The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-05-09
TROPHY TRAIN STIRS BIG CROWD

Heralded by the firing of bombs and
fusillade of revolver and rifls shc:s
the War Trophy train pulled into Oro-
Iville Tuesday evening on he hour
scheduled and was greeted by a cheer
ing throng of eXcite0 chlldren and
deeply interested adults
Exhibited upon the three flat cars
were many captured German field
guns, howitzers ,mincwerfers. German
barbed wire from verdun, one of tho
famous French 75MM field pieces, two
small tanks, one OF French and the
other of American make, aerial bombs.
large and small shells and many other
interesting bits or material. The
smaller trophies were arranged in a
baggage car.
AS soon as the train came to q stop,
1t. Hanover, who was in charge start
ed the school children through the bag
gage car to see the small exhibits, ANA
began an explanation OF the use ami
purposes of the larger material dis
played on the flat cars. Following this
explanation he introduced the speak,
ers, first of whom was Capt. u. X.
Brown, of Ellensberg, who served
eighteen months in france and took
part in much of the heaviest fighting
in which the American troops were
engaged. Capt. Brown was followed
by Maj. E. p. Lowery, a graduate Of
West Point and veteran of a number
of wars in many places on the globe.
Maj. Lowery wears many decorations.
including the French Medal Militaire
and Croix de Guerre, the Persian Or
der of the Lion and Sun, the order OF
the Liberator of the Republic and the
Cross of st. George. The last speaker
was Capt. Jack Hazelett, of Seattle,
Division.
The speakers stirred the big crowd
to enthusiastic applause. Capt. Brown
was the most finished speaker of the
three and impressed his hearers deep
ly. Maj. Lowery ana Capt. Hazlett
were rough and ready takers, full OF
the fire and the vigor of dauntless
fighters. They did not hesitate to
speak their convictions and their We
hemently loyal Amerfcanism with
directness and picturesqueness of Ian
guage that fired their audience to
loud expressions OF approval. They
flayed the Stacker and the coward and
the disloyal citizen without mercy.
They issued warning TO the Bolshe-
Wiki the l. w. w. and the revolution
airy union leaders who are trying to
corrupt unionism into an agency for
destroying American democracy, that
the men returning from France who
saw their fellows shot down and who
risked their own lives in defense Of
their country together with the thous-
ands who were in the service in this
country preparing to get into the
fight; they warned that these men
will not tolerate any attempt here a.
home to do what the Huns were striv-
ing to do with their great military
machine, and they urged that the un-
American radicals present the issue
now that this thing may be fought to \
finish, confident of the result.
Through the representation of Sam
Starrett, local chairman Of the Vic.
tory Loan committee, the commander
of the Trophy Train was induced to
give an exhibition run of the small
American made tank. 1t was driven
from the train down Main street and
back to the great edification OF the
crowd
The visit of the train has given an
undoubted stimulus to the Victory
Loan drive here with results already
apparent.
People from all the surrounding
territory came to Oroville to see the
trophies, many driving down from
Loomis and Nelson.
Long before the train was due to
arrive people began to gather at tho
station and when 1t pulled in a crowd
estimated at from 500 to 1000 greet
ed 1t and the soldiers in charge, all
veterans Of the Great War, many OF
them wearing decorations awarded for
distinguished service.
The Trophy Train arrived on sched-
ule time, S:15 p. m, and left for Re-
public a little after II o'clock. The
big crowd remained throughout its
stay. held both by the interest Of the
exhibits and the stirring eloquence OF
the speakers.