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Show Water May be Used To Christy Arizona But Bottle of Champagne Alio Probably Prob-ably Will Be Broken on the " Battleship's Prow ' J Now York, Juno 1C Both wlno and water may bo used to christen tho $15,000,000 superdreodnought Arizona Ari-zona when she is launched at the New York navy yard noxt Sa'turday. Owing Ow-ing o the fact that Arizona Is a dry state!, there' has been somo speculation specula-tion as to whother the tustomary bot-tlo bot-tlo of champagne would bo broken on tho Arizona's bow as she slid from tho ways , , Governor Hunt of Arizona and the members 'of tho launching commlttco from that stato are understood to bo on their way, bringing for uso In tho christening a bottle of tho first water wa-ter that flowed over tho famous Rooso velt dam in Arizona. A mesBago received horo from Hon-ry Hon-ry A. Ladd, Governor Hunt's secretary, secre-tary, said: "Champagno win probably bo used In clir stoning tho Arlzonn, nlthoiigh a bottle of wator may also bo used In a supplemental way If a request by certain raombora of tho Arizona committee com-mittee Is acceded to by tho commandant command-ant of tho navy yard." |
