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- . . ' h :ix . - - ",m r. - . . r - CfeNTS JOURNAL CIRCULATION lXSTtHUAV WAS TKAINS AND STANDS fi VENTS . ' Sunday Journal Gc The weather Fair tonight and Tuuaday; northwesterly winds. VOL. VIII. 1 tfO. 164. PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER IS, 1909. FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS SilWhii9 XZ M MAC . ' I III ! - - I . I. ii ! II .11 .11 I . I . I. I II - II II - ' " " " STEP m m CHAIRMAN OP t. BOARD 11 Wni. Rockefeller and Jacob SchiffvWill Be on Committee With Him As Advis ers Reorganization of Great Systems Begins. -y y Judge. Robert Scott Lovett is the successor of B: Harrlman aa head ""of the Harrlman system, according to private wires received In Portland ' ' this morning. . . The ..' beads of the Harrlman lines In- Portland hare received, no official notification of J the election of Judge Lovett to the chairmanship; of the board of dlrec tors of the Union Pacific, but they - regard the report aa correct According- to th statement received here. William Rockefeller and Jacob Bchlff "were added to the board of dl rectoriat the meeting which elected Mr. Lovett' chairman of the board. It im regarded as being praotlcally certain that Harrlman counsel win u wmwo nreaident of tha . Union Pacific, the ' Southern Pacific and the Oregon Rail road & Navigation company. Voirin Ikti Tort. General Manager J. P. O'Brien of the O. R. & N. said this morning that he - had not been officially notified of the ' rlection of Jwage ix)wtt, Dut naa ne that he had been selected at today meeting to head the Harrlman system. ''Judge Lovett is one of the most able , t a t u. V13ll.n 'mi if i has heen elected to succeed Mr. Harrlman there can be no danger that the Harrlman policies of lmPvt ment and high grade operation will fail to be. carried out. wuage uuvnu known personally here, as he has been in Portland on several occasions. and tried the last hearing of the merger case personally in the united mates circuu court in Portland. . . Judge Lovett has been Mr. am ' man's chief counsel since ta Texas A Paclflo was Absorbed by the great financier or. about flvs years ago. : . . . . AdmlreA y XaRiuaa. Mr. Harrlman was always a great ad mirer of Judge Lovett and hns left much of the execution of his work-in him hands for the past year. He is rj rarded aa a conservative man and thojgh a lawyer, rather than a rail road man. he has like Hairlmnn himself V mads a .very oloes study of railroad worlc In Its various branciiea It is said that a ; few yjfro eco When" Judge Lovett was III Mr. Har- rlmun remarked; TUads Harrimaa Think. "T mlaa Lovett very much. He's mighty good man for me to have around. I'm rather Impetuous myself and apt to do things on impulse. tve usually makes me sit down and think it over. I think the -two of us make a pretty good team." . Judge Lovett is 49 years old and comes from Texas. He was oorn m Ban Jacinto. Texas. He didn't go to college, but educated himself arter leatj lng high school and read . law assia- uouslv. 8lnce two years afteE his :td mluliin to the bar in 1882 Mr. Lovett has been a railroad attorney, acting first as counsel for the Houston, feast West Texas railway in Houaton. later on as assistant general attorney of the Texas A Paclflo Railway company, then for the Harrlman lines in Texas and later moved to New York, at Mr. Har- rlman's solicitation, and became general counsel for the Union Paclflo and the Harrlman lines. He is also ' president of the Houston & Texas Central rail way. : caanffs la orrieiau. Whether ' the new exarutive of th Harrlman lines will make any changes locally or not IS doubted. It will o rob- ably be necessary In the near future tol : J PEARY'S WIFE - AND CHILDREN r abruzzi mm iratsE uragun ifs ARTISTIC BLUFF TOURS SEATUE k&Er. yflUHGSTfRSillPULCRII A TODAY Opening of the City Schools Brings Out' Many "Thou sands' of Children At tendance Imises to Be Larger Than Last Year. BY BLACK BAUD , , . 't Ttephens School sVssvdy, - Superintendent Frank Rlgler of the city schools announces that Stephens school will be opened tomorrow morning. The building, which has been altered and en larged, could not be gotten ready for the reception of stu dents today. hold elections of officers and directors' I . -r i i.n meetings in which Juds-e Lovett will I Will lift TO HHil tlUSllU LU w .ricv.icu tu i in liiq vacancy caused oy the death of Harrlman, who was person ally an officer or director of most of the Harrlman corporations In the Pa.. clflc northwest. Rockefeller and Bchlff. it is aunnosod. were elected to take , the place, of H. H. Rogers and Mr. HalrJman In the execu tive hna.it ., g.lf ciii in,,, nouse or n.uenn, LiOOD & Co.. u-Visit Duke, but Miss Elkins Is There. IVaitti Press' teased WirihV ftlarseiiles. Bept :' The '; Duke of while Rockefeller has probably, been I th Abrussi, on returning from'.his ex pedition to the' Himalayan mountains. financially- interested in the Harrlman ines zor some time, wmiam Rockefel- er is cnairman orrne rtnr t9 .k Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul and the uiusB reiaiions existing Detween tha Union Paclflo and the Milwaukee are iener to tne executive Harrlman lines. board of the FREOOflPA PASS BOUGHT BY HILL? Mysterious Deal in Northern California May Be Significant. (TJoited presi, Lsed Wlre.)f Minneapolis. Sept. 11.-T. ,B. Walker today admitted -that he had bought land In northern California to gain control Of Fredonla Pass. He dented that he was buying - the- land for either , the Hill or the Harrlman interests. "I bought for T. B. Walker. was his only comment. 4 - - - Walker has been spoken of as a Hill man and his extensive purchases of land in the northern part of the state gave rise to rumors that he was purchasing a rlsht of war for the Hill lines which are now fighting the Harrlman Interests J mg nun FLIES AIRSHIP Against Strong Wind Cali fornia Lad Demonstrates His Own Machine. ir 11 -M"'" riVer Canyon rth d 29 "n the lowar bolted Press Leised Wire.) San Fruiirlsicii Rni nin. d red spectators yesterday witnessed the f light of Horace Walling Jr., IT years old. in a home constructed aeroplane. In the. face of a 25 mile an hour wind walling drove his machine for rf,n ft yesterday before he was compelled to alight. The aeroplane was constructed by Walling and Reginald Meller, who iiv oeen exDerimentmar nnr tha Tin. vl cuuiuiium. j- BOW dovs live With meir parents at Ban Mateo. The machine used bv the laih ! nt tne oipiane type, on the tvl of th Curtlss aeroplane. It is composed of two pinnea. jo rest long and 4 feet wide. There are il ribs on the UDDer today decllned to answer" tho question whether or not he expected to marry Miss Katberine Elkins, daughter of United States Senator Elkins. , He ad mitted, however, that after visiting the king and queen In Italy he would go to Bad Oasteln. "to . see the Duke and nuehess d'Aosta." The duke apparently desired to appear ignorant or tne ract that Miss Elkins and her mother were at Bad Oasteln. - . , It is believed now that Abruszl has won over the ODDOSitlon Of his royal relatives and that the announcement of the wedding will be made soon. When asked directly regarding tis engagement to Miss Elkins the duke solemnly replied: . . i "I am going to Recconigl, Italy, to see the king and queen and then will go home. ' Then I will go to Bad Oasteln to see the Duke and Duchess d'AoBta." Stories are current to the effect that cable . messages have been exchanged by the Italian nobleman and the Ameri can heiress almost every day when he was within reacn or Europe by wire. Some say the duke and Miss Elkins have a private cable code by which they have exchanged messages referring to their affair of the heart without fear of the public learning the contents of their messages. WALKED OX NEVADA DESERT ; BOTH DEAD Wondrous Monster a Fea ' ture of Chinese Day Parade at A.-Y.-P. Wife of Explorer Robert E. Peary and their two children, taken on deck of the steamship Roosevelt on da of sailing from New York. . (United Press teased Wire.) ,.v Seattle, Sept. IS. A Chinese dragon 150 feet in length, walking on 100 legs, was the feature of the Chinese day "pa rade through the downtown streets to day. After wending Its sinuous way through the streets, the monster was taken to the exposition. Nearly (00 Chinese residents of Seattle, including many women and children in full Chi nese costume, were In- the oarade. The huge dragon was brought here at great expense from Marys ville, Cal. It came in - sections and yesterday It was put ' together. The frame Is of bamboo, - and is covered with silk of many colors. , . Business in the local Chinatown was practically suspended today and almost every celestial in the city went to the exposition to assist-In the celebration of Chinese .lay. The attendance was augmented by Chinese from Victoria, y ancouvur, roruuia, . nemngnara ana can irrancisco. Ooon Dip. imperial Chinese consul, was host at a .luncheon to exposition officials and other invited guests at the Chines village, following the parade. Consul Moy Bak Hin of Portland also attended. 1 Formal exercises were then held In the auditorium, at which speeches in the Chinese tongua were delivered and a musical program rendered. TWO SNEAKS DRIVE f CAIEROIir BBS 1 G SO l WITNESSES District Attorney gays It Is Up to Grand Jury to Sub poena Persons Who Might Throw Light on Linnton Road Tragedy. nt wav in Oreaon. Accordingy, when it became known that Walker was ia possession of lands In the northern part of California it was reported that Hill was seeking a wa from the Interior of Oregon Into, north ern California and that - his ultimate goal was San Francisco via ths inland route. - . v EIIGimiD IVAHTS THE SOUTH POLE Money Raised to Outfit Cap t.ain Scott for Trip To -v Antarctic (CsiteS Prsss lss4 WKt London, Kept 11. Captain R. T. rott today said he would head a Urttlsh eipedltion to attempt -the dis covery of-the south pole next year. Captain Sontt wee In command -of the discovery expedition In 11. when an ansarceesfut dash was made for the south pole, sent t said the main reason for the dash next yer was to .cur tie honor of the discovery." to Oreet Britain. Three methods to reach the r-nle wilt be employed ponies aad dos-a. Sled res and motor sledg-e. , ehai-klrtof) recently reached within 111 mile ef the pole. . Within a few hoar of bis announce ment that he would dtoever the south pole if a certain amount nt money was ralad to oatril an eip!ltlon. IIM. ft had heen ewbwrlhe hy KrtMahrren St4 irea evr to "rlain Rrott, The rnh-rtbr gavw libera. iy 1-b -th frr that If the er-ftUoa d' rot Imt In a harry. I t Chimnt, a FTnrh man. who Is now In the Antarrfle region. wold aaaonnce t-a )'.rv of th poi. r'aptaln oeat wtil start Jury 1 and .will have twe surply taeeea Yesterday the bova launched thm ma. chin. from, the top of a hill- 600 feet high. At first they were not Inclined to make the ' flight, because of the velocity Of the wind, but the crowd that had gathered was not to be disap pointed. ... Eaoh boy was anxious to aviate the machine but the flip of a coin decided in Walllng's-favor. . The craft rose, rapidly and Walling skillfully guided the machine as It soared skyward.; The velocity of the wma, nowever, continued to increase and the aeroplane, after sailing near ly a block. as- driven back and the aviator was compelled to alight. CHILDREN OVERTURN HARVESTER; 1 DEAD Llvermore, Cal.. Sept IS. Two chil dren of Frank Bartrman. a rancher, are suffering from broken arms, while a third, a girl of 14 years, is dead aa a result of th overturning of a harvest lng machine yesterday on which th children were playing. The machine was standing on the side of a hill when the children , rlimbed to th driver's seat, IS feet a Hove the ground. Their weUht was sufficient to overbalance hell th heavy machine, which fell on Its side. Dora, the eldt girl, struck on hr head nd was uriea instantly, while the younger girl and.- the boy sustained broken limbs. An hour after the acci dent the Injured children were found lying in th field, by a passing farmer. SONOMA FORESTS ':: APPARENTLY DOOMED fmnmt, Cal- Kept. IS -Prhoke frtwn the foreet fires In the mountains north n4 eat of hero all but -obwure toe eun today. The Dames are making ranld rorree along the necee toward Wll ota. fanned y a strong northward fera. On It the shifting of the wind er a heavy rain storm can eav the foe. ea now la the pathway of the Ion lirva of fire. Fire f ster are heirless ia th face ef the roanagratloa. j (imtted Press teased Wtra.) Los Angeles,' Sept 13. That Emery Bodge and Thomas : Floss, two young men of this city, Joet their lives on the Nevada desert some where between Rhy ollte and Sklddoo, Is the . news ' con tained lrt a . brief communication re ceived from the former camp' today by MrsM'TUe Glendenning, Bodges mother. . . ' . y - "' . According ' to Mrs.. Glendenning. ths two men left this clty'severaf weeks ago for a trip through Nevada. A week ago she received a letter from her son stating that he and Floss, were plan ning to walk to' Sklddoo to do assess ment work. ' ' , Today Mrs. Olendennlna- received" a brief letter from Rhyolite eWmed by J. W. Weaver. The letter stated that th bodies of Bodge and Floss had been round on tne desert and would be btir led at Sklddoo. Th (United Press Leased Wire.) gave no at Sklddoo.' Th? communication details ef the tragedy. . tragedy. Mrs. Hasel Maddux was seen to alight girl to suicide s.wbo r r; : soon after the time of the. JcUIifi of Um Uai Da. A a - Nevada, Mo Sept IS. After 'being I Xr ..I l'. . 7 ' betrayed by two men whom she at-1 . . .t wnpiea to aia in a jau escape, Anne Do chie aIone tth one man. driver of the uot afmn ! ertU' ot t on Washington Street T , - WMhot wound. wWeh Parted from there In the direction she infilled upon herself in an attempt 0f her home on the east side, to commit suicide. ,a mMltUt t0 this It has been found. The girl worked In a house adjoining according to the story of C. E. Helium, the county Jail, where Joss. Cherry And floor man of the Graham garage, that James Dow are Imprisoned, accused of Maddux came to the garage between S robbary V ,n o clock on the morning of the ac- Yesterday the men prevailed on the Sident and mad a number of Inquiries young woman to nasa them a flio a f.00"1. 1 nsa oeen in use the risk of her-Jiberty she compiled and the men had all but sawed their way out when' a passerby saw-them at work and notified the sheriff. ,- ' -The- men, foiled lit their plans, ' told the sheriff who gave- them the file. The girl was Informed that she probably would be- arrested and shortly after ward sne snot nerseir breast :' r " GIRL SACRIFICES OWN LIFE TO SAVE 11 SMALL CHILDREN the nlcht before. In. spite of these new .'points, which tend to weave still closer the meshes of-circumstance about Mrs. Maddux and her up to this time mysterious com panion in the big, ear. District Attor ney Cameron this morning refused to issue a suDpoena ror Helium when asked to do. M hv Pj)nRttKl'Wirnr nr uruugn : ins i any otner witpesses desired to be brought hero re .toe grand Jury, which Is now in session "It is contra' to the statute." said Cameron. whfi'ReKed why he -has taken such a startl" altitude and one dia metrically o I Advro the policy of all prpviraa Cw unS aiiorneys. . -jr in graver vfy wants to ask any or mw propir'VTOi iney snow about . they can aak to have the sub- "And then the whining schoolboy, with hin satchel And shining morning face, creeping -, like a snail Unwillingly to school." That Is the stage In the seven ages of man that predominates today. Every where are seen children, laden with schoolbooks, slates and pencil boxes preparing to make history or to study history. But today the experience Was too new, the rest has been long enough , so that the whining stage had not been reached. Most of tljem wore their shin ing faces, wreathed in smiles, for though it will be only a few weeks before they will be tired of the new or renewed ex perience, today it ia all a pleasure. -. There are so many old friends to greet and new ones to make; .there are old teachers' to welcome and new ones to Judge; in many instances there am even nw nlaCeS to begin activities,, And until th novelty has worn off the smiles will continue. . J?lowars for Teacher, n.n and there was seen a flower la den child, like the Greeks, bearing gifts, hut ii often from real love of the teach er as from precocious diplomacy, eome mourned openly that they must go from their favorite teacher to another; others rejoiced Just as opemy. - Of course Wltn tne cnange pi jciioui boundaries thero were the many in evitable mistakes, and many children had to be sent from one scnooi to an other. These changes lent excitement fn oithono-h the children may have spent several years in reviling their old school, in the new field they immedi ately and invariably became loyal, and with tilted noses and critical shrug informed the interested populace, that over there we did thus-and-so, and such-and-such a thing never happened over there. And so steadfast is the invnitv of vounasters when once aroused that the others immediately dis covered the good qualities in tneir own school so long overlooked and staunchly stoou up lor it There was much talk of the past few raonths.i and "what did you do in va cation?" and "where aid you gor were the predominating questions. In hot de bates the good points of the mountains wera urged against those of the beach. And the fish stories that were told by some of the boys oh, my! Registration Gives promise. From the registration figures obtain il at the office of Citv School Super intendent Frank Rlgler this morning the attendance this year gives every indica tion that it win exceed last year s daily average by at least 1600, and possibly 2000. This would mean growth of from 7 to 10 per cent. . --. Renorts from principals of 41 schools. Including the high schools and the trades school, snow a. registration oi 14.828. as compsred with-14,390 on open ing day last year. There were still a number of schools to be heard from at noon and attendance figures from these If added to that or tne Knot and Davis schools, which wll not be opened for a week or more on account of delays bv contractors In remodeling the buildings, would in all probability bring the total attendance up to 21.000 or more. The attendance at the end of the first week last year was 19.729. the rase, poena issued. It is up to them. (Celt fraas Leaaed Wtra.1 Pittsburg, Sept JS. Her life sacri Head to save 11 little children whose ages range from to IS years, Cecil's Roach, a 17-year-old high , school girl, is the heroin, of Flttsborg today. 'Her body, with that of. Bessie Ttmmons, 11, lies somewhere In th depths ef the Monongahels river, at th foot of th Eighteenth street dam. where. she met her death. The tragedy that coat Miss Roach hr life and almost resulted la th drowning eft dosen helplee children, occurred at sunset yeeterday. Wis Roach was row ing tha" little ones on a mtllpond. abev a It foot fall. Some one raised one ef the-wMtta, of the dam. rretlng an eddy en tha pond that IrreeisKNy rw n frail skiff toward the fade. With rartemr age and preeenoe ef mind toe girl had died the terrlnd rharc Ini the strrV of the boat thua raising tho prow rleen ef th water. She was' able 4 thoa-te CRAZED ilEGIIO SLAM BY POSSE Drunk, Leroy Watts Fright ens Planters and Kills a White Boy. (Catted Prtaa Leaaed Wtra.) Moselle, Ala.. Sept IS. Leroy' Watts. a negro, was slain today by a posse who overtook him In the woods aof far from here. " ' Walts while crated with whiskey foroed several wealthy planters to dance before a crowd of plantation - bands, after which he shot and killed Ames lwls. a lS-year-old whit boy. After committing the ertree the negro sought refuge It "the woods, knowing that a posee would be In pursuit MowtrrsJ'a Old Home Week. Montreal. fept IS. The old - home rek Ioratlon, for whtrh preparations have been snaking In Mnnfrwal for sev. ml months, opened today with the - r pmfnaely dooorated and crowded mMB vllors frooi manv parts of Can ada and the Veltd frtites. Am ,. erat" rrogram haa bea porntred for m wr "W dirt imlv a 11, t La mam Am wKf dlt of the Wf-vk. Amon Ik. frrd t th iarrer boat and t aharot I km and wa mi M nt araa.wv... .iilfaalurae are tftoH-aJ na rum r: n i the fate of tVe oider girt Nellber bod 1 lanj wiUltarv prad-a and a wVda ta pes recererea. . , votib4 aa rag Sl&J rfxr et auvaeuc coeieeta. inen rou win not tans tne sugges tion of the constable, who has a large number of witnesses, all of whom have Important testimony, ana Issu subpoe- am her craft against the rush nf tha I ..k. nr tA.m r- i.i. r... current and delay Its swift progress J iey was asked. . until other boats, manned bv rlnrm. conld hurry to the reecs. Two boa ta reached th apparently doomed partv about the nam time. Ia transferring the little onoa to the larger mm, one oaoy gin ten mtn tba water. Th Other children, terrorized, leaped trrn ih. ii ..ii r.-L.Tl il T be runhlnr tha district lZl?J.n 14? r ITkI "r1. I. thedlstrwtaltorny dvlvl, a?tVr thm ' Poed In th h B,rt pobUe f2Brr irJ5i2. tzz!Mn viw rorA t brhrm.x.iT'ih".r Roach bad apprnachod pvrilovaly noar tne onna or in raiia. is girl had heea eocupled handing the children t her charge te the rn ta the boat, and hew rstraag 2lserpaay. That I ahoat right he eald. lf th grand jury wantx any wltneavs I wtl! subpoena them, hut the suggestion will have to come from tho .grand Jury " in otoer woro ine grand Jury seems nr tha district attorney, aot attorney driving Into a mrs- iie laterest alive or lorger. "waver, the dis trict attorney States thst thera have Kn wltaeeeoe oailnt hfnre the grand Jury whe were sot railed foe by the nd jury, aanng tne present trm. had I eeee-d trying to stop the progress 1 tt In c-eeVtl-n wlthTh r ef hrr own craft riM, thor are aliiwt to appear whe Before a third fcoet that had put eff U., cn been celled for by th graad frora the shore could rea-h hr tho llttlal aklff had plfhed over the dam Into the) -Well ho esnattn tho olafrepem-y awlrllng water bvlaw. Im Tim m on. I n tbe "Iwmm of hi edltg f the wn oat tiimw. rn iw trana Binta hi, Uft . . . "I begged him not to do it but he took Freddie-and holding him in his arms shot him. "Freddie groaned and the man threw him on the ground beside Teresa. . - "After he had shot Freddie, tne man turned his : revolver on me. He shot me through the arm and I fell to the ground, too. Then he put the. revolver in his pocket and ran away. "Although I spoke time and again to Teresa and Freddie, they would not answer me. "Then I fell asleep and do not remem ber1 anything more until I was awakened, by another strange man." , Thought Them Aslaap. ' When questioned by the police today, the milkman stated that he noticed the three children lying, apparently asleep. in the culvert Lpon making an In vestigation he found Teresa was dead and the other- two children were seri ously injured. When th children failed to return .to their homes In time for supper last night. Ercola Infusino, the father of Freddie and Fanniernotified the police;. The police were joined in the search by 1S00 friends of , th Infusino and Percopla families. The search was kept uo all night arijj ended this morning when th children were found by the milkman. - ? J' ., -' Infusino keeps a small store and he is sure the children were kidnapped by - members of the Black Hand, who had threatened him. Th Percopla family lived above the store. - Nearly every Italian store In th . vicinity was closed this morning and the clerks. In addition to the entire po lice department and three bloodhounds. are working on the case. Two suspects have been arrested and are being sweated. - .- ' yOUIIGEffllEII FIRES 'COTIAEE Boy Pretending He Is Dr. Cook Makes Work for I Tire Department. ' (Cnlted Prraa Uaaed Wire ) San Francisco, Sept ' U.Pretendlng that' he was.Dr. Cook and an unoccu pied cottage on the summit of a hill st Vtah and Nineteenth streets wss the north pole. 10-year-eld John Vhal-n made a bold dash from civilisation. namely a lamppoat, and aft-r siM--f-fully nogotiatlng the Icefields rarnr 1 the Borewl cvstec. There, overcome the cold and exhaustion, the hravn d;.- ooverer started a fir la tha k-mnit of the poio, planted a small An't- 'i flag which be had carrt-l. aid re turned to hia ba ef siprti-a. t lamppost, oc mora. A few miri'it-a later tha fira -i . ment wa -a!i-d u tn et.r.i'.. I flame that were lwtrMif !' r - . tage. Th firm"! arri..t t for the north pt w 'ti-d i II.tmi nd Is r4v4 to a" Ik. oria'n of tha fa r.-p'nt a mvirt jrtt I ff'ira i mt " n tn t1v i"itti-'l fat 1'. : r w mm an vr'r l-.it il i" T -buut to nartn fcls (wa r - Innocent Children Lnred From Home and Shot Bodies 'Found After All Night Search at ; Utica, New York. ' '? (United Piesi haaaad Wlm.1 v ' , Utlca, N. T., Sept.' 13. Under a culvert in an Isolated section of th elty early today, little Teresa Per copla, 8 years old, waa " found; Freddie Infusino, 6 years old, was dying, with a bullet wound In tha auaomen, ana r annie , mrnsino, 3 years old, was round with a bullet a wound In the arm." .' . I Late yesterday the three children were kidnaped,' supposedly by mem bers of the Black . Hand society, while they were playing .' In tha vicinity of their iomes In the Italian colony of Utlca The parents of the children, who ar , wealthy, had been repeatedly threat ened In letters signed -by the Black . Hand demanding that they leave a cer tain amount of money at a stated place. In every Instance these demands were refused and the letters turned over to the police. 1 Late yesterday while . the children were playing In the street a man an. proached them. Xnrd to Bath. ' '.' "Come on; he is my godfather!"' This, Invitation was extended t-i the children bv Teresa. Percopla. who. had been au- . costed by the stranger. - The bodies' of r the children were found in a culvert this morning by a milkman, after an all night search for mem Dy louu inruriated men. Although enduring great agony. Fart nle told the . following story today to tne police In broken statements:' "We were playing in front of our house late yesterday when a. man com menced to talk, to Teresa. After he had given Teresa some money she railed ' out "Come on with me; this man is my godfather.' --.;!. .iv.' -.'.a;:'- "The man took us to the outskirts of the city, when he suddenly turned on'. Teresa and with an oath' shot her. . Freddie and myself were unable to move. ,