Evening star., 1917-02-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

G. w. Coleman will give n reading for
the blind this evening at SIS o'clock
at the Library of Congress in pavilion z.
Plans are being completed for an or
Eanization of colored employees in the
government departments. At q recent
meeting in st. LukeS building, l5th and
L streets northwest. a temporary or
Eanization was effected. with DR.. C. I.
Sewell of the office of the Secretary of
the Interior, chairman: w. w. Cochran
of the general land office, secretary. and
DIR. Warfield of Freedmen's Hospital
treasurer. one employe from each of
the government bureaus is to be a
member of the committee on permanent
organization.
John C. Hemmeter. director of the
laboratory of physiology of the Cniver-
sity of Maryland, will read a paper. en-
titled Relation of Internal Secretions
to Calcium Metabolism and Dentition."
tonight at o'clock at an open meeting
of the National Capital Dental Society
at the Chamber of Commerce.
The Chemical Society of Washington
will hold its 26Sth meeting Thursday
evening at o'clock. Some Expert
mentS on the Growth of Yeast in Syn
thetic Media" will be the subject of a
talk by F. Alex McDermott, and H. E.
Buchbinder of the bureau of chemistry
will speak on the Reliability of An
Zeu ne cACCulINe ScHi-
mittee Of the society will meet at 1880
o'clock.
"a Mortality of Fishes on the West
Coast of Florida" will be the subject
of an illustrated lecture Saturday even
ing at s o'clock in the new lecture hall
of the Cosmos Club, H street and La
fayette Square, by n. F. Taylor. at the
565th meeting of the Biological So
ciety of Washington. Paul Bartsch will
give brief address on Charges in the
Avifauna About Burlington, Iowa, be-
tween the Years of 1885 and 1914"
s. j. Henry is to lecture before the
students of the Business High School
tomorrow on THE Credit system This
is to be the first of series of six lee
lures to be given under the auspices of
the Washington Association of Credit
Men. The club is planning to hold its
annual dinner at the Commercial Club,
February 20.
Plans for obtaining a law for the
District restricting the sale of junk in
such a manner as to minimize stealing
of fixtures from private houses are ex-
pected to be discussed at a meeting of
the committee on law of the Washing
ton Board of Trade in the rooms of that
organization this afternoon at
O'Clock. A meeting of the committee on
charities and corrections is to be held
Friday at 1880 pm.
The will of william c. Shimoneck.
dated October 5, 1916. was offered today
for probate. He leaves $500 to his wife,
Cornelia Shmoneck. a patient at ST.
Eliza abeth's, and 500 to a niece, Fannie
Marble of Chicago. The remaining es-
"ate is devised to his brother. Stephen
Shimoneck of Green Bay, Wis. The
American Security and Trust Company
IS named as executor
st. George n. Raby today filed suit
In the District Supreme Court for an
absolute divorce from Mary A. Raby.
They Were married at Front Royal, Va,
October 13, 1907, and have two children.
Misconduct is alleged and a coreSpon-
dent named. Attorney Harry A. l..
Barker appears for the husband.
The District of Columbia Anti-War
League conference will meet tomorrow
evening at o'clock in the Raleigh
Hotel. when delegates to the national
convention of the organization, to be
held in this city March 8 and 4, will
be selected. Representative Isaac r.
Sherwood of Ohio is scheduled to speak.
John J. Deviny. president of the Plate
Printers Local No. of Washington
has called special meeting of that
union for Thursday evening at s o'clock
at Typographical Temple. 423 street
northwest. for the purpose of revising
the constitution of the union.
An estate estimated at 100000 is
disposed of by the will of W. o. n
Scott, dated January s, 1913. The bene-
ficiaries are his three children-Frank
i. Scott, Mrs. William l. Hawheart and
Mrs. Charles L. Lansing. No executor
is named.
The Purity lee Cream Company has
been Incorporated by certificate filed
with the recorder of deeds. The capital
stock is placed at $1,000, in shares OF
$40 each. The incorporators are Ham.
iIton r. Greene, Alexander T. DOUGLAS
and Cuyler o. Meeks.
''rhe Butterfly" il to be the tonic of
q free lecture to be given by Rev. DR.
} Leonard Levy of Pittsburgh in the
Eighth street Temple tomorrow even
iEg. DR.. Levy comes on the invitation
OF the Young Peoples Society of the
temple. The public is cordially invited
TO attend.
DIR. Henry l.. Jackson of Princeton
University made an address yesterday
at the Monday afternoon tea of the
college Women's Club, representing
members of the Pennsylvania colleges
br. jackson emphasized the fact tina,
schools are for adults as well as fol
children.
Explosion of "a hOt-water boiler thi,
morning about o'clock created con.
siderable excitement at the residence
OF Mrs Margaret Kennedy, 224 &c
street southeast. The damage amount.
ed to $50.