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ALL-STARS BEAT Y.M.C.A.;
 HIGH LADS DEFEAT BOTH
Two Good Games of Basketball Play ed at Y. M. (. \. Last
 Wight.

The AN-Stars last night revenged themselves on the Y. NJ. (. A. basket ball team for the defeat suffered last week, turning the tables on their late conQuerers and emerging victorious by the score of 39 to 35. The High school five later defeated both teams. go to g..
 Alexander and Quinn proved the most brilliant of the stellarites. Alex ander pitching ten baskets and three fouls, McGaughy for the Y. NJ. C. A. lads shot six baskets out of eight fouls Hart was the best point SCOT CT for his team,
 The teams were as follows:
 Y. Nj. C. A.-AMeGaughy and Sallee. forwards; Matthews, center: Sanders and Hart. guards,
 All ll-Stars-AleXander James. and OConnor. forwards: Mccain, G.. cent CT: Quinn and Nichol. guards.
 The same teams will play again next Thursday evening, in the Y. gymnasium,
 Following the game last night be- tween the Stars and the Y. boys. each team played one half game with the High school team, which won easily
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Cotton Growers to Present
 Protest on Seed to Hoover

The price is discriminatory, Mir. Alex ander said. as tn maximum east of the river is $15 per ton. He pointed out, too. that cotton seed products are bringing more than when the mills. free of restrictions, were pay ing from SS4 to $S6 per ton.
 T. Haynes Gregory ana II. w. Moore, managers of the Planters Oil company and the Pine Bluff Cotton Oil mill. respectively. disputed some of the contentious of the cotton grow CTS.
 Administrator Williams said he was not familiar with the cotton seed in dustry, and not aware of methods by which Mr. Hoover reached his de cision as to maximum prices. but he did know that before promulgatlns the regulations MT. Hoover had con ferred with cotton growers and cot ton seed crushers. and he believed the national food administrator had enreavored to fix prices fair to all Mir. Williams said he is loyal to Ark ansas, and certainly would not ap prove discrimination. He is confident that no discrimination was intended He pointed out that mos, land west of the Mississippi river does not pro duce as good quality seed as thai east of the river, tho this does moi
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Resolutions protesting against food administration regulations governing the sale and storage of cotton seed. and requesting that cotton growers be given opportunity to present their side to the national food commission will be presented to Herbert C. Hoov- CT national food administrator. thru Hamp Williams, state food adminis- trator. by joint committee of the .Jefferson-Lincoln Cotton Growers and the Scotts Cotton Growers as siciations This was decided upon here yesterday. following a conferen- ce between Hamp Williams. state food administrator. and J. R. AleNan- der and Conway Scott. representing the Scotts growers. and J. D. Crock ett and George C. Graham. represet- ing the JeffersonLincoln association, and which was attended by anumber of other members of the local assoc iation, cotton growers and cotton oil men. :,
 Mr. Alexander was spokesman for the cotton growers. He coutended that the growers suffer financial loss thru, the regulations prohibiting mills from having more than 52 days supply on hand at one time. and fix ing SIP per ton as maximum price for seed west of the Mississippi river.
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age with which he discharged ms duties"
 Great Britain is a country "ltn which our relations have renalneu lnstrained ard settled; not so wth Austria H ungary, however, and so the work at tha embassy at Vienna called for the exercise of extreme good JAdg- ment. Frederic Courtland Penfeld. American am mbassador to Austria-Hnn nn- gary. has been | diplomat all of his life.
 At the age of thirty, he entered the diplomatic service in 1885 beginning as y;ce-eonsal 10 London; then fol lowed a post ir Egypt, where he had the rank of resident minister untll 1897. He has been ambassador to Austria Hungary since July. 1913, and represented this country at time when Austrian enVoys here were g1V ing great troul,ie. The recall Of l)f Constant:n Dumba for incitinG !aho1 troubles occurred during Mr. Pen fields inculnbenny :.rt he wit hGraWa of Count TaInowski was the occasion
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little of jeopardizing, and undertaking to help all American citizens to leave Germany, MT. Gerard was also in- trusted with the affairs Of Great Britain. When il was said that MT. Gerard was the most hard worked man in Europe there was little eHa'r' geration in the statement
 MT. Balfour said of his work that he handled q ditiicnlt situation vii Il zeal efficiency and tact and ihiS was deemed q great tribute: for the British work at the outset Of the war formed an extraordinarily heavy bur
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~ IPEOMACY IN TIME of peace
 demands from it's followers the
 exercise of extraordinary D finesse and the possession of un- limited knowledge of the intrcacies of civilizations; in time of war; me diplomat needs to be almost super man, so exacting and complex are the servioes which he is called upon to perform for his government.
 Tact. courage, patience and many other cardinal virtues combined Wlth capability to do good, hard work ana to bear in mind a million details are the qualifications of any Of uneie Sam's ambassadors and ministers nowadays.
 Especially among our Allies at war, countries where the diplomatic offices are enlarged to accommodate unpre cedented activity. do the representa- lives need the aid of all the available sterling virtues. For. if the govern ment is working overtime in Wash ,ngton and at every other Federal or fee in the states, it Is working extra overtime in the capitals of Europe. where activity in representing this nation and looking out for Its inter- ests is combined with much other work that is outside the realm of pure diplomacy.
 Do Work Other Than That or Pure
 Diplomacy.
 Helping the oppressed, distributing relief funds, aiding in feeding thou sands of helpless prisoners and per hA tn SE pnnnnctad the operation of war far away from the nations main office. constitute q few of the demands made upon our envoys.
 While the broken relations with Germany, and the strained relations with Austria and Turkey, have dimin- ished the actual number of our rep resentatives abroad, they have also affected an increase of work at tho capitals of the Allied nations And while 1t is true that these official rep resentatives of the administration are simply obeying instructions from home, 1t is nevertheless q fact that they are often. perforce. entrusted with the country's destiny and that ofttimes their actions influence the
 
 Great praise has been accorded our present ambassadors In Europe. It has been said by members of foreign missions visiting this country and by Americans writing from abroad that the men who are filling the diplomatic posts in these strenuous times are in deed citizens of whom America may be proud.
 Gerartl's Work In Germany.
 James Watson Gerard. our former ambassador to Germany, has beer called one Of the ablest diplomats America has ever produced. In those t-v,n1; cay.s .aafore President Wilson discovered r>-.a,ions with the German nation, afrfs-.,; had to be handled witl tue utmost de,icacy and tact.
 Nr. Gerard displayed diplcmati ar,,tscesss tkat was rcver bafsled for tcSAx. by the methods employ l il the V!ine!ms'raSsc. lie hai1;,i al the d.r'o,natic notes which Prcsiden Nylfa,r ade -"srat. to the Kaiser an, reyvxu allowed tho Gt~~.>'a ChanClE sa1a 7sis associates tc "rut one over o len" unawareS.
 Resides looking after the -Ancrica GnAEssrts. Which thc Kaiser though
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apply to the bottom lands of South east Arkansas.
 It was then decided to draft resO lutions to be presented the national commission. For this work the fol lowing were named committed: Dr. k. P. Notrebe. J. R. Alexander. J. D Crockett. JohnR. Frazier and Judge Fl. D. Palmer. This committee will meet again next Wednesday.
 Among others present at thecon- ference yesterday which Was held at the Chamber of Commerce, were l. w. Clement, E. P. Ladd of Ladd, K. C Chaney of Reydel. Garrett Howson C. w. Butts and C. 7. Stone.
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WhitlM.k'S Trials In Belgium.

at Brussels.
 Whitlnk's Trials In Belgium.
 During those summer days when the German troops invaded and raN' aged the country of King Albert. MT. Whitlock was doing hundred things at once Besides hustling American citizens out of the danger zone--for it was vacation-time and many were summering at Ostend-he was pro- tecting the Belgians in so far as pos sble and helping 10 obtain justice for them at tho hands of the Prussan governors who had them in charge.
 He Got Food For Dcportsd Men, During the deportations, which von BissinE innu@uratcd in october. 1916. dreadful scenes were cna ctea which called for Mir. Whitiock'S help. Though he was ahle to do little to- wards the allcviation of the terror t,la, spread IEpnw the BClgians he 1 did obtain in man. se.. perm iss'ion lt, s6a. ea dnrc~tcG mcr in Ger ma. V pn,. - ~! similar to that h"in- sJ st Co 'h "r;Sonecs of war.
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 adOr To Italy.
 den the most important part of which though by no means the only part Was obtaining decent treatment for British prisoners. His efforts along this line were fruitful of results that no one else perhaps, could have ob- tained so well. His task also included the care of British civilians in Berlin and other German cities and he super vised the dispensing of all American On Mir. Gerard's recall from Berlin. the British work was taken over by Baron tGeNcrs. Minister from The Netherlands to Berlin and the Ameri- can interests were given to the charge of the Spanish Ambassador there.
 Mr. Gerard's success with the am bassadorial post was especially note ! worthy because 1t was his first. i Though his diplomatic career began with his appointment as amba ssador to Germany in July. 1913, he had held many prominent offices in his native state. New York. From 1908 tu 1911 he was associate justice o1 the Now York Supreme Court. ant was active in political circles. being chairman of the Democratic Commit tee i~ his state for four years,
 While Mr. Gerard was having l strenuous t;mr in Germany, our mir istcr to Hcl"inn. Mr. Brand Whitlock was " j.c.s through tho most tryih:
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experience of his life. Mf. Nn 'lock had witnessed some battles dH"inE his life as Il newspaper mah add hiG in one when he riN uii the independent ticket aG-.:n t Tour other candidates for the maTo.+d.p ol Toledo: but he never had seen. no: will see again perhaps, surh a con
 hict as that which ravagcd pe""efuI Pe,gium during the first year oi 'fs residence al the American Legation
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In addition to he res,,,,
 matic work there was mnoh af4 of the poor and the sta-vin. eas faiths and nations. The AsW Embassy established 3 purcbaa;N manufacturing bureau and s saa q sands daily. All the funds aS through the Americs.l Emhas-'a 'aH it was no simple task fo " turns for all the money eynens.' It is therefore apparen, Elkus' task at the Turkish casi.", s by no means a lis one. I, N TS first diplomatic post prior to was vas pointment by the President h, ~ New York lawyer and the senior 1n' ns' Der of law firm in that citv uF
 While obviously, one can h,. proximate the handicaps and ds ties with which our represento. Russia, David Rowland Francis had to contend during the nas, s tressing weeks of turmoil and lution, with each days cable bo.s it's doleful message, it is safe to
 that diplomacy of the highest so,, been necessary to meet the cb,,a' and, at times, hopeless conditions One false step, where so manr possible. might, for example be e,,, ly used by the German propaeand. in Russia, distorted by them to fu,s, CT their own nefarious ends ,na undo in the minds of the Russian ,'| diers and peasants all that rnS Sans representatives both dinlom.s and consular, have striven so oo, fully, so sincerely. to accomnlsh s. the good of Russia and the comma cause.
 Francis, Tn Russia. Faces Big oas
 David Francis, upon whom this ,,. mendors burden of diplomacy ns, is as nearly suited to his position s,5 possible for any man to be. WhiA N has only been in Petrograd sips March 6, 1916. he is neverthe1s well acquainted with Europe sa knows the people like felow.counr men. He has been decorated by fl, principal countries of Europe sJ Asia and has lived among these n, ples. Mir. Francis is sixty-seven yea, of age, a native of Kentucky and ", 1 Secretary of the Interior in the Cal inet of President Cleveland.
 His main difficulty at present st know with whom to deal. BetvH shifting governments and Germs propaganda, the task appears vt nigh impossible. The work of n German agents in Russia, by the VI has been and still is. truly remarkab remarkable, that is, in regard tci effect upon the plastic mind of | Russian peasant. They "have fns in every pie" so to speak, and ll stir that finger around vigorously.
 A diplomat, one should rememt is supposed in general to do his most honorably to create in the cot trv to which he is accredited a sen ment favorable to his own conni' and to see that his country is falsely represented or misunders'o Add to this the multiplicity of det resultant from the fact that both
 tions are at war as Allies, and .. agine, in vague way at least, r. really appalling burden our dplonl i. and consular agents are shoulder |s in Russia, and in the ether Allies
 tiors, where the great guns ne gl cease their laundering and VII o knowledge of the war is d maueF personal experience.
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yf.sh', lol'. b. i.t- lH4ti III tt".','
 Mr. Wh.t!ork writes en!isMening!y o+ thc early days c: th.s terror ana
 dds detail to Germany's list of hlacF. achievements He says: "The rage error and despair excited by this measure all over Belgium were De- yonA anything VIC had witnessed sincc 'he day the Germans poured into Brussels. Tho delegates of the Com mission for Relief in Belgium, return irg to Brussels, told the most dls- 'res.inss stories O. lhe scenes CT cruel ~ and sorrow attending 'ne seizures And daily. aln!os; hourly. since that 'i.nc. appalling s;or,es have been re- .t:td by R"tgians comins 10 '1e Lega- ton"
 A; Havfe. where HOW are eStap-
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,4o+iveS abroad is Pleasant StoVaii' ,,, ,1iniSter to little neutral SWltZer- land. While the fighting Is guns o all around this country anu IL mains the one spot in Europe "heie faod can be had in plenty, there ls nevertheless q great increase oi "' ti,.;+y which can be traced to the war for it's origin; and the lesatloiA "' Berne is especially busy no" pe'<' use tba State Department at Washington i. communicating with the Spanlsh envovs who are looking after our ln- terests at Berlin and Vienna through the Spanish colleagues Of NIT e'o'ai' there.
 Like many other representatlVes abroad Mr. Stovall has held ms pres ent office since July, 1913. lie IS native of Georgia. where he was the editor and owner of numper or newspapers and a member or 'he s'aee house of representatives.
 Thomas Nelson Page, the We'll known author whose tales or ole Viryinnv" have charmed Americans, is ambassador to Italy, and mas oc- cnnied the post ever since the bes.n- n,np of the Wilson Administrator. While the Italian effort has been cen , tered in the war. there has not been the activity in the American Empassy ; at Rome that might be imagined ,ln'li recently. Italian towns nave not been 1 rayaged as have those of Frahce anu 1 Belgium and relief work has not been 1 urgent.
 Elkius, Tn Turkey, Worked Like \
 Trojan.
 i The American Embassy III con stantipop!e, besides having the pro lection of American interests had en trusted to it's care before the With drawal of Ambassador Abram D. Ell <us. the interests of Great Britain France, Italy. Russia, Belgium, Serbia Montenegro, San Marine and Switzer land, the latter being the only neutral
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.lshed the headquarters of the Belgian government, Mf. Whitlock continues to represent the United States and to administer the work of Belgian relief which is going on: at Brussels, the Spanish Ambassador is looking after such American antcrests as are called to his atten,io,Ss
 Page. Wih~ ianks or British
 Gn4rrramcnt.
 Walter Hines Page in London, who represents .hc United States at the Court of g.. James, looked out for German interests prior to ou: en- trance into the war besides his many functions connected with his routine ambassadorial tasks. MT. Balfour made Dr. Page the recipient of the thanks of the British Government for ,:,c "promp,ituhc. efficiency and cour-
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at a point in the western part of the city.
 Lumber manufacturers desire the Cotton Belt to build spur to the mill section. and permission for the lay ing of the track was given by the council some months ago. Right of way thru private property also has
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same road, will arrive in Pine Bluff! this morning for conference with J.
 F. Mcintyre, w. B. Morgan, and other lumbermen: F. B. Bloom, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and city officials, relative to plans for the ex- tension of the Cotton Belt tracks across those of the Missouri Pacific,
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been obtained.
 Missouri Pacific officials are said to be reluctant to grant the Cotton Belt the right to cross the formers tracks, but it is thought the matter will be arranged satisfactorily at the conference today
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Servant Girls, Please Read.

servant Girls. Please Resd' A servant girl who was h;Ac q polite to a guest at the nome vA' she was employed has beer Nef estate of $2OO,000. which is a SD with a moral so obvious as to laeu .omment.-San Antonio 4lSEt,
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Germany At Outbreak or Inc War. for his own rettnrp, t9c tthe States g
 In France, this country has been represented by William Graves Sharp. who was appointed hy President Will son to succeed Myroa Herrick. Tho post at Paris marks MT. Sharp's en- trance into the diplomatic field. He was lawyer and member from Ohio of the sjXty-first and siXtythird Congresses.
 StOvali In Neutral Switzerland. One Of .::c hardest worked repre-.
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Increased Work Al Cap;ta1s Of Our Allies More Than Doubles the Diplomats Burden Tact, Courage ana Patience Are Essent;al = Personalities ot the
 Me71 Who Represent Us Abroad

upyr.,.ll lJl,. D,- .ne. lnlprAll.o..N SINdIcHIe
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One Of ..;:c hardest worked repro:
Evening star., 1918-08-25
Proper Addresses on Letters

back marked, mot at 1919 Mass" try
the next ~" Hence the need Of CIV
ing the right address at first 10 clear.
Many letters are carelessiy address,
ed BY photographers. as. for instance:
standard OIL Company. 2S broadway.
Washington. D. c." That letter has
to be sent to the research , degartment M
a number Of experts in the milky" de-
partment, as the research section is
known at the office, and when all
other efforts to properly forward
long experience to solving the little
puzzles. Many letters for the state of
Washington find their way into the
post office here.
To meet such situation as has
deyelopsd at the oitiee, Postmaster
force at work to prevent such mail
actually clogging the service. A crew
of girls takes the chairs of the day
o5ss oSs as st o as they finish hs nas asr srs
works until midnight. with half hour
at 8 O'Clock for lunch. These girls.
coming from many sections of the
country. take readily to the work and
search department CT the largest post
office in the nation in volume Of work
per capita Is not an afternoon tea
party. 1t means work.
Inv h0tt0ES 6To uTOuSht 10 tn0m IN
great trays, They are sorted alpha
beticalG and tied in bundles Of about
l2b. When the crews appear for work
they find a bundle at each desk. The
e;lnmss ex;nerts temporarily tS or permanently
the eight-hour trick. Beginners, after
q couple Of sessions, find 900 an easy
task.
Much of the annoyance occasioned
by the delay Of mail In transit in this
city would be avoided If newcomers
would promptly notify the post once
or changes of addresses. They are
urged to advise those who may be
expected to write to them of their
present and future addresses. Infor.
nation sent to the post ofilce is on.
tered IN blank pages opposite the
names in many city directories, which
the research force uses and such mail 10
expeditiously handled.
Every. newcomer. failing to recsive
expected mail. should not fall to In
quire at the general delivery windows
at the main post office.
corresponding to write plainly I'm in INK
on the back of letters the address 10
which undeliyered mail is to be re.
turned.
There are now scores of souvenir
postal cards sent from shore or noun.
tains by vacationists to the friends al
home remaining at the local post offlcs
because the person addressed could
not be so located. A favorite way of
addressing such cards is: "Mtss
Giementine Sle n. Smith. No. 200 Street NV,
Washington, d. c."
Evening star., 1918-08-25
CONFRONTS


papers have long ceased to bear any
resemblance to their orderly peace
time issues. Yet this vast amount OF
data. the purely fictitious on the one
other, must be completely dissected
and thoroughly rearranged before it
becomes available for an Official his
tory.
Dental reports. the enormous amount
Of official matter collected by all
branches of government activity per-
tanning to the war itself as well as
other sources of information. all of
which must serve as the basis of the
governments Anal story Of Americas
participation in the war.
4 X
In the early part Of the present
year there was established the his
OF tho Army, under Lieut.. Col. c. w.
Weeks, which division was charged
with the task Of compiling the history
Of the war. This Is the first time such
a bureau has ever been established
by this government. and military Of
ficials hope that 1t will eventuate in
not only the history OF the present
conflict, but also In official histories
of all previous wars in which this
country has played any part.
While, In the case of every war In
which this country has been engaged,
there are histories regarded as stand
ard, there has never been published a
government history. There exists a
series of volumes relating to the
civil war. containing about 150 vol
umes, but these are In reality but q
compilation Of the reports, corre-
spondence. orders, etc, connected with
that war, without any attempt having
been made to write history.
The value of such a work as Is be-
ing undertaken by the historical d.
vision lies primarily In its use in sub
sequent military activities. Much of
inestimable value from military
standpoint was found In the official
data relating to the civil war. Espe-
cially was this true In the case of the
medical data: the type Of hospital
structure now being used in this
country. for example, being identical
with those In use during the civil
war.
Aside from the strictly military.
however, such history as 1t Is
planned to write will serve the addi-
tional purpose Of forming an excellent
groundwork for school text books. As
was pointed out by one military off,
cial, school text books at the present