Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1925, Page 20

20 FOREST FRES DEFY VIRGINIAN FIGHTERS Cadets and Troops Battle Flames Over Wide Area. Damage in Maryland. KSBURG, April 5.—Forest fires which have raged for the past four days in the Blue Ridge and Alle- Bheny Mountains were still burning Tast Efforts of fire fighters v, ackfires” and combating the probably saved a number of and sawmills, but so wide- spread were the fires and so great their headway that all efforts to bring them under control were un- availing Fifteen fires in all have been re- ported. Six of these are in the im- mediate neighborhood of the tract proposed for the new Shenandoah national park. The others are burn- ing, some in Virginia and others across the border in the West Virginia moun- tains The most serious of ithe fires is raging along a five-mile front in the valley between the Gap and Bush Mountain ra of the Blue Ridge, blown by a sterdy wind up the val- ley in the genaral direction of the James River. all day voluntary fire- fighters, including eitizens of Blacks burg and a party of Virginia Poly- technic Institute. cadets, aided by Battery G, 245th Coast Artillery, have struggled unsuccessfully to gain the upper hand of the flames. Trucks carrying food have been dispatched to the mountains, where the party of fighters will remain throughout the night. MUCH TIMBER DAMAGE. on* watch Home Destroyed by Forest Fire in Anne Arundel County. Md. Bpecial Dispatch to Th BALTIMORE. April $.—The second ®merious forest fire this week in Anne Arundel County destroyed over 230 acres of timber and or the vicinity of Marley k. Ing to a report by Assist Forester G. D. Marckworth The fire started Monday apparentiy from a match dropped by & S svalking through the woods. It hurned for more than cight hours before being extinguished. Numerous bulld- 1ogs in the Summer colony on Marley Creek were threatened. Better Street Lighting Ordered. The Commissioners vesterday issued an order for the installation of improved ktreet lighting on several bhlocks in ffeorgetown in connection with the widening of M street The or- der provides for improved lighting on M street from the Rock Creek to the Aqueduct Bridges. on Wisconsin Aavenue between M and Q streets and on Thirty-first street between M and N streets Experiments have shown that first-class pianisf can touch the kevs more than 1,000 times with one hand in one minute, 00000 O UNION HEAD ADDRESSES CAPITAL BIBLE CLASS Spea_k-s Relation Church and Labor—Machinists’ Leader Also Talks. Green on of Willia‘'m _Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, spoke last night on the relation of the church and labor at a testimonial din- ner given in his honor by the Steven- son Bible class of Bethany Bamtist Church W. H. Johnston, president of the International Association of Machin- ists, and Samuel Gompers, son of ident of the Federation spoke on trade union- u was introduced by P. Bo member of the class, who presided as toastmaster. Addresses were also made by Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church; W. H. Barringer, THE EVENING superintendent of the Sunday school; James E. Chamberlain, grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; E. P. Morey, W. D. Jamison and E. P. Roderic. A letter from James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, was read. Patriotic songs were sung by E. A. Lang. . l 169 HELD AT COCKFIGHT. Eighteen Dead Roosters Found in Raid by West Virginia Police. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. April 8.— In a raid on a cockfight on the Ed Zane farm on the Bethany pike, State, Federal and county dry officers arrested 19 owners of the birds and trapped 150 spectators, who had gethered to witness the “sport.” Eighteen dead fghters were found. Following the raid, court was held in the barn by Justice of the Peace John W. Kindelberger, and the own- ers received fines of $10 and costs. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 16-YEAR-OLD BOY FACES GRAND LARCENY CHARGE John Steine, New Jersey Lad, Ac- cused of Theft of $70 From Lowell Jeweler. Sixteen-year-old John Steine, New York, N.J, returning home Florida, was arrested in Baltimore yvesterday and returned here by De- tectives Sweeney and Waldron to answer a charge of grand larceny of 70 from George H. Wood, president of the Wood-Abbott Co., Lowell, Mass. Steine told the detectives he was a law student at Princeton Univer- sity last year, and that a brother will graduate from there this year. He said he spent part of the Winter in Floriga, having gone there in auto- mobiles, drivers giving him “lifts” along the road. It was while returning homeward Jewelers | Plenty of Parking Space Butler-Flynn Paint Co. Store Hours 7:30 to 5:30 Paint Needs—Priced Right Your Car Deserves an Easter Coat of Effecto Auto Enamel Tt is not too late to doll up your old bus in a new coat of Effecto Auto Enamel for Easter Sunday. All the bright Spring shades are at your command, or if you desire the more sedate colors, you'll find them also in the Effecto Color Card. All you have to do after giving the car a good bath and a rub- bing down with sandpaper, is to apply a coat of color sealer to take care of the rust spots and fill in ail the cracks in the old surface, then apply a coat of Effecto Auto Enamel of the desired shade. You will be delighted with the results and sur- prised at the cost. 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Seventh St. g e Karpen Cane Panel Group In Velour, 3 Pieces, $195 Just another example of the unusual values in the Spring Exhibit. Cushions are revers- ible in beaver velour and the finish is a rich antique brown. Pillows shown are included. Every Karpen Group and single Karpen Piece is priced remarkably low during this Exhibit. pen pieces in a magnificent showing. Surely you’ll not miss it. s ' Bet. D&E { More than 500 Kar- ¥ WEDNESDAY, that he was given trom Lowell, he helped hi Wood was el and was arrested when he reached Balitmore. Steine is said to have confessed taking the money, nd explaining that he took it because he wanted to buy clothes to make him present- able when he reached home. His West | father, he stated, was a member of from | the fruit firm of Kelly & Steine, New York, some time ago. The case will be heard in Juvenile Court tomorrow. llnmmmmmmutummumlmmlmllmlm&:‘ Salesman With CarE —to sell our New Homes. We have Fasy Homes to sell and plenty of prospects. 1f you are a successful salesman call or write— = Cyrus Simmons 1410 H St. N.W. Main 1023 % U I e 1 S APRIL 8, 1925. In the varfous departments of the | medical assistants, laboratory as United States Government women are | ants, bacteriologists, plant pat employed as chemists, microanaly: gists and geologists. §\"(r.'fIIIIIIIIIIlIIIilli.\\'!a!|Illfl[lI!IIIHIf.fi"lrlflflllIIllliII![II!.«\"E.]_MIIIIIIIIIHN TS A B e R It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations ars obtained through them. 3% =| .+ To Insure Success of that EASTER DINNER Insist Upon a “FOUNTAIN BRAND HAM” The Mildest and Sweetest Ham Cured Sold By All The Leading Grocers and Market Dealers * A.T.Schroth & Sons CENTER MARKET Stands 474—475—476 (B St. Wing) Phones Main 7627-7628 Steaming out— -made in the. *thousand window bakeries” .. i : B, Bizsais Co one step in baking this new Soda Cracker and can readily be split im 0. ERHAPS the most pleasing compliment we have had on the new Sunshine Soda Cracker comes from those who cook well. They say that they taste home- made. \ slowly and that no one wants to cut a cake hot. This waiting, when you are baking a few million crackers, costs time and money. It takes up valuable space, even in Thou- sand Window Bakeries, but it does make a good cracker. " It locks the flavor in ‘and se- cures the crispness and bite that good cooks smile about. Thorough steaming out hasa Tot to do with this. This studied and exactly timed pause between baking and packaging putsa fin- ish on good baking. Remember how home-made bread must cool oA hundred niceties like this in the FULL GRAIN PROCESS blending of the flour, the han- dling of the dough (something new), and in securing uniformity day in and day out. The test of any baking process, of course, is in the cracker itself. ‘We honestly think that you will like this new soda cracker, which you can recognize by its special shape, even before you eat it, ‘Withinthelastyear,aftermonths of trial and study, Sunshine Bak- eries have perfected a way of making soda crackers better. Better in several ways —in flavor, in texture, and in looks. We are a little jealous of this method, a bit proud, maybe, because there are several baking innovations involved in it. The