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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
PERSH|NG DENIES
CR|MESbY us. MEN
Cables Refutation of Reports
From Paris Charging Law
leSSness on Soldiers.
DISORDERS AT MINIMUM

Gen. Pershing, in an official tele-
gram to Secretary Baker today, char
acterized the sensational reports in
French newspapers of assaults and
burglaries having been committed in
Paris by American soldiers as gross
exaggerations."
The number of crimes committed by
American soldiers. he said, was al
most negligible, considering the large
number of men insthe vicinity.
Gen. Pershing's Cablegram.
Gen. Pershing's cablegram was
made public by the department. 1t
follows:
reference to your telegram. No
2570: personal knowledge Of condi-
ttons and investigation since receipt
OF your telegram shows that sensa-
tlonal reports as to assaults and bur-
Siaries BY American soldiers are gross
exaggerations. Crimes by American
soldiers in Paris are almost negligible
considering the large number of men
IN the vicinity. The same may be said
as to conditions through France
Since the conclusion of the armis-
tice Paris offers attractions to men
anu CTIInInaiIN inclined
Naturally, there are minor disturb
ances in Paris. But the American
military police organizat ton. is excel
lent, and these disorders are kept at
a minimum.
Not Traceab1e to Lack of Paw.
None of these is traceable in any
respect to faulty pay system No
penniless soldiers are found in par;s
There are individual cases of delayed
payment. due to a change in the pay
system which took place during hos
tilities. The new pay system enables
a soldier to get pay from the pay
master when money is due him. GEN
orally speaking, the pay has been al
most always correct The pay de-
partment has been sending officers to
find casuals at our hospitals and else
where, with directions to pay men
whose records are entirely lost
Full refutation of the charges
made regarding crimes and disorders
in Paris cannot be put too strongly
before the American public"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
]. H. Jackson Makes Clean
Breast of Recent Crime
That Stirred City.
ENTERED W0MEM'S ROOM
ON RETURN FROM DANCE
Man Has Penitentiary Record. and
Turned Pistol on Himself When
He Thought He Was Caught.

A complete confession that he is the
"bad man" who caused terror lust week
by shooting two womA and choking
third one was made to the police this
morning by the negro arrested on sus-
picion last night.
The man is James Henry Jackson.
twenty-seven years old. and has been
formally charged with the murder of
Miss Lillian Hood. of 1887 l. street,
who died from the bullet jackson ad
mits he fred-ipto her body.
Thousands of women who have lived
in fear for a week because of the be-
lief that the crimes were committed
by maniac at large in the city were
relieved. by news of the arrest and
confession of Jackson. The crowd of
men and women who filled the corri-
dors a police headquarters this morn
ing to get glimpse of the confessed
slayer, was proof of the scare which
the triple assault had thrown into the
city.
Detective O'Brien Struck Trail.
Detective Sergt. Patrick O'Brien
obtained the information which re-
suited in the arrest of Jackson as the
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RUSSIAN REDS FORCE
ALLIES BACK 40 MILES

ARCHANGEL. Friday, January 81
(by the Associated Press).-Another
violent attack by the bolsheviki on
the American, Russian and British
positions at Taresevo compelled the
hard pressed and outnumbered little
allied column in this sector to with
draw yesterday approximately forty
miles. It's new position is at the viii
iage of Srdmakrenga.
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Sought Police Aid.

The police attach much Importance
to the request made by DR.. Wong last
Wednesday for an interview with a
policeman of the tenth precinct He
said he wished to report a case of
petit larceny. Precinct Detective
Bradley called Wednesday night in re-
sponse to this appeal, but his sum-
mons at the front door brought no
reply. He showed his card through
the crack at the bottom of the door,
and made a note on it to the effect
that he would call the following day
Police at the tenth precinct say DR..
" ong recently changed the lock on
the front door of the house.
He is known to have been of high
ly nervous temperament and erst-
while servants have told the police
that he always looked upon them with
suspicion. One colored man, who, un-
til recently. was employed by the mis-
sion to attend to the furnace, said il
was rarely that DIR. Wong or one of
his assistants did not follow him
about the cellar until his duties were
completed for the day and he left the
premises.
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31eth Infantry Losses Heavy.

In the National Army divisions the
regimental losses of the 316th Infan
try, 18th Division, were the heaviest,
totaling 500.
Tables showing losses by regiments
place the four infantry regiments of
the 1st Division as heaviest sufferers,
with from 1,150 to 1854 major cas-
ualties in each. These regiments are
the 10th, 18th, 26th and 2Sth Regulars
Figures for the 5th and 9th (marine)
Regiments in this division are not
given.
Among the National Guard divisions
the heaviest regimental losses record
ed are for the 10th Infantry of the
2sth Division, 1,142 men, while the
losses of the 109th Infantry of the
same division stand second at Lila
Next is the 1920 Infantry of the 26th
Division. with a total of 9SS, and
fourth is the 165th Infantry of the 42d,
with S79.
Two tables of prisoners taken by the
enemy, one prepared by the American
Red Cross and the other by the ad-
jutant generals office. were given out
CONTINUED on Eleventh Page.)
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Student or Instructor.

SLuQent OF 1ASbi ANtO4-
Wan, who is understood 10 be con-
nected with the New York University
either as a student or an INSTRUCTOR
when questioned by Detectives BUR
lingame and Kelly. who hurfleu 10
New York shortly after the discovery
of the crime, said he knew aosoiueeiS
nothing about it. but that he WCulo
willingly accompany them 70 80
inrtnn 70 answer any questions the
poIice asked and help in any way III
The solving of the trag agedV-
Officials at the Riggs National bahh
today informed the ponce th2t d
Young Chinese presented cheek Tor
$4,000 a few days ago. signed by ~.
Wong They refused TO pay inc
check
The officials of the bank VINO saw
the young man gave goeo aeScliP
tion to the police, which II is peiies Gu
will aid materially i'll apprehendihs
Z ok u
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FIRST Of PEACE
TERMS SRE:ADyFOR
HUNSFEBRUARY II
Will Be Attached to ArmistICe
Renewal Planned for
This Month.
RETURN OF u. S. TROOPS
TO HASTEN SETTLEMENT
Conference Committees Are Soon to
Take Up Work Allotted
Them.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February !.-Preliminary
I eace terms will probably re presented
to Germany. along with conditions for
d further renewal of the armistice, this
month if present plans are not de
ranged.
Recognizing the need for a return of
the world to normal peace-time basis,
the nations associated against Ger
many are considering making start
toward the actual peace treaty by in
serting some of the elementary terms
into the conditions which will he sub
mitted to the German armistice com
mission on February II.
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Fired at Close Range.

WI. who was confidential secretary
TO Dr. Wong, was shot twice. one
bullet pierced his heart and the other
entered the base Of the brain. This
would indicate that he fell after re
ceiying the shot in the heart, and, as
he did so, his assailant leaned over
close to him and fired into the back
of his head There are scorch marks
10 bear out the fact that the shot in
the back of the head was at very
close range. An empty cartfid-se smell
was found a few feet away. Hsie, the
other assistant. who also served the
mission as secretary and treasurer,
was shot in the chest. He was lying
face down
: The most puzzling feature of this
tragedy, and one concerning which the
police have been unable to obtain the
slightest clue. is the absence OF a
motive for the crime The mission
in no wise figured in politics; 1T had
only to do with the educating OF
young Chinese in this country.
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Climbed Through Window.

This seemed strange to Ii. He has
said since that he should have made
an investigation without delay. How =
ever, he waited until Friday night and
when his ring received 10 response he
climbed through a parlor window and
made the discovery.
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Discovered Last Night.

DR.. Wong and his two young ASSIST
ants arg believed TO have been nuL-
dered skme time between > clocA
and midnight Wednesday night, al
though it was not until about
O'Clock last light that the crime be-
came known. The police nave peen
unable TO find any evidence OF money
or iewelry or articles of value miss
ing. On the other hand there Is every
evidence of a terrible struggle
Blood was spattered around the
haIlwav and reception room on the
main floor, down the stairs leading TO
the basement and in the basement IT
self. Pieces of broken furniture were
strewn about Broken bric-a-b brac
a,d ,nucb other evidence of struggle
that was furious in its intensity while
IL lasted were found. \ heavy brass
candle holder spotted with blood was
on the floor near the head OF DI-
Wong. The police are sure that TINS
was used by one of the parties during
the struggle.
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No Known Enemies.

None of the victims is known to have
enemies or TO have been in any way
involved in matters which would have
provoked the crime. The three Chinese
are known to have been exceedingly
retiring and quiet and are spoken of
in high terms by ueighbors.
Although they did little entertaining,
the police say they know of few
instances where white men and women
were guests in the house.
The two young assistants attended
, classes in political science at George
Washington University and were eX-
ceedingly popular among their fellow
students. 1t was their absence from
classes that prompted Kong Ii TO call
at the mission to make inquiry.
It was late Wednesday afternoon
that Ii called. The house from the
outside appeared to be without life.
Lii sought admittance, and after Il
long wait the door was opened only
an inch or so, and strange face ap-
peared at the crack. In answer to
LIS inquiries the strange man said;
- sF,yerY one is out"
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Italy to Agree as to Fiume.

LONDON, January Sit will be
found, says the Paris correspondent of
the Evening Standard, that Italy is will
ing to withdraw her claim on tine port
of F'iume part of Italian national
ity Italy will agree, the dispatch adds,
to Fiumc being made free port, as the
port of Hamburg was a free city before
1870.
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WAR CASUALTIES
BY DIVISIONS GIVEN
Twenty-Ninth, in Which D. c.
Men Served, Lost 1.l17
in All.
FIRST REGULARS HARD HIT

An official tabulation OF casualties
by divisions for the American eXpe-
dictionary forces. 95 per cent complete
to date, was made public today by the
War Department The total for all
divisions, exclusive of the two regi-
ments of marines in the I'd Division,
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Mysterious Features.

The body of DR. Wong was found
living on the floor OF the reception
room on the main floor. 1t was near
the staircase leading to the upper
floor. The body was greatly pulled
and had relaxed to such an extent
that the police intimate that Dr
Wong may have met his death sevefai
hours before his two young associates.
The fact only adds to the many puz-
zies that have arisen in the attempt
10 solve the gruesome mystery. Tne
hodies of the two younger men were
found close together on the moor OF
a small compartment separating the
kitchen from the cellar ROOM They
were near the foot of the dark mar
row stairway leading to the main floor
and about them was evidence OF an
Tar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01

The casualties announced for the
29th Division, in which were District
of Columbia, Maryland. Virginia,
Delaware and New Jersey troops, was
given as 1,117.
In killed in action the first regular
division leads the list with 2,303.
Other divisions with more than LOCO
men killed in action stand in the fol-
lowing order: Sd. 1901; AID, 1.702; '32d.
1894: 2Sth, 1.544; 4th. 500; 26th,
1888; I'd. 1883; 27th, 1902; 77th,
1275 and S0th 1854.
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Entered Geagan Home First.

He~went up TO the second floor of
the Geagan home and into a room.
where he declares. he picked up the
trinket of jewelry which the police
later found in his possession. He then
passed into an adjoining room. he
SAYS, where he struck a match and
saw a woman in bed.
Miss Geagan asked him: Who's
that?" and he says he answered. Its
me-" When the woman started to
make an outcry Jackson told the po-
lice he fired at her and ran out the
way he entered. Miss Geagan was not
seriously wounded and has left Emer-
gency Hospital.
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Piave Parts Arnidships.

By the Associated Press.
DEAL, England, January 31-The
American steamer Piave, which went
ashore near here Wednesday night,
parted amidships tonight during a
fierce storm accompanied by a blind
ing snow and is a total loss.
DEAL, England, February lin ad-
dition to thirty men from the Ameri-
can steamer Piave who were landed
here after their ship broke in two last
night twenty-nine have been landed
at Dover.
A telegram from Dover said that the
captain and part of the crew have
landed at Ramsgate and the remainder
at Deal and Dover.
Deal dispatch last night said that
it was believed that seventeen Ameri-
can officers who were on board had
been saved.
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TRANSPORT ON LEDGE;
u. S. TROOPS REMOVED
Narragansett Ashore Off Isle of
Wight-Steamer Piave Wreck
ed, Possibly All Saved.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, February
ALI the troops aboard the American
transport Narragansett, which ran
ashore last night on the ledge off Benz
bridge, at the eastern end OF the Isle of
Wight. have been removed by tugs and
tke local Iifeboats. The removal was ef-
fected while the steamer held fast on
the ledge, despite the snowstorm and
high sea that prevailed.
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Went to 1911 L Next.

He went at good pace" he said. to
the house at 1911 L street, directly
across from where he rooms. Here, he
confesses. he also entered by the front
door and went to the bedroom at the
top of the stairs, where he again
lighted a match. Miss Florence Fow-
Ter. a war worker from Pennsylvania,
the occupant of this room. screamed
and Jackson says he fed.
Where did you go then?" Inspector
Grant asked him.
Jackson replied that he went to a
house farther down l. street. He.
said he went in rear window by way
of the alley from 14th street. Jack
son told the police he was familiar
with this alley.
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Vessel May Be Floated.

LONDON, February 1.-The Nara
gansett is undamaged, according to
latest reports received by American
that she will be tloated at the next high
tide.
The reports show that the sixty Amer
lean soldiers on board after landing at
Southampton from u rescuing craft pro-
ceeded toward London.
The later information corrected pre-
vious reports that the Nara gansett had
struck twice 1t appears that she met
with only one accident when she missed
the channel in trying to make her way
into Southampton and struck bottom
T. was a mud bottom, however. and it is
not believed there will be much diff
Guilty in floating her when the tide rises.
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Former .. C. Units.

In the '29th Division are the 1st
Squadron of Cavalry and Batteries A
and 3. Field Artillery Tin the 10th
Field Artillery. and Company B. Sig
nal Corps. attached to the 104th Field
Signal Battalion, all former units of
the District of Columbia National
Guard. The total casualties in that
division are 1,l17, of which 597 were
killed in action, 220 died of wounds
267 missing in action and 33 prisoners
In the 10th Field Artillery. the total
casualties were three, consisting of
one killed, one died of wounds and one
missing in action. No casualties are
listed in the signal battalion.
The 41st Division is not listed in the
statement issued by the War Depart
ment, not being what is known as "a
combat battalion" Attached to that
division is the Sd Regiment of In
fantry of the District National Guard,
consisting of three battalions, the ma
chine-gun company and the supply
company. The different regiments to
which these units are attached are
under orders for early convoy to the
United States.
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Formulation of League
Is Now Chief Business
Before Supreme Council

PARIS. January 81 (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-While the supreme
council of the great powers was oc-
cupied today with some of the lesser
controversies-those in the Balkans
and Poland-the chief business was
in private conference as sequel to
the decision on the German colonies
Having accepted the American plan
for supervision of the colonies by the
league of nations, it has now become
necessary to give body and substance
to a league of nations in order that
it may perform the important tasks
which are committed to it's care. This
is regarded as the chief business i'm
mediately ahead. and President Will
son is giving it his main attention.
President Holds Conferences.
The President called to the Paris
White House last night and enter
tanned Col. Edward NJ. House and the
other members of the league of ma
tions commission. and tonight he
went to Anne rican. headquarters for
another discussion on this subject
with Lord Robert Cecil. the British
representatives; Col. House, Secretary
of State Lansing and others. 1t is the
Presidents personal desire with re-
gard to the colonies. with the league
of nations supervising the manda-
tories. that the details to be present
ed will prove acceptable and worka-
BILE. There is every expectation that
the Presidents plan will be carried
out acceptabIy to him.
Two premiers, of Rumania and
Serbia. NJ Bratiano and NJ. Pachitch,
were heard by the council today on
the boundary issue. the last question
lying between them. 1t developed
Continued on Second Page.)
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Jewelry Removes All Doubt.

According to Inspector Grant. a
loclet and chain which were taken
from the home of Miss Martha e
Geagan. 1912 Connecticut avenue. were
found in JackSon's possession and re-
moves any doubt of the truth of the
colored mans confession. Bloody
clothing which he is said TO have worn
last Friday also was found in his
room.
jackson said he attended a colored
dance in Georgetown Thursday night,
January %, and left the hall about
2:30 Friday morning. On the way to
his room at 1920 l. street he passed
the home tS Miss Geagan, 1912 Con-
necticut avenue, and sneaked in
through the front door. which was
unlocked.
Throughout his confession the negro
denied that he had previously watched
any of the houses or that he had any
designs on the women in these houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-01
Compromise Plan" Undisclpssd.

PARIS, January 81 (by the Associ-
ated Press) No official statement of
the details of the compromise plan"
for the government of the former Ger
man colonies by mandatories has
been made, but il is understood that
the use of the word colonies" in Off
cial statements does not limit the
scope of the plan to former German
territories. 1t may also apply to such
territories as Mesopotamia, Armenia
and Palestine.
Chinese and Japanese. claims to
Tsingtau, it is understood, will be left
for adjustment TO the league of ma
tions, and it is also believed that the
same order will prevail as to Dalma-
tia and Albania, over which Italy and
JugosIavia are at odds.
The present program contemplates
the Fastening of the league of ma
tions plan by the committee having it
in charge, SO that report may he
made before President Wilson's de-
parture The secretariat has changed
the name of this body to "the COM
mission on the society of nation" in
Difference to the wishes of a number
of delegates, who regarded the use of
the word league" as indicating an
alliance for offensive and defensive
purposes.
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Affects Yankees Return.

This decision is reflected also in the
mine what American troops it will be
necessary to leave in occupied terri
tory. The plan is to get them all out
as soon as it seems advisable. and it
has been thought that a start might
well be made in laying down the
terms of peace. Some officials who
have been closely studying the situa-
tion believe that the armistice itself
might well be developed into a peace
treaty just as they think society of
nations might be developed out of the
deliberations of the peace conference.
President Wilson is Known to have
examined this view and contemplated
it's possibilities.
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WEATHER.

Fair tonight; tomorrow partly
cloudy and slightly warmer.
Temperature for twentyfour hours
ending pm. today: Highest. 81. at
pm yesterday: lowest, 80, at am.
today.
Full report on page II.
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Attacked Miss Hood.

The window he Climbed through
was the rear of 1857 street, and led
into the room of Miss Lillian Hood Of
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