The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-28
PARIS BOMBARDEO
THROUGHOUT DAY
Long DISTANCE CANNON EIRES
SHELLS INTO CITY
Gun Great Mechanical Feat, kxperts
Declare. But Failure q. Mil
it:lry Weapon.

monster cannon which has been bona
harding Paris has been located I'm
the forest of st. Gobain Yves, OF
L@on. and exactly 122 kilomstre.
approximately 76 niles from the
Par.s City Han. The gun lombard
cd fariS during the greater part OF
sunday
IN" day was uShcred in by loud
explosions from ten-inch shells and
Immediately the alarm to take cover
was sounded. This occurred at s5s
O'Clock and many persons sought
Sheiter. but greater numbers Of them
appeared in the streets on their way
10 IN" churches. which were we'll fill
ed. The women who sell palm Ieay-
"S on Palm Sundays did their usual
thriving business
AT first the shells gan arriy-
ing at intervals of twenty minutes.
and the detonations, considering the
Sunda! calm, seemed louder than
thoS" OF Saturday. Their power 10
disturb Oh" vuuanin!.jy o. the popu-
race, however, seemed less
For tn" benefit Of that portion of
tn" Populace which had been led to
believe ;hc Germans had broken
through the lines and were lombard
ing Paris from nearby positions, a
sem. official note was issued during
IN" day 1t warned the people
against believing p"ssimistic reports
Tie French front is intact" said
the note. Any assertion to the con
lrary is 4 lie
The bombardmen, of The capital
ended around l o'clock, and az late
as O'Clock no explosions had been
heard for more than an hour The
clear signal was sounded at 3.30
o'clock
Although during the earlier hours
OF the bombardment the shells AT
rived on twenty-minute intervals.
late in the day they besaR assivhesa
ever~s"s--. minutes on the 'avera&
and some OF them even fell twelve
M!nules apart
In military circles the belief was
expressed that the Germans were -
ing two long distance guns. TAe
Matin says the position o: one Of
the guns was established ia the st.
Gobaln forest, which would place II
somewhat further than had been be-
heved, and in the wooded area This
position would be about seventy
miles from Paris.
During the early hours of the
morning traffic in the streets OF Paris
was shut down or Curtailed, but be-
fore noon both the subways and
tramwaEs began running again. In
the afternoon the streets of the city
showed great animation.
The government has decided that
in the future the bomblrdments OF
Paris Dy long distance guns shall not
interrupt the normal life OF the cap
'tai. hui that The population shall be
warned Of bombardment by d.,
tm,t!Nc means, differing from the
usual warnings S, 1t out i'll cases Of
air raids. Druns will be beaten and
the police will sound whistles. The
public services. the trains in ihe sub
ways, III" tramwHys and the autuiso~
bill" husscs vii! continue to bc oper-
ntcd normally.
The new warming i. TO be known
HS warning number three. 1t will
n'&n tina; any information of
and that Ill shelters except the sub
way stations will be open The end
.: any kind Cf a laid will be an
nounced, as before, by /. sASsial
trumpet call and the ringing 81
church bells.
The comments of the French press
this morning were about evenly II
vided between the big gun, wAish
Is bombarding the city from back OF
the German lines, and the tsnific
battle raging on the British front
The tone OF the comment SA tho
bombardment is one of astonfshRsnt
at the feasibility Of the performance,
while. as to the battle, tho favorable
ending OF it is confidently expsc ted
The newspapers do not conceal
their admiration for the heehantsaI
feat OF the Germans in constructing
their new weapon, but speak passion
ately OF the useless barbarity of the
bombardment. The Natin saws ii ts
consoling to note that the number OF
prisalS on German cities
Prof. Paul Painleve. former pre-
mier and president OF the Aeasfemv
OF Sciences, told The Excelsior that.
by using tungsten in the fabric atten
OF the projectile, the tungsten sheGs
would be about half the diam eser
OF steel shells of an even weight, and
that therefore the atmospheric 10
sistance would be less, this accor-t