Arizona republican., 1915-06-15
Leaves Phoenix In Special Car Over Santa Fe for New York Where Dread naught Arizona Will Be ChriStened Saturday
PRESCOTT ESCORTS
 MISS ROSS TO TRAIN
Following Dance at Yava- pai Club, Large Crowd Gathers at Station to Cheer Sponsor for the 7 Big Battleship
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 PRESCOTT, June 14.-Over SOC people gathered at the station to- night to see Miss Esther Ross. who is to Christen the battleship Arizona next Saturday. and other members of the Prescott delegation aboard the special car for New York. The northbOund Santa Fe train from Phoenix. which was fifteen minutes late pulled in at 11:30 amid the cheers of the crowd. and music by the Prescott band. which headed the parade from the Yavapai club.
 While waiting for the train to ar rive members of the Yavapai club where a dance had been held in honor of the occasion. sang songs and cheered the Prescott party Mrs. Ross. who was called on for speech. responded with appropriate remarks Both MT and Mrs Ross will ac- company their daughter to the launching Other citizens of Pres colt who boarded the special here were F. S Clark and wife and Misses Mabel Peglow and Helen Piper. for mer teachers of Miss Ross.
 Amid the strains of the Star SpanS- led Banner" and the cheers of hundreds who gathered to see them start. over thirty members of the delegation that will attend the launching of the battle ship Arizona at Brooklyn next Satur- day left Phoenix last evening in their special car Cambray for New York With them they took hundreds of Ari- zona's fairest roses to deck the great battleship at its christening, with them also went the flask containing the first water to flow over the spillway at the great Roosevelt dam. April fl.
 The special car conveying the party will be attached to the limited at Ash Fork and will arrive at Chicago on Thursday morning at 7:35- There the party will have breakfast and possibly .l short trip about the city before leav- ing at I0:3O on the Manhattan limited over the Pennsylvania lines. The del egatiOn will arrive in Washington at \ :26 the following morning. and will be received by the president between 10 and II o'clock. After a luncheon and a ride about the national capital. the members will again board their car for New York. arriving at s o'clock op the evening of June IS
 The launching will take place at noon Saturday. Immediately after the cere- monies the members of the delegation WILL De lut guests bl DtNItldLN lJdliitAo of the navy at a luncheon.
 Beside Arizona roses. which will be used to decorate the dreadnaught on it's initial plunge. another Arizona product will figure at the luncheon following the ceremonies. Two crates of the fin est Arizona oranges. selected especial k for the occasion. were loaded on the special car just before the train pulled out and will be part of the menu at the luncheon
 Governor Hunt, who is accompanied by Adjutant General Harris and two guards from the state prison. heads the party. feature of the delegations send-off here was the music by the First Regiment band. which was ord cred out to escort the governor to the train bv Col. Harris. H. B. Kohl, trav cling passenger agent of the Santa Fe accompanies the party as far as Albu- Querque. as special representative of the company.