Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05

/ ''.S. and In another a rack holding
| IA hundred or more empty bottles.
A few boxes answered for seats
| ANA ON these and on camp stools
/ brought along by the refugees, some
/ a" men and women sat and shivered
/ not with fear, but from the cold and
/ damp OF the place.
Men In Shelter, TOO.
A French officer. with a row OF
decorations across his coat. looked
Ia little ashamed OF being there. but
+ h7 he WAS In charge OF two young
girls and an elderly woman. who
might have been his mother he had
IlS excuses. There were almost as
many men W women in the cave,
as u matter OF fact one woman, In
the pr.m dress of an English nurse,
h"H lu her arms a swathed bundle,
around which she strove TO keep "a
Eaall fur rug obWosuly picked hastily
from a bedroom floor.
Fancy the Germans choosing TO
come here at the very hour when
hdd prematurely born baby on my
hands, she conftded to me. THE
mother was rather bad, but the doc
Tor said TO me. Save tho baby II
you can. | didn't know the neigh
lnrhOud, SO ! chose the first abri
sn" Bad luck that 1t was such a
damp one"
We left her brooding the infant,
which ] thought displayed slngularly
poor Judgment in appearing prema-
lurty in such an unhealthy climate
Across the wide spaces OF tho
champs Elyseos we lodged TO what
inc man from the embassy assured
mo was one Of the smartest abris in
fariS, In this cave. which Is a sub
cellar Of fashionable hotel cush-
Toned chairs and tables have been
Installed and electric lights hung.
The stone floors are covered with
rugs, and the guests were comfort
ably reading. chatting, or playing
cards They were all smartly
dressed and looked entirely at their
ease
All this time silence reigned, pune
tured only at rare intervals with
nnlfflcd explosions which some said
were bombs falling, and others in
sisted were defense guns. In an
hour the all clear signal sent people
back to their homes in bewildered
state Of mind
The real puzzle began the next
iiAbA llAilh " HlA'Il INV dltTlt WohP
out OF its Saturday morning slum-
bers to face a daylight raid. From
the first IL was a queer raid, quite
unlike any other Paris had expert
enced, Instead Of an occasional ex-
plosion Of bombs alternated by a
familiar barrage fire we had a.
steady Boom! coming at exact in
tervals OF 10 minutes. Just like
that Boom. Intervals Of silence.
Boom!
Paris Mystifled.
The abris filled up for time. but
after while the people emerged and
hovered around the mouths OF their
caves in excited conversation. What
was 1t, anyhow Why weren't the
guns answering? Why could one
see nothing in the perfectly clear
sky?
The first communiques said that
enemy aviators were flying at IA
great height and were being pur
sued. Apparently they were drop
ping bombs at regular intervals.
IT happened that / had several
engagements that day--widely scat
tered over the town. The Metro
stopped running at an early hour
and cabs were practically impossible
10 get; so / walked, in the course of |
the day, at least seven miles through |
a Paris closely shuttered, for the |
most part. and always to the accom- |
paniment of that hollow and monot-
onous Booml
What do you make Of this raid %
asked one OF our officers whom |
encountered In the army headquar-
ters in the Rue Ste. Anne. He thot
II was a Zeppelin raid. Certainly
no airplanes could maintain such
steady equilibrium over so long a
period. AS we spoke a younger Of
ficer came in with an exciting tale
Of adventure. Crossing a public
place he bad witnessed the falling
Of bomb. Fnot fifty feet ahead OF
him. The bomb had plowed up the
ground and had broken some glass.
them. had been thrown down and
shaken up, but not injured. Poor
sort OF bomb, we agreed.
Not untll the noise ceased for the
day. about o'clock, was the news
,pread that Paris had actually been
inder bombardment from n new
3erman gun. record breaking, long
distance cannon, throwing a nine
nch shell As the nearest point
rom which such a gun could have
,een fired was II miles distant, as
and stupefaction were
he first emotions that resulted from
he news. Many refused utterly 10
redlt the report. "
Experts All Busy.
Verificatiun came when In the
hamber Of deputies pieces OF shells
we're handed around, one OF the
ieces having been picked up by NJ. 3
'lemenccau himself. NJ, Pninleve, q
,rtner premier, and one Of the great
st mathematician in Europe, gave 7.
n interview in which the technical ,
Of such a phenomenal
istrumcnt Of war we're learncdly
Either the Germans had discover
d a gun free from rccoil. and hence
ractical for use from Zeppelins, or
ley had discovered a means OF com
ming ordinary artillery science with
ne Of several known methods Of
Icreasing the speed OF projectlles,
ich az. for example, methods used
sending firework rockets. II the
tier. then the shells fired ON Paris
ust be OF low explosive capacity;
snce Of little efficiency.
This turned out to be exactly tho
&c. Sunday morning at 7 the bonn
began again, but by this
ne Paris had recovered, its stupe-
Ction aud horror, and was gay and
mt hearted once more. A perfect 1
aim Sunday drew the usual crowds |
the streets The outgoing trains |
the suburbs were packed with |