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Show UTAH WATER CHOSEN ' TO CISTEfJ VESSEL ' ?T Utacarbon, a , Superdread- ' nought, Will Be Launched July 3k California Arranges to Entertain En-tertain Special Party of Utahns. Traditions and customs will be given a decided jolt during the christening of the superdreadnought Utacarbon, July 3i, at Alameda, Cal., when Miss Margaret Hors-ley Hors-ley of Price, Utah, will smash a bottle of pure Utah water against the bow of the great ship as it slips from the ways. 1 Bubbling champagne will give way to the sparkling water from Col ton Springs, Utah, and the customary explosion and 1 splash of foam will be lacking. This in- 1 formation reached the Commercial club yesterday. , Motion picture operators who are planning plan-ning to register the christening of tho 1 famous ship, when notified of the de- ' cision to use water, are reported to have 3 already registered a protest. They say they have found from experience that a . 1 pint of water makes little disturbance, and consequently, little foam and bubbles. t On the other hand, they report that cham-pagne cham-pagne contains many qualit ies which photograph well. However, they will be doomed to disappointment, for pure water It shall be. California to Celebrate. 1 All northern California will celebrate "Utah" day, July 31, when Miss Horsley sends the huge ship into the San Francisco Fran-cisco bay in the name of Carbon county, , which received the honor of naming the battleship for being the first to complete her quota during the fourth Uiberty loan. The county made the best record in the . entire western states. ' Information reached Lester D. Freed, president of the Commercial clutf, yes- 1 terday, from California that plans are i being made to stage a huge celebration in honor of the christening, and in every city and town near Alameda the day will be known as "Utah day." The great ship Is now nearing completion in the shipyards of the Bethlehem Steel company com-pany yards, and every detail will be completed com-pleted upon the arrival of the Utah delegation dele-gation on the day of the christening. Plans for Utah's part in the celebration were made yesterday when Carl H. Mar- i cusen, chairman of the Liberty loan drives in Carbon county; Mr. Freed and L, H. Farns worth met with Governor Bamberger and went over the entire program. pro-gram. Subsequent to the conference an order was given a local jewelry concern 1 to prepare Immediately a beautiful and costly sliver service set to be presented to the officers of the ship, following the '. christening. At a later meeting at the Commercial club J. David Larson, Mr. Freed, Mr. Marcusen and W. P. Bcnscn decided upon the wording that shall be engraved upon the silver, as follows: "As Utah Served in the World War, So May This Serve the Utacarbon." Special Train Arranged. Many officials connected with the Liberty Lib-erty loan drives in Carbon county, as well 1 as those who served on state committees, will attend the christening, It was announced, an-nounced, yesterday. A special train will leave Salt Lake, July 28. The christening christen-ing will take place at 3 o'clock, during the afternoon of July 31. Salt Lakers who will attend are Governor Gov-ernor Bamberger,, Heber J. Grant, chairman chair-man of fourth Liberty loan; Mr. Farns-worth. Farns-worth. chairman of the state council of defense; W. W. Armstrong, state chair- J man of Victory loan drive; Mr. Larson, J state campaign manager for the Victory rL loan; Mr. Freed, city campaign manager p for the Victory loan, and Mrs. W. Mont -Ferry, chairman of the women's state committee of the Victory loan. Miss Horsley and her father, A. W. IJorsley, besides many loan drive officials, will be Included in the Carbon county contin- j gent. , ; Dinners, banquets and other social events are being planned by the Cali- fornians in honor of the Utah people, according ac-cording to a dispatch of yesterday. Luncheons Lunch-eons have been planned at the Oakland i hotel in Oakland, and a special train has 1 been ordered to carry the officials from Oakland to the Alameda shipyards. Gov- ernor Stephens of California and mayors of all the cities in the vicinity will be present. Joseph E. Calne, former secretary secre-tary of the Salt Lake Commercial club and now secretary of the Oakland club, is arranging the celehration and welcoming welcom-ing of tho guests. Russell Lowry, a former for-mer Salt Laker and vice president of the American National bank of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, is arranging the celebration in the shipyards. |