Show THE UTAH LAUNCHED BIGGEST FIGHTING MACHINE IN THE NAVY FORMALY CHRISTENED I CHRIST-ENED IN FITTING MANNER When Leviathan of War Slid Into the Water United States Naval Construction Con-struction Stepped Into Supremacy Over Other Nations Philadelphia the presence of a distinguished array or statesmen the Battleship Utah the biggest In the United States navy and dubliec Skeered o Nuthln was launched on Thursday In the yards of the New York Shipbuilding company at Can l deer N Jr after MimIi1arrAltteS pry daughter of Governor Spry of Utah had smashed a beribboned bottle of champagne over the bow and spoke the words of christening Hundreds of workmen In the yards stood silent an Miss Spry threw the bottle with all her strength against the steelplated hull ot the leviathan of War Then every one removed his hat and the men gave a mighty cheer as the ship slid down the greased skids and splashed Into the water with a roar which drowned the shouting shout-Ing Launchings are common on the Delaware river but the launching of the great vessel on Thursday established estab-lished a new epoch It was a memorable memor-able occasion from many viewpoints first on account of the distinguished array of notable people second on account of the unrivalled strength or the ship and third through the fact that United States naval construction now steps into supremacy |