Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — Christened the Maine. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Christened the Maine .

Miss hfary Preble Anderson, who broke the customary bottle of champagne to christen the battleship Main®, launched at Philadelphia Saturday, comes of a famous naval family. She Is a great grand-daughter of Commodore Edward Preble, who having distinguished himself as a young man in the American navy during the revolution, commanded the ConstitutionOld Ironsides—during the famous expedition against the Barbary pirates. He has always been styled the father

of the American navy, because it was he who first made it famous abroad. His nephew, Admiral George H. Preble, was distinguished in the war against Mexico and in the civil war, and his grandson, Edward Deering Preble, uncle to Miss Anderson, rose to be lieutenant commander in the navy, and was navigator of the Kearsarge in its battle with the Ala'bama. Miss Anderson lives with her parents In Deering street, Portland, and is well known socially.

MISS MARY PREBLE WHO CHRISTENED THE MAIND