LAUNCHING OF WARSHIP UTAH pretty ceremony performed by miss alice spry graphically described by camden paper mrs amanda stewart re recently of 0 this city who is now at camden N J has sent the editor a copy of 0 the camden post telegram of december containing a it write up of 0 the launching of the battleship utah which occurred at camden on thai that date we reprint tho the following extracts from it the battleship utah the largest and most formidable war mar vessel in the united states was successfully launched in tho the presence of cheering thousands at the plant of the new york company at 10 63 53 this morning the christening was performed by miss mary alice spry of salt lake city daughter of go governor arnor spry oj of utah the launching platform wag was crowded with offic officials tills of utah government officials and representatives as of foreign nations united states senator reed read smoot attracted considerable sid erable attention as did commander a r T himba of the japanese imperial navy and lieutenant commander D R MarQues de of azeuedo brazil z at 1045 big muscular workmen with sledge hammers and i stall chisels attacked tho the big blocks under the bow of the ship and so 61 skillfully ill fully did they work that five minutes later what were more ponderous logs were reduced to kindling wood mood when the noise subsided miss aliss spry took tool her bar position by the bow of the ship facing the r right 1 side she was wa dressed in white and wore a big white picture hat white furs a corsage comage bouquet of sego lilies ahe the flower of the state of utah and carried a bouquet of american beauty roses naval architect james E swan of tho the shipbuilding company com piny gave her final instructions as to how when and where to strike and she grasped the bottle in such a manner that showed ad she eho was not afraid to do her bar duty in tho tile presence of such a big throng president do courcy may vice president iagoune and foreman of the construction of hulls thomas mason stood m where here each commanded a good view niem of the sponsor when mr swan completed ins his task president may signalled signal led vice president INIa magoun goun and the latter waved a white handkerchief to mr air mason mr mason alason with a downward sm swish ish of hia his right hand band act several men at work on the hydraulic rama mi under tinder the bow of the ship and instantly she ohe started toward the delaware without the slightest groaning or creaking of timber lel suid mr swan and instantly the beautiful girl smashed smash tho the bottle into small pieces saying 1 I christen thee utah god speedily speed edill I 1 As the monster fighting machine sped toward then the river er there was wis a chorus of whistles from river craft above all of which could be heard the blasts of the siren whistle of the shipbuilding company the cheers of the thousands and the tile yells of about students from the university of pennsylvania there was a stiff wind blowing from the northwest that kicked up a nasty choppy sea and sent all the ice in the river to the jersey side As the ship rose and fell in in her first bed of ice she seemed to bow acknowledgments knowledg ments of the parting words of the fair sponsor AS the ship ploughed sloughed hed her way may through the ice out into the channel the face of miss spry was wreathed in smiles while governor spry and the other officials who wore more citizens dress with tiny silk american flags in their buttonholes led the cheering immediately after the launching misa bliss spry was presented with a handsome sapphire bracelet by naval architect swan on behalf of the shipbuilding company it mas w as accepted by governor spry in a neat speech united statys senator smoot also made a few remarks all were applauded when asked what she thought of the launching miss big blue eyes sparkled as she smilingly said oh ob what can I 1 bayl it was splendid I 1 I 1 am so happy because it was so successful on leaving the yard to attend the banquet governor and mrs spry miss spry and the other members of the state party obligingly consented to pose while a score of newspaper photographers took views viens the main platform and galleries were crom crowded ded as never before at any launching among the prominent persons there were congressman 11 C state assessor david baird ma or ellis representatives from the league island navy yard and more than a score of other officials the keel of the utah u was aa laid march 15 1909 and she is fifty tour four per cent completed in launching her today the new york shipbuilding company established a worlds record her sister ship the florida being built at the brooklyn navy yard the contract for which was made at tile same time is thirty nine per cent completed the utah will be finished in considerably sider ably leba than the contract time she will be the first american war vessel to be equipped with the parsons turbine engine she is of tons burden more tons than the michigan the largest war vessel built by the shipbuilding company governor spry ins his wife and daughter n will ill remain in philadelphia over night and then go to washington to spend christmas in conversation with the rost telegram reporter just bafo before r a the utah slid down the ways mays thia this morning tho the governor said that a handsome silver service for the new nen battleship would be ready mady for presentation by the time the vessel was put in commission mission or soon afterward my idea said the governor is to ba have a the silver service donated by the tile school children of utah instead of having tho the legislature appropriate the money or a few wealthy men contribute the feces sary amount there are children of school age in m mv state out of a population of we rather pride ourselves on that record and ou can see that it if there is a contribution of b but I 1 it ten cents from each of these children we me shall have a fund to expend on the tile silver service the people of U utah tah arc are immensely proud of having this magnificent craft named after our state and I 1 am quite sure the po popular pu subscription will bo be a success this is certainly a great shipbuilding plant and I 1 shall tell our people not to forget that the tile utah was made blade in camden caulden 11 r