Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1917 — His Powers of Persuasion. [ARTICLE]

His Powers of Persuasion.

~ lord Pirfe, chairman of Harland A Wolff, the great Belfast xhiphanrting firm, Is credited with remarkable powersof persuasion Tasabtirineiis man. It Is told of him that when, visiting Liverpool a large shipowner was observed to have a more serious face than usual. “What la wrong?” one of his colleagues asked. Jr“Well, the fact is,” be replied, “Pirie has been over here and has persuaded me to buy a 10.000-ton ship, and I am wondering what on earth to do with it!”