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NEW COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 16-LF-
Trade buying and covering influ'
enced higher prices in cotton fu-
lures here today. Closing prices
were steady at net gains Of 3 to Z
points.
Open High Low Close
March I'LL Ills I'LL Ills UP
May 1919 1889 1919 1889 Up Z
July 10.41 1919 10.41 1913 UP 8
Oct. 9.73 9.78 9.-.3 n9.78
Dec. So $50 $50 $50 b9.63~
Jan. ~ b9.54 go --- b9.58
March e. e
Q941) b9.39 --- - b9.42
Bid: Nominal,
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CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO, Feb Is Up - Lard
tierces 6.22; loose $50; bellies 5.25.
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COTTON

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 16. Up -
Spot cotton: middllng To men
1915.
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STOCK AVERAGES

70 Stock Range Since 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24

Orphanage Work.
In the old brick orphanage on H
street, the lady managers per-
formed, for half a century, work
of lasting credit and honor to them
selves and of the greatest value to
the community, but finally, due to
the added burden brought on by
the Civil War, additional accommo-
dations were found necessary. Then
came an offer from william Gait
of $25, 900 for the H street building,
possession to be given in April, 1867,
and this was accepted by the trus-
tees who soon rented the center
house of Minnesota" or Douglas"
Row, still standing on I street, be-
tween Second and Third streets
northwest. The dwellings (orig-
inally three were not quite COM
pleted at the time of the beginning
T. the Civil War and were taken
Yer by the Government for hos
pital purposes and called Douglas
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Frisby. In 1856 Thomas Frisby.
probably of the same family, kept
grocery store at Fourteenth and w
streets, and William Murphy, a gar
dener, lived on the west side of the
street at Florida avenue.
The Murphy home, a little brick
building, was at the bottom of Four
tenth street hill, and in the yard
was . most delightful and refresh
ing well of water that was freely
patronized by those who travelled
that far-when Fourteenth street
north of Florida avenue was a sea
of mud in winter and a cloud of
dust in summer.
One of the Murphy girls was a
school teacher, and it may have
been the same one who later mar
ried Samuel H. McClosky, a printer.
whose wife kept a fancy goods
store at 2106 Fourteenth street; and
to the north, in the middle of the
block, lived Elisha H. Cole, car
penter, with whose son, Irving Cole,
the writer went to school.
Old Farmhouse.
No doubt the first house erected
in this vicinity was an old farm
house which stood on Florida ave-
nue. between Thirteenth and Four
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throughout the United States have
contributed q near total of $500, 900
to the American Red Cross.
Ambassador Potocki, explaining
the problems of diplomacy since
the invasion Of Poland, sums it up
in one word: "War" BY war is
meant the apocalyptic beast, the
homage Of all mankind beneath the
hoofs Of the dreaded four horsemen:
Conquest, war, famine and death
The bow, the sword, the scales and
the final sickle of death let loose
under the brutal sweep of the age
less horsemen-witha mustache.
The Ambassador is credited with
at least one coup de grace" in the
matter of propaganda.
French Army Replies.
At one point during the fateful
French campaign the German prop
uganda machine coined phrase to
convince the French Army that 1t
was fighting for England. The
Polish Ambassador Immediately de-
nvered an address in which he
promised that Polish troops would
fight to the blood of the last Eng
hshmanI" The German Propa-
ganda Ministry discontinued that
campaign.
In the meantime, Polish troops
have lived up to that promise. They
since have fought in Belgium,
France and Norway. At the time
of this writing Polish brigades are
stationed in England where the
famed Polish squadron, acting with
the Royal Air Force, already has
amassed an impressive total Of VIC
tories.
Since Poland is officially (the
Ambassador says emphatically) at
war with Russia. while the govern
ment has been located successfully
In France and England (of which
neither Is at war with RUSSIA, the
consensus Of diplomatic opinion in
Washington is that Ambassador Po-
tockis handling of this difficult
situation "is without diplomatic
pdIdllci.
At the Netherlands Legation, the
chief diplomatic representatives Of
Queen Wilhelmina's government
have always had a multitude OF
tasks. Before the war, Hollands
commercial interests in the United
States were large; the Dutch mer-
chant marine one of the worlds
largest. Fervent workers for peace,
Dutch diplomats had much to dis
ing for the same sal.
Then, overnight, the Netherlands
legations duties changed and In
creased. Minister Alexander LOU
don was appointed paymaster by his
government. Into his hands passed
control of expenditures Of al ousen
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since, and so we find Mr.. Burroughs
recorded as saying:
The removal of the bodies hadn't
been done very thoroughly, and
when we were putting in q cistern
we unearthed two cofnns. They
were decayed, but not broken, and
we buried them alongside the fence
while we were building the CHM
ney and had completed 1t up to the
second floor it settled one night
nearly 2 feet. Evidently it was
right over a grave and had gone
down on the body. We kept on
The man under the chimney was
held down by that great weight
and I expected to hear him groan,
but never did, and I never saw any
spooks on the premises.
I'VE rented the upper part Of the
house, and the place was all paid
for in less than two years"
End Of Car Line.
While Burroughs was a resident
of this vicinity the one-horse. con-
ductorless bobtail streetcars ran
only as far north as Fourteenth and
S streets. At the southeast corner
of Fourteenth and " streets-just
few doors west Of the Burroughs
home-once lived q family named
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
By Roger d. Shields.

Within the past year or Is months
the average diplomat in Washing
ton has exchanged his red ribbon
for laborer's gloves and overalls.
Gone are the days when his chief
duties consisted of entertaining, re-
turning formal calls, and forward
ing to the home government the
routine reports of the United States
departments.
Today he falls into one of three
categories: Cd His country is at
war CD His country is occupied
by the invader 60 His country is
on the brink of war. The tasks &C
cruing to each and all of that trio
are many and difficult.
Silk hats, kid gloves, the workings
of protocol, have been brushed
aside along with violated treaties
and undeclared wars of aggression.
The foreign diplomat today must
grasp-wfich means comprehend
and interpret for his home govern
ment-every straw-in-t they wind, be
it fact or rumOr. The political chaff
must be separated from the kernel
of truth; the results Systematically
checked and rechecked in the light
of ever-changing developments
Small news dispatches struggled
past censors in foreign countries,
casual news reports and public re-
action to headlined, worldwide
powers are all subject of intense
study and consideration at the diff
ferent missions composing the select
Washington diplomatic corps.
The far-reaching effect of even
minor decisions in foreign policy is
of vital concern to some govern
ments actual national existence.
With an eye to future crisis, it
safely may be stated that every
nation in the world has been adj
vised through normal diplomatic
channels concerning the probable
and possible effects Of the United
States loans to Latin America, the
embargoes on exports to Japan and
Russia, extensive funds and materi-
ais for China, food for war-torn
Europe, airplanes and munitions
1oI oiCdI Dlltdill, StdIuS QuO lOI
Vichy government possessions in
this hemisphere, and the Federal
grand jury investigations in the
District of Columbia involving high
diplomatic officials-to name but a
few.
Uniquely Important.
Multiply these factors by one con-
fused and out-of- focus world and
the unique Importance which for
eign offices attach to the smallest
Washington incident becomes UNI
derstandable.
The Royal Norwegian Legation is
typical Of those missions where the
! midnight oil Is burning constantly.
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to effect a beneficial exchange in
foreign policies than ever before.
Here are concentrated the efforts
of both the Eastern and Western
powers: Japan, Russia, Germany,
Italy, England and the United States.
Military and naval missions in
past years have been exchanged
with disturbing regularity. Italy
has exchanged warships for trade
concessions at time when Uncle
Sam refused to sell SO much as an
average destroyer. Japan has sent
an endless procession of trade COM
missions" promoting an alternative
market. Germany has trained pilots
for commercial airlines. The list is
almost endless. The above serves only
to illustrate the tremendous prob
lens confronting the diplomatic
officials from Latin American coun-
tries whose foreign trade and
national economy are vitality effected
by each and every wartime develop
ment. Fundamentally committed
to "hemispherical defense" it still
is, as one informed diplomat ex-
pressed it, "a battle of diplomatic
wits to keep from starving to death"
Japan's Large STAFF.
The Japanese Embassy is des-
cribed conversely by the above. With
an enormously increased staff, most
of whom work overtime every night,
the Nippon representatives in WASH
ington are squarely caught between
the constant threat of complete
export embargoes by the United
States and the driving need for
foreign trade and foreign exchange.
The so-called friendly" visits of
Trade Minister Sotomatsu Kato are
easily explained. With brief stop
overs In Canada and the United
States, the minister devotes himself
Fundamentally to the development
of a better understanding between
Ldbill f1liiCll liza dAlQ t4lC AdiiA Vi Vic
Rising Sun. Since the recall of
Ambassador Kensuke Horinouchi, it
is probable that the next trade
commissions will represent various
chambers of commerce, which is
the same as if an English trade
commission were to represent the
Lions Club-rampant, on a coat
of arms.
Here, somewhat sketchily, is the
picture of the diplomatic missions.
Some As ambassadors and ministers
are desperately trying to anticipate
the moves. What will happen none
can say. The 47th one-Soviet Am
bassador Constantine Oumansky-
well, he just won't see the represent
atives Of our capitalstic press.
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between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets and U and v. known as st.
Matthew'S Graveyard, which was
probably owned by st. Matthew's
Catholic Church. 1t was In the
north end of this block that the
poet and nature writer, Burroughs,
built his home in 1874 10-room
brick, with an ample front yard,
but with only little garden patch.
Here, according to his statement,
he raised few tomatoes and some
corn, which proved to be not very
good. for, as he says, "There'd been
an old Catholic cemetery on the
spot, and what with original dig
ging of the graves and the more
recent removing of the bodies, dirt
had been thrown up on top that
ought to have been below
AS with the removal of all bodies
from abandoned cemeteries, within
the knowledge of the writer, the
removal of the bodies from this
cemetery was no more thorough
than was probably done before or
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1866, where it remained for nine
years and where, in 1857, the pur-
chase of Alaska for $7,200,009 was
arranged with Russia. William H.
Seward was Secretary of State at
the time and the diplomatic trans
action was then generally referred
to as Stewards Folly" But If Mr..
Seward could speak today, he would
probably ask as some one once did,
Who's loony now?"
The writer mas personal recol-
lections of this building for many
years back, for when attending
school at Fourteenth and @ streets
for several years, he passed it daily,
and often took part in the battles
fought by the boys of that neigh
borhod with boys of other local
tiles, with the milk balls taken from
the high hedge in front of this in
stitution.
This locality was truly suburban
in character when the Orphan
Asylum was erected. There was
then a burying ground in the block
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
Distinguished Women Served Orphan Asylum Century and Quarter
Dolly Madison Was First
Directress as 1872 War
Created Service Needs
Institution Had Its Original
Home in Little Frame House
Rented on Tenth Street
By John CIasen Proctor

hospital, which was opened IN JAN
uary, 1862, and closed In Deem
Der, 1865.
When the trustees agreed to sell
the H street building they evidently
had advance information that they
were going to receive assistance
from w. w. Corcoran, who, about
this time was doing many deeds Of
charity. At any rate, this philan-
thropist soon decided to the asylum
S., $50 feet Of land at the southeast
corner Of Fourteenth and s streets
northwest. And here building
was soon being erected under the
direction of John c. Hardness, a
prominent builder of that period.
Indeed, we find the State Depart
ment-which was vacating it's site,
where Is now the north end of
the Treasury Building-moving into
the Orphan Asylum Building in
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Just what Mr.. Burroughs could
have seen in the site he selected for
his home, except, perhaps, quietude,
is hard to understand, for the out
look must have been anything but
fascinating, since. in addition to
the graveyard upon which his house
stood, and the one a block away TO
the east, there was in the block
in front of him what remained of
the West Methodist or Foundry
Cemetery, and as this stretch of land
was generally low and marshy and
about that time covered in places
with slashes, it certainly must have
been boresome to him, unless he
was especially interested in briar
birds, grass snakes and frogs.
However, several blocks away to
the north the scenery changed and
here were several homes of wealthy
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tenth streets, before the Govern
ment moved here IN 1900, and re-
manned there until about 1889. In
the writer's childhood days he
visited at this old frame building,
then occupied by his aunt, Mrs.
Logan. 1t was a right good sized
house. which sat back from what
was then Boundary street, and still
had a large plot of ground around
it, and was surrounded by grove OF
silver maple trees. 1t is probable
the Logans resided there prior to
1878, for at this date they were
renting a house on the Little farm,
which then included the area
bounded on the south BY Florida
avenue, on the east by Champlain
avenue, on the west by Columbia
road and on the north by the old
Adams Mill road.
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where serious work and constant
activity are the inviolate rule.
Minister Wilhelm Munthe de MGR
genstierne, dean of the Washington
diplomatic corps with over 80 years
of service, has enlarged his staff
to four times its former size and a
huge 14-room house has been Sc
cured nearby to provide additional
office space. Here originates the
daily half-hour short-wave broad
cast of news and political develop
ments from Washington to Norway.
The program is relayed for trans
mission through station WRUL in
Boston, Mass.
With the daily arrival in Amer
lea of veterans of the fierce struggle
in Norway" Minister Morgenstierne
explains, I'VE have been able to
piece together an accurate picture
of a very honorable chapter in our
history. Many battles were fought
far inland, away from means of
communication Battles far back in
the mountains and along the deep
fiords of Norway about which the
world never heard until recently. We
are proud of that record. Proud
that Norway resisted and fought
furiously from the 9th OF April I'M
til the 9th of June-longer than
any nation yet invaded by Germany.
And we are thankful for the ef-
fective assistance rendered by the
divisions of Polish and British
troops. The German attempt at
domination still is resisted within
Norway.
I'VE are fighting, but we must
fight in different way now that
our government is not on Norwegian
soil. Our government continues to
function from London, temporarily,
and its operations are having q
telling effect upon the enemy.
"The Norwegian Ministry Of Ship
ping today directs merchant ma
rine totaling almost 1000 900 tons.
The inter-Allied nations need ships
Our $4,000 sailors aboard these yes
sells are truly 'front-line soldiers,
contributing materially to the cause
of freedom and civilization. The
Importance of this tonnage, under
our Norwegian flag, cannot be ex-
aggerated.
Tasks Created.
Our diplomatic service is in full
swing. On the basis of staff in
creases it is automatic that our
responsibilities have increased four
fold. The war situation has Gre
ated many additional tasks. To list
them would require many pages
We have training camps in Canada
and Great Britain, with approx
mately 700 student pilots now I'M
dergoing training near Toronto
We nave tried to inform Americana
Of actuanties and facts. always tc
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Wilhelmina's diplomats overseas, in
this country, in Surinam, in the
Dutch West Indies, in the Dutch
East Indies, in Canada, in South
America.
Extra Work Here.
When Dutch armed forces capt.
ulated before superior numbers
and the government moved to Lon
don, the Legation in Washington
once again took on extra work. The
United States Government "froze"
Netherlands assets in this country.
Since. the Netherlands Legation has
had to consult with and advise the
Treasury on the disposition of those
assets and the issuing of permits
for the liquidation of Dutch assets
in this country. AS the Germans
occupied the Netherlands, Dutch
business began switching to unoc-
cupied Dutch territory in Surinam,
the West and East Indies. This
threw more problems into the lap
of the Dutch diplomats here. Then
began the exodus of Dutchmen from
their homeland. Many came to the
United States, many more came
here only temporarily before pro-
ceeding to Netherlands territory
overseas. This called for an in
crease in visaS and so forth.
Meanwhile, the Legation staff
mushroomed. DR.. Loudon, swamped
with work, finally yielded to doc
tors orders and went away for a
rest. His post as head of the
Legation was taken over by Baron
c. C. w. H. van Boetzelser van
Oosterhout, with title of Minister
Counselor. DR.. Loudon is now back
at his job, but Baron van Boetzelser
remains. The Legation has new
second secretary, DR.. H. N. Boon.
Several attaches have been added
and the clerical help increased.
One thins about the legations
routine has decreased. That's the
social side. There are far more
important things TO worry about.
With the exception OF the buf1et
supper in honor Of Louis Rae
makers, distinguished Dutch car
toonist, the Legation has held no
social affairs since the invasion and
plans none.
Latin Problems.
The problems thrust upon South
American and Pan American diplo-
mats are not less by comparison
with those of European or Asiatic
missions. The Monroe Doctrine is
no blanket of security to these
diplomats, and of all the world our
Latin American neighbors are being
subjected to the greatest pressures.
Lacking faith, perhaps, in the doc
trine Of self government, there Is
more pressure being exerted today
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i Diplomacy of Nations Gives Washington Great mporanc

present the true picture Of Norweg-
ian affairs. We continue our daily
broadcasts Of short wave to Norway,
that every Norwegian may be in
formed Of latest news and develop
ments around the world. We are
still one nation, one government,
one people. With every means ut
our command we are aiding
doing our part with brains, ships
and men"
Poland was the first nation to
experience the full force of the then
new German blitzkrieg tactics in
combination with the Russian
honey-bee system of robbing the hive
after the tree was partially felled
Today, without benefit of the
frozen funds" which support the
missions of most invaded countries
the Polish Embassy continues to
function efaciently despite severe
budgetary restrictions. Although
there has been no decrease in size
of staff, the Embassy budget has
been reduced by u per cent. AL
expenses and salaries have been
slashed to a minimum.
Officially, the Embassy continues
"to carry on the representation OF
the Polish state, in view of the fact
that the United States, through
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, has
not recognized the results of the
twofold German and Russian ag-
erosion upon Poland"
Never Gives Up.
Apart from any official sanction
1t Is well-proven fact that Poland
and her diplomatic representatives
will never give up. The home gov
eminent has moved successfully
from Poland to Anglers, France;
thence to Paris and to Southern
France and ultimately England. 1t
still Is the same government.
Polish Ambassador Count jerry
Potocki is at his desk from 10 to IA
hours every day writing speeches
handling matters Of state between
the present government of Poland
Sd2ASAAeS IA 0O1lQOll, d1lQ tAlC 0C-
partment Of State here, or supervis-
ing consular activities at Chicago
New York and Pittsburgh. The
honorary consulates in Los Angeles
and New Orleans also are active
The consulate stats have been dras-
tically cut in the past year. The
Chicago consulate, formerly employ
ing q staff of 81, has been reduced
by IA to total of Z now employed
Exceptionally active In all inter.
Allied efforts, Ambassador Potock
has delivered approximately Is ma.
jor addresses within the past II
, months. The remainder Of the EN-.
bassy stan has average ct leas'
four each, and Jan Drohojowski
counselor Of Embassy. has made nj
lees than I'VE. Polish organization
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-04-19

I Tucked carefully away in an OBJ
lscure corner OF page five Of this
mornings edition OF the Helena Daily
Independent, is this corporation con-
trolled: papers story Of yesterdays oc-
curence which the Voice relates IN
the adjoining column. We reprint It
here, in full, as 1t is entirely probable
that very few Of the Independent
readers found the story at all More.
over, 1t iss a glazing example Of the
papers conception OF: civic respon-
sibility.. The story follows:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-04-19
Filed
Charging, Assault

Louis Cole signed a complaint I'm
justice court charging Joseph Bren-
nan with second degree assault after
an alteration yesterday afternoon at
Is South Main. Brennan appeared
voluntarily In court and his bond was
set at $4,000. He will plead Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The people of Helena will judge
whether this is adequate coverage of
news Of an incident which has its
roots deep in the question whether
OF not Helena Is to clean house" or
surrender entirely to the elements
which profit by law violation. The
newspapers cannot plead ignorance of
these conditions. II they do they
damn themselves as insufficient in
strumentss Of information and, classify
themselves as moronic., The obvious
deduction must be that they are not
interested, particularly, in conditions
existing in Helena.
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will make an effort to have the
charges reduced to misdemeanor.
1t will appear significant to the peo-
pie Of Helena to note that one Of those
signing Brennan's bond is George
Berg, said to be the manager OF the
Mint, one Of the bars and erstwhile.
one Of the larger gambling places in
Helena, OF which George Cooney, red
ss} Continued on Page, Two)