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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-15
REBELS WIN LONG
SAN PEDRO FIGHT
Villa Announces Recapture Of
Place, with Heavy Losses
to the Federals.

Juarez. Mexico. April IA telegram
from General Pancho villa late to-day
stated that he had recaptured San Pedro
after two days OF desperate hghting.
villa says he has captured 600 Federals
and that the enemy lost more than 800 in
killed and wounded.
General villa led his men through the
two days battle. which followed two
rebel, repulses at San Pedro.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-15
SLAYER of Gunman Freed.

Lieutenant George Haerle, OF the East
i0ith n. police station, who had been be-
fore the Coroner on technical charge
Of homicide based on his shooting OF Will
lam liorgan. the slayer Of Detective Jo-
soph Guarnieri. was acquitted yesterday.
The Jury gave the verdict without leaving
their seats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-15
CONFESSION" WILL
BE INVESTIGATE }
Method of Obtaining State
ment Criticised by the
Prosecutor.
DENIES VALLON'S GUILT
c,rsniracv to Free Slayers
Bared-Cirohci Sigma
ture Doubted.

District Attorney Whitman occ'ai eO
.,.-,av that the eleventh hour con
,.,,,o,o Of "Dago Frank" Cirohci
81, tend 10 strengthen the case
AGAINST Charles Becker at his second
,-,l The District Attorney however
u,,ed the details Of the confession,
,.v,nr that he did not believe it.
while no such statement. considering
-. circumstances under which 1t was
attained. would be admissible evidence
=, ,be Becker trial. Mr.. Whitman de-
cared in substance it only tended 10
,rnno-t the theory Of the conspiracy
.dSuced at the first Becker trial. that
-. former police lieutenant was tie
ling min" Of the whole plot and that
The four gunner had actually done the
shooting at his bidding.
This so-called confession said MI
Whitman. should relieve the public
mind. and incidentally the mind Of the
Governor. in showing that these four
men we're guilty
Whitman Probes Confession.
The District Attorney said that he
had not vet obtained any "oficial IN
fornatlon as TO Just what Cirofici had
said nor an account OF the circum =
stances under which the statement was
obtained By Warden Clancy. He In
,epded 20 have talk with Warden
Clancy to-day or tomorrow at the
District Attorneys office, he said.
Thomas F. Mclnerney. the "P. X at
sins Sing. and Mrs. Cirofci and her
daughter and Father Cashin, all OF
ehom were present when 'Dago
frank made his confession, also Will
be asked TO come to the District At
torney's Office and tell exactly what
took place.
II is understood that the District AZ
torney feels very strongly about the
manner in which the confession was
obtained and made by the doomed man.
He believes, it was said, that it was
not made in good faith and that the
prisoner was in no At mental condition
10 know what he was talking about at
the time.
The questioning OF "Dago Frank
barely a half hour before his death
was only stopped when his tongue re-
fused to form words and his mind was
wandering as the result Of drugs which
were given him, in the District Attor-
ney's opinion before he was led TO the
electric chair.
II was pointed out that II the con
fesson" had been made in good faith
y would have been made sooner. and
mat the District Attorney would have
been notified. so that a representative
OF the official could have been present
and Questioned the prisoner.
For these reasons and others the Dis
met Attorney has determined to make
an investigation Of the matter.
Assistant District Attorney Dele
nsnty who was in Albany when War
zen Clancy made his report TO the Cow
ernor In regard 10 the Ciroflci state
ment' told yesterday Of conversation
among the gunner which was over
nesro by another inmate OF the death
mouse only two or three days before
me execution He said "Dago Frank
vas overheard to say:
l Will take the blame and tell the
district Attorney that did the shoot
continued on nth page, third column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-15
Fans Applaud Peckinpaush.

Roger Peckinpaugh is not member
of a 100000 infeld, but he was the
best mar on the diamond yesterday al
though he raised the dust where JACK
Barry had stood and ran over INTO
territory SCARED by the spikes OF Eddie
Collins.
a field still heavy from rains made
the ground soft in spots. and the ball
leaped with crratic bounds as the bat
ters met the curves Of Marty McHaie
with glancing blows. Come high, come
low. fast or slow. there was no deceiV-
ing thu agila Peckinpaugh. Even the
r..,t,u.A m eieventh maze. third column.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
HOLMES WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT
 BY HUMBLING SCRAPPY BARONS
u. 5. GOLFERS DOING WELL IN FRANCE Five Have Worked Way Into Third ROund-Evans
 Defeated

Versailles. France, May 26.-The most surprising result of the first days play in the French amateur golf championship at the course of the Golf club of La Boule was the defeat of Charles w. Evans. Jr., of Chicago by Henry J. Top ping, Greenwich County club. Connecticut, by ? up Evans was handicapped by a strained arm, hurt in fall from an au- tomobile Five Americans won their way to the third round which will be played tomorrow. They are Francis Oumet Je- rome D. Travers, Henry J. Topping. Fred erick Herreshoff and Bowers.
 Both Ouimet and Travers played excel lent golf, winning in the first round by big scores. In the second round Ouimet put out Charles A. Palmer, the English player, and Travers eliminated Weber.
 Ouimet tomorrow will meet Lord Hope. the present holder of the French cham pionship. and the only Englshman left in the tournament. Topping will play Le- brun of Lille, one of the longest drivers in Europe. Travers and Herreshoff, who together again, while Bowers will meet Apperley of Australia.
 Ouimet was less troubled bly, the strong wind today than the others, and his ap- breaches were perfect. He was d little weak in his putting, going out against Palmer. but made no mistakes coming in Lord Hope played steady game, but dis- played no brilllancy.
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JULES GOUX SETS NEW MOTOR RECORD French Racer Travels 98 1-3 Miles an Hour in
 Trial

Indianapolis, May 26.--Jules Goux, winner of the 500-mile race here last year. broke the record for one lap at the Indianapolis motor speedway today when he circled the ? F mile course in 1:3I71. a speed of approximately 9S Is miles an hour. This beat the records set earlier In the day by Teddy Tetz- laff and Joe Dawson.
 Tn his first trial in the elimination laps the Frenchman sent his car down the straight aways at speed esti- mated at 11S miles an hour, the fast est that has ever been seen here. When his car stopped and admirers crowded around the Frenchman's only reply to their congratulations was the same as when he won the race here last year. T knew l could do it."
 Joe Dawson, who won the 1912 race. drove one lap unofficial. in 1:34S. Daw- son hardly had taken his car into the garage when Tetzlaff sent his racer around the course In 1:334
 Thirteen elimination laps were run today. Other racers who made the tests are:
 Oldfleld, 1:43.e, Dawson, l:s6.2; Thomas, 1;35.0l: Burman, 1.39.55 De Palma. 1.16.9S; Christieans, 1:SS.67. 6uyott 1:43.47. Wishart,s 39.73. Pull len, 1:46.4i Carlson. 1866; Keene, 1:43.6.
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JOHNNY DOBBS DECL ARES
 WAR ON BENCH MANAGERS

Chattanooga, May 26.-(Special. )--"From now on l intend to protest every game that the Pelieans lost in which Billy smith, Carlton Molesworth or any .isneh managers come out upon the playing field, said Manager 1oanny Dohbs 1 the Pelieans here In discussing the run-in which he had with the leader of the Crackers in New Orleans last Saturday because the latter insisted upon coming upon the playing field to protest a de- cision by the umpires
 ''It's poor rule that doesn't work both ways" continued Dohbs "I have asked them to exclude all of the playing man agers salary from the total and they haze
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From the Angle Of the Bug
py ASA RourNrREE. JR.

the place of Mayer, who was taken by the Chicago club.
 Although he has not been able to replace Bill Prough-the leading pitcher of the league last season Molesworth looks stronger on the rub Der than he did last year.
 Taken collectively. the Birmingham aggregation looks to be about as strong as any club in the league.
 Tn Carroll. who has been With the Barons a couple of seasons. Moles- worth possesses one of the best utility men in the league. as he can cover both the infeld and the outfield in an acceptable manner
 With 6abby Street and Mike Bal enti out with injured limbs, and the pitching staff going poorlyf Mcsor- mick is likely to encounter breakers during the coming several weeks un- less he adopts heroic measures and, like Billy Smith, sends out an s. O. s. to the majors. Ems an outfelder. is subbing at short for Balenti. The season has just begun and the per formanees biven by the Lookouts in the past will not suffice them for the season; that is. if they have any ann bition for a place in select society.
 Clark Griffith and his band of Ma tionals jumped into the lead of the American yesterday afternoon by de- feat.ng the Tigers for the second straight time. Young Joe Boehling was on the firing line for Washington and paved the way to victory with a timely single.
 Talladega finally succeeded in break ing into the win column yesterday, after a long absence, by downing An- niston to 1 in a ohe-sided conflict
 Ping Bodie of the White Sox is up to his old tricks again. Bodie has just finished doing bench duty and yesterday broke up game in the ninth inning with Boston Red Sox by a home-run drive
 Reb Russell of the White Sox in- jured his leg in collision with Nuna- maker at first base during the early part of yesterdays fracas.
 Joe Agler. ast. year with the Crack CTS and now with the Buffalo Fed eral league team, suffered broken finger in the game with the Indian apois team by being hit by pitched ball.
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Memphis, May 6.-(special. )-Piteh- CT "Ducky" Holmes, secured recently from the Newark club fin the Interna- . tional league. this afternoon won his fltth straight game since his debut into the league by leading the lowly Turtles to a to 8 victory over the Birmingham Barons. Holmes yielded eight hits but managed to keep them widely scattered so that they did very little damage.
 Spit Baller Robertson was chosen by Manager Molesworth to issue offerings to Mike Finn's tossers but before he could be taken out in the fourth the Turtles had piled up an insurmountable lead and sewed up the game. Lanky Arthur Johnson replaced him on the mound and held his opponents to one hit and one run in three rounds.
 The home runs started the scoring by registering a run in the second. The Barons tied things up in their part of the third. but the Turtles again as- sumed the lead by counting two more.
 It was in the fourth that the big blow-up came. The Turtles fell on Rob
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ertson in this inning and before he was relieved had piled up three runs.
 By losing today the Barons dropped pack into fourth place and the Gulls now occupy the third rung alone.
 The game was featured by the fierce hitting of Mcdonald and MeDermott the third base guardians of the visiting and local teams, respectively. McDon aid slapped out two triples in fonT trials, while McDermott got two hits in three times up, one being four base clout.
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JOHNNY DOBBS HAS DECLARED WAR ON
 SMITH AND MOLEY

refused. Now. from this on. take 1t from me they will either keep the half Of my salary which is included in the New Or leans total outside the limit or the bench managers will remain strictly in the visit ing pews.
 President kavanaugh will support me in my contention, and l am going to wage the fight l have started to the finish. 1 am confident that Mccormick. Lord and other playing pilots will support me-
 Dobbs tried once before in 1910 when he was manager of the local club to keep bench manager off the field. The pilot whom he attempted 10 restrain was no one else but Charley Frank. John and the Dutchman had run-in. and the former threatened to compel Frank to remain il. the grandstand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
ROLAND PITCHES
 IN GREAT FORM

Nashville, May 26.--Boland was in great form today and held Montgom- cry to three hits, Nashville winning by a score of 5 to 1. The local team batted Case hard, Sloan being the heaviest hitter with a double and a home run His home run was freak affair which hit the top of the dump in right field and bounced over the eight-foot fence. Brilliant fielding by Daly. Hemming- way and Williams featured Score.
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Hoffman Gets Circuit Clout

Brooklyn, May s6.-Hommans hit In the eleventh inning today rolled around the edge of the left field grandstand out or the umpire's sight. counting as q home run, and Brooklyn won from Chi cago to 8. Score. R. IL T
 Chicago ...#..... loo loo 100 0o--3 Q Brooklyn .....s1o0 O00 no 0i--i
 Batteries; Prendergast Mcclure and Wilson; Lahtte. Seaton and owens. Land.
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LOOKOUTS BAT
 WALKER TIMELY

Chattanooga May 26-Batting Walker In timely fashion and taking advantage of two New Orleans errors for runs, Chat tanooga easily won the second game of the series with the league leaders.
 The visitors filled the bases with one out in the seventh, but could score only one run, a double play spelling their
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Groom's Wild Pitch Costly

Baltimore. May 2s.-Grooms wild pitch in the tenth inning today gave Baltimore the winning run and the vic- tory over St Louis 3 to 2. Walsh scored Baltimore's first run with a hit over the fence. Score R. H. E Baltimore ..... 900 010 010 1--S 8 1 St. Louis ...... 900 020 900 0--2 .
 Batteries: Wilhelm and Jacklitsch: Groom and Hartley. simon.
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Joe Agler Injured

Buffalo. May 2e.-kansas City won from Buffalo today to 6 Both krarf and Packard pitched in good form and were well supported. A pitched ball smashed the finger of Agler, Buralo's first baseman, in the fifth inning. He will be out of the game for a few days Score: k. H. l.. Buffalo ..........012 100 OOa--6 S q Kansas City ....#...s00 02o 02O--7 x
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GULLS SLAUGHTER
 FIREMAN IN TENTH

Atlanta, May 26.-Mobile won the sec ond game of the present series with At lanta here today, 9 to ,. Perryman weak ener in the eighth. allowing the visiting team to tie the score, and in the tenth he aga n was hit hard, six hits yielding five runs Score.
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Indians Again Nosed Out

Plttsburg, May 26.--Indianapolis and Pittsburg played another 10-inning game today, Pittsburg winning to l. Billiard and Harter for Indianapolis
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At San. Antonio: San Antonio 3. Hous- ton 8,
 At Beaumont Beaumont a, Galveston {. At Dallas: Dallas {, Waco 8. At Ft. Worth Ft. Worth-Austin, rain.
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HITTING OF TWO . THIRD BASEMEN
 FEATURES CONTEST
Mcdonald and McDermott Slug Fierce. ly-JohnsOn Supplants Robert son-Barons Drop Down
 Notch
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Nt5ufFS T Memphis [. Birmingham 3. Mobile 9. Atlanta (10 innlngs). Chattanooga 5, New Orleans 1. Nashville 5. Montgomery 1.
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Summary; Stolen bases, Snedecor, Callahan ?, King. Smith, Williams. Two-base hit, Sloan. Home run, Sloan. Sacrifice hits, Baker, Paulette, Lind say. Double plays. William, Lindsay to Paulette; Hollander, Knaupp to She'd ecor. Bases on balls, Case 1, Roland 2. Struck out, Case 1, Roland 3. Wild
 pitch, Case. Hit by pitcher, Smith. Time, 1885. Umpires, Fifield and Chesnutt.
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I0IdIS Z4 sBatted for Ellam in ninth. ssBatted for Dilger in ninth.
 Score by innings
 Memphis ........ O12 300 01s--7
 Birmingham .......,,. col 900 020-3 SUMMARY. Three-base Hits-McDona1d 9. Home Run-McDermott. Hits-Robinson 8 in 8 2-3 innings. Stolen Bases--Allison, CoyIe ?, shan ley, Mullen.
 Sacrifice Hits-Wilson Dunckel Bases on Balls--Robinson 3, John
 son 1, Struck Out-Hoimes 8. Johnson l. Time--1i46,
 Umpires-Pfenninge and Kerins.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC

At Augustal Augusta 3. Jacksonville T. At Charleston: Charleston {. Columbus 0, At savannahs Savannah 6, Albany Q1 innings).
 At CoIumbias Columbia 1, Macon o.
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American Association

At Indianapolis; Indianapolis g. Kansas City 8.
 At Louisville; Louisville l. Minneapo- lis 3,
 At Columbus; Columbus 1a, St. Paul F. Q1 innings).
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Wells were accorded places on the mythical nine by several prominent southern coaches, while Joplin received honorable mention on his spectacular fielding and pinch hitting proclivities. Cargile, who eavorts at third, is one of the best infielders that Alabama has had
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International League

At Torontoi Buffalo 1, Toronto 5. At Montreali Rochester 5, Montreal 8. At Newarks Baltimore 6, Newark [. City 6.
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Dunn. Three-base hit Eibel. Struck out, Perryman 8, Robertson z. Base on balls, Perryman 1. Robertson 1. Double plays, O'Dell to Schmidt to Calhoun to Schmidt; Eibel to Jenn ngs to Perryman. Sacrifice hits. Kircner. Dobard. Stolen bases, Jen- nings 3. Calhoun, Long. Time, 2:55 Um- pires, Rudderhan and O'Toole.
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were hit hard. while BarEer kept the visitors hits scattered. Score:
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Games Today

Birmingham at Memphis. Montgomery at Nashville. New Orleans at Chattanooga. Mobile at Atlanta.
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"Iit for Perryman in tenth. ssRan for Dunn in tenth. Score by innings:
 Mobile ....................... Ooo loo oao 5-s
 Atlanta ........................ 211 GOO GOO 1-5 Summary: Two-base hits, Kircher,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-02-05
(uFF[[ {R(M elvipi Ff
0DlfEL0N,

There is work enough for all.
In attending the meeting Of your
lodge 'ahc an interest il the
work, prove by your actions the.
you have not forgotten The les
sons taught frcm our ritual an
that the Obligations yoa tos
mean something.
An Order with a membership
of over two million, the largest
b. Ger one half y million mem
bers that has contributed Que
hundred and forty.thrrr millions
OF dollars to the relief of suffering
humanity, extended aid to four
million members and more than
three hundred Thousand widow.
cd families and buried an equal
number Of it's llon0red deed. is
big enough and good enough t.,
satisfy every member of. our
Order and worthy Of our hest
thought. Let US be proud Of
Odd Fellowship.
Let us thank God that we have
suchan opportunity to help make
this old world a better dwelling
place for Gods children.
We are parts and PARTICLES of
one another. To injurc aao.hcr
is to injure yourself. We thrive
only as we bestow q benefit. Al.
that we give away comes back to
US. Cast thy bread upon the
waters, and it shall rcturh to vow
shortly outtcrrd.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-02-05
GREAT And Grand Work
Of Cdd-Followship
Continued FROM Ain

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tradcton tie sayings tnantc Goo VII a. '"SE' t"
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know the good work that they 2ng the principles
they advocate in their halls Therefore to all that the
child spoken Rbl Hc known by fe and cIcoi
stances YOU will see By those scrll1n-c~'
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spoken IN Text. Ard surely fits portion OF the 'c OF
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wild honey But this child was butter and honey Odd
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right lay claim until there is more PRrec. circumstance
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chat tho cni,a vcua eat It would II Is tne Nat w til
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TO Re Continued