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THE SrOTtNTXG OTtEGONIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1917. 5 - GREAT CROWD GIVES SUPPORT TO WILSON New Yorkers Enthusiastically - ' Call for Vigorous Effort l to Uphold Rights. ROOT SAYS TIME IS HERE Colonel Roosevelt Says Only Ques tion Is Whether We Shall Strike Hard or Feebly Univer- - V sal Training Favored. Continued From First Pave.) "Unless we do so we shall show our selves unworthy to be the heirs of the steadfast soldiers of Washington, un worthy to claim kinship with the men of high soul, who, under the banners of Grant and Lee, proved, their truth by their endeavor." Mr. Roosevelt asserted the country now was at war, and added that the only question was "whether we shall make war valiantly or make war feebly.". Charles 8. Fairchild. who was Secre- tary of the Treasury under President tjleveiand, told the audience that "we should take our place beside those peo ples that have fought many months for all that is best in our traditions and ideals; beside those who are fighting; our battle." Congrca, Treed to Act. Resolutions were passed calling on Congress "as soon as assembled to de clare that by the acts of Germany a otate of war does now exist between that country and the United States." The resolutions approved President Wilson's action in severing diplomatic relations with Germany and his deci sion to arm American vessels and sum mon Congress in extra .session. They also urged immediate passage f a bill for universal training and added that "we call upon our Govern ment for prompt, vigorous and cour ageous leadership in the Immediate mobilizing of the entire naval, military end Industrial strength of the Nation, Including the augmentation of our Army and Navy for the effective pro tection of American rights and the faithful discharge of America's duties - in the present crisis." Ruthless Awnkenlng Has Come. Mr. Root said in part: "We come not to find fault or to criticise. We come to turn our faces toward the Government of our choice, the Government, the President and the Congress on whom weigh the terrible burdens of decision and action in the issue of peace or war, and in the deter mined pursuit of that, freedom which can be maintained it seems now only by war. In this government by the people it must be the people themselves who act through the President and the Con gress. "We did think a few years ago that the reign of law had come into the world; we did think that the rules of law that all civilized nations had agreed to be bound by were a protec tion to the peaceful, to the weak; we did think that the faith of treaties was protection, but we have had a sad awakening. Neither the rules of law nor the teachings of civilization nor the requirements of religion stand in the way of those powers that are now seek ing in the world, with fire and sword, what they call the liberty of national evolution, the liberty to send their in creasing population ' out and seize the territory and subjugate the inhabitants of other lands. Strong-Arm Doctrine Declared. "No more the protection of treaty or of law girds the people of America round about. The doctrine that a state can do no wrong, the doctrine that a state is entitled to take what Its in terest requires with the strong arm in hand has been declared and Is supported by one half the military power of the world, and if the present war in Europe ends without a victory over the nations which are declaring and acting upon that hateful doctrine, there will be no peace and safety for free democracies in this world except all free countries be turned Into armed camps." When Mr. Root asserted that a peaceable meeting such as the one to right was possible only because this country was protected by the armies and navies of the entente allies, a young man In the audience shouted that the speaker's utterance was an untruth. Instantly there was an up roar, and the disturber was rushed out of the garden. Several others who tried to interrupt the meeting also iwere put out. "The question is not whether we shall submit but whether the world shall be made to understand that America, with Its hundred millions of people, with its vast wealth, with its great tradi tions, with all the courage and the spirit of the greatest free democracy. lias the power and the courage to de- lend herself," Mr. Root continued. American Interests at Stake. "I say that upon the issue of the war in Europe hangs the question whether America shall, at the close of that war, be turned into one armed camp or whether America shall be a subject Nation. There Is no nation on earth not England, nor France, nor Belgium, nor Italy, nor' Russia with a greater stake in the success of the allies in this war against German militarism than the United States. "Every American, every true Ameri can heart, should respond with Joy, amid Its Borrow, to the feeling that if we enter this war to do our part to ward bringing about the victory that Is so important to us, we shall be fighting over again the battle of the American democracy, the democracy of England, the democracy of France, the democracy of Itayr, and now, God be praised, the great democracy of Russia." In opening his address. Dr. Hlbben said: "I am here tonight as a pacifist. I believe in peace at any price and the price at the present time Is war. Peace of Conscience Wanted. "There is a time when the only peace that is worth fighting for is that peace of conscience," he contin ued; "the consciousness that we as a people are not cowards, the conscious ness that we have raised our voice and our power against great wrongs and great injustice, and that Is the peace that we are called upon to fight for at the present time. "Are we relying upon the faint and yet fond expectation that in some way the submarines will be driven by the British navy from under the seas and that the French line will strike through the German line into Germany before we are brought into any more danger? We have waited long enough. Now is the -time for action. "Are we, as Americans, degenerate? Has the manhood of our race run out?" He was answered by cries of "No, never!" "Let us recognize our enemy. I hope that the day will come when the Stars and Stripes will be seen somewhere along the Von Htnderburg line In France," he declared. George Wharton Pepper said the Na tion should, recognize the fact that even men and industrial preparedness are of little worth unless we can put into the hands of the men the ordinary and necessary implements of warfare rifles, guns, ammunition and all the rest of the necessary equipment." ROTARY OFFICIAL HEARD RETT. LESLIE riDCEOS TALKS OF HEREDITY AND EJTVIROJTMEJrT. Winnipeg Vice-President of Interna tional Association Maintains Evil Tendencies Are Not Inherited. Rev. Leslie Pidgeon. of Winnipeg, third vice president of the Interna tional Association of Rotary Clubs, was the speaker last night before members of the Rotary Club at a dinner at the Hotel Benson. The relative influence of heredity and environment and the distinctly great er Importance of the latter was ex plained to his hearers by the Rev. Mr. Pidgeon as evidence of the assertion that people benefit from their sur roundings. The corollary of this as sertion, as drawn by the speaker, was that people must also contribute to their environment in measure with the benefit they have derived therefrom. "Only capacity is inherited," he said, "while all of our moral qualities de pend upon our environment. "You may take a child from crimi nal parents and remove him from the environment before it begins to influ ence his moral growth and he will be as good as a specimen from any other stock. For it is only by training, and not by Inheritance, that he acquires these moral propensities." WOMAN QUERY TARGET MME. MALMBERG TALKS TO PRO GRESSIVE BUSINESS MEN. J. TAR only today and tomorrow last two days The Big Laugh Show Marie Dressier in the new 5-act comedy scream Tillie Wakes Up' Also a clever 2-reel Sennett Keystone comedy. Matinees, 10c Daily, 11 A.M. to 11 P. M. REALTY MAN FOUND III BED SHOT DEAD Body of Perley B. Lent, 32 Years Old, Discovered by His Young Bride. SUICIDE NOTES ARE FOUND German Neutrality League Members Bombard Speaker With Ques tions Wheelwright Urged. After lira. Alno Malmbera's talk yesterday before the Progressive Busi ness Men s Club she became the target for many questions ffom a miniature "war college" which had taken refuge in the Multnomah Hotel dining-room. Questions came thick and fast, but oime. Hairaberg replied to them all will much diplomacy. A delegation from the German Neu trality League was among those who asked many questions of the speaker. rue ciud sent the following tele gram to President Wilson: Honorable Woodrow Wilson. President of the United States of America. Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Tou doubtless have under consideration the name of William D. Wheel wright, or Portland, Oregon, as a possible Ambassador to Japan. ' Mr. Wheelwright, who Is at the head of a large lumber ex porting firm, has been In Intimate touch with the leaders In Japan for many years. He is a mon of high moral character and one whom- America would be proud to have represent her In the Far East. We feel that It would be advisable to have a man from the Pacific Coast to fill this honorable position in japan and can recommend Mr. Wheelwright most highly. VARSITIES DEBATE TONIGHT Oregon, Washington and Stanford Scheduled to Meet. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Euarene. March 22. (Special.) The fifth annual debate in the Coast states series will take place here tomorrow nighC when the University of Oregon debaters .will meet a duo from the University of Washington. At the same time two other Oregon debaters will engage Stanford University debaters at Palo Alto, cal., and two Stanford debaters will meet a University of Washington duo at Seattle. The question to be debated is rela tive to compulsory arbitration of in dustrial disputes. Plowden Stott, A. El Clark, of Port land, and Dean George H. Alden, of Willamette University, of Salem, will be the debate judges here. Oregon will be represented by Lewis Beebe and Walter Myers, taking the affirmative against Wendell Black and Matthew HU1. of Washington. ALL CAREY VICTIMS DEAD Five Members of Richards Family and Hired Man Succumb. CAREY. Idaho. March 22. Samuel P. Richards and . P. Presnell, an employe of Richards, d'edi this morning of poi soning, his death making a total of six victims within a week of bella donna root, canned by mistake with spinach greens in the Richards kitchen last Fall and eaten for dinner by the family March 15. The first victims were Mrs. Elisabeth B. Richards, 61, and a daughter, Amelia, 26. Then followed Hazel, 16, and Claude, 30, son and daughter. Car Shortage Grows Worse. NEW - YORK," March 22. The net shortage of freight cars on March 1 was 124,973, as compared with a short age of 109,988 on February 1, according to a report complied by the American Railway Association and made public tonight. Weapon on Floor Is Some Distance From Body Stranger Outside Door Refuses Explanation to Returning Wife. , . ' Perley B. Lent, St. a real estate and Insurance dealer, was found dead, shot through the head, in his rooms In the Carlotta Court Apartments, 653 Everett street, at 6:48 o'clock last night. The body was discovered by Mrs. Lent, a bride of four months. The police found notes indicating that Mr. Lent had con templated suicide. Mrs. Lent returned home at 6:45 P.M. and met, in the hall Just outside her apartment, a man who refused to tell his name or business there. Mrs. Lent says he had Just come from her apart ment. She found the body when she went In. Residents of the apartments told De tectives Howell and Goltz and Patrol men Ervin. Tully, Morris, Pratt and Willett that Mr. Lent had entertained a party of men during the afternoon. The shooting evidently was done Just after the party broke up. Police activ ities will depend on the statements of such members of the party as can be located. Mrs. Lent found the body on the bed, with the head and shoulders propped up against the wall. Mr. Lent's .38 caliber revolver lay on the floor, well out in the middle of the rug. Police say that the weapon would hardly have rolled that far If Mr. Lent had shot himself. The room showed no signs of a struggle. The first note, written on March 21, Is said by Detectives Goltz and Howell to indicate that Mr. Lent contemplated suicide then, but changed his -mind and delayed the tragedy. It follows: "Dear Father I wish you to treat Eve (evidently the second Mrs. Lent) O. K., as she Has been a queen to me. Forgive me, and I want all to forgive me for what I have done, and I think perhaps It is the best for all around. "P. B. LENT. "P. S. Eve Is asleep, and she is not to blame. I want to be planted in moslln.' " A second note, undated, evidently was written last night, before the tragedy. It read: "My life insurance and stock are In the safe. But I have letters from Eve that are hers and should go to her. I think this is going to get by. Don't blame anyone but me. I would like to have both the Masons and the Elks come to my funeral. Good-bye to all, and don't attach any blame to anyone except it be the prohtc P. B. L." "Prohic," in the last line of the let ter, is said by the police to mean pro hibitionists. The police were Informed that Mr. Lent had been drinking for several days and had been in poor health The time of the shooting Is definitely established as between 6 P. M., when George P. Lent, his father, talked to Mr. Lent on the telephone, and 6:45. Mrs. Lent told the police that she smelled powder smoke in the rooms when she entered, and the police are Inclined to believe that death occurred only a few moments before the body was found. , Mr. Lent was the son of Mr. and Mrs, George P. Lent. The father is a law yer at 417 Corbett building, where the son also had offices. Mr. Lent was born in Portland. He attended the Thompson School, and later the Arm strong Business College. Mr. Lent was divorced from a former wife, Mrs. Lilian Lent, about a year and a half ago. Four months ago he married Miss Eva Huchlson, formerly a resident of La Grande, Or. Previous to his marriage he lived with his par ents at 1172 Cleveland avenue. - sla was announced tonight at the State Department. The silence which has been observed at the Department con cerning the events in Russia was brok en when officials learned that the news of Ambassador Francis official welcome of the new regime had been received in press dispatches. It may now be stated that on Tues day the Department received a long dispatch from Ambassador Francis ask ing authority to recognize formally the new government. The Ambassador pointed out that the new Russia was founded on -the same principles which had inspired the framers of the Amer ican republic and that its leaders stood for all that this country held sacred. The revolution, he said, had been en tirely successful and good order pre vailed everywhere. The Ambassador particularly sug gested that the United States should be the first Nation to welcome the new Russian government into the family of nations. He recalled America's policy to do everything in its power for the extension of republican principles and spoke most highly of a movement which in less than a week had given the most autocratlo country In the world a mod ern government. sssiairT.nimisB nsaa 10 SCHOOLS TO DEBATE CLACKAMAS CONTEST .IS TO BE HELD ON ROADS TONIGHT. County-Owned Pa-rlng Plants te Be Discussed by Grammar Students. II 1st hi Schools Take Arbitration. OREGON CITY, Or., March 22. (Spe cial.) Ten schools of Clackamas Coun ty are entering the grammar school debate for tomorrow night. Each school is to have two teams. The following is the schedule ar ranged by Brenton Vedder, secretary of the Clackamas County School League: Garfield, negative, at Eagle Creek; Eagle Creek, negative, at Garfield; Canby, negative, at Eastham School, Oregon City; Eastham, negative, at Canby; Gladstone, negative, at Bar clay School. Oregon City; Barclay, neg tlve. at Gladstone; Canemah. negative, at Clackamas; Clackamas, negative, at Canemah; Milwaukle. negative, at Oswego; Oswego, negative at MiT waukie. The question is "Resolved, That the counties of Oregon, should own and op erate one or more paving plants for road-building purposes." The high school debate will take place March 80. There are three high schools to enters Colton, Canby and Milwaukle. The question is "Resolved. That Indus trial disputes should be settled by compulsory arbitration.' Colton. negative, will go to Canby; Canby to Milwaukle, and Milwaukle to Colton. At the present time Barclay School. oi Oregon City, holds the cup In the Grammar School League, and Milwau kle High School holds the cup in the High School League. The date for the oratorical contest, under the supervision of the Clacka mas County School League, has not yet been set. MRS. FRANKRUSHES EAST CONDITION OP PORTLAND ALARMS RELATIVES. AMERICA GREETS FIRST (Continued From First Pass.) sented by the provisional government are the same as underlie the existence of your own country. I hope that this great change which has come to Rus sia will do much to bring us closer to gether than we have ever been before. "I must tell your excellency that dur ing the last few days I have received many congratulations from prominent men in your country, assuring me that the public opinion of the United States is in sympathy with us. Permit me to thank you. We are proud to be recog nized first by a country whose Ideals we cherish." COURSE ADVISED BT FRANCIS Ambassador Reports Entire Success of Revolution. WASHINGTON, March 22. Formal and full recognition v by the United States of the new government of Rus- Ju.t Before Departing, for ' Chicago Mother and Brother of Edgar E. Frank Get Encouragement. Alarmed at the condition of Edgar E. Frank, in the Michael Reese Hos pital. Chicago,' Mrs. Frank and Henry Frank, mother and brother of Edgar E. Frank, left for Chicago last night Mr. Frank has been operated on for the removal of an abscess on his hip. In reply to a telegram to Mr. Frank from the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, the Winged "M" institution was informed that he was in no condition to answer. This, more than anything else, caused the sudden departure of Mrs. Frank and Henry Frank. Edgar K- Frank, chairman of the registration committee of the Pacific Northwest Association, was taken ill in Chicago while there on a combina tion business and pleasure trip. He has been busy lining up amateur wrestlers from all over the country, getting them to come to Portland to appear in the Amateur Athletic Union championships slated for Portland in May. Just before leaving last night, Mrs. Frank received a telegram saying that his condition was greatly Improved, but this did not deter the plans of herself and Henry Frank. BUREAU ELECTS OFFICERS Two Seats Filled In Chamber's Re- ' tailers' Department. W. F. Woodward and Charles F. Berg were elected for the three-year and two-year terms, respectively, of the Chamber of Commerce at the meeting of the retail merchants' bureau last night. Mr. Woodward succeeds himself in the office and Mr. Berg succeeds J. C. English, resigned. E. D. Tlmms. chairman of the bureau, presented the annual report outlining the activities of the period. The bureau took a prominent part in many civic movements and co-operated with the directors of the Chamber in all its im portant activities. ONE of the good things about my $15 clothes is their great variety. Here are snappy models for. the younger man as well as the proper styles for the conservative, or elder man.- They're not $25 clothes but they're better clothes than you can find elsewhere for $15. You are entitled to the best clothes you can get for the price you "wish to pay. I guarantee you satisfaction in these clothes at $15. $15 Clothes, Entire Third Floor BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth STAND IS DEFENDED Judge Gatens Tells Why He Paroled Jobelman. PROSECUTOR. IS CRITICISED Protest Made to Presiding Judge by District Attorney Regarding Assignment of Cases Will Be Kept in Mind. Judge Gatens will be awarded a fair share of criminal cases for trial Cir cuit Court rules providing for a distri bution of these cases by the presiding judge among the Ave other judges but in assigning them Presiding Judge Gantenbein will bear in mind the sug gestions of District Attorney Evans as to the alleged unfitness of that jurist to deal with important criminal pro ceedings. This was the assertion of Presiding Judge Gantenbein yesterday in com menting on the protest which had been filed with him by Mr. Evans setting forth reasons why the District Attor ney believed it was against the inter est of justice to have further criminal cases tried before Judge Gatens. Judges have their peculiarities and prejudices as well as other men. Judge Gantenbein pointed out. and went on to say that the objection of the District Attorney was a proper procedure and would receive due consideration in fu ture assignments. Temperamental Condition Cited. Mr. Evans said yesterday that he had been mistaken in believing Judge Gatens had only sent one man to the to be honest when you find public officials, for the purpose of making a. favorable im pression upon the public against an unpop ular man, resort to deliberate falsehood and who have as public officials attempted to protect criminals and those who violate the chastity of the home? I am reliably In formed that only yesterday the Korean tried to Invade the Jobelman home. Except to assert that Judge Gatens goes outside the court record to discuss the Jobelman case. Mr. Evans and Deputy District Attorney Collier said that the Jurist's statement called for no comment. ALASKA MAY BE OBJECTIVE Missing Roseburg Rancher Thought to Be on Way to North. ROSEBURG, Or.. March 22 (Spe cial.) That Robert Burns, the wealthy rancher who disappeared from here Monday under mysterious circum stances, walked from Roseburg to Sutherlin, where he boarded a' train for Portland, was the theory advanced by Sheriff Qulne today, following his in vestigations. Mr. Burns passed through Wilbur at noon Monday, where he stopped tem-porarily-and asked J. C. Kaegi. a black smith, whether he had time to reach Sutherlin before the departure of the afternoon train. The Sheriff also learned that Mr. Burns has mining claims in Alaska, and the officers be lieve he is headed for that country. Mr. Burns' young wife is almost prostrated with grief because of her husband's sudden departure. elude some of the best material avail able, and would be able to render efficient service." Alaskan Aid Is Pledged. The support of Alaskans In the event of war was assured 1a.m. night by Lewis T. Erwln, of Fairbanks, United States Marshal of the fourth Alaska division, who recently arrived from the north on his way to Washington, D. C. "There Is a rifle club In Fairbanks that pledges its services," said Mr. Erwin, "and other kinds of service will also be rendered. Thomas E. Rlggs, railroad commissioner, has promised to organize an engineer's division from among the men working under him in penitentiary since he has been on the Alaska if necessary. These forces in- bench. That was all the District At torney could recall when he made the assertion, offhand, but later investiga tion showed there had been others. The protest to the presiding Judge does not mention the Jobelman case. It is predicated upon the assertions that Judge Gatens is temperamentally hostile to criminal prosecution; that his demeanor during a trial is preju dicial to a Jury; that he gives paroles indiscriminately; that he causes a loss of money to the public because of the Improbability of eventual punishment after a trial before him, and that he encourages lawlessness by the uncer tainty of conviction. Defense Is Presented. A defense of his position was written by Judge Gatens yesterday and given to the press. It reads: I am not protecting home wreckers. This Korean Is a "ladles man" and boasts of his conquests of American women. Jobelman 1 no angel, but I have selected the lesser of two evils. Jobelman la the father of four children, the youngest ltt years, who need his help, while the Korean la admittedly a criminal. The District Attorneys office will not prosecute him. Mr. Evans stated something which he knew was false when he said, that I only sent one person to the penitentiary since I have been on the bench. During July, Au gust, September and October, 1015 (I have not tried a criminal case since except the Jobelman case), I sent so many men to the penitentiary that I cannot remember them all. Only today I received & letter from a man I sent to the penitentiary asking that I recommend his parole. I cannot see Justice through the eyes of Mr. Evans or Mr. Collier, who are blind to Justice In their endeavor to Imitate such men as Whitman and Jerome as prosecu tors. on Skim- NAif! NEW HAT M SUT IM EWER ThiNQ v . . Boys Like Nice Things to wear, same as their dads, and that's why they like this their tore. These new, nobby styles in boys' suits and hats, with . moderate prices, make and hold customers. 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