Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-19
Superdreadnaught Arizona
Christened With Wine
and Water.
ESTHER ROSS ACTS
AS VESSELS SPONSOR
First Water Spilled Over Famous
Roosevelt Dam Used in Exercises
Incident to Naming Sister Ship OF
Pennsyivania-Daniels Points with
Pride to Steady and "Order'y'
Growth of American Navy.


ship Arizona was successfully launcheo
at the Brooklyn navy yards here tooas'
The Arizona shares with her sister
ship, the Pennsylvania. the honor u
being the worlds largest battleship'
The Arizona slipped into the water a.
1:12 o'clock.
Cav with flags and bunting the huse
hul of the SUPER -dreadnaught Arizona
sister ship of the Pennsylvania anu
one of the largest vessels of the cnlteu
States navy, lay on the ways Oh tie
Brooklyn navy yard today waiting the
signal for her launching at hlsh tloe.
The state whose name she bears was
represented by distinguished delesa-
tion The party included Governor
Hunt. Senator Ashurst and Miss esther
Ross the sponsor They had oroush'
n carboy of water, the first spilled over
the Roosevelt dam, to be used IN ah
unusual double christening.
Unusual Double Christening.
This was said to be the first IN
stance of a vessel of the United states
navy being named with both wine ano
water.
The decision to use champagne a.
wei, as water was made by Governor
Hunt in face of protests from both ma
tional and state Womens CHRISTIAN
| Temperance Union leaders.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels ano
| Admiral f. F. Fletcher commander VI
the Atlantic fleet: Maj, Gen. Leonare
| Wood and many army and navy OIL
.icials were present.
Viewed by Tens OF Thousands.
She went to the river with the Wlh
| and water Of her christening trlckhh'
| in rivulets down her bow from wv
| broken bottles that swung tosether q
| one from the tassel of a long red, WHIT
! and blue cord of silk.
Miss Esther Ross, OF Prescott, Arl1
| the battleship's sponsor. made Il ia'
| throw as the big hull quivered ana SIN
| slowly forward ~
From the navy yard, black with
holiday throng, from the spans OF TN
| BROOKLYN and Williamsburg bridges
| from the docks and piers along th'
| water fronts, from scores OF craft mug
! p;ng th. shore OF the east river an'
! from every vantage point of window
and housetops many tens OF thousano
saw the newest of American battle
ships glide down the creased ways.
/! Protect Against Submarine Attack.
That the navy department experts
are now experimenting with devices
bv which It is hoped to protect future
| American dreadnaughts from subma
rine attacks. was revealed here today
NV Secretary of the Navy Daniels II
q speech at a banquet following th'
launching of the battleship Arizona
The secretary said in part:
| ."rhe experts are at present consio
erlng the best type for the two remain
ing authorized dreadnaughts, experi
menting with devices to protect agalhs
the submarine torpedo which ha:
proved so deadly In the European war
"OrderIy Growth" of Navy.
<"The launching Of this big dread
| naupht is an event which tells bette
than can be spoken by any words tn
steady and orderly growth OF the navy
within the past year l have witnesse'
the launching of the Nevada, at cam
den of the Oklahoma, and at Newpor
News of the Pennsylvania, and now to
day of the Arizona. This follows close
lv upon the completion Of the New
York and the Texas. AS soon as tn
| Arizona leaves the ways we will her
begin actual construction work on tn
California, much of the material
which has already been contracted ioi
and which will be equipped with cleo
tric propulsion. being the first dread
naught to utilize this recently teste
power. which promises to be revolu
tionary invention.
ut is believed that the oil burninl
California will be able to steam NOR
than 5000 miles further than Goa
burning vessel