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Show HONOR SHIP OF UIAHJJUfiCIO CALIFORNIA WINE AND UTAH WATER MIX ON BOW AS UTA-CARBON UTA-CARBON IS LAUNCHED. Traditional Vintage Dashed by Miss Margaret Horsley, Sponsor of Utah's Liberty Loan Honor Ship, to Satisfy Sat-isfy Sea Superstition. San Francisco. Into the high tide of Oakland harbor, the Utacarbon, Utah's Liberty loan honor ship, was launched at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, after-noon, California wine and Utah mountain moun-tain water glistening on the bow as the big oil tanker glided down the ways at the Alameda yards of the Bethlehem Bethle-hem Shipbuilding corporation. The unusual combination of wine and water added flavor to the launching launch-ing ceremonies. The wine dashed upon up-on the starboard bow by Miss Margaret Mar-garet Horsley, the pretty sponsor, was used to lay the "jinx" which men of the sea contend may attach to a ship not christened with the traditional vintage, vin-tage, Governor Bamberger dashed the bottle of water against the port bow. Representing the treasury department, depart-ment, Governor Day of the Twelfth Federal reserve presented the ship to Carbon county, and It was accepted by Governor Bamberger. Governor William Wil-liam D. Stephens was called upon by Master of Ceremonies Carl R. Marcu-sen, Marcu-sen, and responded with a glowing tribute to Utah's chief executive. The launching party from Utah was entertained at a luncheon at the Hotel Ho-tel Oakland at 1 o'clock by. the Oakland Oak-land chamber of commerce. Joseph E. Caine, formerly of Salt Lake, was toastmaster. Luncheon was attended by about 150 former Utahns and prominent prom-inent men and women of the bay cities. |