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l " TTT ' Weather. SECOND. EDITION Washington, April 3 Forecast for North Carolina for tonight and Sun day: Fair tonight and Sunday; mod erate westerly winds. .'. --i : -. ESTABLISHED 1871 ATTORNEYS Defense Pleads. Eloquently for Their Clients While State Asks Conviction PROGRESS IN THE CASE Largo Crowd Again Attends the Cot ton Trial, : NotwltlistiindluK It is Saturday, the Busiest Day of the Week Mr. Bart M. Gatling is the First Speaker for the Defense . Takes Vr Case of Red Hopkins and Makes Exhaustive Review of the Evidence Also Reviews the Cases of Holderflcld and Cotton Other Speeches. Although it is Saturday, which is the busiest day of the week with the working man, the court room was over two-thirds full at the opening of court today and the spectators filed in continually until every available epace was occupied. The fate of Earle Cotton, Tim Holderfleld and Red Hopkins, which will soon be in the hands of the Jury, has no doubt attracted raorfe wide spread attention than any caaa In the past few years. The continued large crowds at each session of the court bear out this statement. It was the general opinion this morning that the strong argument of Mr. J. N. Holding, for the state, had greatly damaged the defendants and the spectators were curious to know how the defendants' counsel woulu answer this argument. Mr. Bart M. Catling, counsel for lied Hopkins, was the first speaker of the day. Mr, Gatling started off by warning the jurors of their solemn .littv n Atttv frnm -which pvprv nllin flinches. He stated that the prosecu tion in this case had been unfair and had done everything to exclude any thing beneficial to the defendants. When the speaker began to com ment on Ed. Chnvls' different state ments in the preliminary and regular trials, the state objected and was sus tained by the court. Mr. Gatling said that an important question anc answer that Chavls made in the pre liminary trial was read to him and he was asked If he did not make such reply. Chavis said he did not know that he did. The state continued its objection and was sustained. Mr. Gatling laid stress upon the point that Jones E. Gaster, the star witness for the defense, was only contradicted by Tom Crenshaw and Fred Miller, who at the time were ar rested and charged with the sama crime. If their statements about this matter had been different, the;, would now be on trial for their life. Why didn't the state bring Mr. Brecken rldge into court and let him say that he was carried home by Miller and Crenshaw? argued the speaker. ' Mr. Gatling then turned his atten tion to the preliminary proceedings, in which the case against Red Hop kins was nol prossed. He said the entire conduct of the state in this case had been other than ordinary. This case Is what the lawyers call circumstantial evidence. The courts have said thjjt the state must estab lish each link of the chain without a reasonable doubt. Mr. Gatling said to the Jury that it the counsel for the defense had not Introduced any evidence whatever, the Jury, upon the case presented by the state, could only have convicted Holderfleld. But the defendants Have not done this. They have shown such strong testimony on the other side, which, after Us explanation, will only leave one alternative : for the Jury. The speaker then turned his attention to the story of Ed. Chavls. Can you believe this man's : story, when on the face of It it was made to clear himself. Do you men believe that with the bright lights In Cot ton's and Kelly's and on the street, a man could be brought out of Cotton's cafe in an unconscious condition and De put into a. carriage and driven away unseen by no one?1. The defense has In opposition to this tale a man who Was under indictment for his life at the time, the evidence of Tim Hol derfleld, who told his story in a straightforward manner. The speaker then reviewed Holderfield's story, -which he said had been more than corroborated by trustworthy wit nesses. Special weight Is put upon the point that to believe Ed. Chavls' story, the jury must disbelieve the evidence of Munds, Eason and Jack Raines, men of good and honest char acters. The speaker then moved on tfowo to Dan Harris' shop, and ar- IM COTTON gued that here again Tim Holderfleld is borne out by the evidence of Carl Harris, William Godwin and others. it'B outrageous, said the speaker, to believe Williams' and Chavis' stories against the statements of these young men, who were under no indictment and who needed not to tell a lift. They had no interest to come here and tell a state of things that were false. Leaving Holderfield's case, the speaker took up the evidence against Cotton, against whom there is only one point that is not against Holder field, and that is a statement by a ne gro woman of low character and ne gro cook. Now let's come to the Defendant Honkins. gentlemen of the jury. It seems to me that the state would have done well to again stand before you and say that there was no evi dence against Hopkins. No witness swore that the chloroform was gotten from Kelly's while Smith was in Cot ton's cafe; no one swore that any chloroform, whatever, was used on the deceased. The evidence, said Mr. Gatling, goes to show that Smith en tered Cotton's cafe two and a half hours before the chloroform was got ten, and nearly that length of time after the chloroform was returned to its hiding place. Seeing that there is no evidence of the drug being used on the deceaesd and that the defend ants are in no way connected witw the use of it, if there was any. The state asks you gentlemen to believe the thin story that he got it from Kelly's to use on this man. Now they ask you to say that Hopkins Is guilty on this slim evidence. Mr. Gatling then took up the story of Jones E. Gaster, who said that he saw a man with a grey overcoat and button shoes in Kelly's place at a midnight hour, after the time that Chavis swears that Holtierfield took Smith to the rock quarry. Then he brought out the pcJnt that the wit ness, Milter aniL Crenshaw, did hot say that Mr. Breckinridge had oh a grey overcoat or button shoes. The speaker took up ten minutes; In re calling points of evidence to substan tiate Gaster's story. Mr. Gatling closed "after an earnest appeal for his client, Red Hopkins. Following Mr. Gatling Mr. John W. Hinsdale, Jr., started out by scruti nizing the testimony of Ed. ChaviB and Richard Williams. Mr. Hins dale spoke for twenty-five minutes on the improbability and untruthfulness of these negroes' story. He said there was something behind the case that the state had not brought out. "How did they find out anything about Ed. Chavis being implicated in the busi ness?" said the speaker. The theory that Holderfleld went out to the quarry a second time and carried the dead body down into the quarry, as presented by Mr. Holding, next drew Mr. Hinsdale's attention. He showed that from his standpoln it would be utterly impossible to do this, as to get the man where he was, it would be necessary to Jump down a distance of fifteen feet. "And then," said the speaker, "Mr. Holding for got his owff witness, Richard Wil liams," who swore that when Holder fleld came back Into the cafe at about 9 o'clock or before, he remained there all night. Mr. Hinsdale went over the whole trial of evidence, lending credence where he thought It belonged and discountenancing the false and un worthy testimony, la his opinion. He paid a tribute to his client Tim Hol derfleld, laying stress upon his good character and his honorable conduct while before the mast. Mr. Hins dale then showed the jury that they would have to pit .Chavis and Wil liams against EasOn, Munds, Raines, Carle Harris and William Godwin, and to convitt these defendants they would be forced to believe the for mer and put the lie to the latter. Mr. Hinsdale closed by asking the Jury to bear in mind toe fact that to convict these men they would have to believe two negroes and disbelieve five white men. He expressed confi dence that they could not find them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Mr. Snow, for the state, followed Mr. Hinsdale. By the time Mr. Hinsdale closed his argument the aisles were crowded and every available seat was occu pied. , Mr. Snow began by.replylng to the charges that the case had been con ducted in an unfair manner by the state. Whether or not, the solicitor, representing the State of North Carolina, has presented this case fair ly or not, has no weight In the guilt or Innocence of the defendants, which is the only duty you gentlemen have to perform. . . (Continued on Pag Two.) SPEAKER CANNUN GUIDES HOUSE DELIBERAIIQNS Only 16 Memfcersf Present When ttie Gavel Fell at Opening THE TARIFF DEBATE Hon- in Committer of the Whole mul General Turiff Debate, lie KUined Representative SpMikinnn of Florida Was the Fh-t Speaker. Favors Present Duty o,: Lumber and Advocates Duty of Vive Cents on Cotton Reprrscntutivt Kln caid of Nebraska Snys He V.'ill Vote For the Kill Philippine i -!-epute Snid There Should be n Li, i itiition on American Exports i His Country. (By Leased Wire to Tile Times) Washington, April--'3 The house met this morning - at 10 o'clock, Speaker Cannon presiding. Only 16 members wore present when the gavel fell. After the reading of th journal the house went into coir''-ti.-tee of the whole and general bate on the tariff bill w.is resumed. )'-;-resentative Sparkmaii of Florida, was the first speaker. He said he favored "the present duty on lumber and advocated a duty of five cents on all. -'cotton.'. Represent alive Ktncaid of Nebraska spoke next. He said he would vote for the hilt. Benir.lu Lcgardu, delegate from the Philippines, said there should bo a limitation upon American exports to that country. He declared that if the' proposition for free trade had been presented before- the adoption of the constitution of the .Philippine assembly Hhere would have been no opposition to the measure. The re moval of the tariff on sugar and' ci gars, he said, would secure for the Philippines an equivalent advance on prices in China. That country was the natural market for tlie.islands. The production of sugar in the Phil ippines was only about one-half of What it was during the latter years of the Spanish regime. "Representative Cox made an at tack on the drawback provision of the Payne bill, and charged that the effect of that provision was solely of Interest to the manufacturers, and against the consumers. Representative Malby argued against placing pulp wood on the free list, and a reduction of the tariff on wood pulp and print paper. He said the special committee appointed to investigate wood pulp and print paper had failed to obtain evidence showing a combination to increase the price. To reduce the duties on these substances would work a hard ship on the manufacturers,, and the employes of the paper mills. He said: .-''''..-.- . . "We do not want more newspapers or-magazines, but better papers and better magazines." Representative Saba th read a tel egram from a Chicago newspaper saying 200 men and women had signed a petition against the in creased duty in the Payne bill on women's apparel and hosiery. He wanted a separate vote, he said, not only on these articles, but on other items in the bill. He declared the duty on gloves was enormous. . Representative Gronna commended the bill in a general way, but he said there were a number of schedules which did not meet with his approval. Referring to the sugar schedule, he said there had bean so much of an Insinuating character touching the sugar trust he thought it would be wise to have the matter investigated. BLACK HAND LEADER- CAUGHT. Trapped While Waiting for $3,000 He Had Demanded. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, April 3. Vlncenzo Oarcla. trapped while watting for $.1,000, . the price of Dr. Petar Cutrcra's life. Is be lieved by the police and the Italian colony to be the great leader of that name, head of the black hand society In this part of the country. By his own confession Oarcla ha been 'arrest ed In New York, Cleveland, Buffalo and Brooklyn for complicity In blnck hand deeds. : -. ' Mme. Modjetka Weaker. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Los Angelest, Cal., April 8. Mme. Helena Modjeska, Who is seriously III, In reported to much weakur. For the first time, her physician remained at her bedside all night and it is believed death is imminent. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, A MYSTERIOUS BOAT Arrives in iort With Much Gold Captain of Schoc-ncr Knows Nothing of Her Curgo Except That He Was Instructed to' Bring' it to (lie United Stntesci (By Leased Wire to The Times) Galveston, Tex., Airil 3'fhe mys tery associated Willi the schooner Caroline Vought, 'which put in this port from Truxillo. Honduras, is deeper than ever. Five clients of treasure, believed to represent at at least a quarter of a milliioii dol lars, were taken ashore and placed in trust with the customs officials here yesterday. - The schooner's manifest says the chests contain gold bullion but. Cap tain James Decker, who is In charge of the schooner, with a crew of seevn men, says it is nollmilionbutnioiiey. and that he knows one of the boxes contains $70,000. Decker says his instructions from the owner of the Caroline Vou?-1, Miss Caroline Beauchamp. and F. C. Orifiith, when he sailed from T xilio were to consign the .sob'. ainl chests to the Unitod St;.' flelals at the nearest ' re rCse.'led by. o : c.-le It? and nl'.-:ed in a -ipiain .P !. r.JBiyv chav i a; ' t.riftJ, i wr. in Hi- ' i r fcu:. th(V nil;-. '' !: X iihi'-m of The o!u- . she fed-:' at - .nl. Miss Ueau- lni;Tisoned ig in whir', wasi hu,,-..'tf, I-:.' In ' jaint '. i -'! ;j 'tir. 4 of the Miarge i'.e Waa sim.i.y oider- ed to sali ';'( '"the, fiilter! man and w '.nan V?. New York, he said, .'.V ! was bought t ii-i-.n- iu ,v by Griffith and Xi'iC: ond the Isle of It ' ; The sailors say I".-:. The lomerV of ;.'", shooner :'.oiahs ago :fi:-ix oHle, heard that Griffith and the n;w m were engaged in a mining venture nnd had taken sides wilh a revoliitioi. iry party and that conspiracy is thv charge', on which they are held. Hi BURNED BY GAS (By Leased Wire to The Times) Bradford, Pa.;" April :! -Twenty persons were burned, eight of them seriously, by a natural, gas explosion following the "shooting" of an oil well with 120 qmits of nltro-glyc-erine. The well is located near a number of dwellings and between the high school, where 200 pupils were at their studies, and two largo gram mar schools. Alter the "shooting" of the well a crowd of children rushed to the mouth of the well to pick up stones which had been thrown to the surface when a sudden explosion of gas occurred. s The clothing of three boys was torn from their bodies and they were burned from head to foot. ROOSEVELT GITS TO NAPLES MONDAY (By Cable to The Times) Naples, April " rTheodore Roose velt is expected Monday, instead of Sunday. All kinds of arrangements were made for his entertainment, and the disappointment is corres pondingly great, as it. is realized that through delay to the steamer Ham burg he will -have only a few hours here. It is doubtful is Mr. Roosevelt will meet the Duchess of Aosta as his stay will be so short. The prefect. of Naples has given or ders that a special detachment of po lice be on duty at the dock to protect Mr. Roosevelt. EXCH AXG I XG COI'KTKSIKS. Garrett of Tennessee Gives Griggs of Georgia- a Knork. Washington, April 3: Representa tive Jim Griggs, of Georgia, who did not vote with the democrats on the rules, was standing on the corner waiting for a car when Representa tive Garrett, of Tennessee, walked up. "I understand," said Garrett, ad dressing Griggs, "that ono of those blamed traitors Is to close the dem ocratic debate on the tariff." 'Why," stammered Griggs, "I I am to close our side of the debate." - "So I understand," said Garrett, bowing. Corvera at Death's Door. Puerto Real, Spain, April 2 The condition of Admiral Corvera is con sidered hopeless. He Is unconscious and unable to take nourishment. TWENTYPERSONS APRIL 3, 1909. tl OF HAROLD F FLINT MILL POND Body Had Been Missing Five Weeks, Thought to Have Been Kidnapped GENERAL SEARCH MADE liixiy of Harold Moon Was Found To day in Mill Pond Near His Home. Disappeared l'i- Weeks Ajo and it Was Thought He Hart Been Kidnapped General Search AP Through, the Country Hart ' Made For the Boy- Mil? "mid Hart Been Dragged Sever. times, Hut Without Succesn, iiiul 5nt.t Nifi'.l Water Was i '('. (Bv Leased' VV'i.e. u 'i lie Times) Chicago, -V. Harold . .;. il!H Mil I.-.. f:i'(,;-r-;'-'U,"'-..fe ruiil p.. ,. i Uro vim i, 'i e-"U tliiK... i : i ii Tlie body of 1 .!.:'. 1 0-year-old miss N. Moon, or Flint, :ui ti day in the Flint jm h i"le lad had been v :! TgO. it. liadt Ui.it. the hid was the victim of ii Ai 'cii:!;r a nation wide sea rch ris parted wj'h rewards aggregating $ s . " News that, t in iioil.,,,) ad "bee." found was received in fiicagixjoiho-,iy the Pinkerton detect iv i t;. a,( - ai d the Chicago police, wh ' a'ahdoi;d the search here for tin '. AUenipis were made to reach ft Moon,, who came to Chicago last. ni. it in tairch of; his son. having been .Void in an anouymour. letter t Ha t hit ' o- w..:s being held in captivity and oiaii bt given over to him here, The mill piiiul. "where the boo nn.' t uind, had been di -ag'ged repea. I'v luring tile last few weeks withoil ? fvr-c being' found of 'tin;, bid.. A.-i . . las'. V.e,ii'.j ..lb;., wjter. war let. o-o i Hit 'pond during the nighl, and at T-riii' this morning the body was It I'Viilent.ly had been fast in It ii 'd.iind had risen to the surface wl. ; the water began to. drain from Hie pond. Ll MliKR MKX SKK TAKT. Delegation - I'roni A irginia and Xortli Caroliiiii Calls on the President. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, April 3 A large del egation of lumher.,.: manufacturers from Virginia -'and North Carolina called on President Taft. They were presented by Senator Daniel of Vir ginia. After the president had shaken' hands' with the delegation. -he said: '. '"J" suppose -your people. in the south are at. leai t interested in the tariff on lumber? frith a very significant smile. "Yes, Indeed, Mr. President," re sponded Mr. Whitehead, one of the delegation, "and while we lire de lighted to shake hands for the first time with the new president of the United States wo are here to record our protest against any repeal or modification of the present tariff on lumber." "Well, now; (hat sounds good," said Mr., Taft, in the- very best of humor.-: , :.'",'.' "Yes, sir; I am glad to say that Senator Daniel and about nine-tenths of the other southern senators are of the saniij way of thinking, and 'will strenuously object to any and all dis crimination against this great south ern product." The extent and importance of the lumber interests of Virginia and North Carolina are great and far reaching. Under normal conditions there are L3S.S lumber mills in the two states, employing approximately 55,020 operators. . TARIFF IXFLIMXCK OX WAGF.H. To What Ivvtent Docs Thrciitcm-rt Re duction hue to Xew Turin" Hill. (Hy Loused Wire to The Times) Washington, April 3 To what ex tent uro'. the present and threatened reductions in wages in (lie steel and other industries due to the proposed downward revision of the tariff in the steel schedule? How much of the wage reductions ure properly attrib utable to tariff reduction; how much to depressed business condition fol lowing the finnnelul .disturbance which prevailed during the past your, and how much to unsettled con ditions connected with the tariff re vision program, which must, nfuit re adjustment to the new schedules of 'nriff duties proposed? These are questions confronting the republicans of tho new adminis tration and both houses of congress. MOON OUND The announcement from Pittsburg that the Jones & Laughlln Company will make a 10 per cent, reduction in wages s saia to be only the begin ning of these troubles. A represen tative of the iron and steel industry during the next six months will be the most, sweeping and general that have been known in twenty years. XAMK IS A BAD EGG. Mr. ami Mrs. Kgg Want Their Xante ('bunged. By Leased Wire to The Times) . Xr-w .York, Apiil 3. rirtch Egg, of lis West- Kighty-fifii-xt street, who keeps a hotel- and restaurant, has ap plied to Supreme Court Justice O'Gor iiiiin for permission to change his name tii t'lririi Kek. After looking Into the matter, th" court intimated that he would agree-1 the change. Kgg. .(-Inims his name caused htm ami his wife "great trouble, annoy mice mul hunillhu ioii because would-be facetious -.friends and acquaintances could not resist the temptation to ask what sort of an egg he was." Sometimes he would be asked If he was sure :' Mi-f. iv be was not an omelet, ' who is a dressmaker, said '-'fallen 'off since she took OHsille" tin.- CHIVALRY A MYTH. V --,;.( Will Vote Says Suffrage Lob byist at Last Legislature. C iy Leased Wire. to. The Times) Los Angeles, Cal , April 3 "Pa triotism is dead and chivalry but a myth;" according to Mrs. Lillian Har ris Coffin, of San Francisco, who led the band of woman lobbyists for suf frage rights 'at the lust session of the state legislature in Sacramento. Mrs. Coffin told the Friday Morning Club some of her experiences as a lobbyist. "Suffrage is coining, but the men keep putting it off," said she, "wo men will vote as sure as the sun rises tomorrow and the next legislature will puss. the suffrage amendment." Baby Thrown From Train. (liy Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Pork, Pa , April 3. A bay, thought to.be about -.'eight months old, wrapped In a bundle of papers, was found to day oa tlie, 'Northern Central railway, just north of Seven Valey. It Is thought to have been thrown from a lug train. APPfllNTMENTS MADE Full List of Military Officers Made Public Today Gen. Tlios. R Robertson Becomes Chief of Ordnance, Gen, F. A. Mo ron Beinains as Quartermaster General Col. A. C. Davis Is Ap pointcd Advocate General. Governor Kitchin today announced his full list of military appointments. Brigadier- General . Macon, of Vance county, remains as Quartermaster General, a position he has tilled with great credit for -eight years.' General Thos. 1!. Robertson, adjutant general' under Governor Glenn,-, is transferred to the head of the ordnance depart ment. Col. J. G. Hollingsworth, of Cumberland, becomes paymaster gen eral. ; Col. A. C. Davis, attorney at law, formerly head of th? Davis mil itary school, becomes judge advocate general. The full list of appointments is as follows: F. A. Macon, quartermaster general, brigadier general, Vance county. W. K. Gary, assistant quartermaster, lieutenant colonel, Vance county. C. H. Gattis, assistant quartermas ter,: major. Wake county. Mark W. Williams, assistant 'quar termaster, major, Mecklenburg county. J. W. Pulton, assistant quartermas ter, major, Forsyth county. J, L. Currln, assistant quartermas ter, captain, A'ance county. Thus, 11: Kobertson, chief of ord nance, colonel, Mecklenburg county. W, F, Kobertson, assistant ordnance officer, lieutenant colonel, New Hano ver,''. J. Jiif, A. 11. Thomas, ordnance officer, ma Kiaiiklin county. K. Powers, ordnance officer, ma jor, Pender county. - . .1. C. Mills, ordnance officer, major, Itutlierfoid county. .!. Al. Canipliell, ordnance officer, major. Buncombe county. . .!. 13. IloPi'igsworth, paymaster gen eral, colonel, Cumberland county. W. W. Pierce, assistant pay master general, lieutenant colonel, Duplin county. It. T. DaIoicl, assistant paymaster. major. it. ;. major, i:. l.. 1 lalifax. county. Allsbrook, assistant paymaster, Kilgecombe county. ... Conn, assistant paymaster, ma jor. Wake county, R. G. Sherril, assistant paymaster. major, Guilford comity. A. ( Duvls, advocate general, colo nel, Wayne county. V. C Bullard, assistant judge aclvo, ciite general, lieutenant colonel, Cum. berland county. T. A.. Lyon, assistant judge advocate general, major, Bladen county. J. D. lYoctor, assistant judge advo cate general, major, Robeson county. A. L. Godwin, unststant judge advo cale, minor, Gates county. Elijah Moffltt, assistant, judge ad vocate general, major, Randolph county, PEICE f CSITT3 HOUSEWILLVQTE ON RULE TO LIMIT Little Prospect of Passing Payne Tariff Hill Be fore April 10 THE SPEAKER'S VIEW Speaker Cannon and Representative Tuwney of Minnesota Say There is Little or No Prospect of Passing the Bill Before April 10 or Later. All Ilepublicun Members Have llecn Instructed to be in Their Seats on Monday, When Attempt Will be Mude to Adopt Rule Limit' ing Debate Charges That Will He Mnde. -. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, April 3 According to Speaker Cannon and Representative Tawney of Minnesota, there is little or no prospect of passing the Payne tariff bill in the house before April - 10, or perhaps a few days later. All republican members have been instructed to be in their seats at noon Monday, when a rule providing for the consideration of the Mil, paragraph by paragraph, limiting ' amendments to those approved by the committee on ways and means, and possibly fixing a time for the passage of the bill, will be reported. - Separate votes will be allowed on seeral of the more important sched ules, such as lumber, coal, hides, 'and possibly iron ore. The belief pre vails also that the committee will report an amendment removing the duty placed on tea and the counter vailing duty on coffee. The house if THREE CHARTERS TODAT. Hit; Dower Company For Henderson- ' ville and Strong Lumber : l&Dteiw prise For Asltevillc. Charters were granted today - to the following corporations: Granville Poultry Farm Company, Stovall. The company will own and operate poultry farms.' The total au thorized capital stock is $2,000. paid-in capital, $300. N. B. Wolfe, W. L. Taylor, and H. C. Wolfe are the incorporators. The Green River Power Company, Hendersonville. The company will operate a power plant for the manu facture and generation of electricity. Authorized capital stock, $100,000. Paid-in capital, $31,000. J. M. Tor rence, W. A. Monney, C. E. Neisler, and M. G. Staton are the Incorpora tors. ..-' The R. G. Hunt Lumber Company, Ashevllle, will deal in timber, farm ing and mineral lands. The author ized capital stock is $50,000, with a paid-in capital of $24,500. R. G. Hunt, of Ashevllle, holds 242 shares of the stock, while the remaining three are held by R. M. Fitzpatrlck, J. W. Sluder, and H. F. Adeckg, Jr. VICTIM OF RUSSIANS. - Watchman Killed by Members of Se cret Society. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, April 2 John Koul shuk, forty years old, was found dead today in a poultry market in Brook-' lyn, where he was employed as watch man, the victim, the police believe, of a Russian secret society. He came to this country from Russia foul: months ago. The man had been struck half a dozen blows on the head and the assassins had tied a hand kerchief around his throat so tightly that it cut deeply Into the flesh. No attempt was made at robbery. PRESIDENT ELIOT WILL NOT ACCEPT AMBASSADORSHIP. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, April 2 Official an nouncement was made at the white house today that President Eliotof Harvard4 University, has declined the ambassadorship to the court of, St. James. No one else Is under consid eration for the post ,i' DEBATE MONDAY Kentucky Goes to Philadelphia. ' (By Leased Wire to The Timet)) Norfolk, Va., April 2The 'battle ship Kentucky sailed front the Not folk navy yard today for th P)fla delphla navy yard, to remain lit th fresh water baBln until the $650,00(1 ' ' to be used In repairing tht vessel , becomes available In July.' Then sht wiu'oe brought back to Norfottu' ' w ,' i -i., if Vi-,i,,