Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-26
70Mile Gun Fails To Send
People of French Capital
To Shelter; Aviators Are
Trusted to Silence New
Weapon.
COSTS $4,000 "A SHOT,
fFRENCHMEN ESTIMATE

Paris March 25-The long range
bombardment was resumed at $3.50
o'clock this morning but was inter
rupted after the second shot.
After brief interval two moro
shots were fired. The bombardment
was again suspended At 9:10 o'clock.
As was the case yesterday the peo-
pie did not take to shelter. Cellars,
which were filled on Saturday, re-
NAMED empty this morning. Little in
terest was shown in the lombard
ment. Soon after they were awakened
by the first shot the people were
brought to their windows by the
rafting Of drums.
"BUslNEss As USUAL"
Policemen circulated through each
quarter of the city introducing the
new system of alarm which is dis
tinguished from the alarm in the case
Of air raids. s
Work was resumed under normal
conditions. All the transportation lines
were running. The streets were full
Of people whose sole subject of con-
versation was the new battle Of the
Somme, which Is generally compared
with Verdun.
At LEAST TWO GUNS
Twenty.four shells reached Paris
Saturday and twenty-seyen yesterday.
The interval between shots was re-
duced from hfteen or twenty minutes
-on Saturday st0t uEyef5Es:U Uf nine
minutes yesterday. s.
On two occasions there was An in
terval of only one or two minutes.
This was accepted as confirming the
theory that at least two guns were
firing.
The time Of flight Of the shells is
estimated at ten minutes at the least.
the curve traversed at 120 miles and
the maximum height attained at
fifteen miles.
ONE AMERICAN WOUNDED
An American corporal OF marines
was struck In the chest by a splinter
during Saturdays bombardment Of
ed seriously, but his life probably was
saved by the DETECTION Of the splinter
by cigarette case. So far as has
been learned he is the only American
victim of the bombardment.
The Mattn says one OF the shells
fred in the direction of Paris yester-
day struck church in the suburbs.
Several persons who were attending a
Palm Sunday service were killed.
SEEK HIDDEN GUN
ut is to be hoped that the gun
which shelled Paris will very shortly
be silenced," says the Figaro, which
gives the following quotation from
man who said to be in a position to
know:
"The $50 millimeter gun which bonn
barded Dunkirk two years ago from a
distance of twenty-five miles was
located by our airplanes and soon put
out OF action The same methods will
be adopted with regard to the 240
millimeter gun which has been bonn
harding Paris for the last two days"
The military authorities, according
to another morning newspaper, are
convinced that the Germans are using
two new guns while Richard Arapu,
the military expert Of L'Oeuvre. be-
lieves there is whole battery Of them.
AIR RAID WANING
Another air raid alarm was sounded
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning.
After three-quarters of an hour fire.
mems bugles and church bells an
nounced that all was clear ard the
Parisians were able to return to their
beds.
GUN 70 MILES AWAY
The German monster cannon which
has been bombarding Paris has been
located In the forest Of st. Gobain,
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