Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-06
Train Of Displays From the
Fields Of Battle Center Of
Great Interest.
MURDERoUS WEAPONS USED
Methods Taken to "Strafe the
Hun" Revelation to People
Who View Them.

Two long lines OF humanity sew
eral abreast. ana reaching more mar
Two blocks dowa Cincinnati hvouu"
slowly passed through the, FOurti
Liberty Loan train. EidctrdCkcd near
the Frisco Htat,on Friday afternoon
The home guards ana IN" sec.
Ond Okla homang were kept buJ
throughout tho evening keeping ine
crowds In order. at least 5000 poo
pie surging about the sccno Of at
traction all evening.
Weapons OF modern warfare ca
pable OF creating destruction more
horrible than Bante's conception 81
tho inferno, were displayed from m"
four cars Of tho Liberty Special Two
examples OF almost perfect cannon
flage guns captured from the Huns
the past summer, are 10 be seen IN
tho artillery exhibition.
sixty days ago these. great field
cannon were moving down American
mon On the blood drcnrhcd batti"-
fields OF France, today. boomerang
Ike, they are Instrumental In nrpns-
ing wave of public hate against the
inhumdn perpetrators OF TINS terrible
war that Is doomed 10 crush and
destroy their German military sys
tom.
Captured by tho American forces
At the battle OF Chateau-Th less
than two months ago, these great
guns are Intact except for tho triB
Her mechanism, which tho Germans
removed when they saw that they
we're beaten. They are both splendid
examples OF Camoufiage. used by
both the alliei armies and their en-
emieA Daubed with white, red and
brown paint on the neutral dark
green gun barrel and carriage, the
ensemble blends well with almost
any background The barrel ls quito
short, shooting siK-inch shells thal
weigh about 2t0 pounds. when fired
these ahells rise ABOUT three quarters
OF "A mile and bury themselves In the
Garth before exploding. They tear "A
hole "a feet across and II feet deep
and are used mainly TO bow up
trenches. gun emplhcements. etc
Each shell carries n time fuse In
case they do not explode by contact.
Name for L. s. Guns.
"Devil wagons" as the Huns APP
propriately call them. tho American
railway guns are one OF our largest
type or heavy artillery. The cannon
is enormous, about 80 feet In length
and is carted backward attached TO a
truck Two seats on either side oil
the muxzle are provided for the gun
crew. A modern feature OF this gun
is the recoil chamber, below which
10 a great, long box filled with oil
When the barrel recoils after being
fired, this gun does not move back
ward, az was formerly the case
Shells l6 inches In diameter. several
feet In length and carrying 1895
pounds of high explosives, give one
an idea OF tho immensity and force
Of this guns charges
A German field piece copied from
the famous French Tbs is also or
display. Weighing five tons each
this l50-mllllmeter field piece IL
capable OF shooting IS 6-lnch shells
per minute. The French 7bs, al
though the original model, can fire
rs shots per minute.
Having "A working range OF fouT
and one-han to five and one-hali
miles, Il is used TO fire 'whlz- bangs
shrapnel and other high explosives
The IS shrapnel holes that helped
put this gun out OF commission show
that the Huns were fleeing and try
ing TO drag their cherished weapon
OF destruction backf) to Germany
with them, as all shots were directed
from their rear The entire crew IL
now pushing up daisies" while
their great field piece is doing It's bit
for the fourth Liberty loan.
Floating Mines.
A modern weapon, horrible in Its
conception, lis the floating mine.