The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
SELF PRESERVATION.
 THE CAUSE OF ROSE TURNING INFORMER.
Ex-Gambler Replies to Attack
 of Local Preacher.
TELLS HIS STORY TO. IMMENSE AUDIENCE
Reform Schools, He Says, Sends Inmate Out For Criminal
 Career.

Tt was every man for himself. The law of self preservation asserted it. self and took the only course open to me" declared Jack Rose at the Plaza theatre yesterday afternoon when defending his course in '.squeal- ing on the gunnen in the Rosenthal- Becker case. These remarks were made in reply to an attack made on the reformed gambler by the Rev. F. 4. Dillingham;. pastor of the Church of the Redeemer. The attack waa printed in a local paper and although no names were mentioned Rose knew he was, the one referred to-.
 His lecture was given under the auspices of the local Y. M. c. A. The theatre was crowded to capacity and with every seat filled and several hum dred standing 1t was necessary to close the doors half an hour before the meeting begun. For an hour af- terward men besieged the stage and side entrapces in an effort to gain ad- missions As a public speaker Rose proved 8 surprise He has a. clear distinct voice, no self consciousness and he held his audiedce frorn the start to the close of his remarks
 In replying toSRev. MT. Dillingham;. who without mentioning Roses name referred to him as an ex-prize fighter
 
 question mark in religion, Rose said in part:
 made up my mind would never refer to that terrible affair of a year ago. A newspaper clipping handed name is not mentioned. have been made the subject of attack by a prom inent clergyman has caused me to change my mind. .
 eff his talk was the result of his honest conviction and honest opinion we'll and good. but it did not seem like that to me. coming as it did from lives or the saving of souls.
 "One thing he said that had turn ed state's evidence and was squeal- CT. We'll, that's true, but he might have used it to preach a sermon. In a life of sin and with companions that are absolute, there is no such thing as the word friendship It does not exist. When diversity comes conpan- ions in sin run from you like rats. You are left to your fate. Men go on in that life speaking of friends but when the hour of darkness comes on they disappear and you must stand alone,
 when surrendered to the author ities was confident that my friends would rally to my support. I waited days and no one came. Like all gamblers was living from day to day. I knew those dependent upon me must want. Still no response When every door was closed I took the one that was open. I thank God that was open to me. Not for my freedom or escape from punishment by the law. but because I realize the folly of such life.
 .'The only thing that has enabled. me to do what have done is the grace of God and until am deprived of ~the power of speech I shall con- tinue to say so and not cease until then.
 eff am deprived of the right of. declaring it in the church or the synagogue, or on the lecture platform, I shall continue ito, do 1t if I have to. talk to men on the street corners or from the tail Of a cart"
 Rose warned his hearers against gambling. ttOnce it gets you." he said, "it is the greatest evil on top of earth'' Rose described his address as talk on Humanology.'' He said that gangs and gangsters were made, not born criminals, and that others besides criminals had a hand in the making The remedy. he said lies in s.humanology'' Poverty and perhaps some physical or mental deficiency, he said, all had their part in making up the population of the underworld
 He told some passages from his own early life when recounting how a boy starts out, first as a, truant, then goes to the .reformatorE. next to the streets and then to the underworld and life of crime.
 Why of the nine principals involved in that awful affair of a year. ago seven were graduates of reform schools and one of a state prison" Noex 3a{ iFa f-, the reformatory, where boys were beaten because they prayed aloud and where instead of being made into bet ter citizens, the inmates were given