Evening star., 1916-10-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The viii of George A. Wise' dated
January 2s, 1914. has been nied hor
probate. He leaves a life interest IN
his entire estate to his wife, Mary
Ed,tb wise. On her death the estate
Is to be distributed among the eight
,bi,d,en- The widow and Joseph A.
Wise. a brother, are named as eA-
.cutors. The estate is estimated at
$4,000. Attorneys Brandenburg &
p..,s.rbure represent the executors.
demonstration of canning Of fruits
and vegetables was given by y. n.
henson, who has charge OF the can.ins
cluhs of the Department of Agrlculture'
ot a meeting Of the Washington Home
economics Association yesterday aiter.
noon at the Morse Shcool A shor.
business meeting was held prior 10 'he
demonstration.
The entire estate of Giovanni SIC
car;li Is devised by his will to his wi1e,
MARY A. Siccardi. The document Is
dated June 20. 1902.
vehicle of the Federal Taxicab
rannany last night caught fire while
at 18th and 1 streets Inc hre was
extinguished by No. engine com
many. Alexander Speck, 1884 G street,
was operating the taxicab.
Fire Of unknown origin in the house
of Eugene Myers, 4s9 Maryland avenue
southwest, claimed the attention OF the
Are department yesterday afternoon.
The fire did $50 damage
musical program is to be feature
Of the first meeting of the season OF
Hor State
Monday evening at O'Clock at the
Dewey Hotel, 1880 L street northwest
Those who will contribute to the en-
tertainment will be Mrs Lillian Wal
ters Peterson, Ricardo D. Zappone'
William H. Cornish and ]. Lewis None
way. Dancing is to follow the enter
tainment, which will be under the
direction of Mrs. A. c. Ciough. George
L. Whitford will preside in the alb
sence of Representative E. H. Wason
president of the association.
Use OF the x-ray in dental surgery
was discussed at the dinner of the Ma
tional Capital Dental Society at the
New Ebbitt House last night. DR.:
Charles w. Cuthbertson, president Of
the society, was toastmaster. Those
who spoke included DR.. Emery A.
Bryant, DR.. c. H. Rowland. DR.. p E.
Rrengle and DR.. NJ c. Killinger. DR..
Bryant made a plea for the establish
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The committee on historic spots. his
tory filing and national old trails of
the local Daughters Of the American
Revolution is to meet at 1890 o'clock
tomorrow morning at the home of Mrs.
Charles W. Richardson, 1917 Connecti-
cut avenue northwest
The probe which the Chambes Of
Commerce is making into the price Of
av.1 In hi try Sc tn, he
discussed at a meeting tonight of the
board of directors of the organization.
Members of the Cranch-Tyler Home
and School Association are to meet at
the Cranch School tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock.
Rev. John H. Troy of the National
Bible Institute of New York is to de-
liver his third lecture on THE Acts of
John Marshall place, this afternoon at
4:45 o'clock. Dr. Troy is to conduct a
regular extension course Of Bible study.
the meetings to be held at the Gospel
Mission. each-Wednesday afternoon
from 4:45 to 5:45 pm. The lectures
will be continued for the next twenty
eight weeks and are free to the public.
Joy rider. last night participated in
outings in the automobiles of Hugh A.
Thrift. Union Trust building. and Ches-
ter A Snow, 71o sth street. The Thrift
car was taken from in front of the
building in which its owner has an
Office. and was recovered by Detective
Baur and Chauffeur Herfurth at
Georgia avenue and Irving street. Mr.
Snow reported that his automobile was
taken from in front of local theater
1t was recovered at Union station by
Detective Mullen.
The Community Singing Society is to
hold its first meeting of the season
Tuesday evening at o'clock In the
Thomson School. 18th and L streets
northwest All interested persons are
invited to attend
The Arst fall meeting Of the Ken
tucky State Association, composed OF
local residents of the Bluegrass COM
monwealth. was held Monday night at the
New Ebbitt Hotel r. e. Adams, presi-
dent of the association. presided. The
association elected Louis G. Flick treas
Urer TO fill the vacancy caused by the
Back.
Revolutions of regret for the death
of Mrs. Clara r. Colby, the late CORE
spending secretary of the Federal Suf-
frage Association Of the United States
were adopted at a meeting of the or
ganization Monday night at the residence
of Mrs. Beiva A Lockwood.
school Books, 2d-Hand and New
Lowdernilk & Co.. 1926 F St.-Adver.
ttsement.