Seek Law to CurbStore Landlords on|¡Washington HeightsAlleged RentGougingThreat-

ens to Force Many Retail¬ers Out of Business; Plan!State-Wide Organization

The Washington Heights RetailMerchants' Tenant Association begana campaign yesterday against whatthey declare is profiteering amonglandlords leasing stores. The store-keepers will ask for the passage oflaws intended to protect them from de¬mands, of unscrupulous landlords.

In the opinion of the association'spresident. Morris Platt, an emergencyexifats whereby thousands of retailstorekeepers of greater New York faceeviction. Tenancies and leases of re-

tail stores are due to expiro in largenumbers within the next few months,and because of the demand of the land-lordi many merchants declare they willbe ¡?orci>d out of business. As thepreunt emergency laws apply only toapai**ment rents the retail storekeepersfeel they have no protection."The landlords have got us by the

neck," 1« said, "because they knowthere is no rent law to protect us.

They ea*j increase our rents as muchas tbey like and we can't touch them.But we are going to change all that."Mîmbcrship in the association is not

limited to any particular locality, butis r.tate-wide, the object of the asso¬ciation being to force the Legislatureto plivce upon the statute books a lawwhich will protect the retail store¬keeper in his business property to thesame extent and as fully as the pro¬tection now afforded to the householderunder the existing emergency rent laws.Feeling in the Washington Heights dis¬trict is strongly in favor of the move,'an practically every one of the fiOOmembers of tne Retail Merchants' Ten¬ant Association has had difficultieswith tho landlords of their stores.

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Heflin Insists NewspapersSuppress Bank CriticismSenator Names 'Journal of ¦Com¬

merce' Editor in Attackon Press

WASHINGTON, July 29..SenatorHeflin, Democrat, of Alabama, resum¬

ing to-day in the Senate his attack on

the Federal Reserve Board and its gov¬ernor, W. P. G. Harding, turned hisfire on publicity of the board and thescant uttention which ho said was

given his speeches criticizing the boardby what he described as the "subsi¬dized press."The Alabama Senator mentioned

specifically H. Parker Willis, whom heidentified as an editor of "The NewYork Journal of Commerce'' and whohe declared had been on the pay rollof the Federal Reserve Board, first asa secretary and later as director ofresearch. He cmtended that this wasa way that the board got publicity andsuppressed criticism of it and theFederal Reserve banks.Denouncing what lie termed the

"subsidized press," which he said badrepresentatives in the capital, SenatorHeflin said:"When I mentioned the deflation

policy of the Reserv? Board to-day '.hecorrespondents of tho great metrop ru¬tan dailies left 'he gallery, flushed likea covey of birtls. I have ¡isked whythis has happened in the past and Ilearned that it ws.s bo that they couldsay that they could not hear me talkabout deflation."

Train Kills Two Armv MenAYER, Mass., July 29. .--Privates

Louis Wolfanso and Alfred J. Good¬man, Company C, 13th United StatesInfantry, now stationed at Camp Dev-ens, were killed here to-day when their»utomoible was struck by an expresstrain. Both men were from Springfield.

Fair One's Powder Hides HeavyStubble, Police Massage Shows

Comely Ferry Passenger Wields "Her" Puff WithPracticed Hand, but Staten Island DetectivesDisregard Feminine Signs and Take Him In

She sat in the woman's cabin of thePresident Roosevelt yesterday when

the Staten Island ferryboat left SouthFerry for St. George at 4:30 p. m., ap¬

plying a powder puff delicately to herface while she peeped into a mirrorin her vanity case.

The absence of sleeves to her geor¬gette waist revealed symmetrical whitearms. Her tailored blue skirt dis¬

creetly refrained from covering a pairof dainty ankles which -graced sheertan hose. A floppy white hat of gen¬erous size hid most of her face, butwhat could be seen was far from dis¬

pleasing.She was a well dressed woman, obvi¬

ously conscious of it, and carried her¬self with such an air of dignity thatwhen a passenger approached Detec¬tives Collins and Patano at tho St.George ferry house and whispered hissuspicion that she was a man, tho de¬tectives, after one glance at thowoman, regarded their masculine in¬formant far more dubiously than theydid her.

Detectives Are EmbarrassedSo womanly was the figure before

them and so self-assured was she inevery movement that Detectives Col¬lins and Patano were visibly embar¬rassed. They felt that she was not awoman to be accosted without reason,and they cast about in vain for anexcuse.

Before they found one she hadboarded a South Beach car, settled her¬self in a seat and resumed powderingher face, peering into the mirror in hervanity case. The detectives boardedthe same car. Once or twice theythought she glanced at them surrepti¬tiously under the edge of her floppywhite hat.At Old Town Road, Fort Wadsworth,

she got off. So did the detectives. Shestarted gracefully and purposefully upOld Town Road. No other pedestrianswere in sight. The detectives real¬ized that they could not fail to attracther attention if they continued to trailher.

Business of NudgingCollins nudged Patano and Patano

nudged Collins."You do it," whispered Collins."No, you do it," returned Patano.Collins gritted his teeth and did it."Pardon me," said he, removing his

hat with a flourish, "but haven't Imet you somewhere before?"Two dark eyes, as cold and threaten¬

ing as the barrels of a shotgun, glancedat Collins from the depths of thefloppy white hat.

"Sir," said their owner in the chilli¬est of tones, "you are insulting. I ama married woman and you are annoy-ing me."

Profile Settles Her CaseShe drew a powder puff from her

vanity case and began dusting hercheeks delicately, peering into a tinymirror in the case. The wind at the.same moment tilted the floppy whitehr.t and Patano got a glimpse of herprofile, which aroused his suspicionand stimulated him to action. Itsemed to him that black bristlesshowed through the layers of powderand he resolved in some fashion to getthis bearded lady to the police station."Are you Mrs. Phillips?" he asked

suddenly, "Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips?You see, we are detectives and we arelooking for a Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips,.You answer to her description exactlyand I'm afraid you will have to come tothe police station and prove your iden¬tity."

It was a brilliant stroke, but it didnot daunt the powder puff lady.

"I am not Mrs. Phillips," she said,still manipulating the powder puffwith tho utmost serenity. "I shall goto the police station if you forco mo to,but you are making a mistake.a mis¬take that may prove costly."

Says She's "Mrs. Olneto"At tho Stapleton police station she

declined at first to tell her name, andthen said she was Mrs. Jiamio Olneto,of 124 Grand ¡Street, Jersey City."Search her," ordered Lieutenant

Driscoll."Don't you dare!" shrieked the pris-

oner. "Don't you dare to lay a fingeron mel This is an outrngel I shallsee my attorney about it."

Finally, convinced that searchingwas a formality which all prisonersmust undergo, Mrs. Olneto insistedthat she bo taken to the matron's room,and departed in dignity, powdering herfaco iiH she went.

In a few moments she was back. Onone side of her face tho black bristlesof a stubbly beard showed plainly.Patano was dusting powder from hishand and coat sleeve.

Swears in Bass and Tenor"That's why she wns nil tho time

powderin' her face," said he, tri¬umphantly, to Lieutenant Driscoll."She's got a beard like the stubblo inan oat field, and she can swear in bassand tonor. She's a man, but what she'sgot up like this for I don't know."The combinen efforts of tho two de¬

tectives and Lieutenant Driscoll failedto reveal the reason for the masquer¬ade. The prisoner maintained an ob¬stinate silence. He was booked formasquerading in woman's attire. ThoJersey City police reported that no onewas at home at the address given thereas "Mrs. Jiamio Olneto's."

One More Good July RainWill Knock Out June's Record

Weather Man Feels That Downpour Is Bound to

Come Before Month Ends; Not Ready to

Blame Radio for Persistent ShowersRuin to-day or to-morrow may on.

able «Tuly to equal or exceed tho rain-full mark set by June, which was therainiest month on record sinco Sep¬tember, 1889, according to tho weatherman.The offlcinl Juno rainfall record vraa

7,86, although campers, motorist» andvacationist.s in general n*ay insist thatit was considerably moro than that. Sofar this month the total rainfall Is6.54, but a real, heavy rain, similar toseveral that thd city experienced dur¬ing tho lust sixty days, will send theJuly total up to or nbovo the mark setby the preceding month, it was said.The weather man seemed to think last

night that July has one good healthyrain left in its system.

In September, 1889, there were 9.G3inches of ranfall, and this record, theforecaster says, is likely to stand forsome time. The present month estab¬lished a record for rainfall in its? firsttwenty days, the total being 6.12inches, as against 5.3 for the same pe¬riod in June.Although the excessive rainfall re¬

cently is attributed to the radio bymany, James H. Scarr, tho New Yorkforecaster, would not commit himselfon the subject.

"It is tho most generally advancedtheory, but I cannot vouch for it," he

said. "Many of the leading authoritiesare convinced that tho electric currentsfrom radio sets are causing the abnor¬mal rains."Tho total rainfall for July up until

yesterday was 2.60 inches higher thanthe previous high July.,

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American One of Four KilledIn Hamburg Airplane Crash

BERLIN, July 29 (By The Associated

Press)..R. H. Murrill. of Charlo«*-N. C, was on« of the four pm«_lkilled In the wreck of the hamllpostal airplane near Boizenberg, Bo^far from Hamburg, yesterday, ffá *

graduated from Prinr,t/,n ÛnlVê-JSlast June and was making a to_ *JEuropa with a party of Princeton 4dents The other three p4o*ÍU4were Germans. K-i<**

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BackWith the LThe Yanks «ire going back! The old familiar scenes "overthere" have called.and once more the "long, long trail"winds across the sea.

But this time the Yanks are going b?ck to live on the fat of the land.There will be no reveille.no sharp commands, no "fall in" when theYanks set sail on .-\ugust 5th aboard the S. S. "President Roosevelt."The American Legion has arranged it all. The ship is one of the finestafloat. It is an American ship, too, owned by the U. S. Governmentand operated by the U. S. Lines. The crowd is coming fast. Only «afew staterooms are left. So come, you Legionnaires. Call up or writethe American Legion Weekly and find out all about it. Hear how youare going to lie welcomed by the European dignitaries.hoiv you aregoing to walk again through the familiar villages, and see familiarscenes. Here is the long trail. Close your eyes and picture yourselfgoing along with the crowd.Paris, the old front line, Brussels,The S. S. President Roosevelt sails from New York »August Sth:

.-\ug. 13-14.In Paris, entertainments, ceremonies, etc.Aug. 15-29.Open time for side trips to '».e battlefields, etc.»\ug. 30-31.In Brussels, entertainments, ceremonies, etc.Sept. 1 .Ostend and Flanders Battlefields.Sept. 2 .In London, entertainments, jeremonles, etc.Sept. 3-6 .Open time for individual excursions in England and

Scotland.Sept. 7 .Glasgow, Scotland.Sept. 8-15 .Sailing back.Sept. 16 .Quebec and Montreal, receptions, eta

Optional Side Trips have been arranged to various battlefields, Amer¬ican Cemeteries, Switzerland, Italy. Monte Carlo, The Passion Play, etc.And the price has been cut to rock bottom. It includes everything.first-class, steamship fare, railroad fare, hotel bills and food.

Write Today.NOW!Send your name and address today and get full details.or call inperson. You will be under no obligation. Join the Yanks in the greatexcursion Now is the time. Send the coupon today. There isn'ta minute to spare.For full information address eitherUnited States Lines,

45 Broadway, New York, N. Y.Managing Operators forUnited State« Shipping Board

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Commencing ¿Monday.Our FINAL CLEARANCE SALE ofWomen's Summer DressesOffering Decided Price Reductions on Our Entire Stock

An opportune event, indeed, for here is our entire stock of distinctive summer gownsto choose from, including models for every occasion and for every preference.MORNING DRESSES of voile andgingham, varied with touches of white,with lace, with novelty belts.in

short, varied in endless ways.

REDUCED to

$5-50 and 9.75(Formerly $9.75 to 15.00)

DRESSES of Imported Cotton Chenilleand Voile, some touched with em¬

broidery, the voiles exquisitelyhand - drawn.

REDUCED to

$15 and 19*75(Formerly $22.50 to 29.50)

DRESSES of Plain or Printed Georgette, Canton Cr.pe and Novelty Crepes.Fashioned in every conceivable manner, all emphasizing the straight line silhouette.REDUCED to $19*50 to 48*00 (Formerly $35 to $95)

White Dress SilksAt Marked Reductionsfrom Regular Prices ¦

Desirable weaves and qualities.White Crepe de ChineGood quality and weight, «j-h «g Q £*40 inches wide. Per yard ««-pJ.*0^

White Sport SatinStandard quality and weight. {H «g /I EL40 inches wide. Per yard 4)I«>UJWhite Broadcloth SilkGood quality and weight. ¿\-4 m ç*36 inches wide. . Per yard 4)A*A3White (Imported, Hafeutai Silk

36 inches wide. Per yard :

95c $1.15 $1.35SILK DEPARTMENT.SECOND FLOOR

Misses' Silk Frocks¿Remarkably Lona Priced ¿> *j r*in a Special Sale ¿Monday «JP_w^5

FROCKS of Canton Crepe, crepe deChine, and satin-faced Canton, fabrics thatlend themselves smartly to the graceful newdraped effects. Orhers (as illustrated) showmany fine tucks, or distinctive bead motifs.

Tt 1 a a a a« CarvCCiIn navy blue and black. 14-16-18 years, o designs

CLEARANCE SALE ôfImported & AmericanCotton FabricsThis season's weaves and colorings

at Appreciable Savings.Embroidered SwissOrgandiesAll-over designs; French voiles in plaidsand stripes; and

American Voiles embroidered oncolored and white grounds.36 to 40 inches wide. q% r*Formerly priced up to #2.00 yard, 0.3CImported Cotton Ratine-Plain and fancy. Gpod assortment ofwanted colors. 38 to 40 ins. wide. r\r\Formerly up to jfi.50 per yard . . \\s\jCAmerican Woven Tissues.This season's designs and colors, a r*36 ins. wide. Formerly 65c yard, tOCPrinted Cotton Voiles.Thebetter grade. Good assortment of light anddark grounds. 38 inches wide. a ***

Formerly up to 95c yard . . .* T*.!5CCOTTON DRESS GOODS - SECOND FLOOR.

Silk and WoolCanton Crepes

Colors : Black and white in ample quanti¬ties at the Extraordinarily Low Price of

(40 ins. wide) $2*15 Per yard-WOOL DRESS GOODS, SECOND FLOOR

WOMEN'SSilk Umbrellas

WOMEN'S SILK UMBRELLAS with extrawide satin tape edge; sun and storm» models withthe newest handles of imported carved wood andof handsome amber bakélite, instraight and ring effects. Stubby (fc/4 Q ELtops and tips.ty*Y»>JsZ)WOMEN'S EXTRA,WIDE OTTOMANSILK UMBRELLAS with exclusive designs, in.carved amber bakelitî and novelt/ effects. Clubtops and tips. Also Importedcarved wood handles inJapanese (fc/ml **] EL

Savings of 10 to 50% now available in theSemi-Annual Sale of FurnitureOur Entire Stock included for this event. Complete Suites and Individual Pieces.

lo.pc. DINING ROOM SUITE (as illustrated), in Mahogany or American Walnut;Chippendale design, including a y2-inch Buffet, Latticed China Closet, <hEnclosed Server, ¿Round Extension Table, 5 Side Chairs and 1 oArm Chair, YJ/J

DINING ROOM FURNITURE10-pc. American Walnut Suite, polychromed, . . 400.00io-pc. American Walnut Dining Room Suite . . 295.00Odd Buffets in American Walnut (72 inches long), $85.00

ypc. LIVING ¿ROOM SUITE (as illustrated), solid mahogany frame withdouble cane; Louis XV. design; upholstered in blue damask fia:e:U43)

LIVING ROOM FURNITURE3-pc, Brown Mohair Suite with reversible cushions, 400.003-pc. Blue Taupe or Brown Figured Mohair Suite, 325.003-pc. Tapestry Suite; spring arm; reversible cushions, 148.50Odd Vassar.Arm Chairs in tapestry or velour,. . . $18*50

CHAMBER FURNITURE'

4-pc. American Walnut or Mahogany Suite (glass tops) 475.004-pc. Antique Ivory Chamber Suite,. 375.004-pc. American Walnut Chamber Suite .... 200.004-pc. Mahogany or American Walnut Suite . . . 285.00

¿Priced Considerably Less Than the Regular Value.these

Philippine UndergarmentsIn an Important Sale

Monday at

NIGHTGOWNS-In sleeveless styles or with iVeves.Round, square and V necklines.Beautifully hand-embroidered.COSTUME SLIPS-For wear under summer frocks.Bodice top or round neck models.Elaborately hand-embroidered.

4000 pieces in all.(SECOND FLOOR.)

PETTICOATS-With various attractive designs ofhand-embroidery. Some with under-flounces, others without.

ENVELOPE CHEMISES-With bodice tops and straps orwith round neckline. Lovely pat¬terns of hand-embroidery.

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Tub Silk Costume Slips.Specialty Priced at $3*95In either tub silk or satin, these indispensable costume slips have hip-deephems and may be had in tailored models or with filet lace edging.L.