Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-26

"A big noise even at the expense OF
power TO smash and kin and big
noise 1t does make.
one compliment must be paid the
technical skill Of the enemy artillery
mon. The shooting is eXtraordinar-
lily accurate The Hotel de Nille, |
which Is near the Isle de Ia Cite and
Notre Dame, may be taken as tho
geographical center Of Paris, and
during all these weeks Of bOmbard-
ment not more than half a dozen
shells have fallen further than two
miles In direct line from the Hotel
de Vile. They have been scattered
about the Grand boulevard and the
railway stations on the right bank, 1
and have fallen as far from the river
on the left bank as the observatory
gardens Most of the shots have
thus struck fairly In the city proper.
and not In the suburbs, which from
rs miles away Is good Workmanship,
IL the censor thinks the indications
given infringe the order against
writing about points OF fall"he may
remember that the BOcho, through
Switzerland, can get the location OF
every hit within three days at most,
and that he would he lucky II these
remarks get back to him. through
after they were written.
Gothas Letting Paris Alone.
Meanwhile, the Gothas, which are
| really much more terrifying than tho
methodicat pounding OF single shots,
have let Paris pretty much alone
| since the offensive began. confining
their attentions to railway functions
| and supposed centers Of troop con-
| centrations behind the lines, such as
, Rheims, Arras, Amiens, Hazebrogck,
| Aire, St Omrr. st. Pol. and DoBil-
lens, all OF which towns. with the
exception OF Rheims and Arras, i'm
! mune from damage until this spring.
have suffered terribly.
Paris meanwhile prepares, in vart-
| Gus ways TO make things hot for the
| Germans In the great air raids ex-
pected in the future. Some OF these
preparations cannot be described, but
| two OF them, In which Parisians
have taken much interest, must be
known to the enemy because thoy are
carried out in public
! Is On my way to the left bank of the
| Seine some days ago. | saw great
clouds OF smoke rolling up from the
river. "a mighty couflasration,
half the city is burning" ! thought.
l hurried down the river. Paris was
| trying on her new smoke screen, for
| use on moonlight nights. All along
| the river, cylinders were discharging
| clouds OF thick black smoke, smaller
| cylinders to .thnse used to screen
ships from pursuing submarines.
| The result was a choking mass OF ia
| penetrabllity that spread over the
river. and Incidentally made things
| very uncomfortable for people near
| by Aeroplanes. by the light of the
moon, may lose their bearings II they
try to pick up the best night land
mark, the silver thread of the river,
and can see nothing beneath them:
for in Paris when the Gothas come
therq.are even less lights shown than
In London.
Snarcs for AcrOplanes.
About a week ago little yellow bal
looms began to appear in various
parks and open squares throughout
the city Attached to them were for
midable mazes of wire. Crowds
gathered, and were puzzled. But on
the first clear night they rose into
the sky, the network OF cables olsen
tangled. and formed a screen OF
metal over our heads, invisible 10
prowling night marauders, whose
end will be sudden and inglorious II
any OF them strike these protective
strands OF wire. In London, proteC-
ton against Gothas which might de-
sire to plane downwards the better
to seek out their targets is sought
differently Machine guns are relied
on there, and during the first raid OF
the season, many enthusiastic gun
ners warmed mp their barrels and
amused themselves by blazing away
at machines they could not see eight
thousand feet above them. gravely
troubling the peace Of mind OF some
millions Of people who had never
heard the rat-tat-tat Of a Maxim, or
"a rivetting machine at work on
skysCraper, noise from which
that Of the machine gun cannot be
distinguished Thereafter. the ma
chine guns we're told to hold their
peace until thoy could see something
to shoot at
The Partisan spirit is shown by
Partisan wit. Gotha and "Kanen"
stories spring up over night, are
laughed at for the day and die with
evening. Here are two good ones
Makes Hubby Stay at Home.
The Gothas." said one wife to an
other have restored my domestic
happiness. My husband OFTEN had
business appointments at night, or
had to sit up with sick friends Five
nights out Of seven | was left alone,
| was miserable. Then the Roche
came Now my husband STAYS at
home. wild horses could not drag
him out in tho streets"
The other woman signed. "You are
fortunate" she said lie kanon has
wrecked my home My husband new
or went out nights. we were happy.
Then came the bOmhardment. My
husband said to me. MY dear, YOU
must so away, far away. to the
south, out OF all danger cannot
have you in a homharded city As for
me, will stay here. II Is my duty
| did not want To 20, but he made
me; he sent me five hundred miles
Then my friends began To write me
letters about my husband. came
back Unexpectedly. Now ! am suing
for divorce and II is an the fault
Of Fat Bertha, that nasty cannon"
Two pullus, tbg mud of the trench /
Scs ON their feet their equipment
spread at their feet l0uuEed IN
chairs on the sidewalk Of bou}o-
ward cafe. Fair eyes looked apurap..-
ingly upon them great content was
theirs Il
Paris" said one "fs now part OF
the 'front.' The papers say So" 4
so II Is replied his friend But
all the same Is ls "a quiet sector" l
INr"7s ,rom my own Impressions