Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-09
SCHWAB WINS BOYS
Continued from pnRe !

/ only one thing meant WheH YOU say
am an American, and that ~ That you
have done your best to aid in the great
struggle for world democracy.
| WORK THE ONLY MEASURE.
"Men of worth are measured only by
what they have done Not by the money
| they have made, you may be sure, Now
| am not n rich man In fact, have never
| counted my money since ! paid my last
| income tax. Don't know whether have
| n cent left in the world or not Why, let
me tell you just how poor ! am.
"When Andy Carnegie and | went up
to State College III Pennsylvania to dedl-
cate the buildings each had given, |
CAME into nv room at the hotel and
found my valet cropping for something
under the bed Charles, | said, What
on earth are YOU doing under that bed
Charles struggled 10 his feet, and ened
angrilv, See here. Mr. Schwah, ] am
going to quit Here YOU and Carnegie
are giving away buildings costing millions
of dollars and YOU come down here with just
one collar button between You and
I've lost that
II am like the american soldier who
had no decorate ION 1t seems that the
kaiser was interviewing "A bunch of prs
oners The English prisoner wore
Victoria Cross; the Erenchman wore
French War Cross, an Italian also had
similar decoration and the German ser
prnpt standing nearby wore m Iron
Cross The American had no cross ~
NIL and looking at hln severely the
kaiser said Well, Id like 10 know how
in blazes YOU got across here
40 USE ron THE KAISER
Il used to know the old kaiser pretty
well IN the old days | never did have
much use for hln, hut I've got u whole
sight less use for hrn new
Now, | must stop Non boys are
| credit to your company. a credit to Will
| mington and a credit to Your nation. on
| look good TO me Cod bless YOU.
woHK FINDS IT O'CLOCK.
Just NJ 3 o'clork Yesterday afternoon.
| the whist les Of the plant blew and work
| ended for the oiay Workers strcamed out
of the buildings and gathered around
stand erected IN the hig court yard behind
the man office Here with other hun
| dreds of spectators they listened to speech
| % hv prominent officials Of the Emergency
| Fleet Corporation. the bethlehem Steel
| Company and Of the Harlan plant
The Harlan Rand. from stand op-
| posltc he speakers, PLAYED patriotic airs,
war songs and classical music nj intervals
| perrhcd from few feel M. to the very
top Of a number Of l21-fnot steel cranes.
scores of workers looked down upon the
multitude and hccklcd the speakers. not
| cXcmpting the good natured director
general himself nut they didn't get his
goat for a minute lie shot few remarks
upward with smile that carried their
| bite clear To the top of the masts
n l. . -,
throng. ] + Weaver. general manager
Of tho plant. pulled tic rope winch I'M
| furled the great flag. 20 by 10 feet hung ut
! the top Of the l30-foot pole II front 81 the
nlain othcc inst as he loosed the banner,
thirteen White pigeons were freed from
he office roal anil elrcled gracefully IN
compact body round and round over
| head.
The Aag and pole were the gifts 70 the
company hy the employees. Chafles
Nohrman superintendent al the rigging
department. through J Il. Weaver. su-
pcrintcndcnt presented a brass plate
which Will later bc placed on the pole,
Inscribed. ''prcscntcd 10 the Harlan
plant Of the Bethlehem Shlpbullding
Corporation by the employees
Is the flag unroled. the spectators. led
hl llc band Ioincd IN singing The Star
! y
introduced ~ Harry \ Jemlson, IN
charge Of ceremonies and addressed the
throng.
Following his speech Mr. Sehuab
presented the handsome trophy. A silver
cup ~hich the Harlan Band Won II the
competition among shIpbulldlng bands
IN Philadelphia some time ago. The
trophy Wa accepted BY band Leader
Cox on brhali of the members
After = selection hv the band William
q. Coke district manager for the Feuth
district OF the ilpet Corporations pre-
~entrd his trophy to he Harlan Baseball
! Ghh, winch won he big league cham
plonshIp Of all the shipbulellng plants
Of the corporation Alr. SehNtb performs
"a the presentation. Dr Charles 4
Eaton. head oi the service section of the
Emergency tleet Corporation, then gave
- the team the pennaut which they Won
a champions of the Delaware River
League.
Among those AT the ceremonies were
! T. g. Grace president OF the Bethlehem
Steel Company. ] " Powell. xice-pre~i-
dent of the Bethelhen ShpbuIlding Cor
poratIou; judge ray. Mayor lawson.
John ; Rossell II 7. scott " ). Hills
and other prominent men af u tlmlngton.
The committee IN charge Of arrange
mcnts was composed Of Charles NIohrman,
William Harmon. John Clauson, William
Watson and William I Thompson
| Member, uf tins committee met Nir
~chWab ri the Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion about > . clock.
DI&NER " IHEDI PoAF.
Last night in the grill room Of the
/ du Pont he Harlan officials and the
department chief of the plant gave
! their Il ncle Charley u dinner "A
strictly family affair al which when
| the speechmaking came along strictly
/ family affairs like shipbuiIding and
/ how the Harlan folks do things and
! how the whole Bethlehem outfit does
things were discussed, and nele Charley
! frankly told the boys he Vas proud OF
J them and their works Just as he Was
proud Of all Of the others OF his industrial
i family
1t is understood hc said, that Della
ware River shipyards will be kept under
forced draught for several years after
| the war is over, turning out additional
! tonnage for Americas merchant marine
and that 50 urgent IS the need for ships
now and in the future, that all ship
/ yards throughout the country will he
kept busy for the next few years
The Emergency Fleet Corporation