' , THE MORNING OREGOXIAy. TUESDAY. MARCH 28. 1911. ' does nothing of the kind, nor has It for years. Men now rely on their watches snd clocks to get to their work on time. Just ss do the employes of a great de partment store. Some of the largest and best-conducted establishments In the world have abolished the clamor as an unnecessary offense to many rltliens. In an open letter Edward S. Morse, who has labored vigorously to suppress the nuisance In Palem, speaks -of the whistle on the Cambridge side of the Charles Hirer basin ss a serious obsta cle to the building of residences along the beautiful embankment. Anyone who has heard the chorus of shrieks, roars, groans and howls of every pitch and variety that arises In that region at 7 In the morning will indorse his views. And. strange as It may seem, there are misguided persons who pre fer to be asleep at that hour to ssy nothing of the sick who need quiet. And Our Talking Machines SEAT IN COUNCIL at Reduced Prices, Too ! Action by Mayoralty Candi date Now- Gives People Chance to Elect Successor. TERM HOLDS . UNTIL 1913 (Ill XIILHtl V HO REMfiXS SKAT TO MAKE RACE FOR THE MAYORALTY LOMBARD RESIGNS y Y Resignation After April IS 'Would Have Given Council Right to Vcnoj--Probblc Suc cessor Not in Sight. Rellevlnr that the electors of tii! city should hav a dl-ect vote In electing him successor. Gay lmbard. candidate for the Republican nomination tor .Mayor, yeeteruay sent to Mayor Simon and the Council h resignation as Cbuncilman-st-Wce. The resignation takea effect Immediately. By retir'.nr from the Council prior to April li Mr. Lombard paves the way f.r the e:ectlon of his successor for the concluding two yearn of the term for which he was elected by direct vote of the people. Under the circumstances the present Council can eHct a succes sor to Mr. Lombard to serre only until July 1. Had Mr. Imibard deferred h resignation until after April li. the Council as it Is now constituted would be empowered to elect u successor from the date of the resignation and for the unexpired two years of Mr. Lom bard's term. "Mr primary purpose In resigning from the Council at this time." said Mr. Lombard yesterday, "la to k: to the people of Portland the privilege and right of electing my successor In the regular city election In June. Members of the Council are the eervsnts of the people and should be elected at all times) br the people direct. It ts my opinion that this responsibility belongs to the voters tnemselvew and should be fits cliarged by them wherevVr possible rather than by tl.- members of the Council. "Harms; announced my candidacy for the Republican nomination for Mayor. 1 feel that I no loniter should bold of fice as a Councilman. There Is no dls p9 1 uon- on my part to retain member ship In the Council and use that posi tion In any way to Influence In the lightest decree my candidacy for M..or. I abhor the term 'machine' or an thins; that savors of it. By re stenlng from the CounciT now It can not be charged aicalnst me that I am resorting to -machine' or other unfair means to advance my candidacy. I am before the people for Mayor free from all allanments and entirely on my record as a member of the Council and a business man of this city. "1 sincerely regret severing my con nection wlih the Council at this time. During the nearly two years I have seen a member of the Council I have worked hard to serve the best Interests f the people of Cortland as I saw my luty. I have enjoyed taking; part in the consideration of the many knotty questions affecting municipal affairs which appeared during my service in Che Council. While the work at times was arduous. I found considerable pleasure rendering: the service." It Is not known who the probable tuceessor of Mr. Lombard will be. his resignation having only been tendered resterday. The successful aspirant un ler election by the Council will sit as t member of that body until July 1. If he desires to retain the office longer he w ill be obliged to go before .the people for nomination in the primary lection Saturday. May . Mr. Lombard iiartng been Councilman-at-large. any male citixen residing in the city and possessing the necessary qualifications. Is eligible as a candidate to succeed him. He must be a cltlsen of the I'nlted Males and of the state, a reg istered voter and a resident of the city Tor three years. BONOS' LEGALITY ISSUE CHICAGO FIRM HOI-PS SAI.K BE LOW PAR XOT ALLOWED. Opinion Says C ity Charter Poe Not Prohibit bnt Points to Rulings Ulscvr here. Otv Auditor Barbur eterdav re ceived a letter from Parson, on Company, of Chicago. Inclosing copy of an erlnlon br t!ie brokers' lawyers, on which the firm based Its refusal to accept Broadway bridge bonds to the amount of JJO'UIOO as per their bid of . January t. last. This action by the bond buyers Is founded on the opinion ef thetr lrg.il counsel that the city charter of Portland does not rnittrm ptate that bonds shall be sold below par. The concluding paragraph of the epinion reads as follows: "It Is true that there Is no express prohibition In this section (11S of the charter against the sale or bonds below par. and we find no decision of the Oregon courts expressly passing upon this point, as to whether bonds bearing the rate or Interest fixed by the statute may be below par. The de risions In other states on C;ls point are conflicting, and while lltisratlon Is pending In which the point Is raised, we ars unable to glvea favorable re poet upon these bonds.' The cltv still holds the certified check of the Chicago firm for $?S.ooo. It i submitted with the company's bid. Mayor Simon has Instructed Aud itor Barbur to ream the check until the legal status of the situation can be determined satisfactorily. C W. Fulton, ez-l'nited States Senator, has volunteered his services against the Chicago firm to compel It to accept the bonds la accordance with tbe terras of Its bid. which was duly accepted by te cltv. Judge Munlv declared yesterday that the city should retain the certtfied check and force tbe Chicago firm to sue. He asserted the rejection of Its own bid. by Parson, Son mi 'Company was a part of a conspiracy wlta the bridge obstructionists to delay the con struction. Judge Munly also called at tention to a provision in the bid that the company would take them "pro-ld-ed their attorney would express an opinion that the bonds were legal." In stead ef "providing the bonds were of legal nature." as is customary In such bids. Judge Munly says that the al t leged conspiracy Is materially hurting 1'ortland s credit In the Ksst. War I'pon Whittles. Boston Post. If there Is one entirely needless snd goo 1-for-nothlng nuisance In this world. 11 m the shrieking of steam whistles srd sirens In the morning lor the slieged t purpose of calling pevple to work. It Gay Losabar. V- Llke conditions can be found every where. The steam whistle Is a relic of bar barism and ought to be put Into the rubbish heap of wornout Impertinences) against society. NEW YORK ELK AIDS PORTLAND LODGE RECEIVES MORE ENCOURAGEMENT. Entertainment Fiuid Still Grows. Salem Lodge Gives 91000. Others Will Help. Support Is coming to the Portland lodge of Kiss in Its campaign for the grand lodge session and reunion In 1912 from nearly every part of the United States, not only from other lodges but from Individual members. Testerday. W. K. Apperson, past, ex alted ruler of Portland lodge and man ager of the subscription campaign, re ceived a communication from John M. Keely. passenger agent for the South ern Pacific Railroad at New York, ask ing for a supply of circulars announc ing the Intention of the Portland Klka to secure the big meeting next year. Mr. Keely adds that he is a member of New York Lodge No. 1. and that he will attend the grand lodge convention In Atlantic City next Summer He offers his aid to Portland In the effort to secure the 1912 gathering and holds out plenty of assurance of success. In Its canvass of the city for sub scriptions to complete the $125,000 fund which Is to be used in the entertain ment of visitors to next year's cele bration, the committees under the di rection of Mr. Apperson continue to meet with success. It Is hoped to round out the fund to $100,000 this week by small contributions from Portland people. This will leave several large corporations that are expected to profit handsomely from the convention and the sister lodges In Oregon and Wash ington tr furnish the remaining t-i.000. It Is believed that this money can be raised although It cannot be done with out hard work. The Salem lodge at a recent meeting voted 11000 to Port land's entertainment fund. This has not yet been reported. In an official way, to the local committee and there fore Is not yet included In the total receipts acknowledged, which now ap proximate SS2.000. FRATERNAL MIGHT FAVORED Giant Parade Part of Plan for Rose Festival Feature. Representatives from msny of the fraternal orders of the city were pres ent last night at a meeting held at the Kast Side Business Men's Club, and out lined the details of the proposed fra ternal night during the Rose Festival. Every one was enthusiastic for the fra ternal evening. It was decided to make the event one of the greatest held in the city. C. C. Hall, member of the committee, announced that he had taken the mat ter up with the officers of the Wash ington Spanish War Veterans with the result that at least 400 veterans of the Washington encampment will take part In tbe traternal parade. The Washing ton encampment will meet In Vancou ver. Wash., on Wednesday on the week of the parade, and come to Portland In a body Thursday night following, tbe fraternal night. It was decided to invite every fra ternal order and labor union In the city to take part. It was Informally sug gested at the meeting that the orders should march together and go through special drills on Grand avenue, where the parade wtll be held. Several of the organisations have already signified their desire to do this. Wilkes Visits Interior Oregon. W. C. Wilkes, assistant general freight and passenger agent of toe North Bank and tregoii Trunk railways, returned yesterday from a 10 days stay In Inter ior Oregon, where he handled the local traffic and arranged for big business during the coming Summer. Most of Mr. Wilkes time was spent In the vicin ity of Culver Junction, which rapidly Is developing Into an enterprising little city of much Importance. Streams Storked With Brook Trout. CHEHALJS. Wash.. March 27. Thirty thousand l"astem brook trout will be received here tomorrow and will be planted In Coal Creek, and the North and South fork of the Newaukum. Sher iff Urquhart's offloe. which Is now do ing the duties of the game warden, will look after the planting of the tush. An other consignment la expected soon. Paving Trnst" to Be Fought. War against the "paving trust." In cluding the Installation of a municipal paving plant. s one of the reforms pledged the people of Portland by George H. Thomas. T emo.-rmtlc candidate for Mayor, If nominated and elected. Is'nt One of Needed Complete Your Home? Every one of ($18,000 worth) cases as great as 50 per cent. ing next month DR. BOYD IS GALLED First Presbyterian May Get Detroit Minister. SALARY OFFER IS . $7000 Krr. John H. Boyd, D. Asked to Be Successor lo J'. William Hiram Foulkos, Who leaves for N'rw York Charge Today. Rev. John 11. Boyd. D. D- of Detroit. ...... . r.n.ri last night to be pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. William Hiram Foulkes. who recently resigned, will leave ims morning at 10 o'clock for New York to wt nntition aa nastor of Rut gers Presbyterian Church, in the me tropolis. Sincere expressions of appre ciation by the members of the locsl church for his psstoral lsbors In Port land were extended Dr. Foulkes after the meeting last night. Dr. Boyd is now pui"! . . . i-.y. ..... v. ,f TWtroit. 11m n-esoyienan ......... will receive $7000 a year In his new position. This does not Include a manse, as the manse of the local church Is being torn ouwn ""'" . ... .Ann tA lUI hlltlt tO the church. Dr. Foulkes' salary of o000 year was in auuin. which the church provided. The rea son for paying Dr. Boyd more than Dr. Foulkes was given by one of the mem bers of the pulpit supply committee last ntgnt as ocm w""" . , . n nn. nf mora evnerl- S an UHir. iiiw... -- ence. and because be Is receiving in his presenL position m, - j ' ,r. Koulkes has received. The local church will also pay his moving ex SP 5a Still at the Old, f 0 Always Busy, Corner p 77? jC(23 I 353-3 55 Washington Fife j & v-a- X-&il Corner of Park (8th) Street J Soon atA VOU - " Seventh and Alder Z '' 1 These to these Baby Grands and nine others will be closed out at reductions in some with a complete new stock. in the old premises w ; penses and allow him six weeks" va cation each year. Vacation Is Allowed. The new pastor of the First Presby terlnn Church, for he has signified his willingness to accept the call, is 48 years old and has been pastor In the Detroit church for three years. For It 4 K' ... : 1 Dr. John B. Boyd, ef Detroit. Mtcb. Wh Has Reeelved a Call te Sue reed Bev. William Htrmm isiilkeB Here. II years before that he was pastor of one of the best-known Chicago churches the Evanston Presbyterian Church. Dr. Boyd wrote A. S. Pattullo. chairman of the pulpit supply commit tee, that the only reason he consented to leave Detroit is because the rigor ous climate of that city Is not suitable foraMrs. Boyd. The report of the committee to the congregation reads as follows: "Tour committee on the selection of a pastor has had before it the names of many men from tha entire conti - 4 Vgfg We go into our must be sold. nent, an has earnestly sought to search out from these the man who should be the choice, not of the com mittee, but of the great Head of the Church, to lead forward our beloved church in whatever may be before it. "On this far-away Pacific Coast we are particularly handicapped in seeking a pastor, because of the distance from the great centers of population east of the Rocky Mountains, and the conse quent difficulty In knowing personally the men from whom we would choose. There Is also another difficulty, the pastors themselves falling to know our church and conditions on the Pacific Coast. Friends Give Help. "As against this we have had a num ber of very kind friends in the East and Middle West who have helped us In such a ,way as to call forth the gratitude of the whole church. One member of the committee also, while In the East, was able to hear for him self and our benefit, one or two men whom we had under consideration. To him also the committee wishes to ex press Its thanks. "After very careful consideration and Investigation, your committee Is "unani mous In recommending to you a man to be our pastor of whom the more we have heard , the better we have liked and the more we have hoped that it might be that his selection mlgh meet with his approval, with your approvtjj. and with that of our Lord and Mast. "We are informed that his church ?n Detroit, which holds about 1500 people, has for the past six months been un able to accommodate on Sunday even ings all who sought admission, and that there have been no pews available for rent for two years. "His family consists of Mr. Boyd and four children, a son In Princeton Uni versity, a daughter at college. .'lid a:s other son and daughter at home." Detroit Man Liked. One of the letters of the committee, asking for Information about Dr. Boyd, fell into the hands of an elder in his church In Detroit. The elder wrote: "Of course I know It Is useless for yon to extend any call to the doctor, who has turned down two very flattering, offers within the past two months. . . . In my estimation Dr. Boyd is without Question one of the greatest preachers and pastors in America. Per sonally. I would not change him for any man I am acquainted with, and I think r wL Js new build All that's I know the ministers or me country pretty well. He is filling a large place In our church." A tribute paid to Mrs. Boyd by a Chi cago minister, from whom the commit tee sought Information, is that she is "in every way a devoted, gifted, con secrated helpmeet." Frankle O'Brien Challenges. Following closely upon the announce ment made that Billy Farrell. the Co lumbus Club bantamweight fighter, had decided to enter the professional ranks came a sweeping challenge hurled at the ambitious amateur by Frankie O'Brien. The challenger was formerly the amateur champion bantam of the city and fought under the colors of the Columbus Club. Six-CInb Iveaguo Is Plan. CHBHAL13. outlook for a Wesh.. March 27. The revival of the Washlng- FRANKLIN The Franklin is the automobile with the simple, air cooled motor. It is the motor-car that thinking people everywhere are turning to more and more. Franklin air-cooling not only is more dependable than water-cooling. It saves greatly in -weight It does away with the heavy, complicated secondary cooling system of the water-cooled car. This, together with Franklin light weight construction, lessens the load on the tires. ! Menzies-DuBois Auto Company SEVENTH AND DAVIS STS., PORTLAND, OR. ton State Leaeue is brighter now than It has been for some time. Friday night a delegation of local fans visited Centralia and succeeded in arousing considerable interest there. Active com mittees are now out in that city and will report tomorrow night. It is now believed It will be possible to reorgan ize with Chehalis. Centralia. Olympla, Elraa, Raymond and South Bend. . ' t Glencoe Defeats Sunnyslde. Batting Pitcher Dunne out of the box early in the game and hammering his successor's offerings for frequent bingles. the Glencoe Grammar School baseball team, yesterday afternoon de feated the Sunnyside Grammar School team on its home grounds by the score of 13 to 8. The batteries: Glencoe, Williams and Myers; Sunnyside, Dunne, Ross and Howard. A declining birth rate Is a feature com mon to nearly, oil Fnronean countries.