Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-25
PARIS AGAIN
TODAY FIRED
ON BY ENEMY.
Shells From Gun 76 Miles
Away Fall in City
Causes No Alarm.

Paris, March 25.-The long
range bombardment OF Paris
was resumed at $3.50 O'Clock
this morning, but was inter-
rupted after the second shot.
After a brief interval two
more shots were fired. The
bombardment WAS again sUs-
pended at 9:10 o'clock.
As was the case yesterday the
neople did not take to shelter. Gel
ars which we're filled on Saturday
remained empty this l4orning. Lit
lie interest was shown in the bonn
1ardment
Soon after they were awakened
by the first shot the people were
brought to their windows by the
zttling of drums. Policemen cir
sulated through each quarter of the
civ introducing the new system of
alarm which is distinguished from
the alarm in the case of air raids.
Causes No Alarm.
Work was resumed under normal
conditions. All the transportation
lines were running The streets
we're full of people whose sole sub
ect Of conversation was the new
battle of the Somme which is gen.
srally compared with Verdun.
Paris, March %. Another air raid
alarm was sounded shortly after l
o'clock this morning. After three
quarters of an hour firemen's
lbugles and chuTchbells announced
that all was clear and the Parisians
we're able to return to their beds
Gun sc Miles Away.
The German monster cannon"
which has been bombarding Paris
has been located in the fOrst of st.
Gobain. west of Laon and exactly
l22 kilometers approximately sew
|snty-siX 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 10-inch shells
and Immediately the alarm to take
leoTer was sounded.
Many Defy Cannon.
This came at 6:55 o'clock and
Eany persons sought shelter, but
greater numbers of them appeared
In the streets on their way to the
churches. which were almost as
well filled as usual. The women
IEh0 sell palm leaves on Palm Sun
I.ays did their usual thriving busi-
hess.
At first the shells began arriv-
Ing at intervals of 90 minutes and
fhe detonations, considering the
Sunday calm. seemed louder than
those of Saturday.
Their power TO disturb the
iquanimity Of the populace, how
Ter. seemed less. the people re-
Ising to be distracted from their
E1nday habits TO any great extent.
Shells Come Faster.
1 Twenty-four shells reached Paris
Saturday and - Yesterday. The
iatervals between shots was re
lgced from Is or 20 minutes on Sat
Friday to an average Of nine minutes
yesterday.
On two occasions there was an
iaierral OF only one or two min
Iiss. This was accepted as con-
Fning the theory that at least two
pms were firing.
1 Want 1t Silenced.
II is to be hoped that the gun
3hleh shelled Paris will very
aortly be silenced, says the Figaro
dieh gives the following quota
a from a man who was said to
IN position to know:
4 lhe $50 miliimeter gun which
abarded Dunkirk two years ago
en a distance Of % miles was
-ated by our airplanes and soon
IL out Of action The same meth
s will be adopted with regard TO
Z40 millimeter gun which has
sa bombarding Paris for the last
Pc days"
4 Two or Whole Battery!
The military authorities. accord
| 70 another morning newspaper,
convinced that the Germans are
ls4g two new guns while Richard
spu, the military expert of
seaYre. believes there is a whole