New-York tribune., 1910-08-28
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Brooklyn League to Inspect the
Pennsylvania Tunnels.

arec dance halls have beer seeking; licenses
in the Borough E5au. Tie new law as rery
<;-ict. requiring inspection OF such places
regularly by representatives Of the Police.
F.-s and Building derarInents.
on "Wednesday The members Of tae
8roollyn League VIII inspect fhe East
T.ver tunnels OF the Pennsylvania Raii-
,oad special :rain viii leave tie Fiat
trsn station Of the Long Island Railroad
81 = a. m. running down the Island -
1slnaica. thence under the river TO the
Pennsylvania terminal N Manhattan and
,,rEe- the North River TO Jersey City, re
t;.-n.rc 20 tie ElatauSh station a / l.. 1T.
1Iarenicll,.ss Mclaughlin, VINO received
rer title frosn the present Pope, has Just
celebrated ner eigltieth birthday. She is
: hale aI:d heart" as ever. and still 5usies
acrseit liz her numerous charities The
r7.a-cnianoss = :hc widow Of hugh Nc
I.2uehi.n. Nho WAS the Democratic boss
@. Kings County for nearly half a century.
Tie iate Senator McCarrer wrested the
,oaGersl.iD f-om him.
C,T5tiua tas beea secured on site. 200x125
.e,t. 81 Ralph and Gates avenues for a
rew theatre, which is TO cost nearly $500, 600.
I-1l&5 NdI4A14lSAo ssiG tAtSCAt0 ~ III iAis7AA
TIE uo-.cs Max Hereth said that it was
to9 early 10 discuss plans. but George Il.
Glielel, Z Manhattan architect, probably
VII be TIE designer. The seating capacity
Of tne house will be twenty-feur hundred.
The building viii be OF Russian architecture
ana l.ay e named the AdeIphi.
apart from the great steel sea fighters,
there is nothing very impressive about the
navy ys-d To make Il more attractive.
trees have been planted and flower beds
laid cut about the marine barracks. To
these grounds the monument erected twen-
ty-ive years age 10 the American taIs who
died n the Iail Il The barrier boats III the
Canton River. China, in 1874, with cannon
baIs and gins taken from the Macedonian
and the Constitution after the War OF 1872,
has been removed from the plot at the
carzrnandant's Office.
Frederick ). II. hracle. Naval Officer,
SEEMS 20 be IN the good graces of President
Taft. Theodore Roosevelt and Governor
Hughes. He recently had several long
talks with Mr.. Roosevelt in Oyster Bay
the President is known TO be friendly tow
ard him. ard a few days ago Governor
hughes sent him a large framed and auto
sraphed photograph OF himself. Mr.. Kracke
was the only member Of the Republican
State Committee from Kings County to
support A1r Roosevelt tor temporary chair
man OF the state convention. and the Naval
Officer during the special session of the
legislature went to Albany TO help the
Governor il the rurJherance of the
Hughes measures \ few evenings ago
TIE members of Mr.. hracke's Assembly
district organization, in Flatbush, praised
him for his stand and gave him unQuafi-
LED endorsement for continuance OF his
leadership.
SIX Of the twenty-five mayors which
Brooklyn had in its sixty-three years of
corporate existence as a city are living
They are Daniel D. Whitney. Seth Low,
.lfred c Chaplin. David A Boody, Charles
a Schieren and Frederick w. Wurster-
The youngest of these is the Oldest para
GCx eXplainable by reason of the physical
aier7neSs and mental keenness Of Mr.
Whitney. who is ninety-one years old.
Until last Sunday. when he was stricken
slightly by paralysis, he never had q day S
Illness. He was born in Oyster Bay in 1919.
In 1H9 he started in the grocery business
a. No. . Fulton street, and still is doing
business after seventy years, at the old
stand. He was elected Mayor of Brooklyn
in ls85 when he vas sixty-six years old
He Is a bright rosy little man. with a
small chin wllisker- such as many New
England feTrlers cherish.
5ir. Whitney's voice IS as resonant as il
was in The days when he was campaigning
tG- Mayor At a recent dinner OF the So
csty Of Cld Brooklynites. where Alr
Body, n no Is eighty. presided, Mr. Whit
ley, u answering toast. referred TO tht
Chairman as that youngster Boody." ant
then proceeded with his speech, which. II
TN WAS as follows:
1t was long age 4 friend told me h'
had 5ust heard the best. the most eIoqaen
after dinner speech probably ever dehV
ere5. Wonderful said !. Usually the,
ete -o1g drawn out ana bore some
Ne5,' said ~ ri;2nd. a man named
Sclilh. lo response 70 = can, said De
cine 80
Tte diners we're delighted with Mr. Whit
n.y. but some q those down for speeche
Cd scn-e hard thinking.
so-rie = Ely. laIe '9s Is for The thirt
iia4e aftcr. i-e political scalp Of Colonel
hIci.aoi J. I5adv. one Of the most pjctu
fesqCe politicians in Kings County Mr.
-.y wc,.sd Ike 10 FL Mr. Dady's shoes a
ac.s q? TIE 1st Assembly District
Gw-ce iae has failed at the primaries, nu
he sec.-E 70 have the -o.d faith ia 4 thiF'
}1aL The impeTturbable colonel say
TIA. ic hopcs Ar. Ely VIII keep on trying
I oai with TIC result which rewarded III
--sI t-,o efforts
II. Ely does not like the "lo.onei,
Soss Barnes, z. l. Woodruff 0
sTeaEcr FsasiswoE1h. Of these the othe
] evening te said, in a speech TO 'i1e Unio
EcflcIican Club, at No. 76 Coart street
i Barnes. Radswor;h, WOcdr0I and Dad
'-:' The os~ty Eor their OWE selfish as
9Ta2GizcG. .c7i:-rot Evr you, members OF tn
7arE The people arc with Tat sn
-5oceE,,t s,ery Tine, and With no ioca
! easses' N.1o sricl. then Preslden
-af- himself has come Gut 30 denounc
llea. and Il Is d safe guess that they nov
visa they r,ever had been born politically
j -hey are held Up 20 the scoTn of the enfir
eo1;st.y Tor trying 10 deceive the PresideL
&c tie Members OF their oWn party. y
"4e e:iE.cs then their distinction fo-oa-
n A--cjs VIII Le extinction tomorrow.
M Ely Ia&y know, all the same ina
n 1'e-e Is 10 love lost between Michael :
u -ady 1u4 T.motEy lester Woodruff
Il cnc q :. series OF sermons on =
q N4--ci. and the WcrG:nsn,ar' tne Re" ID
il = !. Lacey, OF the Church OF TIE R'
oee-1er. ssid recently: The supreme quc'
Il nSa Is % establish a point OF contact oe
1eea the crzylcyer aid his rnen- Al
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