New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-26
BOROUGH GOSSIP
News of the ChurChes-Want
Wilkin as Chi|dren'S Judge.

y A
,ba world and was able 10 he present All"
,ecausc the day was tho siXteth anniNef-
sarv of the founding of the church. 'h
che Same date a quarter Of q century ago
Or LYMAN was installed. after haNulN
served the church as acting pastor Tor '''"
teen years
My RAYMOND is in his fortieth year. tie
,s a graduate 81 Oberlin College. class OF
% and of Oberlin Seminary. class OF "
lie also took a YEAR at Andover Jheolosl-
cal Seminary prior 10 his graduation from
oherln Seminary For three years after
ward hc taught at Beres College Ken
,uckv. He next spent three years as pas
Tor of the First Congregational Church
bellevue Ohio. and then five years as pas
Tor OF the First Congregational Church
Finishing, " y. He Is married and has
TWO children. HIS home is at No. S1S Gin
,on street He was selected as pastor OF
the South Church several months after Or.
LYMAN announced his intention Of resign
ting. and entered on his duties on Novcm-
nor n 1910 Tho South Church is ono OF
the largest and best known Of the de-
nomination in the borough. II has mem
bersh,p of 1,295 and a sunday school Of "o
pupils.
The Catholics of Brooklyn have started
movement 20 organize their young men
along the lines of the Young Mems Chris
tan Associate through the Brooklyn
branch OF the American Federation ot
Catholic Societies. At a meeting held at
ST Patrick's Hall last week 30 delegates
from the various societies were present. In
introducing the subject John c. JTdge,
president of the Holy Name Union, said:
Il am authorized by the executive COM
rlittee TO present TO YOU to-day motion
looking toward definite action on the crea-
ton Of the Young Mems Catholic Associa-
t,on along the lines Of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The executive COM
nittee has directed that the matter be
taken up by the federation as a body. New
York Is said TO be the largest Catholic
diocese in the world. One-seventh of the
iz,sl&751 Catholics in the United States are
under the jurisdiction Of Archbishop r'ar-
lev The exact number is 2,l5S11. | men,
ton this to show ho strong and effective
the Catholics of New York could be, and
call your attention to recent movement
IN Philadelphia, where il took but twelve
DAYS 10 raise 81 .OH0o1 for the Young Mems
Catholic. Association fund
LAS civic and religious demonstration,
no other city. it is said. has ever matched
such d deed. Men of all religious creeds
seem to have taken a hand in the work"
on his motion a committee Of fifty was
appointed to direct the movement for the
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The eight women who make up the com
mittee on probation officers Of the women
clubs have determined that the time has
come for Brooklyn to have a permanent
children's court justice. At present. jus
tees If the Court Of Special Sessions are
assigned % the court but Justice Wilkn
las most frequently had the assignment
and Brooklynites have come 10 look upon
him as the "children's Judge As justice
of this coo.rt ne has achieved great suc-
CO.'S. At conference OF the committee
The other day Mrs. Frank II. Cothrcn.
president OF the Civitas club said:
1t IS not n question Of securing the ap-
poin,ment If any one particular Judge
Back of the situation is the ideal that III
women should work for one children's
Judge for each borough, and tie Brooklyn
women. in deciding upon Justice Wilkin as
the right man for tho right place, should
look upon him as a means toward an enc,
and that end judge for all time in the
children'S court
The resolution adopted IN conformity
With the views voiced by Mrs. Cothren con
tanned this statement:
Brooklyn has available a man whose lite
lisa been devoted to work among dein.
quent children whose appointment 10 the
benefit Of his wisdom and experience. and
whose career on the bench has resulted in
an cnvable countrywide reputation as a
chiIdrens Judge"
Police Commissioner CropSov smiled his
first smile at The police trials the other
day. Emil Grubor, . baker, of No 49,
Coffee street, appeared before Him 10 COM
plain of Sergeant Joseph Furlong AMI
Pstrol1nan Otto II. Ripp. of the Butler street
station. for shooting his horse Mr. CRU
bers horse fell down in Smith street on
February 10 and refused 10 get up \
crowd gathered and decided that the horse
had broken leg. The sergeant thought
90. too. He called up the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty 10 Animals Ofiice.
hut nobody was there to pass cxpertiy on
10 shoot the animal The officer placed
the barrel Of his Lvolvcr against the ami
malls temple and fred. Thereupon the
horse got W and looked about with
,iazed and reproschful air upon the ihrong
HIS leg seemed all right His owner took
him 10 veterinarian TO remove the bullet
The horse doctor declared that the animal
was in good condition
What want to know" said the baker.
rs Why that horse didn't get up
oh. NJ was tired" returned the spe-
cialisi
How is tho horse now the Commits
sioner asked. after he had heard he story.
An right" replied Gruber, but the
horse doctor told me 70 sell him and SEQ
how much I could get for him"
The only lucky thing about the case is
that Ripp was . mighty poor shot" said
the Commissioner and he smiled for the
first time since his appointment
There vas q quiet game going on early
the other morning in the home Of the Lion
Cub No. s. Fleet street. in the heart Of
the negro belt Of Brooklyn. when q bomb
exploded IN the hallway Every pane OF
,.lass go tho front Of the building WAS
broken. About nfty "colOred gemmen
diveI fol the exits. Hundreds Of negroes
men and women. hocked 10 the place. \
patrol wagon. with reserves from the
---I-ms street station. arrived, closely fol-
lowed by IN ambulance from the Brooklyn
Hos.itaL
Lifting iu corner. q big negro was
found His friends returning 10 the club
mouse. gaspcd in amazement when they
saw him.