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The Washington times., 1923-06-09
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Admits Choking - &
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Body IL Risel.
BY JAMES I. KHGALLEN.
TnseTnstlonaI News service.

NEW YORK, June 8. Elionzo
Lazarda, an irnpetuous Filipino
man1seryant; confessed to the
police today, after severe
griIling, that he murdered Helen
1ssBloss0m Martin, pretty
twenty-four- year-oId nurse. He
admitted, the police said, that he
lured her to his room and checked
her to death.
Were Sweethearts.
Both Lazarda and Miss Martin.
rUnnored to have been sweethearts,
were employed by DIR. George B.
McAuliffe, % West Eighty-seventh
street.
The Filipino was arrested late
last night as he attempted to pitch
the girls body, wrapped in heavy
paper, into the channel lying be-
tween Staten Island and the New
Jersey coast, from the deck OF q
ferry boat
my sweetheart and I quarreled
II lost control Of myself and killed
her" Lazarda said. according to the
police.
Lured Her To Room.
Lazarda first told the police he
wanted TO marry the attractive
little blonde nurse, but that she
refused. Then he changed his
story and said she wanted to
marry him.
II asked her to come to my
room and talk 1t over" he said.
(The F'ilipino's room was on the
sixth floor Of the building in which
the Doctors office was located0
while we were quarreling,
seized her with both hands by the
neck. I choked her. for about
thirty minutes. Her body slurnped
down, limp, and I knew she was
dead.
Wrapped Body In Paper.
II didn't know what to do for a
few minutes. She lay there, dead.
Finally, got some heavy paper,
wrapped the body in it and fled
from the house"
Lazarda apparently transported
the body from his room in the
building in which he and ~ sweet
heart lived, to the MuE pal ferry
pier at the Battery. where he tried
to dump 1t overheard while the
boat was going to st. George. but
did not do SO because the passengers
were watching.
At st. George he hired q taxicah
and drove, with the paper wrapped
bundle, to Arlington, where an
other ferry line has its terminus.
Edward Maureur, the chauffeur
helped him carry the bundle to the
ferry boat.
Became Suspicious.
''I detected the heat and became
suspicious" Maureur told the police
IT could feel something soft in thai
- bundle Maureur ran to the dock
summoned a police sergeant AND
told him his suspicion.
The Filipino was standing neal
the rail Of the boat. The police
man shouted to passengers stand
Ing near him to hold him and pre-
vent him from throwing the bundle
overheard.
Two. deck hands and a passengel
seized Lazarda and overcanle hin
In q spirited battle. They took hin
and the bundle to the ferry house
Trussed In Curtain.
Tearing off the heavy paper tn
policeman uncovered a woman
bead. At the station house tn
Continued on Page 2. Column ~
The Washington times., 1923-06-09
SIX ARRESTED IN DEATH
OF YOUNG Y. w. c. A. GIRL

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June g.
With the arrest Of six persons here
TO-DAY police believe they have clues
which may lead to solution OF the
rourder Of Helena Drachman, TWEEN
ty.one, pretty Y: w: c. A. girl;
whose partly clad body was found
wrder a culvert on the Hubbard
road near here yesterday.
The Washington times., 1923-06-09

Service.)
MUENSTER, Germany, June
9. Chancellor Wilhelm Gnno
takes q gloomy view Of Ger
many's future.
"The menace Of o red revolu-
ton hovers over Germany, de-
clared the chancellor In an ex-
elusive interview with Interna-
tional News Service. at may
break at any moment. The Ger
man masses are hungry. We, as
responsible heads of the govern
ment, are filled with anxiety for
the future. Any one spending
two weeks among our working
people soon realizes that our
fears are justified.
At Ropes End.
1--WE have reached the end Of our
rope. II NJ. Poincare thinks he
can squeeze more blood from the
German turnip. then J. invite him
to come to Berlin to see for himself.
Germany is not procrastinating. In
order to free her people from the
ruthless yoke Of Frances military
machine she viii pay to the last
penny.
Conferences and not writing are
futile unless France acknowledges
Germany's right to exist 40 a
sovereign nation. Our latest note
must convince France-if she ever
had sincere doubt-of Germany's
desire to prove her good faith.
Hitherto France has rejected all,
German proposals before they even
reach Paris. Frances whole policy
has shown that nothing short of
Germany's economic ruin will salts
fly her.
eff the world leaves us In the
clutches Of French militarism no
proposals that we ever submit viii
ever form the basis of honest nego-
tiations.
Warned Of Folly.
England warned France Of the
latter's folly prior to occupation of
the Rhur. France was anxious to
prove her policy right and Eng
lands wrong. Sixty millions of
Germans must suffer in conse-
quence.
Residents of the Ruhr refuse to
how it is possible for them to
cease their passive resistance so
long as a French bayonet remains.
Would you Americans ever work
at the point OF foreign bayonets?
I'm order to get French colored
troops off German soil we would
offer France one hundred billion
gold marks, If we could pay that
amount, but we will make no
promises that we cannot fulfill.
That was the keynote of my policy
when took office and shall
stand or fall by it."
The interviewer asked: do you
mean then If Gustav Stresemann
Qeader of the Nationalist partly or
anyone else assumed office they
could propose more than you
have?"
Exactly" snapped the Chancel-
lor. Others can promise more.
but the promises could never be
fulfilled.
Books Lie Open.
'Germany's books lie open for
all the world to examine. We will
leave that examination to the best
economic minds-without reserva-
tons. If, after q fair investigation,
the examiners can show that We
can pay more than We have pro-
The Washington times., 1923-06-09
Books Lie Open.

"Germany's books lie open for
all the world to examine. We viii
leave that examination to the best
economic minds-without reserva-
tons. If, after q. fair investigation.
the examiners can show that We
can pay more than We have Pro-
The Washington times., 1923-06-09
THE WEATHER.

Fair and cool tonight and
Sunday; fresh and strong
northwest winds diminish
ing tonight. -
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
CHANGES IN OUR SUN
Classed as &c" Star, It Is Gradually Cooling
Off Toward the I'M" Stage

They run as follows: B. A, F,
G, K, M. The hottest stars are
the glowing-white BIS, the coolest
are the ruddy-colored Ms. The
sun, standing among the G's, is
slightly yellowish in color, and Of
a relatively low temperature. It's
history is probably tending to-
ward the KS, which are yellower
in color and lower in tempera-
ture. 1t is on the down-hill slope
Of stellar life. After an enormous
through the K stage and sunk
into the M stage, a kind Of red,
dying ember Of a sun.
But there are supposed to be
two stages represented by the M
stars, on the one hand an in
fantile, on the other senile
of the Lick Observatory, explains
this as follows in a recent ad-
dress:
Briefly, the theory Russell's)
assumes that in the beginning Of
their stellar stages all stars are
of Class M. They are then bodies
sity and of love temperature and
surface brightness. AS they con-
tract they grow ever hotter and
pass through the successive spec
trail classes toward B, but urly
the more massive stars can gen
crate heat enough to reach the
white-hot state required to pro-
duce spectra of Class 3. The
others reach their critical den
sity at spectral Glass A, F, G,
or even K.
after this critical point in
their contraction is reached the
stars begin to fall of in tempera-
ture and in luminosity and grad
ually pass through the spectral
classes in the reverse order un-
til they again become red stars
Of Class M, before they finally
sink to invisibility. The stars
on the ascending branch are, in
the Technology introduced by
Hertzsprung, chiefly giants
those on the descending branch
chiefly 'dwarfs.'"
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
By ROBERT M. LA TOILETTE,
United States Senator

heartily congratulate the Wisconsin News upon it's
fifth anniversary.
In 1922 acknowledged my belief that the Wisconsin
News had performed useful public service and main
tanned the highest traditions of free press it's
men of the Wisconsin Congressional Senatorial and State
campaign Of that year In its editorial policy the Wis
consin News of very few daily newspapers in
the State which supported the progressive It's sup
port intelligent and powerful The Wisconsin News
thereby maintained and strengthened it's hold upon the
confidence OF the people of the State It's columns
remained open to every party and faction every
candidate permitted to express his views.
The Wisconsin News is giving it's readers through
It's news columns equally accurate and complete
port of the activities of the Wisconsin delegation at
Washington In this policy it deserves the support Of
progresves throughout the State representative
government is impossible if the people
day by day Of what their representatives doing.
have always maintained that truly free press is es-
sentlal to democracy So long the Wisconsin News
remains free to all the people against every form
Of special interest and special privilege will deserve
and receive the support of the citizens of State
The above tribute from Senator La Toilette gratifying
MIR. Hearst to those associated with him especially
those that attend to the publication of the Wisconsin
NEWS
To give accurate and complete reports of both sdes ant
to the best Of your ability and judgment give ARDEN
SUPPORT TO THE RIGHT SIDE the real work of news
paper.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21

; a trif1e. But he smiles It away
on the theory that there's no
particular reason why 1t shouldn't
since he has won it so easily.
And he makes little, significant,
approving remarks about himself
-p1n-prtckg against the common
place OF others.
In the self-depracatory man
ner he affects he likes to ten
Of his experiences. And since
he manages to laugh at himself
sometimes and since ne Is wholly
entertaining. 81 listen with in
terest.
But the experiences lose nothing
Of spectacula~tty in his telling.
Rather they become more remark
able with each repstition-anH
draw more smiles.
The plain fact is that tho man
parted company with truth, as Il
may concern himself. long ago
and he has woven about himself
a web OF Imagination 50 wide and
strong that not even his closest
friend may est through It.
So they say of him, Blank
says so and so-but you know
what old Blank L. like" And
smile.
And SO he saw through his BIT
Of misfortunte-the first he has
experienced - many, many ao-
quaintances. but no real friends
And he discovered nothing sub
stantial III all his life-only the
pretense he himself has bullded.
He has refused to acknowledge
It as vet. But he will.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
WashingtOn's Building Opera
tons Continue to Break
Records
Bv BILL PRICE.

y;s. ~ bu;1dinp operations in Washington show
in November permits 51 issued by the building
INSPECTORS office as against $5S652 for the month
Of year. all previous records for In tns
rapidly developing city were smashed
The November figures small compared with the
for the entire which will exceed
last year by millions of dollars The greatest activities are
always in the spring and summer months
An authority ranks Washington the ninth city in building
activities for November York and Chicago respectively
taking lead At any bounding forward grow
ing greater wealth and population every day. every month
every year. That rank high with cities OF much larger
population should matter Of community pride
huge building activities for the last three years have
spite the fact that there have been dropped from
the Government pay rolls here since the war 10000 employees
the majority returned to their former homes. The
gaps they left wartime population being filled by
residents most of them people OF wealth who
choose city from among all other American cities the
best place to live and their families.
business men, including real estate operators find
strong trend toward Washington parts
country disposition the part of people of to in
vest make this wonderful city their future place
of abode This is but natural Washington the National
Capital commands the overwhelming interest and love of
American people generally Their tendency u.s.
So settle and to enjoy the Beauties attractions and
advantages that enticing.
Our climate the social environments the endless activities
Of the Federal opportunities education
development and clean pleasures hundred other
things bekon aurgy those who able to locate here
For years this steady progress Of Washington has been
going The people Of the nation and of this city have
steadas faith in the future greatness of this Federal Capital
where congregae great and wise Of all nations noted
statesmen political religious and other leaders of the country
If the Federal Government itself would do much for its
capital Washington people do development would
be still phenomenal
The spirit of Greater Washington abdes with all
citizens anates their actions and their thoughts We
going into another year with fixed determination achieve
still bigger things for the city love- That spirit will
mountains fguratvely speaking; accomplish wonders.
So in the future let think WASHINGTON talk WASH
INGTON, work for WASHINGTON inspire others do
Let stick by city through thick and thin encourage
and help home people in all their endeavor remembering
that in union, in solid substantial civic spirit there
strength
American cities had half much this city to
boast about their citizens would be army boosters
We don't need to boast. We "have the goods. We
boost and should do
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
d. C.. Bar Exams

Editor Tho Washington Times:
IN THE District of Columbia a
l. hard working law student Is
obliged to pay a fee of $4,000
each time he has to take q bar
exam, no matter If he has to take
1t a dozen times.
In most States Of our Union
this fee is much lower, and If a
student has failed to pass he
can take the exam over again at
n much reduced fee, and In many
instances no fee at all is required
under such circumstances.
Most examining boards In the
various States are fair enough to
give a student credit for the paper
he has passed; requiring OF him
only a re-exam in the papers he
has failed. It's not so in the
District of Columbia. Here in
Washington you've got to pass
the exam as a whole. No credit
is given for any single paper
passed Of the seven papers offered.
Furthermore, If the examiners are
absolutely fair in their grading
why don't they return these bar
examination papers so that n
student might readily ascertain
wherein he failed. thus benefitlng
himself greatly to the extent that
he'll learn and know better next
time?
Something Ia wrong with the
method Of bar exams in tho Dis
trict Of Columbia.
BACHELOR OBJ LAWS.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
JAPAN SUGAR
INDUSTRY
GROWS
Editor Tho Washington Times:

Editor The Washington Times:
"HE last country to build UP
a home sugar industry OF
- sufficient size to render 1t
Independent Of the world for it's
sugar supply is PARKWAY Japan,
the dream of whose statesmen
long has been to make the en-
pire as nearly self-supporting as
possible.
For two centuries small guam
titles Of crude sugar have been
produced in primitive bull-power
mills in Japan, but until re-
Gently the bulk of her sugar re-
quirements was imported from
other countries.
After acquiring the island Of
Formosa, the Japanese govern
ment set to work vigorously to
develop sugar production wher-
ever sugar could be produced in
the empire. 1t levied a protective
duty on sugar; established sugar
bureau; sent students to Germany,
Hawaii, Louisiana, Java and other
countries to study and report on
their sugar industry; imported
beet seed and new varieties of
CdlSg Sld-
tions; set aside large tracts Of
land for new sugar companies;
granted an annual subsidy OF s
per cent for five years on the
capital invested; purchased and
loaned sugar machinery to new
companies; furnished manure gra-
tuitously for five years, and in
various other ways stimulated the
dnIynlnnr,on~t 90 iroI
early modern mills were entirely
equipped with American, German
or British machinery, all Of which
was copied and reproduced, until
now only the rolls are imported.
AS a result, q hundred of the
primitive mills in old Japan have
been modernized, fifty-two new
cane mills have been built in old
Japan and Formosa, four beet
sugar factories have been erected
In old Japan, Manchuria and Ko-
rea, and thirteen refineries have
been constructed in old Japan.
Several of her mills grind thou
sand or more tons of cane per
day, while the largest has ca
pacity of 1000 tons, one Of the
largest mills in the world
The sugar industry of Japan
now profitably employs $3.50, 000,-
900 of private capital and pro
duces four to five hundred thou
sand tons Of sugar annually,
about as much sugar as the Japa-
nese people consume. lIn the
event Of war Japan will not he
made to submit to the rapacity
Of foreign sugar producers, as
were the United States and Great
Britain during and after the world
war.
TRUMAN G. PALMER.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
A TALK WITH COOLIDGE

sion that he is forward-looking,
that he is keenly alive to tho
progressive trend of modern times,
and that he Is prepared to lead
his party and the country for
ward.
After my own experience. 7 was
not astonished when told, first by
Secretary Mellon and then by
John Hays Hammond, two OF the
Presidents friends. that he has
a decided sense of humor in his
makeup. They also declared that
Mr.. Coolidge, when he knows his
company, can and does open up
and talked unreservedly. OF course,
he doesn't talk for talks sake. He
doesn't waste many words.
But he is a human human be-
ing, as the country will probably
learn between now and next No"
Vember.
My guess is that Calvin Coel-
idge will be the most prominent
name submitted as the next
presidential nominee by Republf
cans.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
WOULD WIPE
OUT POPPY
PLANTS

WYE will get nowhere in use
" less debate about "cures"
and "custodial treatment"
and new methods" and "institu-
tional' devices and raids" on
opium dens and arrests Of addicts,
nor in dealing with that cream Of
scoundrelism, the peddlers and
smugglers, nor. with the. human
rats and foxes and hyenas and
foul birds who are engaged in this
murderous trade unless we close
off this stream at its source, not
wasting our energies trying to
divert it here and there, but stop
ping it entirely. confirming it to
necessary reservoirs, there to be
strictly restrained under codes to
be sacredly agreed upon and sign
ed and approved by all the nations
of the world. for even the smallest
nation left out is a menace.
Here is work for the true
brotherhood Of man, says William
McAdoo. Chief City Magistrate of
New York, writing in January
Worlds Work. Let US deep plow
these poisonous flowers under the
earth and make way for wheat
and grain and cotton and sugar
and all manner OF natures bene-
licences.
Let the fruit tree blossom over
these fields in which every white
poppy Is, as it were, a graveyard
flower growing over q lost soul.
Let us demand that the manu-
facturer shall not put his con-
science in his pocket in the manu-
facture of heroin which doctors
say is unnecessary in medical prac-
tica or at least neelisihIa
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
LUCY LOWELL DISCUSSES A
PITIABLE CASE

" e is wondering what is the
matter with his life.
AA Only day Or two ago
II seemed so smiling, SO pronis-
ing. so eminently satisfactory.
His work had met success sell
dom achieved with such little
effort as he had put into it, and
bigger things lay just ahead.
Popular" was the word he
associated with regard to him.
self since he had heard it con-
stantly. 1t seemed to fit, for
any group he approached ap-
peared to welcome him sincerely
and with certain Difference.
Then something happened-one
OF those bits of misfortune that
are like magnifying glass turned
on people and events.
Through it all things looked
wrong-all things outside himself.
He did not examine himself.
I wish that might make Won
see him as he looks over the
dinner table or among those he
knows OF an evening.
Likeable, magnetic, with quick
sense Of humor, he gives an i'm
preston of unusual strength
and pureness.
It is only after you've met him
rather often that you begin to
sense criticism under his gen
iality. It is an edge of con-
temptuous pity for others who
are not as he is.
I must confess that In moments
of great candor he admits sue
cess has gone to his head-iust
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
Once Overs
Copyright by International Feature Service
SATISFY YOUR CONSCIENCE AND YOU NEED NOT

FEAR ENEMIES.

Your pride has been hurtyour vanity bruised because
has said something about that do not like
to hear.
But why think and think and think about the statement
making yourself and everyone else miserable about it2
A lot Of things said about all sorts and kinds
of people every day, some true and some untrue.
Haven't gotten the idea that folks must say only the
complimentary things far you are concerned, have
you?
The person who has no enemies has done very little this
world
1t not compliment say that such and such person
has not enemy in the world.
Enemies naturally result OF fearlessness fair
honesty high ideals high principles your part
Why should you be unhappy when an enemy says
thing unkind if you have done the right thing in es
nation and you know the right thing often makes the
errlng squirm at the daylight.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21

w coo! ssS face lace, to ! fac. you
do not find him the cold,
austere. stern-faced gentleman pic
tured in the newspapers. I had
a talk with the President at the
White House the other day aud
was agreeably surprised by his
personality. says h. G. Forbes, In
Forbes Magazine. He was neither
as cold as ice nor as silent as n
clam. Although / had never met
him before, he opened up and
talked quito freely. Also,
watched him greet Il number OF
visitors, and he did so in a win
ming way. 1 had expected the
President to sit back with grave
countenance and not utter a word.
Instead, he talked animatedly ana
smiled frequently,
Our talk convinced me that Mr..
Coolidge isn't the Backward
ing stand-patter he Is often de-
plotted. got tho distinct impress
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
BY GARRETT p. SERVISS,
Famous Astronomer and Writer
on Scientific Topics Of POpu-
lar Interest


Lar Interest.
"HE progress of astronomy
during a few years past has
II truly been ''Vertiginous."
Some of it is speculative, or hypo-
thetical but even then it Is based
, upon very sound grounds Of OBJ
serVation and legitimate infer
ence. The general character Of
the advance corresponds with
what seems to be the spirit Of
this age, namely, breadth Of view
combined with audacity Of con-
ception. The astronomers rapid
progress carries him to entirely
new viewpoints-some of them
unexpected-and he has to ad-
just his vision and rearrange his
ideas to accord with the change,
and he does it courageously. In
the underlying principles Of the
science, however, there is no al
teration, the laws Of gravitation,
OF radiation, etc, remaining I'M
shaken.
Today the astronomer treats a
star as an organism" He ana
lyzes it physically, chemically,
and automatically. He places it
In its proper category, and studies
it in it's relations to it's own class
and to other classes Of stars. He
submits to rigid investigation
stars that he cannot even see
and that even his most powerful
telescopes cannot render visible
to him. but whose existence, char
acter, and activity he Is able to
discern and study through indi-
rect means which, in some ways,
are most trustworthy than sight.
Think of finding a place land a
rather humble place. for our sun
in one Of the six principal classes
into which the stars have been
divided. The sun is simply &c"
star. and by no means a big fell
low In his class. There is a series
Of letters now employed to desig-
nate the classes Of the stars,
which every reader might we'll
commit to memory.