SENATOR DAY TARGET FOR VOLLEY OF HOT QUERIES FROM WOMEN Fair Interrogators Call Stew ardship of Senator to Ac count jn Positive Way. 'SOLON STANDS GROUND Wk Questioners Got Bixn Into Corner He Jt.main.4 Silent Till Squill Xa Fast. Napoleon met hl Waterloo because of a sunken road his geographers fail ed to find. Senator I. N. Day wai credited by many of the reports from Salerri during the legislative session with having- exercised the autocracy of the boss over his Greeks in gov erning the senate "machine." Yes terday before the Oregon Civic league luncheon In the Multnomah hotel he waa backed Into a corner by the pop ping questions of indignant women, until when the meeting ended he was excusing himself from the answering of their pertinent questions by saying he could not take tii time. The state senator's fair inquisitors were not in the least abashed by the imperious manner he is said to have used effectively and with infrequen4 protest in dealing with the legislators. Krotn many parts of the room came insistent Queries as to why the senate had curtailed the maintenance of the institution for the reform of delinquent girls. This he answered with more directness than compliment to the women. "Same Plan'' Advised. --' "Such an institution," he declared, "should not be relegated to the admin istration, of hysterical women and- the housing of these girls In cottages so comfortable that it makes them want to go there." Senator Day suggested that a "sane plan' must be- devised. Pressed for an explanation he responded: "I have a plan and the state must adopt it, which Is to put wayward girls Into an Institution where they will' learn the trades." "Why," queried Mrs. Emma B. Car roll, "did you and the senate remove Major Bowlby from the office of high way engineer?" Senator Day remained silent. The chairman conferred with him In a whisper then announced: "The senator prefers not to take the time to an swer the Question." The subject ; assigned Senator Tay was a. review of the legislature's work from the viewpoint of the senate. Mun icipal Judge John H. Stevenson, who presided, suggested that no man could possibly know more about the senate's operations than Senator Day and that his conclusions should have some value to league members. The sfeaker asked the privilege of m mnment. di&Ttts.ion. 14 e said he would like to discuss "Woman's Place! in Politics." ! K Za Candid. : "And I shall be candid with you, ladies," he promised. "I ain not a can didate for office and I shall use no honied phrases wherewith to conjure your votes. Women should not presume- upon their sex. In political mat ters they should meet the same meas ure and the same requirements as men. They cannot rely upon the chiv alry of men to condone their political shortcomings. Because a woman in troduces a bill into the legislature women should not expect men to sup port it against their Judgment. They must not use their charms as a. defioy ' iq secure ieKiaiuuu. J. man wnv seeks appointment to office or an ap propriation is a nuisance; a woman mho does these things Is a pest." As Senator Bay proceeded it was against increasing volume of disap proval interjections, but when he reached the w.ord "pest" his voice was drowned out. "Why, why, why," came from the women in his audience. "Because you can 'No' to a man. but any red blooded man must treat a woman with courtesy." Laughter lessened the tension. Defends the Senate. Mrs. A. C. Kewill, Mrs. M. T. Hidden, Mrs. A. W. Nicholson alter nated in further questions in which they sought to have Senator Day ex plain why the senate uniformly killed measures ot interest to Oregon women. He was reudy with defense of the senate, lie said he had no apologies for it. "It wasbne of the ablest bodies of men ever sent to the senate," 'jf. af firmed. "We endeavored to sail straight ahead on a course of high en deavor. We were not looking for ap plause from those whose applause was not worth having." The plan of the meeting was that Representative Chris Schuebel, house leader, and Senator Day, senate leader, should debate their divergent view points. The bombardment of ques tions altered this plan to some ex tent. There were, however, some brisk interchanges between the two. Rep resentative Schuebel imputed to the senate a fixed determination to block constructive legislation. Orranlsation Xs Perfect. "The senate had an absolutely per fect organixatlon," he declared. "The house had no organization and the i GERMAN-AMERICAN LEADER IN QONGRESS 1 1 . ' 'J .w i vi ' -1 1 v 1 p -J : i r ' f'i I 1 - - j 1 I'Uotographs by Harris k. Ewing. Representative Richard Bartholdt of St. Louis, member of congress for 22 years, who retires March 4, and whose viewa reflect in a large measure the prevailing sentiment among the German-Americans. members voted Independently, honest ly and conscientiously. In answer to a question by L. L. Levlngs he said that he believed the session was worth what it had cost the taxpayers. Mrs. A. C. Newill asked if he did not be lieve a single bouse legislature would be more efficient and he said it would. The legislature passed 8 or 19 constructive measures . andU the workmen's compensation ; law was saved from the senate's intended mu tilation, he concluded. Tha chairman of the program com mittee announced privately that when the two legislators were Invited to speak, each consented but only on condition that the other should speak tirst. ' New Fish Code y Up to Governor acsasure Whicn Vet Witn Approval of Oreron legislators Will Be Signed IX Technically Xegal. Olympia, Wash., Feb. 7. The new fish code, the one approved by Oregon authorities, so far as it relates to the Columbia river, is in the hands of Gov ernor Lister, and will be approved un less the attorney general should find some serious technical error in the provisions. Yesterday the senate passed the bill, making a number of amendments, all, however, relating to Puget sound. The bill was promptly returned to the house where, on motion and without debate, the house concurred In the amend ments. ' Among the new bills Introduced to day by two-thirds consent, was one in the house submitting a constitu tional amendment repealing all salary limitations of state officials so that, if the measure is approved, the legis lature can raise or lower salaries at will. The Irrigation code passed the sen ate this morning and will go to the house, where early consideration is promised. The senate also passed a bill submitting a constitutional amendment. that none but property owners can vote on bond elections. Repeal of the full-crew law is on the senate calendar for final vote today. The house program Includes second reading of 11 house bills. "American Line" Is Painted on St. Paul Ajnerlcan Flatf Fainted on Liner's Bow and Other Precautions Against Sub marine Attacks by Mistake. - New York, Feb. 27. With Old Glory painted upon her bow and the words "American Line" in large letters on both sides of her hull for better pro tection against possible mistakes by submarines, the American liner St. Paul sailed today for Liverpool. The British liner Lusltanla was to sail this afternoon. . The St. Paul's passen ger list was much the larger of the two. MERCHaI IT TERM OF MARINE MEANING POPULAR MIND Ship Purchase Bill Fight Has Brough People Home to 'All the Significance, GUGGENHEIMS MAY SELL Government Strongly Urged to Buy Copper lUver stsllroad In Alaska. A Keel Merchant Marine. fWahiDrton Bwvau of Tb Journals Washington, Feb. 27. One certain outcome of tie ship purchase bill fight Is that the American people are going to know more about ships and ship ping than thsy have ever known. The phrase "merchant marine" is to be more than an alliteration for use at chamber of commerce banquets. It isn't a new phrase. For half a cen- 1 tury men whp've had the good fortune to travel abroad have come home ex pressing pain at not having seen the American flajg to any great extent on the high seas' and In foreign ports, but their pain hasn't moved the public that had to stay at home. What need there might be in a commercial Vky for a real mercantile marine has been offset, so far as the public has leen concerned, by the methods heretofore offered for provid ing it. Always it has taken the form of subsidy. And the word subsidy has savored of undue governmental pat ronage for a class of business men capable of taking care of themselves, so the public has felt. So our na tional shipping needs have been more or less neglected until the war drove home the seriousness of the necessity and there was presented at the same time a solution of the question more in keeping with the times. This solu tion is the one that Inevitably will come some time within the current year. If -there arose now a crying demand for i another transcontinental railroad within the United States and private capital shrank from undertak ing to build it, the government would not come forward with enormous land grants as once It would have done; something on the order of the admin istration ship purchase bill would be offered and eventually accepted. Speaking of government railroad building, it la evident the Guggenheim-Morgan Interests are not going to abandon their effort to sell the Copper River railroad to the govern ment until the final announcement of the administration plan's with regard to Alaska is made. Their emissaries are still on'the ground 'here and are busy as can be. Constantly stories are going westward by wire or by mail, to bolster up the hopes and en courage the aid of friends in the northwest. What solid basis there is for these stories is hard to find. It is clear that every person who is sup posed to have the confidence of the administration in Alaskan affairs is unwilling to endorse the $20,000,000 purchase proposed. But the optimistic tales continue. Speaking also of lobbies, there is more or less amused speculation over what the senate's Inquiry committee will find with regard to the alleged lobby that Senator Burton conjured up as backing the administration ship bill. He d expose 'em, averred the Ohio statesman, and he demanded an in vestigation, it was clever politics except that the challenge was accept ed with such eagerness that the retir ing senator has been looking dubious ever since- It was accepted on the theory that it might reveal, not who was backing the bill, but who was re ally opposing it. On such a hope the administration hau gone cheerfully into tne tasic oi being exposed and o exposing. The scheme of enforcing an em bargo on American wheat shipments doesn't take hold In congress very readily. Members discuss it and agree. some of them, that it might be well to curtail shipments abroad in order that bread might be kept within reach of everybody, but their talk usually reduces itself to this statesmanlike pronouncement: "Well, maybe so, but somebody else do it. I got a lot of fa-rmers in my district." Others, too, caught their cue from the White House. They accepted the president's opinion that an embargo would be an unneutral act and they are willing to take his judgment in this as in most matters affecting our International relations. MURDER SUSPECT IS PUT THROUGH THIRD DEGREE BY POLICE Arrest of Frank Ramsey, at Dixon, III., Made in Au rora Murder Case, GASPIPE FOUND IN ROOM The New York World said a good word for Secretary Bryan the other day, the first in the memory of most of the World's readers since the peace secretary burst on the horizon of American politics in 1S96, which is a long time ago. The secretary's name was coupled with that of the presi dent's in an expression of profound re spect for the manner In which the German and English entanglements are being handled by this government. Suspect Was Arrested Last Tall In In Connection With. Miss Miller's Death- purchased and thus to lay the Krouad work for the case. i . : : ' A second clew, which may assist! the officers materially,; was reported! to day. A man's Shirt, covered with blood, was found in a room in a cheap boarding house here. The clerk of the place said he did not know the name of the occupant of the room, but that the man left the bouse the morning after the murder. Later the bloody shirt was found. Aurora is greatly aroused over the murder and citizens are talking of contributing to a general fund for the employment of private detectives to run down once for all the man or men. who have murdered three young Au rora women during the past 12 months. The city council today offered a re ward of $1000. Aurora, III., Feb. 27. Frank Ram sey, arrested at Dixon, 111., last night on suspicion In connection with the murder of Miss Km ma Plerson here, was brought to Aurora today and put through the "third degree." Ramsey denied he was In -Aurora Thursday night when the murder was committed. He told -the officers a woman who lived with him could prove this, but declared he did not know her present whereabouts. ' Later the woman was found by the police who, after questioning her. said she had no knowledge of the crime. She was not held. Ramsey was arrested last fall after the murder of Miss Jennie Miller, whose slaying was one of the three murders of women, ... including Miss Peterson's, which have aroused the people of Aurora. At that time Ram sey was taken to the scene of the crime, though he begged the authori ties to spare him the trip, as he feared violence at the hands of citizens. Fin ally he was able to prove an alibi and was released. His arrest yesterday came as a re sult of the finding in his room of a piece of gaspipe similar to that found near where Miss Peterson was killed, and a number of clippings regarding the murder. A woolen mitten found near the spot where Miss Emma Plerson was clubbed to death may. furnish a clew that will lead to the running down of the slayer. Using It ss a basis the local de tectives today sought to build up the structure of a theory which- would give them an idea of the identity of the man responsible for the crime. Half a dozen plain clothes men were sent out today in an effort to locate the store in which the mitten was Gas Pipe Is Found. Chicago, Feb. 27. Detectives from the Aurora police force will come to Chicago today to question FrankRam sey, an ex-convlct, who was arfceated at Dixon last night on suspicion of knowing something about the murder of Miss Emma Plerson at Aurora.- ' A piece of gas pipe similar to that found near the scene of the crime at Aurora and a number or cuppings re garding the murder found in Ramsey's room attracted suspicion to him. . Settlement Out Of Court Urged Court Awaits Bayocean Litigants' Zn deavors to Tlx Baals of Management of Affairs. An informal conference was - held yesterday in Circuit Judge Oatens' court attended by counsel and parties ran hnth aM of (ha anlU for a rCelV- rh1n t Vi d 1 1. .w ..-. n. rpc. . . . . ,, . . ..... v. i ton licit 1 1 w . . ...... . J . J 1 , ' U. 1 J CL 111, DRVIS "ou Bivjt.niioiuers. mrodJgn Attorneys fered to permit the company to go Into the hands of a manager to be appointed by a committee of six, three members to be named by those asking the re- uciveisuip anu lures Dy mose opposing. It was suggested that the committee. through five members, including the manager, should rule in company af fairs. Attorney O. CI. Schmltt, representing the lot owners asking the receivership, and his clients were not Inclined to give way so much, and held out for a one man receivership under court ap pointment. Judge Gatens discussed ths matter for omertlme, and finally left, saying that he would give the parties time to consiaer Borne common irguna of agreement, in hope, that the suit might be settled on a friendly bast, without court action. The gathering broke un without any Agreement hav ing been reached. 45 -pound Pure Cotton Felt Mattress with Imperial edge, worth $9.50. Re- f moval bargain at DOyLI r I'l.MJ i Dining Chairs Regular to $4.2$, at 1 . 75 A Closing Kit of some patterns of which we hae a limited number in stock. All are of solid oak, of good de sign, and could not be better made and finished. One pattern of one piece only sells at $2. 75 regularly, lhe others are alf regular $3.50 to $4.25 values. 2)000 Lb Burrowes Folding Card Ta bles the best folding table made is a Remov--l OO al Sale Bargain at.ej Now! With Spring Upon Us It Is Now Time to Think of Putting the Home in Summer Order in to Replace Your Old One Can PL IVlIg Be Had at Removal Prices Here Is the Prime Value in Rugs $8.50, 9x12 Reversible Rug at $4.75 Comes in a very comprehensive range of colors and patterns. Colors fast. Patterns suitable for bed chamber or dining room. The Removal Sale surely is making price records. THESE ARE UNBEATABLE VALUES $30.00 Seamless Wilton Velvets, 9x12, are now $22.50 $25.00 Axminster Rugs in beautiful colorings go at $14.75 $25.00 Seamless Velvet Rugs, 9x12, now go for. .$18.75 Axminster 11-3x12 Rugs during the Removal at $31.50 Extra large sizes 10-6x13-6 Brussels Rugs . . . $27.00 10-6x13-6 Green Wiltons are now $48.00 12-6x12 Bundhar Wilton Rugs reduced to $52.50 The big new home is being made ready at Fifth and Oak streets. Portland's popular Home Furnishing Store since 1887 will be settled into regular selling. Meanwhile WE WILL LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF MOVING by selling reliable furnishings at prices and on terms Portland has not known. All prices are quoted onj first quality Furniture, from; our regular stocks, and, as j was said in our store the other day, prices may be quoted that are lower, but not on first quality regular line goods. This is not "Bargain Sale" Furniture, j You Never Could Buy Outfits as Low Priced and on Such Good Terms as Now at Edwards' MakeYour House a Home wSudou 3-ROOM OUTFITS $6.75 Cach, $1.25 2- ROOM OUTFITS $7.50 Cash, $1.50 3- ROOM OUTFITS $10.00 Cash, $2.00 3-ROOM OUTFITS 412.50 Cash, $2.25 3-ROOM OUTFITS $15.00 Cash, $10.00 3-ROOM OUTFITS $16.00 Cash, $10.00 3-ROOM OUTFITS $17.50 Cash, $12.00 5-ROOM OUTFITS $20.00 Cash, $12.50 The Removal Sale of fers you prices and terms it will be hard to duplicate in' Re liable furnishings later in the spring. Buy now! Be ready for spring cleaning. Have your home ready when the visitors to the big California shows flock into Portland. Edwards' "Your Credit Is Good" way will help you. f Trade in Your Old Stove on This Fine Steel Range $00.25 Leg Base Electrically welded. Body is of non-rusting steel, flues are large, asbestos lining. Firebox is large and is fitted with duplex grate. Top painted with loose plates. Nickeled parts are highly finished and easy to keep clean. 'i4iy);'"v This is the ik Tj Time to Buy at Bargain uminum Prices! $ld Set 3 Pieces V2, 2 and 3-quart Sauce Pans, with hol low handles. This is not cheap, light weight, short measure Aluminum that warps out j of shape. It is 99 pure. The price is not marked away up to deceive you. WE have cheaper Aluminum. This is our BEST regular line. Berlin Kettle Rice Cooker Tea Kettle Eight-quart, full measure, 99 pure aluminum.- High ly finished. Not bargain ale aluminum. Heavy weight and non-warping. $1.25 Double Boiler. Inset holds Your wife has always want two quarts, full measure, ed an Aluminum Tea Ket Base holds two and one- tie. This one has a six- half pure quarts. Heavy. 99 quart capacity, 99"o Aluminum. Special Extra heavy metal. pure. $1.35 IQ1 tilipr See This Great K2 Bed Value! Regular $10.00 2-inch continuous post. Has five fillers. Enameling white and Vernis Martin. Style mas sive. Brass Beds at Less! Bras8.$6.90 $10.00 B50Brass.$16.25 $18.90 $27.50 $29.50 ST" $35-40 V $13.50 Bed $19.50 Brass Bed $27.50 Brass Bed $45.00 Brass Bed $50.00 Brass Bed ....... $60.00 Brass I I I I II II I lit m . 11 i hi -r l iimii r i n i 1" C Ij2KBrfBWM wTfrDiimerware Low Priced 100 -Piece Set, Worth $15.90, for $11.25 This set comes in dainty white and gold, blue and gold, white and blue Dutch patterns, and in decorated gold. All are beautiful and well chosen patterns and colors: This set will delight any housewife. A $ 1 4.50 Rocker at The Removal Sale Does It! P'U'SE $6.90 Gas Plates will go at low prices to ' help lighten the 83.85 1.BUBHBB FLATB . S3. 75 S-BURXTES PUTB. $3.00 S'STTSKSB FLATS. $4.85 a-BXTRNEK pite. 84.60 3-BXTU7ES PLATE. $5 .SO 3-BTTSmSK PLATE . .es.ss a-BTreiras fiate. 88.SO 3.BUBHSB PLATE. , I load at moving time. v S1.85 $2.95 S2.40 93.45 S3.60 84.40 4.25 S5.2Q 3 A GOOD P LACE TO TRADE ! V7 CD) rSSSlSI FIRSTS: $12.50 ROCKER Big Auto mobile seat S9.UU rUMbD OAK. ROCKER (T With big automobile seat: . . . .)UtU $14.00 BIG FUMED OAK ROCKER With springy auto $ 90 $14.50 ROCKER A delight. A Comfortable and roomy ?DU $14.00 CARVED ROCKER A QA Big cushion auto seat..... ..0U"U Lace Curtains Half Price Odd lots of two and three pairs, priced to go quickly at from 75c to $5.00 pair All high grade and in tasty patterns. ' , , I re Move May First to Fifth and Oak Sts. 4