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VANS Own Story of Fight for Life

Il was a very cold day. During the
second trial we secured the Govern.
ment weather report, which showed
that this was the coolest day of the
week and that the temperature had
been dropping all day.
1t was actually many degrees
colder than II was two nights later
when the murder was discovered
and when Kang Ii took the detec.
tivea to New York. When asked
why he wore one of the dead mems
(Mr. Hsie's) overcoat to New York
he said because it was warmer than
his own, and that Friday was q
very cold night.
This was the last time was in
the mission house until later taken
there under suspicion.
Testimony at the trials brought
out the following facts: That Ben
Sen WI had dined at the Oriental
Restaurant with friends. not by pre-
arrangement, but through spon-
taneous suggestion of classn1ate
as they were leaving school that
evening. The entire party left the
restam ant about 10 minutes of
and WI was seen to take a street
car shortly afterward, evidently on
the way home.
The same Wednesday evening DR..
T. I. Wong and M. Hsie attended a
banquet given by Mr.. Quo at the
Marking Restaurant. A Mr.. Y. g.
Yang, one OF the guests, testified
that he and Mr.. Hsie were among
the first to leave, at about 10 p. m.
They took street car and he said
goodnight to Mr.. Hsie at about
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1920, when the latter was three
blocks from the Educational Mis-.
DIR. wong left with his host Mr.
Quo and others q few minutes
after ten. DR.. Wong left the group
at Twentieth Street and Florida
Avenue at about 1890 or 1885. He
was then about eight blocks (of up.
hill walkingl away from the mis-
sion house. 1t must have been near.
ly IL p. m. when he reached home,
This time should be remembered
in reading the confession1.
Dete0Give Charles III. Bradley, a
Government witness, testified tln1t
he had called at the mission house
at 9 o'clock that evening because at
4 or o'clock that afternoon when
he got to the station house, the
station clerk told him something.
What that something" was. was
never clearly revealed in the testi.
mony, but it Is certain that . re-
quest had & one forth from DR..
Wong to the police and that Brad
ley's call was in response to that
request. It is a well-knOwn fact
that DIR. Wong had repeatedly rs.
ceived threats on his Ifs from I'M
known sources.
Is it not more than probable that
DR.. WOng's communication to the
police had something to do with
these threats? The Washington
Post Of February 3. 1919, says;
DIR. u. y. Yen = also has inf0f'
nation about the fears and ulisgiy'
ings possessed by DR.. Wong on the
night that he was murdered. why
was DIR. Ven not called and ques'
toned about these fears and mis-,
givingss"
Also. Why did the Government not
produce the letter that was found
on the body of DR.. Wong half pulled
out Of his breast pocket? This let
ter is clearly shown in the photo
graph taken by the police on the
right the mt1rder was discovered.
They produced the envelope in court
but have completely 'forg often the
contents 81 Its present whereabouts,
Detective bradley says that when
he called ct o'clock, he rang
the bell blit rot no response, then
tried the window and found II
locked. This was 3 o'clock Wednes.
by which Hang Iii entered Friday
evening and discovered the murder
How did this window get u1llOClxedl
| Incidentally, Kang II WIS nevel
asked en- the stand to account fOI
his whereabouts on Wednesday eve
ming, Thursday or Friday. and his
IandIady. Miss Kelly. was never pun
on the stand. Unfortunately. she
has since died..
Bradley further says he looked
through the door sash and saw .
dark derby and dark muffler On
the hat rack and q coat on q chair.
IL wore a soft brown hat and white
muffler and Kang Ii testified that
he saw mine on the rack at Z p.ra.)
Bradley went around the house
saw light in the third floor back
room. returned to the front Of rhe
house and putting his card under
| the door, left. His card was
| marked January %. 1919, yet Mr.
Bradley says 1t was January 18th
that he made the call.
When a detective makes a mis-
take in date, nothing Is said 81
the matter. When witness for
the defense or the accused makes
a mistake in q date, it Is always
presented to the jury as an inten,
tional lie.
Tomorrow another interesting
instalment Of Vans story viii
be presented.
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Circumstantial Web
Woven Around Wan

room. This small case he took
with him into the bank, leaving
the stranger, Wong, outside in
the taxi. After about 40 minutes
consideration BY the bank off.
ciaIs, the envelope with the check
and letter was returned to him
with regrets and q suggestion
tIagt he bring someone In with
him for further Identification,
HAVE ARGUMENT :
Van returned to the taxi and
gave back to the alleged Wong
the envelope and contents and
they were driven back to the sta
EiOn, stopping on the North Cap.
itOI Street side Of the pOstOffice,
where they saw MOy waiting for
them. A heated controversy
arose between Wong and MOy I'm
q dialect which Van could not
understand, so be paid the taxi
bin of $3.50 or whereabouts, and
FASTENED on TO his brother in the
station, leaving the two Chinese
to their argument. Such is Vans
account OF his trip to the bank.
Ascertaining the next possible
train, he and Wan hurried 70 the
Hotel Harris, paid the hotel bill
and checked out. En- route to New
York, Van, in addition TO being
very angry with his brother for
the delay, WIS too nliserably sick
TO talk, and Van, an inveterate
smoker, went to the smoking car
where ne stayed for most Of the
Journey.
Thus II happened that he failed
20 tell Wan Of his trip 70 the
bank, and thus it happened that
when the detectives told Wan
OF the details Of the crime, in.
Guiding the story OF the alleged
forged check, Wan frankly and
promptly said: 'F'ind the man who
took the check to the bank and
you will find the murderer.
To his utter and disbelieving
CONSERVATION they replied, 1--WE
have the man who took the check
to the bank, it was your brother,
Van!'
And so, the web Of circumstan.
tiaI evidence was woven about
the two. woven 30 tightly and
strengthened SO merciIessly that
one nlarvels to find Ziang Sung
Wan alive today.
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a packaRe at the mission for me
which he did not bring, as he mao
not expected 70 call. He said moth
ing about his going TO a dinner
party that night. (rhis is an I'M
portant act entering into my alleged
confession.)
Late in the afternoon I felt bet
ter, no dressed and went to the ms
sion to get the package ana any
other mail. / have been asked why
I did not send my brother, van, az
] was sick. It should be understood
that Van and / did not have the
same friends. nor did we know
many OF the same people. we mao
attended different universities IN
Ohio and, having different tastes
had different sets of friends.
Van did not know the mission
people at all, while knew them
extremely well, having had the long
intimate ocean trip with DR.. Wong
and Mr.. WI. as we'll as the traVel
through Canada together. It was,
therefore, logical for me to go 70
the mission and get my own mali
as well as to say good.by TO them.
I have already told how hanS Ii
rang the bell shortly after my ar
rival when I had gone upstairs to
see IL there was anyone home. AZ
there was no one home I naturally
answered the door bell when ]
heard 1t ring.
Kang Ii complained, In his testi'
nony, that only opened the door
about 4 foot and was very cool IN
my attitude. He failed to say that
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LOVERS, ~, DISAPPEAR
IN SUICIDE LOVE PACT

ELLSWORTH, Me-, July 2S.-A
strange suicide love pact between
two youngsters in their early teens
was reveal today when authorities
joined In search through the
dense woods in this section for
Dave Coughlin, IL, and Nellie
Piper, also IL.
The love-slck youngsters, accord
ing to the authorities, vanished
two days ago, taking a gun and
chloroform, and leaving behind a
note stating they would spend a
blissful week together and then
kill themselves.
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$500, 900 PAINTING
BY ANGELO FOUND

ROME. July 2S.-Experts clean.
ing a painting on wood. four feet
long by three feet wide. have dis.
covered a work by M1chelangelo
representing the flagellation Of st.
Anthony, and valued at more than
5000 900.
The work belongs to Giuseppe
Giovannin1 and has been handed
down in his family for centuries.
Evening star., 1926-12-05

sody." Miss Lyon played Bach's
Air on G String" and Drdlas Sou.
venir." Miss Shively played Godow-
sky's "Alt Wien" and Nocturnal
Tangier" and Brahms Waltz in A
Flat"
The 2O-piece Meyer Davis Society
Orchestra will play at the first of the
Army dances, to be held this week.
Other Davis engagements include the
State Department Club dance at
Rauscher's and the dance to begiven
by Mrs. Demarest Lloyd.
Sidney's Mayf1ower Orchestra will
play at the dance to be given at the
German embassy on December IL.
Other important engagements played
by the Sidney Orchestras, the leading
one of which is featured at the May
flower Hotel, include the weekly
dances at the Chevy Chase Club and
University Club, and the large dance
given recently by Mrs. Lyman Ken
dali at the Montgomery Country Club.
A Sidney concert orchestra supplies
music for the Sunday evening dinner
sessions in the presidential room of
the MayfloWer Hotel.
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Civilian Army News

Spicknell. assistant communications
officer; Herbert r. Pierce. liaison Of
ficer; Second Lieuts. Dobney H.
Maury, jr., assistant plans and train
ing officer, and Eugene B. English.
liaison officer. Capt. Hugh K. Fulton
Is attached to the regiment as chap
lain, as are also the following med
ical officers: Maj. Leo M. Cav.
anaugh. regimental surgeon; Capt.
Edward c. Morse, assistant regi-
mental surgeon: First Lieuts. Andrew
M. Smith and Tiffany ]. Williams. lst
Battalion; First Lieuts. George j..
Capts. Charles c. Longcor, regi-
mental surgeon; Stanley w. Webb.
assistant regimental surgeon, and
First Lieut.. Thomas V. Ward, regi-
mental veterinarian.
The following officers have been as
signed to the service battery: Capt.
Henry H. Chapman, battery COM
nander; First Lieuts. Percy w. Phil
lips, Charles d. Demarest, Henry c..
Stockell, and Second Lieuts. Robert
B. Riordan and Max A. Bradshaw.
Eight officers are assigned to the
I'd Battalion headquarters and head
quarters battery, as follows: Maj.
Fred "A. Carter, First Lieuts. Willie
Y. Duncan, George r. Buch. William
A. Kinnear, Thomas J. Nash, jr., and
Lucius A. Harrison. and Second
Lieuts. George H. Chase and Frank
p. Harbin. Three officers will be in
charge Of the ed Battalion combat
train. They are Capt. Thomas H.
Todd, who will be in command of
this unit, and Second Lieuts. Walter
Mandry and Milton L. Golf.
In addition to Capt. Hallock P.
Long, who will be in command Of
Battery D, the following officers will
be assigned: First Lieut.. Jessie E.
Porter and Second Iieuts. Edwin F.
Fogarty and Heath D. Goldsborough.
The officer personnel of battery E
will be Capt. Edward v. Heiskell.
battery commander; First Lieut.. Will
liam E. Barkman and Second Lieuts.
Walter K. Jones and Alexander l..
Craighill. In addition to these four
officers, Second Lieut.. Francis M. NC
Conihe will be attached to Battery F..
Battery F will be composed OF the
following officers: Capt. Frank w.
McCarthY battery commander. and
Evening star., 1926-12-05

Miss Pearl Waugh was the accom-.
panist
Mrs. Routt johnson Manning nre.
sented group in recital at her studio
Friday evening. The child pianist.
Constance Russell, who has Just re.
covered from a severe attack of
whooping cough, played several
Chopin numbers. Dorothy Willard
played Liszt's transcription of "Rigo.
letto." Maria Williams, an out.of
town student, played a Liszt rhap.
sody.
Others participating were Patsy
Douglas. Maxine Duvel, Dorothy Ian.
der. Valerie Prochnik. Charlotte Fos-
ter. Anne and Isabel Walter, Kearsley
Caldwell. Louise Woodruff, Amanda
Childs and Masters Clark, Hawkins.
WELL
The senior class of the Master
School of the Piano, Grace d, GIL
christ, director. discussed Evolution
Of Music" at its last Saturday meet
ing. A program Of master piano works
was given.
AHoSc present were Julla Banks,
Agnes Carr, Hilda Burke, Hazel Was.
son. Edna Rosenberg, Jeanette
Rosenberg. Mrs. Charles J. Cassidy.
Mrs. Sidney Williston. Louise Rack
ley, India Shocsey. Eva Rosenberg.
Gustav Weckel. Robert Reineck,
Haskell Milstone and Van Brunt.
Sophocles Papas. specialist on the
fretted instruments, and Elena de
Sayn. violinist, will be the soloists at
the next meeting of the Russian Club.
Their program is to be announced
later.
At the recent meeting Nine
Dmitrieff. Russian pianist, played
two etudes of Chopin. valse and the
Rainbow" impromptu. Alexander
Gregor gave an interesting talk on
the Empress Eugenia. A tango
dance was executed by Lieut.. and
Nine. Dmitrieff.
At the II o'clock service this morn.
ing in the Mount Pleasant Congrega.
tional Church, Herman Fakler, bass,
will sing "A Prayer" by Ella r. Bates,
a local composer. Miss Bates has
made her residence in Washington
for the past few years and has com.
posed quite a number Of sacred solos.
The Mount Pleasant Chorus. and
the solo quartet, composed of La
Vergne Sims Fairchild, soprano; Mary
Apple. contralto; William P. Shanna-
han. tenor, and Herman Fakler. bass,
under the direction OF Norton M. Lit.
tie, with Claude Robson at the or
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Second Lieuts. Harvey G. Callahan,
James r. Craighill and Carlyle Van
B. Funke, with Second LeAt. How.
ard D. Coyner attached thereto. In
announcing the above assignments or
officers to his regiment, Col. Heron
pointed out that all assignments in
conflict with those above are revoked.
The Reserve Oficers' Association
will meet Tuesday at SIS pm. in the
Interior Department Building. Maj.
Gen. Harry A. Smith, chief of the
war plans division, War Department
general staff, will give an address on
the coronation Of the new Shah OF
Persia and on the Geneva conference
on arms limitation. Women are In
vited to attend.
Four Institutional assemblies will
be held for local reserve officers this
week, three of them, air corps, chemi'
cal warfare and quartermaster. at re-
serve headquarters in the Graham
Building, while the fourth meeting,
that Of the local engineer reservists,
will be held in the boardroom of the
District Building.
Tomorrow evening, the air corps
reservists and those Of the chemical
warfare service will meet, the former
conducting war game maneuvers in
volving aerial operation. These are
based on the same general and spe-
cial situations and the combatant and
administrative officers will function by
committees in a capacity appropriate
to their assignment. Lieut.. Reeves,
on duty in the Office of the chief OF
air corps, will present an interesting
illustrative problem at this assembly.
The chemical warfare reserve officers
will continue the subject of the con-
ference of November l. which was a
basic problem illustrating selection Of
weapons and chemical agents for par
ticular situations. The instructional
conference for both officers of the
243d Engineers and those reservists
Of the Quartermaster Corps will be
held next Wednesday evening. The
engineer officers will hold their meet
ing in the board room of the District
Building. The engineer officers will
hold their meeting in the board room
Of the District Building, at which the
engineering aspects of the battle of
Kernstown and q discussion Of mill
tary roads will be taken up. The
quartermaster conference will cover
construction of barracks, quarters and
hospitals in addition to classes on sup
ply, construction and transportation.
An officer from the Office of the Quar-
termaster General will deliver a spe'
Evening star., 1926-12-05
GERMAN PRINCE ADEPT
At ARRANGING DANCES
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, December 4.-If Prince
Louis Ferdinand, second son of the
former Crown Prince Frederick VIII
liam, were matriculated at an Ameri-
can university he probably would
aspire to be chairman Of the junior
prom.
How adept he is at arranging dane
ing parties was shown at the annual
ball of the Blue-White Tennis Club
of Berlin. The young Prince, who Is
regarded the most versatile of the
younger Hohenzollerns, is a member
of the executive committee of the
exclusive club, made up principally
Of former monarchial officers fami-
lies.
Louis Ferdinand was asked to man
age the ball, and he did it with great
success. He. Is only 19 and was born
at Potsdam on November 9, which is
now celebrated as the anniversary OF
the revolution that resulted in the
abdication of his grandfather, the
former Kaiser William.
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BERLIN PEDESTRIANS
BADGERED BY MOTORS
Learning to Be Quick on the Jump
on All Traffic Thorough
fares.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, December 4.-Pedestrians
in Berlin are learning to be quick on
the jump just as their brethren in
other countries. particularly since
the establishment of light control
system this Fall on a number OF the
city's principal streets.
The more impetuous motorists. chief
ly taxi drivers and motor cyclists.
have made rapid progress In picking
up the tactics Of their type in Ameri-
can and other cities where traffic is
ruled by light signals. and the start
of the waiting line Of cars at inter
sections is frequently on the familiar
trigger system.
When the signal changes to green
the line plungeS forward apparently
regardless Of any pedestrian who may
be on the roadway. AS a result the
lively jumping of foot travellers is get
eing to be one of the sights of the
'Own.
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MUSIGR Apis
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land 629, in charge Of caroling as
engaged in by the D. c. Federation of
Music Club groups. requests that she
be notified before Friday of this week
of cases, hospitals. homes, institutions,
etc. where caroling will be welcome,
as to exact dates and hours most
desired.
The kimbalI Quartet. composed of
Fannie Shreve Heartsiil, soprano;
Helen Marie Koontz. contralto: George
A. Myers substituting for Charles E.
Myers), tenor. and Francis P. Heart.
sill. bass. with Katherine Floeckher
cullen at the piano. gave a program
following a banquet by one of the
organizations of the Terminal Y. NJ.
c. a. recently This quartet will sing
at a banquet of one of the medical
societies this week, and has other
engagements for the season.
The Imperial Male Quartet, (W Ar
thur Mccoy, first tenor: Edward G..
Lippitt. second tenor: J. Benton Webb,
baritone. and Francis P. Heartsill.
bass,. has made quite a number Of
and vicinity during the past few
weeks, the most prominent being two
radio concerts. an entertainment by
the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. the an
nual Masonic banquet under the aus
pices of Columbia Lodge of Clarendon,
Va, and the annual ladies night ban
Quet given by the kiwaniS Club Of
Alexandria at the Geoge Mason Hotel
of that city. This quartet sings prac-
tically all Of its secular ensemble
numbers without accompaniment.
This quartet sings at the Sunday serv-
ices of the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Church, and will give a
concert in that church about the
middle of this month. 1t will be heard
this afternoon at the special services
at the Eighth Street Temple. AT the
Polytechnic Institute for the Blind
one evening next week the quartet
will sing.
James Barr. one of the most popu-
lar of young Washington tenors. has
been engaged as soloist for the pres
entation of the musical program at the
Rialto Theater this week. Mr.. Barr
will sing the Italian street song that
C,aruso made internationally famous.
20 Sole Mo-" and MY Beautiful
Lady" the catchy waltz song from
The Pink Lady"
Mrs. Fred Purnell, well known
sinSer and wife of Representative
Purnell of Indiana. gave a group of
songs at the monthly meeting Of the
Colonial Danes Monday afternoon.
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gan, Will sing as the anthem One
Sweetly Solemn Thought" Ambrose.
There will be no 5 o'clock vesper
service today.
The quartet of the Calvary Meth
odist Episcopal Church will give a
concert program in the guild hall of
the church wednesday evening.
The personnel is Marie c. Deal, So
prano; Ruth Kobbe. contralto: George
E. Anderson, tenor, and Arthur l..
Lambdin, bass. Lena Sims Sylvester
Is director and accompanist. Florence
Adams, impersonator, will assist on
the program.
Estrella Amores, Cuban soprano,
gave a group Of Cuban songs at the
Of the International Federation of
Catholic Alumnae Tuesday.
The club has completed arrange
ments for a musicale to be held at the
home of Mrs. Frederick j. Rice. 1902
Columbia road northwest, at 8:15 pm.
Tuesday next. Margaret McAllister
Is in charge of arrangements.
DIR. Alexander Henneman has pre-
pared a program, consisting of solos
by Mae Brosnan, Edna Jones, Made
line Aughenbaugh, Lucille Duffy,
MARY D11LuIO, OIlO HdlllOCI Va tAtS
orchestra Of the club and two selec-
tions by the chorus. Angela Brosnan
and Mrs. George T. Thomaides are
the accompanies.
Evelyn Scott, violinist, and Burrus
Williams, pianist, appeared in joint
recital at the Washington College of
Music Wednesday night. Miss Scott
played Beethovens Romance in F
Major" De Beriot's Concerto, No. T."
w. G. Owst's Chant Sans Paroles"
Driego's "Valse Bluette" and Nachez's
Gypsy Dance, No. l." The unique
number in her group was. that by Mr..
Owst, music critic of the Baltimore
Sun. who is also we'll established as a
music composer Of note.
Mr.. Williams, who also acted as ac-
companist, played. as solos. the
Chopin BLACK Key Etude," prelude, .
by Stojowski, and Rachmaninoff' s
prelude in G Minor"
After a business meeting of Rho
Beta Chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon, ma
tional musical sorority, Monday
night, a program was given by Dor
othea Bohmanson and Lois Shively,
pianists, and Helen Lyon, violinist,
guests of the chapter. Miss Bohman-
son played Dehussy's "Reflets Dams
L'eau" and LISTS Thirteenth Rhap-
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5000 Tons of Bread for Dogs.

PARIS, December 4 Op.-The dogs
of France daily eat 5000 tons Of bread.
The few Frenchmen who are not de-
voted to dogs are protesting against
these mouths without hands main
tanned at vast expense" while 5000
900 small investors. pensioners and
underpaid employees. victims Of the
deprecated franc, go underfed. Dogs.
they declare, can be fed on other
things than bread.
Evening star., 1926-12-05

cial lecture on the construction fea-
lures Of the program. Arrangements
have recently been perfected by which
the quartermaster training conference
at New York, Chicago and other
points throughout the United States
will exchange their programs with
Washington quartermasters so as to
enable each conference to study de-
velopments in other sections.
First Lieut.. Gerald A. Fitzgerald,
Coast Artillery Reserve, a Washing
ton reserve officer, is relieved from
his present attachment to the Third
Coast Artillery District and is assign
ed to that district.
The 428th Infantry will meet Tues.
day evening at reserve headquarters.
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gan, will sing as the anthem "One
Sweetly Solemn Thought" Ambrose.
There will be no o'clock vesper
service today.
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, - - Ia NN%kAAoAAs ~
the headquarters
land headquarters
battery will be
| assigned the fol-
lowing: Lieut.. Col.
e d w in F. A.
Morgan, executive:
First Lieut.. Fred
|erick S. Lee, adju-
ant: Capts. Edwin
|C. Gutelius, intel
|ligence of fic 9 r:
Charles L. Lad
son. plans and
Training officer;
iii e r b e r [ Is o r
|chardt, cOmmuni-
cations fiji c e r;
w I'LL a m w.
Chance, reconnoiS-
Lieuts. John H.
o@cor. Johr n
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CHAPTER LV.

Continued from Yesterdays Starr
Evening star., 1926-12-05

Col. Leroy w. Heron. commanding
the 313th Field Artillery, announced
last week the following assignments
Of officers of. his command. less the