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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
VETERAN OF iff
OF 18JO HELD
1 BFGERMANS
Monsieur Bertrane, Deputy
Mayor of Pont-a-Mousson,
Carried Prom City By Victors
As Chief Hostage.
Pont-a-Mousson.—Astride the last 3-
inch gun of a column of artillery, flank
ec| ° n either side of a Bavarian soldier
with fixed bayonet, Monsieur Bertrand,
a round shouldered, white-haired vet-
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eran of the wav of 1870, and deputy may
or of Pont-a-Mousson was carried from
the city as chief hostage of the Ger
mans, in the procession which marked
the end of the occupation by three Bava
rian regiments.
Pont-a-Mousson is a quiet town of
twelve thousand Inhabitants, the pos
session of which was valuable to the
Germans only because of its bridge
which furnishes a convenient crossing of
the Moselle on the road from Metz to
Toul. It was attacked early in the
war, partly for this reason and partly
as the result of the defective vision of
captive balloon observers, who mistook
for fortifications the antique ruins of a
castle at the village cf Mousson on a
hill to the east of the bridge.
The first bombardment of the town
eaTly in August was not followed up
until the first days of September, when
a captive balloon appeared in the air
across the river and German aeroplanes
commenced manoeuvering over the
town. They dropped 200 bombs, killing
six and wounding a great number of
civilians, but it was not until the sth
that the ringing of the tocsin announced
to the citizens that the Germans had
appeared on the other side of the river
in force. The solemn tones of the bell
were still heard when a terrific dull ex-
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plosion shook the windows of every
house: the bridge from w’hich the town
derives its name was no more, and im
mediately after blowing it up the FYench
troops, in too small number to cope with
the enemy, quit the town.
Captive Balloon.
The captive balloon was seen again to
rise in the distance and soon after the
German heavy artillery began to play on
the dilapidated antique castle on the
hill. During thirty-six hours they show
ered great projectiles on that spot, 111-
ernlly pulverizing what remained of the
walls, occasionally diverting a shell to
the town, after which they crossed the
Moselle on an improvised bridge and
rushed up to the assault of the supposed
fortress, which they found as quiet as
the grave. No French soldiers had ever
occupied it, and what the Germans took
for guns from their captive balloon were
simply cleverly disposed tree trunks, and
the fire which replied occasionally to
their guns to complete the illusion came
from behind the hill.
The story of the occupation of this
town Is quite the same as lias been so
often told of other towns; hostages,
proclamations and requisitions, but it
did not rest long. The morning of the
6th the impressive music of the French
3-inch guns was heavd in the town; at
the same time a French aeroplane was
seen to dart through the sky in the di
rection of the captive balloon, which
hastened to descend. These were the
preliminaries of the bnttle of Dieulouard,
to which no despatches have referred
by name, but which was one of the
bloodiest in the action of General Cas
telnau's army defending Nancy.
A continual procession of improvised
ambulances passed through the town to
ward the bridge that night, and other
wagons with a more grew'some mission
turned to the railroad station, where
inhabitants, retired to their houses by
order, saw loaded into all kinds of flat
cars, horse cars, cattle cars the bodits
of those that fell that day at Dieulouard.
They were piled as high as they could
be packed and in the early morning
these wheeled charnel houses were haul
ed across the frontier toward Metz.
Not Seen Again.
As for the 67th Bavarian infantry,
not one of this regiment was ever seen
again in the streets of Pont-a-Mousson,
and three days later the other troops of
occupation left the town.
September 23rd the Germans made
their last attempt to re-capture Pont
a-Mousson, ending in a charge on the
Hill of Saint Genevieve. The French
position at the summit had been bom
barded during the morning, and by 9
o'clock the fire of the French seemed
to have been definitely silenced. The
order for the assault was given and to
the music of the fife and drum, the
Bavarians started up the slope, meet
ing no resistance until they arrived
within a hundred yards of the first line
of trenches. Almost to a man the first
line went down under the first volley
that received them there, others rush
ing on to take their places fell over their
comrades. The ranks came on as if
those in the rear had seen nothing of
this slaughter and the machine guns and
rifles swept them down. In some places
It was impossible to close the ranks be
cause the piles of bodies separated them,
and' finally these heaps of dead and dy
ing became the rampart behind which
some of the assailants sheltered them
selves to protect the retreat of those
that were left. The Saint Genevieve
Hill was strewn with bodies and the
soil saturated with the blood of the
Bavarians, and all efforts to reach
Nancy from that point were definitely
abandoned.
The total losses of that bloody en
gagement lire not known because no one
on this side of the frontier can tell how
many Bavarians went to the assault, but
it is certain that few got back to their
camp at Pagny, and of the three Bava
rian regiments that occupied Pont-a-
Mousson it Is probable that not a hun
dred of them returned to German soil.
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BOXING SEASON
PROMISES TO BE
PROFITABLE
Irrespective of Mighty Strug
gle of Continental Nations—
Boxing Appears to Have
Escaped the Scourge.
New York. —Verily, this promises to
be a most profitable and enjoyable
boxing season, irrespective of the out
come of the mighty struggle of Con
tinental nations. For a time it was
thought that the moral effect of the
war would make serious inroads into
.everything—hut boxing appears to
have escaped the scourge.
While a number of promoters are
making rash pledges of sterling match
es to their adherents, there are quile
a few entreproneura who have consum
mated really good bouts; and it is now
up to the principals to go through with
them.
Unless something unforeseen hobs
up in the interim, the West and Mid
dle West will witness two of the best
ring battles of the year on November
9th. At that, the staging of one of
these conflicts is dubious; but the
other is reasonably certain to be
staged.
Out Milwaukee way on the day
aforementioned, Freddie Welsh, king
of the lightweights, will match punch
and skill with Charley White, Chicago's
contender for the title for ten rounds.
Tom Andrews clinched this important
bout in tills city several weeks ago,
when he came all the way Knst for
the express purpose of securing
Welsh’s assent. It was not until a
few days ago, however, that the fight
was definitely on, as the weight ques
tion was not adjusted up to that time.
Disrupt Match.
A matter of three hours threatened
to disrupt the match. Welsh insist
ed on 133 pounds at 3 o’clock, while
White persisted that the poundage he
133 pounds at f, o’clock. Welsh being
the dictator, his demand prevailed.
Freddie evidently thinks White will
have difficulty attaining 138 at 3, and
he strong at that figure.
The other bout of import, if It is
permitted to go on, will he that be
tween Jimmy Clabby, the Hammond
whisp, and George Chip, the thumping
Newcastle middleweight. The pair are
scheduled to go through the motions
for twenty rounds In faraway Califor
nia. The reason we are so pessimistic
ahont the bout taking place Is that
boxing in California may he abolished
between now and the time of the
match. The life of the sport there
is still in abeyance; and the issue will
he determined at the general elections
next week. As women have their suf
frage there. It would not be surprising
if they voted unanimously in favor of
the anti-fight measure. Should the
bill pass, it would be enforced imme
diately.
Middleweight Championship.
If, perchance, there are no obstacles
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In the path of the battle the outcome
would have a decided bearing on the
final disposition of the middleweight
championship. It was Just four years
ago that poor Stanley Kotchel was laid
low by a murderer’s hand; and still we
have no champion worthy of taking
"Steve’s” place,
Clabby and Chip represent the two
extremes in the boxing game, flabby
Is extremely clever, but entirely lack
ing a punch; while Chip makes no pre
tense at being a boxer, and has con
cealed about his person a terrific wal.
lop. These two are Intrenched in the
front rank of middlowelghts and the
loser will be eliminated from further
reckoning as a contender.
Of course, there is A 1 (Rudolph! Mc-
Coy, who admits he is the middle
weight champion; but he is such a
poor example of a high calibre fighter
that In no quarter Is he seriously con
sidered. McCoy's forte Is to knock
down the poor, misguided youths his
manager, Danny Morgan, "sets up."
BRITISH LINER ORTEGA IS
TWICE CHASED; FIRED
UPON
London.—The Pacific liner Ortega
which arrived in Liverpool October 20,
from Valparaiso, was fired on by a
German cruiser, probably the I.elpstg,
on September 19. When the Ortega
discovered she was being chased she
made for the dreaded Cape Georgs at
something over her trial trip speed.
They found themselves in an un
charted lagoon, which was really a
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Now It’s ‘New Suit Time’
When the trees begin to change their
leaves—and the air begins to “chill”—
Then’s the time when you and “we”
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This season you and all thinking men
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Big Variety, Too, of Haberdasherie
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roundabout entrance to the Straits of
Magellan. It was decided to navigate
this unknown waterway and a small
boat wrs sent ahead to take soundings.
After much difficulty the known hut
unfrequented waterway of Smyths
channel was reached. On arriving at
Punta Arenas they discovered that a
wireless message had been received
from the Gorman ship, which had re
mained outside the channel, saying the
Ortega had been sunk with all on
board.
On reaching the Atlantic further
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“HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES.”
excitement was In store as H. M. 8.
Glasgow and Monmouth both ohaaed
the steamer until she was recognised
as British.
North of the equator a Russian bark
halle 1 the steamer to correct her chro
nometers and was surprised to hear of
the ;vnr. The bark had been at sea
Borne four months.
TOLERANT HUMANITY.
Most of us are willing to overtook
our own faults.
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