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BAN GAS STATIONS . IN HOME DISTRICTS Zone Laws Are Discussed By Col. Kutz?Height Rules Are Changed. Gasoline stations will not be permitted In residential sections In the future. Col Charles W. Kuli. chair man of the District toning commission. pointed out today In discussing the toning laws with visitors at the District building 'Public garages. for storage only, may be built in residential sections." said Commissioner Kuts, "but we are banning gasoline stations." Commissioner Kuts also pointed out 1 Hi i in. 5 Joseph Go 8TH STREET 6 SAVING YOU nri BIG MONEY \H I IN THE iJLlJ FURNlTUi BRASS FAMOUS SIMMONS 1 All 94.% Brnaa Red* *30.00 All ?-' <! Ilraaa Hrilx All ?r>s llraan Reria All IUIO Ilraaa Beda MO.OO All Urnaa Beda MM* All ?7S Braaa BmIb., gBO.OO 'All $N5 llr.ian flcrfa ICHMMi 20% OFF ALL BEAUTIFUL LIVI ROOM SUITES . v'-M These elegant Cane Pane' Li damask, velour or tapestry; Chip 2 rosettes and bolster included; co or here under our rejrular price ol You WW When you are life in prosperity c There can be o in the habits which The Surest Ws That is the Or You MAY be f. n goodly pile, but t to one! The time to de One dollar wil Uni $ f i * ihat IIM*M k<(iMl?|i U* luiununi building height in the Ulttrlcl, could be built on Fourteenth ilr?*l a* far north aa M atraat. Inaiead of H atreet, aa originally planned FARMER-LABOR PARTY TO MARK "SUFFS'" VICTORY Hold Ratification Jubilee Tonight gt I'uon Headquartera?Mlaa Wold, Miaa F lanagan Speakers. The Farmer-Labor party of tha Dlatrlet of Columbia will celebrate tha ratification of tha Nlnataanth Amend merit, with a meeting tonight at I o'clock at Labor Union headquarters. 100? K street northwaat. Mlaa Emma Wold, aecretary of tha National Woman1! party, and Miis Catharine Flanagan .who haa Just relumed from Nashville, where aha look part In the light for auffrage. will be tha principal apeakers. LDENBERG ipenn.ave.se 1 PTEMBER RE SALE! JBEDS AND ROME MAKES REDUCED ONE-THIRD It's a rare occasion when you lave the chance to buy these ?orld-renowned beds at any such eductions. We are taking ONErHIRP FROM OUR REGULAR ,0W PRICES! Brass Beds in 'olet, Satin and Ribbon finishes; ouble beds and twin beds? fllM Iron and Steel Beda. . *10.00 915.00 Iron and Steel Beda *12.00 *IK.OO Iron and Steel Beda. .*14.30 S20.0A Iron and SJeel Be^fe. *l?.?0 tan.OO Iron nnH Steel Beda. .CMI.WI *:(0.00 Iron and Steel Beda *24.00 METAL BEDS *$295 I JjB vinj; Room Suites; upholstered in ipondale or Queen Anne designs; uld not be had elsewhere <fcOQC f $350; in this sale at.. I Be Old Son , will you be able to live thr ir in desolation and want? nly ONE answer?and that c? you are forming or have forn ly to a Prosperous Old Age? U.Y SURE way. nrtunate, and have some dista he chances against that happc clde upon a life of comfort in II open YOUR Savings Accoi \ ion Savings B H?f OliVeaf ^dvlnfa Ritnk In WMhlNffn no 14th St. N. w ACCUSED BY GIRL HE URGED TO WED Former Soldier, of Baltimore Held on Forgery Charge in U. S, Court Here. Kapulaed by the *trl he la allege* to have lured from her home on chi pretense that he wu to marry her Erward O. Herr. twenty-two yeen old, former aoldter, of Baltimore. to day wu held In ti.OOO bond for thi action of the grand Jury by Judgi Aukam. In the United Btatea brand of Police Court He la charged will forgery and violation of the Mam white alave act. The girl, Mlaa Catherine Jack, twen ty yeara old. alao of Baltimore, teatl fled at the hearing that ehe met Her May Zi at a dance In Baltimore, an< that he promlaed to marry her. "He took me to Waahlngton and i number of other cltlea In the Houth but refuaed to marry me." aald thi *1rl. Returning to Washington ?'-rer* daya ago. Herr la allegxl lo havi paaaed a bogua check for rtn th* Capitol Park Hotel, having in.Mirre< expenaea to that amount while he an< the girl lived there. AnoCfcer wltneas who appeared li court today ugalnat Herr ?ai Capt A H Ayera .In whose company hi wu during the war. Herr la allege' to have presented a forged check fo $S00 for Ayera' Indoraement. Herr la the aon of George Herr ,i business man of Baltimore Hie homi lx at 1820 North Charles atreet Thi girla home la at 5010 Itelateratowi road, Baltimore county. SAYS ESCH H R. LAW HITS FARMERS HARDEST Must Makft lip Half of J6.500.000.0W "Saddled on People by Predatory Interests," Declares Marah. The farmers must pay approxl mately one-half of "the burden of $fl. 500,000.000 saddled upon the Ameri can people," bv the Cummlns-Eacl law returning the railroads to privati control, Benjamin C\ Marsh, aecretarj anil legislative director of the Far mers' National Council, declared today. His atatement scores the Rspubll can and Democratic parties, holdtni both responsible for the law "Of this tribute levied on the Amer lean people by the Republican ant Democratic parties at the behest o predatory interests," says the state inent." the farmers must pay a surr equal to half the deficit they Incurred in 191ft and approximately double th? average annua! increase In selling price of all farm land In the United States for the decade preceding 1010 "What have the patriotic farmeri and others of America done to deserve an annual fine equal to onethird of the total maximum indemnity which can be collected from GerI many? PONZI AND RIVALS BEFORE GRAND JURY I BOSTON. Aur. 31? District tA i torney Pellstier. at the request ol Attorney General Allen has called | a special session of the sufTo!k county grand jury to consider the cases ol Charles Ponr.i and hi* so-called 10< per cent rivals, the Old Colony For elgn Exchange Company. Charles Retucca. first of Ponxit , agents to appear in court, was ar I raigned today at Plymouth charged with obtaining money under fals< I pretences. I.ucy Meli, Ponzi's pretty formei secretary and office manager, was a witness. Retucca was found nol i guilty. URGES DANCING IN BOTH T?" FOR POPULARITY i NEW YORK. Aug 31.?Adoption ol darcing in all branches of the Y. M C. A. and the Y. V/. C. A. ur**d I.pre yesterday by Randolph \V. Vlzay of Milwaukee, president of the Am^rl ran Society of Teachers of Dancing ,il the opening aession of its thirty-third annual convention. Dancing, he said, would make bott Y Institutions more popular. doctoiTdies in crush. NEW LONDON. Conn., Aug. 31.?Dr Edgar Abott. a prominent Bostoi phvslclan, was killed, and Mrs. Saral Pierce, of Raymond. Calif., was in jured and brought to a hospital hen yesterday, when the physician's aut( in which he and Mrs Pierce wen riding overturned, while deaeendlnj a hill in East Lyme Mrs. Plerce'i injuries were not considered serious ie Day? Dugh the evening of in be found reflected led today! SAVE TODAY! nt relative leave you nitig arc a thousand your old age is now. jnt here?today. ank n. A MRS SOPHIA ORft, of flyi 108 years old in Septem | forward tc casting her first I fail. She cast her first ballot last year MB* WWPza fa-jt: ' i HBwyMy fc ? . I i-?lB (*v - \ 4ft NOWORD ON NEliH 0. C. COMMISSIONER i L Capt. Julius I. Peyser Reported Eliminated By Labor People. 1 The commisslonershlp situation was t about the same today as it wan the l day that announcement wan made . that Commissioner l.#ouis Brownlow resigned, with none of the candidates 1 knowing how they stand in the esI timation of the White House. i It was said today, however, that Capt. Julius I. Peyser had been ellmlt nated by the labor people of the city, t Captain Peyser Is counsel for the Jewelers' Association, which recently had trouble with union workers. The union leaders in Washington say they pj would not stand for a Commissioner ! who was not fTiendly to union labor, and that Captain Peyser has shown that he ia decidedly unfriendly, j Commissioner Brownlow, who is , going to Petersburg, Va.. as city manager on September 15, was in that t city today on business connected with I his taking over of the city management. He is scheduled to be In Waahi Ington tomorrow. John Van Schaick. who was noml nated for Commissioner to succeed | Commissioner Gardiner and whose nomination wa* turned down by the | Senate, is returning to Washington 1 tonight after a vacation in Coblesklll, 1 | N. Y. Van Schaick has been proml" nently mentioned for the recess apB ' polntment of Commissioner. HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES " FOR MISS MARY V. MINOR I Vu Clerk With Civil Service Commission Since 189R?Graduate of Holy Cross Academy. Funeral services for Miss Mary Virginia Minor, who was connected with the Civil Service Commission as as sistant certification clerk, were held at the Church of the Immaculate Coneeptlon yesterday. Miss Minor died Friday. Burial was in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. A large delegation from the Civil Service Commission, including thre? civil service commissioners, attended the funeral. Members of the alumnae of Holy Cross Academy also attended. The Hev. Kdward .!. Kengel officiated. Miss Minor had been In the Government service since I Win She war originally connected with the Govern ment Printing Office, but was transferred to the Civil Service Controls sion In l?n:i, where she remained until the time of her death FAIRFAX W. ?(II?K Funeral services for Fairfax W. Molse, an Insurance solicitor, who died at the home of his sister, Mra Frnak P. Co*, at l""fi California atreet northwest, will be he^d at the Sacred Heart Church. The (late of the funeral has not as yet been announced. Mr. Molse was thlrty-alx years old, and waa born In New Orleans, coming to this city several years ago. He la aurvlved by a sister. Mrs. Cox, and one brother, Frederick S. Molse, FILES SUIT TO RESTRAIN MUNSEY TRUST COMPANY The Munsey Trust Company waa named defendant In a suit tiled today by the Southern Kealty Corporation. . 1 aou#t>, N. ?., who wiL b? iber, and who U looking vote for a Periident this in the mayoralty election E'i ' fhich asks that the former be retrained from remcvlns any fixture* rom the building's banking premises n the Houthern building. at Fifteenth nd H streets northwest, or to rent he same or from stating that the remises will not be used in the fu* ure for banking purposea. Attorneys James H. Archer, John ,ewls Johnson, and S. Duncan Brad sy appear for the plaintiffs. Simply pay a very small | you will soon have a beautiful I an account! % EXPERT WATCH AND V mp* MA 3 JEWELRY | REPAIRING ^ I a success I L Capt. X's idea? Uf y A round cigarette, loosely flj r rolled, made from the Q ft famous Pall Mall blend Lji n of 42 different lunds of 0 u Turkish tobacco. uj 0 A big volume of cool, |3j P mild smoke from the H W beginning. PI PALL MALL FAMOUS CIGARETTES Rounds 20 Pall Mall Rounds (plain ends) in the g?/-v new fod package PLAIN OR CORK (REGULAR) IN BO I0MISE TO PAY IS G0< ^j^tl-LINOIS ST THE NATION'S T "^^Sr and Sapphire Jewels. Hi |all absolutely guaranteed $1 A Ask Any Railn I WEE!* Your money reludtd il one of these watches cbeaj edit Terms Are A amount down and arrange to pay the balance in sma Diamond or Watch and hardly miss the small sums Y DIAMOND RINGS! A wonderful assortment of dandy Dia mond Rings! Here's an opportunity to get the Ring you have been longing for! As little as $t a week will do! $25 $40 $50 $75 m ? PP'W^W^WS?wj{ fEU^^^COA ^07 Seis<2-rii~h St.. Wtifcw.... tiiffliriw ,3t^:aucja? ? i? >.? -? ? ii "" * ' * READ THE ) STORY OP CAPT. X. / I V V ? p , u I j 1 ?XES OF 10, 50,100 AS USUAL ID WITH KAY?| | Don't let anyone-' I L anywhere--sell ?i a you Diamonds, 1 ^ Watches and B 2 Jewelry, at any I 3 price, or on any I ? terms until you 1 see us. J ERLINGr^ I IMEPIECE I Genuine Ruby ^ * indtome cases, B for 20 yews. ffpO 2m 1' Dad Man f you c?n hay |? Convenience! | 11 weekly or monthly sums. In this way I? ( that you pay. Come in today and open j|'| Why Pay Cash? f There is no earthly sense in paying cash when you can come in here and use your credit! A-few-cents-aday-out-of-your-pay is ^ all you need! t ^ ANY SIZE K ' ^ WATCH IV CRYSTAL 1 - _ ? FITTED p APANY i ^^swhJmL! I m i