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i THE OBECO STATESMAN l HVJCDAV; JAXt'AIlY 37, 101 ,1 i TANK ADVANCED NOT FOLLOWED BY INFANTRYMEN Silesians at First in Terrpr But Have Wits to Com-. bat Monster CAPTURE FINALLY MADE Cologne Gazette Tells How Tanks Bring Horror to German Privates AMSTERDAM, Jan. 27. (Corre- t TKa A aanpl o t Art Ptnaa L Tank warfare as it strikes the Ger man troops is aescnuea oy toe co logne Gazette in a story of fighting around Fontaine Notre Dame daring the Cambral offensive. The writer declared that many of the German private soldiers look upon the tanks tritn a feeling of terror. He 'says: "- The village is still suffering un 'iet shell fire; botfses acd men are mingled in the same ruin; whole roofs have -been lifted thronah the air like feathers; but for the iuo meiit the storm has jtone beyond the unhappy place. "From a cellar in the main5 street a Kllesian rifleman looks out. He snifrs t first for fear of gas. then he stuffs his nutk in hU mh ket ao4 looks: around. Ileavtns. uhat a street! Gradually the riflemen creep like mice after a baHstorio Cut of their cellars. Is Tommy Atkins coming back That is the question, for the battalion has orders to hoid the village at all costs. "Tank" lias Sinister Sound. "Rot suppose Tommy comes hack with his tanks? .The word passes from i lip to lip. It has a sinister sound, as when one In a cloister mentions the devil by name. In the big thrust the English used 300 tanks, some said 500. The monsters were said to spit flame, so that no could approach them, and to crawl crawl over every obstacle. A Silte ian rifleman who stood in their way would be crushed like a worm under a steam roller. What could a poor soldier do bnt scuttle out of the way? It was true the Herr lieutenant said that steel bullets would eo through the armor of the tank, and that' we had only to hurl bombs at it and the tank Would stop and catch fire. But suppose it did not stop? "In ' the meantime the infantry battle flamed up all alone the line. One of the riflemen at the barricade climbed up a damaged roof and peeTed Into the distance. Over Bour lon wood towards the canal lay a sea of smoke in which the flash of shells could be seen. There were o jfgjk -i u-7 i r '0, 0 1 ji j m Get Largest Automobile Show Ever , Held in the Northwest Feb. 7 to 13 Portland's Ninth Annual Automobile Show 'Latest models in Farm Tractors, Tracks and V . ' Automobiles : ' . t Portland's Magnificent New Auditorium Qne Weelc, Commencing Thursday, Feb. 7 -' ' . A ADMISSION 25 CEXTS . -, V . . Reduced Railroad lUtesr-Certificate.PIan , Household Bank Accounts IT will' simplify the handling of; household income anil outgo, and ioriiaps give you a better record of both if a CHECKING ACCOUNT is maintained for that pur pone. Both men and women should he interested in the facilities of the United States National Dank along such lines. Y A Reasonable Amount Opens a Checking Account , - - ; )' $200,000 Capital and Surplus IriitsaS&WtoM urecom 150 the German reserves swarming for ward in light firing lines under the fire. of the guns. : An English airman flew dawn to a height of 200 yards and dropped fireball after fireball so that the Knglish artillery could get their mark, lie was a bold fellow. Hurrah! The (Vrniau battleplanes swfoped down like hawks on a dove. The Silesians would have clapped their hands for jov but they .were holding bombs ready to fire. Tank Cora 1 11(0 View. 'Suddenly there was the cry, 'the tanks are coming! Bdt where Where? There, on the Jilll. don't you see? It was oulte trne. There was a -ite! trail of smoe on -the slope of Rourlon hill, and just as the dark outline of a ship emerges froi.i a fog at sea, here and there a dark crawling 'monster was visible. "Then indeed even the most hard ened veterans were anxious. 'Good heavens! These are monsters!' Ev eryone looked down the street. The tanks would, have to come down it if they wished to get through the vil lage. At the barricade a signal arm went up. Nobody spoke. Everyone held their breath. 'Tanks in front. They are coming straight toward us was the next message. Their num ber was feverishly counted. 'Six.' flustered one soldier; 'eight, nine, twelve, stammered anotbet with fixed eyes. 'Look, there are more still ; they have overrun our forward position. , , The Silesia ris ducked their heads for German shells were firing straight over their heads. Hurrah! One was struck, and then another and another. But the others came on without a pause, and now one heard the rattle and snaffle that they made, and the Silesians sniffed the sweetish smell of the sugar-white moke which the creatures breathed. The foremost tank fired like mad with flashes of flame. The riflemen o. the barricade stood rooted to the spot like a man who has caught his foot in the railway and sees the ex press aoproachtng. Kilewian File- From Post. "And now the first tank is so close that one feels oneself already crush ed and smashed Into a pulp. - Dot fhe Silesians -they showed some smartness fled from their posts in to the houses and gardens. One mo ment the villa re was like an ant's nest on which a man trod, and the next, when every man had found his retreat, everything looked like a place of the dead. "One of the tanks came stampin? Into the village. There are moments even in the bitterest fight when there is a ray or humor like feeble sunlight flickering through the fog. There was such a moment in the midst of horror at Fontaine. Was it not amusing to watch the stupid monster roll up the High street, where there was not . a single living Silesian left? tl went up. It went down. J It grunted wickedly f nam sheer rage because it could find no victim. The bores of Its small guns shouted around, and fired as if they eouuld find something living, but always too high; And so they went clip-clap np and down the street, like the festival car at carnival time. The Silesians peered out ' Into the side streets. As soon as Tank show ed snout at a street comer they showered him with bullets. i No nlfantry Fillows. "'But where are the Tommies?' sters should wander no and down like this were they blind or were asked one of the Silesians. nldeed. Tommy seemed to have lost hli Tanks, for no English infantry ven tured into the village. Bin was it not suspicious that the terrible mon- the- ? Yes, that was it. they, were afraid " of the Silesians. And - now arrived cne of those critical moments when neither generals nor guns mat ter, bat only the heart of man. " If the Silesians had withdrawn from the village which no one could have taken amiss under the circumstances the village would have fallen in- 'to enemy hands at the forst rush. "But no, the Silesians began to match their wits against the mon sters. They grew bolder and bolder, firing and bombing the Tank as 1 it wended its way hither and thither, probably waiting for infantry which did not come., The Silesians fired rifle bullets down the barrels of the Tank's guns and threw bombs into every aperture. It was finally cap tured. But if the Tanks, as no doubt was the intention, had been support ed by lnantry, the village would have been taken In the first rush." 1 : 4 Snlem ML TAILORING IS APPRECIATED I have been in the tailoring business in alem since January 1919 and the volume and quality of my patronage have con vinced me that Salem appreciates good tailoring and good Large Stock of Woolens I have a large stock of woolens which were purchased at less than one half what they would cost me today. They are strict ly all-wool and anyone ordering a suit now will be given the benefit of the low price at which I obtained the material. they recom mended to tb? Washing ten Alumiii asso;iaion of the K. A. U. that Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin, specialist in home nii.v-s of ib I nited States buieau or tuaiio:i It rmerly dean of the school of hoie economics of Oregon Ari uliural eol- It-ge a known friend and open sup porter of President Kerr .-ho 11 Id ap point a committee of the Washington alumni to confer with the board of j cdministration in regard to the se lection of a successor to Dr. Water;.' (Kansas Industrialist, December 5.) Committee Itecoraniend Kerr. "This was done. Within two day, as a result of the committee's invest igations and their own observation:., the members of the boaid of- ad ministration were making the state ment that President Keir 'stands head and shoulders above the other men at this convention.' They pick ed out their 'biggest man. "On the second day of the con vention Mrs. Calvin declared to two members of the O. A. C. faculty. You are going to lose your president. The board has arranged for an in terview with President Kerr, and they will offer his inducement which Oregon cannot meet.' "Through the invitation of Dr. Waters, retiring president, the board of administration met President Kerr. These men went to Washing, avowedly, to get a p reside ut for theit institution. President Waters having resigned to accept a $12,000 salary When they had picked out the 'big gest man' and arranged an interview with him, what did they talk about? Doubtless the price of beef steal:. Surely, surely not such a remot? subject 'as the salary of the next president of Kansas Agricultural col lege! Somebody .Spills Beans. "And then somebody spilled th beans. Somebody doubtless some enthusiastic member of this commit tee which was appointed to assist the board of administration to select a successor to Dr. Waters told a reporter the glad news that the board of administration bad secured a new president for K. A. C, the 'biggest man at the convention. At least they had offered him the Po sition.' "But did they get him? That's doubtless what made ex-governor Hoch so excited when , he talked to the reporters at Topeka. And failing to get their first choice at the con vention, did they promptly select the next choice on the list of the several men investigated for the position, as the ex-governor explained his Wash ing mission to the Eugene reporters? They did not. Baffled in their effoit to get the mad they had picked for the position, they contented them selves with the acting president, the senior member of the faculty whom nobody had ever thought of, or still tninks or, as a permanent president. "Very sincerely yours, "Edwin T. Reed.' Crowds are Patronizing FACTS ARE MADE PUBLIC (Continued from page 1). THE TAILOR versatlon with every member of liie college faculty who attended the con vention or visited .Manhattan. "Very truly yours, "Edwin T. Reed." Xo President Secured. Professor Reed's statement in fut! follows: "Knollbrook, Covallis, Ore. "Editor The Capital Journal: In the resolutions passed by Pomona Grange, Salem. January 2 6. colored by indiscriminate rowdyisiius, occurs this appaiently sober statement, 'That the board of regent of Kan sas State college has quite recently hecured a preiduit for that institu tion at a salary of $6,500. "It has not. According to the January 9 issue of the Kansas In dustrialist, the official organ of the faculty of the Kansas State agricult ural ollege. the board of administra tion has jut appointed the senior member of the faculty, a man of thirty-five yeats service to the Instl-1 tution. as artinir president. On a Pnumber of previous occasions, the i Industrialist observes.-he has acted i as president of the college. "Is not an 'acting' president. Mr. IJditor, a sort of rtverene.i personage j who tides 'over a' period of doubt and indecision, awaiting the arrival of the teal thing? "I trust you see the point, though you mar not acknowledge it. i"he board of administration of the Kan sas State Agricultural college went as a body in November to the na tional convention of the agricultural colleges and experiment statiou, at Washington, D. C, 'to look over the college presidents of the country and pick out the biggest man. Through their president, ex-goremor Hoch, The Store of A.lXScfirun( The large number of patrons at the Farmers' Store of Quality all day! yesterday was positive evidence that the people appreciate Mr. Schrnnk's method of doing business. The peo ple Were not from Salem alone, but many of them were from the country districts. Some of them were dis posing of produce. Including butter, eggs, poultry, etc., while others wero laying in supplies of groceries and drygoods. . Mr. Schrunk, as usual, was enjoy ing himself by mingling with the throng and supplying their wants, while his large staff lof clerks were also on the jump waiting on trade. Mr. chrunk has been in the gro cery business but a short time, but has already built up a very enviable trade. This he says is due not wholly to the low prices for which he sells goods, but la also attributable to his custom of paying top prices for prod uce and paying in cash and not re quiring them to "take It out in trade." . BRASS IG ALE BED Sale on Brass Beds to Continue all Week -We are overstocked on Brass Beds and must reduce our stock. .These beds are the very latest all genuine satin finish in latest designs, 2-inch continuous posts, with 1-inch and 14 inch fillers ; would cost much more in the markets. ' - Regular $35 Bed, this week. ...... .$24.75 Regular $15 Bed, this week. ...... .$ .8.50 Regular $25 Bed, this week. ...... $195 Regular $26.50 Bed, this week. Regular $27.50 Bed, this week. 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The curiosity of a naturalist who sat near him was raised to such a pitch that at length, after the man had looked Into the box about the tenth time he approached and said: "Pardon me sir.; but I would like to know what strange thing you have In that box." "I'd rather not tell you." replied the other. "Other people would son know all about it. . "It isn't a savage animal, is it?" atked the naturalist. "That's Just what it is." replied the man. once more lifting the 1M and peeping in cautiously. "What Is the name of the crea ture?" "Well, ser. it's a kil-ma-roo, from the center of Africa. One of the most savage animals ever discov ered: a regular man-eater and "' . "What food do yon give it?" "Nothing but snakes." , "And where do yon find snakes enough to satisfy the appetite of such a monster?" "My brother, he drinks a good deal and often has delirium tremens. When he gets to seeing snakes all we've got to do Is catch 'em and "See here, what are you , giving me? Those are only ' imaginary snakes; I'd like to know how you can feed a savage, voracious animal on imaginary snakes." "Don't breathe a word to anyone," said the man, lowering; his voice, and looking about cautiously, "but the fact is, this is an imaginary kil-ma-roo." ' WHEN GOIMJAS BECAME nATTJLKD. 1 Gen. Gorgas often visits Philadel phia, where bis warm friends an le gion. One of these friends brought back from Washington the story of how he ventured to congratulate the ge nial health expert on his "poise." "Well. I don't know about that." chuckled the general, as the light of reminiscence gleamed in his eyes. "I remember perfectly well that la the solemnest moment of my iier as I was standing at the altar rail, the clergyman said, 'Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife'" and I got so rattled I couldn't .re member what I was supposed to xy. "So I said, 'Will you please re peat the question. Philadelphia Ledger. : BE PRETTY! TURN GRAY HAIR DARK ; .V WAS OX TO HIM. 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