The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
HUNS MONSTER
LONG RANGE GUN
Shells Paris At Distance
Of Seventy-Six
Miles.


monster cannon" which has been
bombarding Paris has been located in
the forest of St. Gobain, west OF Laon,
exactly 122 kilometers approximate
ly rs miles, from the Paris city hall
The gun bombarded Paris during
the greater part OF Sunday. The day
was ushered in by loud explosions
from the ten-inch shells, and imme-
diately the alarm to take cover was
sounded. This occurred at 6:55
clock and many persons sought shell
ter, but greater numbers OF them ap-
peard in the streets on their way to
the churches, which we're almost as
well filled as usual. The women who
sell palm leaves on Palm Sunday did
their usual thriving business.
At first the shells began arriving
at intervals of twenty minutes and
the detonations, considering the Sun
day calm, seemed louder than those
OF Saturday. Their power to disturb
the equanimity of the populace, how
ever, seemed less, the people refusing
to be distracted from their Sunday
habit to any great extent.
For the benefit of that portion of
the populace which had been led to
believe the Germans had broken
through the line and were lombard
ing Paris from nearby positions, a
semi-ofiicial note was issued during
the day. This warned the people
against believing pessimistic reports.
French Front Intact.
The French front is intact" said
the note. ANY assertion to the con-
trary is a lie"
The bombardment of the capital
ended about / o'clock, and as late as
o'clock no explosions had been
heard for more than an hour. The
clear signal" was sounded at $3.50
O'Clock.
Altho during the earlier hours of
the bombardment the shells arrived
on twenty-minute intervals, later in
The day they began arriving every
fifteen minutes on the average. and
some of them even fell twelve min
utes apart.
In military circles the belief was
! expressed that the Germans We're
using two long-distance guns. The
Matin says the position of one of the
guns was established in the St. Co
balm forest. which would place il
somewhat farther south than had
been believed 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 tram
ways began running again. In the
afternoon the streets of the city show
ed great animation. During the day
large numbers of persons, unable to
secure means of transport to take
them to their destination, walked in
order that they might KEEP their ap-
pointments. AS usual when aircraft
warnings are sounded. large numbers
of the populace sought shelter in the
subways and in Easements of houses.
The government has decided that
in the future the bombardment of
Paris by long-distance guns shall not
interrupt the normal life of the cap
ital, but that the population shall be
warned of bombardment by dis
tinctive means, differing from the
usual warnings sent out in cases of
air raids.
Drums will be beaten and the police
will sound whistles. The public SER
vices, the trains in the subways, the
tramways and the automobile buses
will continue to be operated normally.
The new warning is to be known as
warning No.3, 1t will mean that any
formation of crowds in the streets is
prohibited, and that all shelters, eX-
cept the subway stations, will be
open. The end of any kind of a raid
will be announced, as before, by a
special trumpet call and the ringing
of church bells.
The Pneumonia Season.