The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-24
British WAR EXHIBIT
AT TEXAS STATE FAIR
IMPLEMENTS or wARFAR- USED
EX EuRopEEN NATIONS 70
Il SHOWN it hyN-E7o.
GREATEST DISPLAY OF ElHD


Ina.smer. 81 warfare ussd by
TIE Her4 forces On Tie ElForear
battle Seeds WIN le shown ln ast
numbers in the mammoth British
War EahihH utich viii Be piscel
Il the state Fair or Texas. Oc.O5sr
1873
Larger uan any srhibIs o. tic
fiad tasi has ever been shown 81
lse British Goresnmenf. and pr05l-
- arestest ear display ee- e1hil
fe6 s. ne world -llA B-r.sa Var
aH i expected fo to-n orc ot
re chief attractions O. tie safe
Pair
Loaz range cznnons. suBmarias
i0rpedoes hpri.zers. gas masfs.
sreafh ssFiseps uaci1s guns.
no scosrs of cfacr te1tl-dealins
@eaP51s that are saaAing OH the
Tes % soldiers across The sea. Wih
81 saoEn and demonstrated in THIS
eza. Pieces OF wrseked German
ZeFDe ahieh created ccusferaa-
- rs aig of death over En6-
and. hase been preserved and via
ta accorded pIoninent place in tas
ha Many trophies 0f ire Tom
ias uarch against k!ssrism are
.3Bnd d the Ge-maa equipment
ao-n These specimens wfre all
rred from the German army and
rrand eafn cld BE woven story
rf courage and bitter suffering that
d read Ike r0mapce Large
aefs taken from fAa German ana
sfEh fro0Fs German tlnics ami
rcl helmots picked nD from the
field u carnage wiEl 81 afraycd in
nrts ies moay ~ bloody battles
! long tbe trenches
Chief among the interesting spec.
ae1z win De guns from The famous
raider -hip The Emden Tine me-
tscric career and death-dealfng rec
nrd of this boat wnl lend adde J
attractiFeness to any piece of equip
nienE that might once have seen
sereiee thereon. Paraphernalia from
many other ships which occupy o
prominent place in history 10 date
of This great world struggle, IS list
ed in the display
German naval machines. dragged
from the depth Of the sea where
they we're placed in the hope OF
reeking destruction upon allied
ships. viii be shown complete. anu the
workings thereof demonstrated. Yep
pelin incendiary bombs, hand gre.
nades. riie grenades. and explo-
siye devices that have been produc-
ed BY this. great war are included
IN the exhibit.
One division of the exhibit that
is expected to be OF peculiar attrac
tiveness, is that OF the East Indian
troops. which have had an important
part in the war A score or In.
forms or those picturesque fighters.
models of rope bridges built by the
natives OF the Himalayas. frontier
towers along the northwest line OF
India Sappur equipment bridges.
mortars, and bombs viii be exhib.
tied.
Indian swords and daeeers taken
By the Thirteenth Lancers at SUB.
hankwar Mohmand Border. rifles
Afeham gun. from the Cantt Indian
Museum and other specimens win
be a part Of the display
The British War Exhibit weighs
approximate twenty-five tons. and
viii require an immense amount nf
floor space. It viii be located in the
Educational Building. where special
quarters have been set aside.
The exhibit was secured By the
stete Fair OF Texas only after the
posting OF heavy bond, and at
very considerable expense. It win
be shown at the State Fair OF Tex
IS as benefit for the Red Cross So. /
.iety Attendants WIN be at tie ex.
libit constantly, to explain in detail
he interesting points