give the local
campaign tho necessary push and send
off needed ia attract the attention oi the
public. To the nCccSslty for such cam
raign for funds
Tho parade of tho Harlan workers was
PIT M to tho men and they have re-
spondcd gallautlv The corporation he's
not arranged all " tho plans for he page
ant. hut 1t Ia expected that tho demon
-tration will be about the noon hour
As tentatively outlined the procession
will leave the Harlan plant about ~
o'clock and proceed cast on Front street
a. French. then n"rthward g. Tenth
nr Eleventh. westward 10 Market and
from Market t. Front and lilo plant
This route may he changed as deemed
advisable
HARLAN RANn 10 III ~ TrOfTastnN.
Tho Harlan men viii hn headed hy
tholt band nt - mualcans. many 81 whom
are paycra # much oSt"ueuce II Is
proposed 81 have tho vorkmen march
hv DIVISIONS scrrceating carh depart
ment Al tho works
It pos=llln i i hoped g. have at
lcaet two floats ~ tho lrno tine q thes"
may portray uvctrpg as i used - ho
done bv hand and winch IN small moa-
sure Is continued IA the building II shipa
TODAY
The men Will march u thp,r iumperp
and overall=. ,lqcd about the plant and
the appearance of those mon. Il ,v hoped.
will lnspirr those who have displayed
hut a slight interest IN the lnan g. a do
sire 20 do their patrluiir Int for this
country
The presence ~ cvcrv man ~ tho pro
ocszlon. except those absolutely ucrca-
sary ~ keep the machinery going. If
assured because ~ tho fact that the cor
poration will pay tho men for the tune
lnet from works
RAtsT FUNDS ron fttG
Some ~ the patriotic spintz at the
Harlan plant, when informed # thc prol-
ect, suggested that there should ho a
handsome American flag fof tho band
that Is Co lead tho procession. and some
Of the leading spirits among The work
men at oncc started a subscription for a
flag and other banners that may hc ear
ried Up to this morning over 500 had
bcrn suhscrlhci and the men want t.
increase tins amount a couple or three
times over
we arr going 60 d. our Sharr IN this
fight. saId William Gallagher. who IS
active in athletics ~ the plant There
is fine splrit among the rcn. and they
realize fully what shIIs mean 10 this
country now All that Was needed AT
Harlan was Tor some une to wake them
M. and tins has been donc and the mon
are responding fully % tic calls made
upon them
Chairman Rossei II commenting on
the patriotism az the Harlan manage
ment and ITS employees, sand
IL $ magnificent tins SpUIt oI hearty
c,,-oporatjon and lnvalty trust that
its influence Will spread 10 other INDUS
tries III this city and that Il vii result
IN the cutIrr community uniting t. make
the loan . bigger success than any oi
the Others Tins spirit Is necessary If the
loan Is 90 he the success IT should be