Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-19
Distinguished Party Witnesses Sue.
cassfuI Launching at Sh'pyaId
INFORMAL BREAKFAST At WARWICK
Affair in Honor OF the Sponsor, Miss
Hepburn, the Occasion of Eloquent
Responses to Toasts-seventeen
Congressman in Christening Party.

Another successful launching oc :
Cured nj tie plant of the Newport
News ShlplIildlng e Dry Dock Com
pany ut . o'clock yesterday morning
when the new steel dcrelict destroyer.
the Seneca was put overheard from
the ways on the south side OF the
ship trestlc No. l. Az the trim little
craft started on her journey TO the
waters OF James river. Miss Ediil,
Hepburn, granddaughter of Congress J.
man William Peter Hepburn, of Iowa
smashed bottle of native American
wine across the steel prov, naming
the new queen of the seas.
Distinguished Party Present.
Gathered on the gayly bedeckc4l
launching platform under the bow OF
the Seneca was one of the most dis
tingulshed parties that ever witness.
ed ship launching In Newport News.
IL included an assistant secretary ol
the treasury, II congressman, several
or the highest officials OF the revenue
cutter service and II number of ON
GERS of the United States navy.
In the christening party were: As
sistant Secretary OF the Treasury
Bcokman winthrop, Congressman
William Peters Hepburn and Mrs.
Hepburn, Miss Edith Hepburn and
Congressman I. p. Wagner, Mrs. Wag
ner and Miss Wagner. Congressman
w. c, lowering. Congressman +. c.
Stevens and Mrs. stevens, Congress-
man j. j. Esch. Congressman y, w.
Cushman and Mrs Cushmnn. Con
gresham c. Il. Townsend ana Mrs.
townsend, Congressman james Ken
nedy, Congressman j. r. knowlanl
and Mrs. Knowland. Congressman w.
T.. Hubbard, Congressman w. c.
Adamson and Mrs. Adamson. Con
erossman w. II. Ryan and Mrs. Ryan.
CONGRESSMAN William Richardson ana
Mrs. Richardson. Congressman C. l..
Bartlett, Congressman w. w. Wilson
ana Mrs. Wilson. Captain Worth G.
itoss, U. II. c. s.. ana Mrs, Ross and
son, Captain y. p. Foley. u. s. r. C.
S. and Mrs. Foley, Chief Engineer c.
A. McAllister. U. S. Il. G. s.. I.ieuten.
ant f, c. Billiard, u. S. II. G. S.. MIR.
Woodbury. Pulsifer and Mrs. Pulsifer
and Miss O'Necfc
Launching Went OF Quietly
The launching went off very ouioi :
~, the new vessel not being greeted
by shrieks of whistles from craft in
the harbor. Several hundred people
from this city attended. hut the crow,l
was not at all enthusiastic.
The christening party arrived NJ
Old Point from Washington early yes
terday morning, being met there by
captain o. c. Hamlet. of the revenue
cutter service. who has been stationed
here in connection with the construc
tion OF The Seneca. Boarding spec.
iai cars on the Newpor; News & Old
Point Railway, the party went directly
from Old Point to the shipyard AMI
made an inspection OF the big plant
before the launching.
Postlaurching Breakfast.
After the Seneca took the water. the
members of the christening party, the
naval officers present ana the snip
yard officials repaired to the Warwick
'hotel, where. delightful postlaunch-
Ing breakfast was given by the build
ers in honor OF the sponsor. After
the breakfast had been disposed Of,
General Manager Walter a. Post, OF
the shipyard, who acted as toastmas-
Ter, made short address of welcome.
roasts were responded to rs follows:
THE President of the United
Statcs'-lion. w. p. Hepburn.
The United States Revenue Cut :.
ter Service"--Captain Worth G. Ross.
The United States Treasury
Hon. Beekman Winthrop.
Interstate and Foreign Com
merce'-Hon. w. c. Adamson.
The Sponsor."-Hon. &. 4. Town.
send.
TIE Merchant Marlne"-R. G..
Bickford
The Instability of Human AZ
fairs"-Hon. f. w Crcnshaw.
In the afternoon the christening
party boarded the United states revc.
nue. cutter Apache here and cruised
about Hampton Roads on that yesse!
DISSEMINATING at Old Point. the party
took the Norfolk & Washington steam.
or there last night for Washington.