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DEATH SPIKE USED
ON GIRL Is FOUND
Police Fail to Identify Victim
Of Bronx stone Pile
Murder.
SCTLL DIRECTS SEARCH
Six Murders in Week;
Arrest in One Case

The finding OF the body OF girl
In The RronX on Saturday brought
Ia light the murder OF the sixth per
son In New York In the last week.
An arrest has been made In only one
case. including the three men killed
IN u Third avenue restaurant the
persons slain we're:
April Otto xinr. AZ SIS Third
avenue
Roman Held. AZ IS Third avenue
stephen Boncresty, AZ Sc Third
avenue.
solomon jacobs. At stanton and
Eldridge streets.
giuseppe pirroue. OIL sixth street,
Brooklyn.
April i0---Unidentined woman. az
i71th street and Noble avenue, The
Bronx.
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The enemy have destroyed Two kiIo-
meters ~ railroad to the north Of &C.
lava, which shows that they viii try to
retreat or reorcanize their troops. who
are in most critical condition. This
morning the French, American English
and German Consuls left Guanaiuatu for
Celaya for the purpose Of interviewing
olrcgon. suggesting that he go out Ia
tho opsl and hight or permit the resident
families TO leave Celaya - my forces
will attack that place within two or
three days and lombard II with sixty
pieces OF artillery
The Consuls take with them com
nurication Of mine to Aware Oregon
IN Witch I have Invited him 10 submit
~ permit the inhabitants 70 leave until
my hombarimert ceases. expect a
reply to- morrow
Conflicting claims ms 20 the results of
the fight between villa and Carranzs
troops near Irapuato were again made
here tonight ny tho respective revolu-
tionary agencies
The Carranza agency came forward
with advices purporting 10 bear out
earlier claims OF victory. Dispatches
from Michoacan and Jelisco we're re-
ceivei. n wac said, confirming tine re-
ports that villa was defeated. II was
also stated that Gems. Dieeuez and San
chez had successfully engaged the villa
forces near 1rspuuto.
The Csrranzistas also assert that the
villa campaigns against Nuevo Laredo
and Matamoras have collapsed. The
agency makes the charge that villa II
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WANTS STATE PAID DOCTORS.
Noted surgeon secs Advantage IN
Doing Away with Fees.

vigorous plea for nationsl d.
partmeu' ~ health was made last night
nv Or James y Warhasse chief sur
geon 81 the German Hospital NJ Brook
lyn, AT q meeting OF the Fast sid
Forum ia Public school 60 at Hester
and ESSEX streets
WAR, finance, agriculture and labor
are ep'ereuted I'm the national Govern
mont. hut the public health f. neglected
declared rr. N'rbassc. who MAS FOR
mcrly editor of the New York state
Ucdtcnl Journal Despite the fact that
there is loss every wear IN the United
states ~ 50 600 600 o00 in human lives.
estimating life ~ St,7O0, from pre
yentdhle disease there IL only one small
bureau under the Secretary ~ tho
Treasury devoted 10 public health ser
vice
nr Warha sse also advocated the en-
plOvment OF doctors by the Govern
rnert.
Under the present system IN which
a doctor eOes into business ike any
other tradesm1u. We are placing -
premium m sickness" he said
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BILLY SHEDS HIS COLLAR;
GETS LAUGHS FOR STORIES
Collections Mount to 7O3 but Trail Hitting Invitation
Is Not Extended-Ma Announces She and
Husband Will Visit New York To-day.

Avenue Baptis, Church az Thirty-frst
street at 4 o'clock.
Speaking at the Free Synagogue IN
the morning, and In introducing a
speaker at his own church at night, the
Rev Or John Haynes Holmes OF tho
Unitarian Church of the Messiah ex-
pressed doubts OF New Yorks need of
Billy sunday. At the Free Synagogue
he said
81 don't see what need we have for
sunday or any body Of his ilk"
In introducing Or. Holmes. Ralsbi
Wise said
when the Rev Mr. Monday, Tuesday
or Wednesday, or whatever his nam" IL.
gets up against John Haynes Holmes,
whether IN New York or out of IT, there
VIII bc fun. I'd like to he present"
At the Unitarian Church Fourth
avenue and Twentieth street, rhe Rev.
William Laurence sullivan, once a
Roman Catholic priest, said that manu-
featured religious excitement was an
Illusion. and outlined an ideal revival
Of religion which would rest on char
acter, real piety and sound morals lie
had no fear that Unitarians would suffer
from sunday any more than he had
that Others would profit to any consider
able extent.
Tho Rev. George W. Grinton OF the
Fordham Methodist Church last night
argued that city which took 80 keen
an interest In the fight at Havana and
welcomed the winner needs waking VT
Oh moral and spiritual duties
Every American worthy the name.
he said. ought to blush when he hears
that one Of the Havana bruisers had
the effruntery to wrap an American
flag about his waist"
The Rev. Charles ". Welch Of the
Park Avenue Presbyterian church. who
is leading tho movement for revival
with or without Billy Sunday. said last
night st his service that h. had been
encouraged on all sidcs. More than n
hundred ministers. even at the short
notice, had observed the suggestion to
preach from given text or had tele-
phoned to him that they are ready to
do SO. ne said
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I 600 600 Divorces Here.

Billy gave some startling divorce sta
ri.tics tonight Every other couple
that marr'cs is divorced. according 10
Billy. he put It this way
"Out of every Twelve marriage IN
this country, there are six divorces,
In England, tnore is only one divorce
out Of 400 marriages
There have been 100000 divorces
in America during the last twenty years.
a., Bnly figures o.
III, per0ration to- night was TO ask
hl- audience 10 stand W and admit they
had done wrour bu' would do better
"l.orl bless Patterson hc cried with
closed eyes. Lord bless her and make
ner g so fast that she cant see her
for dust aud Lord bless tn" boys from
New York who are souding such splendid
reports 10 their papers OF our meet
ings."
The collection to-day was the biggest
since Billy came 10 Paterson. Despite
tn, comps ratlvely small crowd at the
morning sermon the collection totallcd
sa3G.SH. The afternoon collection was
S5g393 To-night's collection was
S3aG.l5. The total for the day therefore
war Sl,,03H1
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], RITTENHOUSE ZIP
CRAZED BY STYLES
"Nhat II" Catches Glimpse
Of Fifth Avenue and Runs
Upa Tree.
In No M-,lle Wl.k.n. M ol sd

Par Wee " lie wl,k~n. chiAt of staf
10 old ". Dexter Fellowes, commanding
no publicity Jicet ~ Rarnum & Bailey's
G. -cIs. lfo - just one Crnol slam after
another. Every time Wee Willie has
, good story all cooked W and Is fairy
sure OF getting - piece In the papers
about the show something happens TO
spoil tho story and all chances of
publicity.
Take yesterday for example. While
entered j. Rlttenhouse Zip, above whose
head IN tho freak hall ~ Madison
square Garden may ne seen the placard
The Original What Is H." IN the style
parade which vas 20 have taken place
on Fifth avenue yesterday. Willie had
J Rlttenhouse attired In top hat and
cutaway and gray, pin str ped trousers
and pearl gray spats, and even IN"
gentle rain didn't prevent the hopeful
Nj Wilk-n from leading Hip into
Madison avenu" and heading across IN"
park toward Fifth avenue
A. they walked arm Ia arm. with
T. Rittenhouse looking almost human
In his sartorial resplendency. luck threw
4 bolt into Il p's mental processes. ordi-
uarI,y the What Is It. Is ~ doclle and
tract+bls a. :, lambln, responsive 10
IN. gentlest word. but yesterday after
noon ne Was a changed CreatuT"
Breaking suddenly, rudoly. from Mr.
W.kcu, Iip dartcd 10 a maple tree
Skinned up the trunk, swarmed TO IN"
ton and began 10 shed expensive gar
.ocuts Inundated and angry Mr.
V .I,,u pleaded with The creature 20
descend, but there was nothing doing
The crowd got Digeer and digger and
Mr. Wilken got madder and madden
and small boy yelled Here comes IN
cop" and altogether the episode was
most distressing
What would have happened goodness
only kuoNs If pr. Fellowes hadn't
Glanced To pass that way. Dr. Fol
loves, out ~ fftN-one years In circus
life and dealing with freaks. recalled
that What Is It's can always be
soothoi by the strains OF a harmonirs
an Instrument 'h. old doctor p,ays
rharmirR'y.
" required only few minutes for Mr.
Wilkou % dash 10 the Garden and back
again, bringing a mouth organ, and ,hon
MIR I',lloW"s played softly ar1 ~N"ctll.
untl Xip, his quiet, gentl" self again,
climbed slowly down the tree and look
In t'cllovcs's hand IN the trustful, con
tilug way all freaks have win che
ycucrabi2 press agent
Mr. NilNru was so dOWuhearted over
tho tailur" Of his plan 10 stroll up Fifth
avenue with Nv that he Vas barely
ahIc 20 puouucc that the circus will bc
At the Garden for two weeks more in
ending IA" present week,
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PATERSON. ~ J., April 1l.--"Papa and
| are going into New York tomorrow"
Ma Sunday said after Bits sermon to-
day. "Just like a couple of kids going
to a circus. Incidentally, we have been
invited TO Barnum Il Baliey's circus
and probably we'd go IL we had small
children to take along with us. We
haven't, 80 We are not going to the
circus"
Ma and Billy sunday will start out
Monday at 9.30 o'clock and 10 To New
York. where Pa will speak at the New
York Press club.
Mr.. sunday said Ma to-day. "hasn't
been Ia New York for a long time, eX-
cept on one occasion some time ago
when. ~ Billy puts II, the audience was
comparatively uuenthusiastic
1t is very evident that Billy and his
party are worried about the threat OF
the / W. ". workers to nave fun with
his meetings one OF Billy's party said
tonight that everything 1. running
along beautifully and that the only
trouble Billy has to fear Is that the
labor interests will try TO mix them
selves with the overflow ~ the Taber-
Ducle
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Under the eyes Of Guy Soul, private
secretary for Police Commissioner
Woods. the Bronx detectives aid some
hard work yesterday IN trying TO
solve the mystery of the murder Of The
young woman whose body was found
under pile OF stones AT l77th street
and Noble avenue on Saturday nut
their efforts dis rlosed NOTHING more than
some Of her personal belongings and the
weapon with which she was struck
down. half buried Ia the sodden around
near by.
The Weapon is long spike with two
loops In the end. on which we're found
some hits OF the voman's hair MIR
Scull took II to IN. morgue and found
that il fitted some Of the wounds on her
head. Last night detectives We're try
ing TO fud some construction work in
the ueighborhood whore a spike Of that
kind might have been used
one of the woman shoes WAS found
after long search b. Detectives Meyer
and Wagner. II Of Of black patent
leather with a gray cloth top end lay
within NVc yards Of the stone p'lo
Nearcr TO the stones which concealed
tho bod, for several days were found
two bracelets. one set with tire. white
stones. powder pun and a white
mufer.
The bracelets were scented and blood
stained. and an examination Of the
vomau's wrists showed that they had
been hacked. as II rith some sharp
weapon. iu ihc struggle she made for
her life
Even with the many marks found on
her rings and clothing the police were
no closer to an Identification last night
than the DAY the body was found Sew
eral persons went to the morgue. but
none would admit knowing the youns
woman In life.
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PLAN BIG BIBLE CONGRESS.
Church DtEnitRric. Of World 10
Attend san Francisco Mcettns

The American Bible Society announces
that IL has accepted the proposal of the
banana Pacific Exposition TO hold In
san Francisco "A worlds Bib" congress
tn" date has been fixed for August -
and President Wilson has accepted the
honorary presidency. The actual pres
ilent will De James Wood. president OF
the society.
Among the church diguitaries who
will participate are the Patriarch OF
Coustautinople ot tho Eastern Orthodox
Greek Church the Bishop Of Nicea, the
Bishop 90 Sardcs, he bishop ~ Seleu-
celia. the Roy. DR.. Abraham kuypcr OF
Holland, Prof Is. Il Varied Of Prince
tor seminary, Prof. Giovanni Luzzi o.
Florence, agents ~ the Bible Society in
cOustautlu0ple, china and siam; trans.
lators Of the bible into Spanish, Por-
tugucse and Italian and missionaries
from many iieds
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VILLA WITH go BIG GUNS
READY TO SHELL CELAYA
Says Obregons Army Has Been Badly Beaten and His
Soldiers Are Deserving in Droves-Decisve
Battle Is Believed to Be Near.

WAsHINGroN. April 1l.--That a deci-
sive engagement has not yet been fought
by Villa and obregon. but that the
fighting thus far has been most favor
able to villa, is Indicated in despatch
received tonight by the Villa agency
here.
Cen. villa asserts In his despatch that
he has driven Gen. Obregon back into
Cclaya with large losses and demoraiiza-
tion Of his troops The United Ststes
and other foreign consuls are now en-
deavorlns TO persuade Obregon, villa
assert" not TO endanger the lives of
non-ccmbltants In Celaya ny subjcct.ng
them to the severe bonbardmcut which
he promises to make within two or three
days with sixty pieces OF artillery.
Obregon is being urged either TO meet
the Villa forces beyond Celaya or else
remove non-combatants 90 place OF
safety.
Villas telegram Is as follows The
recent engagements with Aware Obre-
CONS column AZ Celaya resulted disas-
tiO'e'N WI INC tlltillNs WIN nave
enormous losses IN killed 7 have heard
from reliable sources that SIX train
loads of 'arranzistas wounded ss a con
sequence Of this engagement have left
Celnya FOR Queretdro.
The enemy are completely demor-
allied and my troops IN the vicinity OF
telaNa and Querctaro inform mo that
bbregon's men are constantly deserving
him IN groups of from 100 10 200,
throwing away arms which are horg
gathered M by our soldiers
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He got loud lauCns from such lines
as IT'S like the llau who took 50 many
pills that his joints were bah hearing"
B'llN's coat came Of during the laugh
ter which followed this remark, - see
that Dean West Of Princeton" shouted
Billy, does no, believe IN my method
| say to YOU. "hoN many drunkards has
he pulled out Of the gutter? How many
girls has hc saved from the streets
People say to lac Bin. you are sem
sationsl.' am. But the most seusa-
tional thing that could happen RICH;
here would De that some Of you people
would decide 20 lead "A decent life. And
nothing could he moro sensational than
for your preachers TO preach the truth.
Here billy told OF a parish priest"
who ionged SO much for holiness that
he climbed uu into the stcepi- ~ his
churrn 50 that he would be nearer 10
heaven.
Lord. Lord" ne cried. where are
thou Far beneath him came voice
saying 81 am down here below you,
standing with the people
Billy ended his sermon with a story
about collie dog which was sent out
By q scotch shepherd 90 reclaim and
bring back the missing sheep OF tae
fold Even while R.ly was running
about the stage lie did not forget MS
Grana'urSy His right hand went nm
der the cover Of his desk as he told
of the collie coming back and he
scratched with his nails on the boards
The log a, the door scratching for adj
mission was brought to R'ily's hearers
forCibly thereby.
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GREENHUT CREDITORS
TO FORM NEW BODY
viii Meet To-day TO Organize
second Protective Com
mittee.

Some ~ the creditors OF the J p.
Greenhut Company will meet IN the
Offices OF the Creditors Audi, and Adjust
.uent Association, ~ Union Square West,
q, noon to-day ana organize 10 protect
,heir interests
Those who have indicated that they
will jo,r this movement are opposed 70
tho protective committee OF which O. l.,
Dommcrich Is chairman on the ground
that this committee Is too close 90 the
receivers Mr. Donmerich and several
members OF his committee are prom
iurut members Of the Merchants Credit
A. ISOLATION, OF which Rosenberg & Leve
are counsel The lawyers are also at
tor'I"yE for Walter \. Marble and former
Circuit Court Judge Walter 9. No, es
receivers for the Cireouhut store.
The Merchants Credit Association is q
combination OF prominent firms m the
csty. Among rhc associations 4llled with
il IN the formation ~ the pommerlch
committee are the Merchants Protective
Association, the Silk tfsoc!ati1u OF
America, the Eastern Millinery Assncia
ton, the National Association or
CIothiers. the l.,rs ana Embroldery As
ISOLATION. the United Closh. suit and
skirt Manufacturers and the Cotton
Garment Association
The Domrrre'cn committee has al
ready sent ou' circulars 10 creditors in
DEBATING that Ste members, representing
the above associations. believe that a
sat si,ctory adjustment can n. worked
out ( the receivers are allowed 90 con
tiuuc the business AMI work out q plan
Of reorganization II IL believed that Z
there ie any trouble ~ viii come from
the small creditors Who viii orgsuize
This morning
saul :. MYERS, attorney FOR the Credit
ors Audit ana Adjustment Association
hiutod .. trouble YESTERDAY when he ~ d
thpt tho creditors whom he Represented
had arranged for the services of one NJ
the most prominent lawyers ~ the city,
e man with q reputation as q fighter He
said tho creditors behind him expect IN
t.Ia,t legal machinery this week IN an
attempt TO examine the book. ~ tho
Gr""unut comItU,.
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over four thousand years. tolls us mat
an mankind 81 death 60 To Sheol-the
tomb Tho New Testament, written IN
,;tc"k. tells tho same story, using the
word Had.s as thu equivalent or the
Hebrew Sneol But in modern transla-
tio1s Of the Bible difficulty Is encoun-
tered, psrti'ularly In the English. Nearly
ali these trans.s,ions have been made
within the last i've centuries. For THU
teen hundred y..rs before that me the
Bible had been little known.
~ the SECOND Century the theory pre-
vailed that the bishops We're rs much
Inspired as Jesus and the Apostles for
they were called Apostolic hshops.
Bhle study @s considered unnecessary
because these Apostolic bishops were
present to give up-to-1ate Information
and communications from God Then
followed thirteen centuries Of no Bible
study. during which time, a. the
Apostles had forewarned. grevous
wolves came into the mock. tActs
% :2G-31D Gradually the doctrines
nocana 80 mingled with errors that tho
f,lsc teachers merely en-laved the
people With fear. then cNtorted money
for tho relief Of the fears
When Ribi" study revived in the FIJI
teeuth Century the errors were - en-
treuched IN mems minds tNat those who
translated the Bible unconsriously gave
i.t'le twists In their eudcsyo- to have
the Eible say what they thought &
meant A. an illustration. note John
see Their, TIA" transiators have ziver
W. the expression. "resurrectiou OF dam
nation when nothing in the Greek jus
tlHes tho word damuation. The Revised
Version renders IT properly, "rssurrec'
ton Of judsment"--trlal
When the Hebrew word Sheo, Was be
ing translated. Hell vas the ieares
word TO 1T thes ideas Hence only
when this translation was impossible
did they give tho proper meaning-th'
grave. There is another word FOR grave
---qeber. sepulchre But do their best &
make Hell out of Sheol they could ~
trans.at" = i-sS than ouo-AAF the VINO.
IuUhC. pi occurrences. IT, Revise
Ners on retains the Hebrew Sn.o, an
the Grcoi, llaIss, sayirs. Let the reaGe
find out - meaning
GOOD men. pho know better, PERM
thsir congregations to thiuk they be
.ieva IN burning Hell OF torture whe'
privately they confess to the con'ra-y
, hut they say. Let ms not do goci, los
oyu follow-le, US not tell tu, p-opl,
lest fewer would come 20 church. al,
tn. power OF superst't on. holding e
many. be broken. Poor men rhr
seem blind 10 the fact that cheese d"y :
len doctrines are driving 'rt"l'. ger
people away from God from ~" BIOL
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DISCUSS n. Y. REVIVAL.
Initsrtans Decry >undRy aud "His
IIk", Others FRvorabIe.

Hundreds OF Protestant ministers ~
New York made reference yesterday 10
the proposed religious revival in New
York Some praised Unitariana con
demned Billy sunday Was referred to
In some sermons and the prizenght and
the welcun" in New York to Joss Will
lard figured In others
Announcement was made that Billy
sunday viii speak Al Calvary Church,
1913 West Fifty seventh street, on the
evening OF April - 10 ministers only,
Admission will be by ticket, 4 hundred
or moro ministers gave notice of the
common, or union. communion service
To he held this afternoon In tho Madison
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TWO MEN DROWN OFF PIER.
One Yearly Nrscucd. hut - Too
Weak "a Hold On.

Two unidentified men were drowned
in the North River az the foot Of West
street at I 40 o'clock this
Patrick Connelly foreman Of
IN" Health Department or'a' docN,
heard cries aud saw tho men boating
with tnc current
He thr"v ife prescrycr to one Of
them, hat the man sHuh hrfurr II
reached MIN The other man caught =
rop" but struggled weakly and let go
before ne could he dragged tn the dock.
They were well dressed, Connolly said,
and ne believes they fell IN tho river a.,
the West Forty second street ferry
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BONNET FAMINE THREATENED.
Nui,n-r, linton Raises $1,000
and WIN Agttat~ strike.

rho millinery workers union has
raised a fund Of $4,000 70 tie M ne
millinery Of the city for IN" spring and
summer season 10 have the union lihoi
put ON All millinery, and TO have union
regulations Of 'hc Millinery Union EN-
forced.
The Millinery aud Ladies' Straw Hat
Workers Union Yesterday called a series
OF general mass meetings OF the thou
sands of milliuors IN III" city 10 talk
over the general strike proposition
The executive committee of tn" mil
linery workers announced Yesterday that
che need for union domination In the
trade was fell because of tho decrease
IN wages IN the past year"
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not only censor,ng ali Geographic COM
municstion between northern Mexican
points and the United states border.
but liz even searching all passengers ar
irving at Juarez from the south before
permitting them "a cross to FL Paso.
Persons found with letters or other
documents pertaining to the military
situation are taken out and shot, ac-
cording to tho Carranza ngcncy's
charges.
Tampico Condition. Threatening.
The state Department, had no advices
from Mexico today. Tho most concern
H. felt regarding tho situation IN the
Tampico district, whore conditions have
been threatening for months, owing to
the expectation OF another attack. 4
serious scarcity of food and large in.
reported there.
Many persons. including numerous
Americans and other foreigners, have
heen thrown out Of work and are IN
danger OF restitution.
For several weeks there has been
fighting e. the edges Of the oil fiede.
with considerable. destruction of prop
erty belonging 70 America oil com
pnnies The villa forces nave made
little advance toward Tampico Itself,
and ther. seems 10 he no immedia t.
prospect Of Tanpico being tho sccne %
n battle
The arinurea cruiser Washing tou,
urder command - u ~ ADMIRAL 'aper-
ton. has rou" to Ta'npiro % obs'rv" the
situation ana tu be In readiness 'u l'fd
aid TO any Americans ~ case u becomes
impossibl. for them TO remain In the
district Tho Washington j. LYNX out
side while the Pc:rel and Sacramento
are six miles ~ the river. directly or
prSt,a tho ,ItN