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Show AMERICAN OFFICER IS MADE A PRIEST Capt Pershing: Consecrated A Datta hy Moroe Afte He Has , .Whipped Them, . " MANITJa; Feb. IS. While Capt. Pershing was at Bayan, the Mono stronghold in the Lanao district of the Island of Mindanao, tha Moros consecrated conse-crated him a datto. which Is a priestly office. After the consecration, the Mora leaders and Capt. Pershing subscribed to peace over a copy of the Koran. When the United States flag was raised ( over the Bayan forts, Capt. Pershing's batteries saluted it with firing shrap- nel shells, having ho saluting cartridges. V The execution done by the shrapnel impressed the Moros wonderfully, |