Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1928, Page 20

WILLIAM HOPKING, 88, DIES IN PARIS Founder of Le Matin Was Dean of American Colony. Made Fortune in Bronze. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, February 29.—William Alonzo Hopkins, formerly of Brattleboro, Vt., one of the founders of the Paris news- paper, Le Matin, is dead, at the age of 88. He was reputed to be the dean of the American colony here. Mr. Hopkins was the intimate friend of Gen. Grant, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Gov. Leland Stanford, founders of the the university which bears his name, &nd others leaders on both sides of the Atlantie. He made a fortune in bronze in New Jersey. inventing & new tyvpe which was largely used in the White House. He rctired and came to Europe in 1878 in 111 health. Founded Paper in 1884, Despite his health, he became all the more active. With Whitelaw Reeid of the New York Tribune, he founded the Morning News of Paris in 1884 with a French translation, Le Matin. When James Gordon Bennett bought 1 News, me! it with the Paris 3 n of t York Hehald, Mr. Hopkins retained Le Matin. He opened the French paper’'s columns to all leaders and made it an imposing force in France. The paper was largely re- sponsible for the failure of Gen. Bou- langer’s royalist movement and fore- most in showing the impracticability of De Lessep’s Panama Canal project. He afterward sold the paper to its present owners. During the war Mr. Hopkins founded Le Providence Hospital near his coun- try home at Dinard. He established a model vegetable garden, from which he gave the people 24.00 plants to supple- ment their food suplies. Leaves Four Children. He leaves three daughters, Sister Mary | Emanuel, who founded a Benedictine convent at Amiles; May Dewitt Hop- kins, and Sister Mary Dolores of the Franciscan Order, in India, and a son, Maurice Hopkins of Seattle. Wash. The founder of his family fought under Oliver Cromwell. Another an- cestor, Stephen Hopkins, signed the | Declaration of Independence. A branch of his family founded Johns Hopkins University. Funeral services will be held tomor- mg. with interment at Dinard on Sat- urday. BOY “PSYCHIC” UNDER | LONDON SCIENCE TEST| Family Claims Chairs Walk When | Lad of 8 Isin Room—Sir Oliver Lodge Watches. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 29.—Eight-year- old Douglas Drew, who in psychic circles bears the reputation of being possessed of a poltergeist, or unruly spirit, must have felt like a goldfish in a glass bowl today. Douglas began sittings at the Na- tional Laboratory of Psychical Research in a great glass inclosure, with Director Harry Price and others peering at him from all sides for an hour. Relatives and friends of the family claim that in a room where this fair- haired. blue-eyed boy is around, chairs frequently slide about the floor, teapots fit from one side of the roor: to the other and equally inexplicable things occur. Sir Oliver Lodge is among those who are taking a keen interest in the tests, which will continue for one week. JEWELS—WATCHES—DIAMONDS—SILVERWARE FEATURED WHEN R. HARRIS & CO. MOVES TO F St. at Eleventh # supplied th jewelry. ily new ments of ‘] can now he | Until We Move Jewelers and Diamond Merchants for Over Half a Century | value in jewelry, too. ©erations R, even more than ey Abe Martin Says: Mother kin flare up, or burn a roast, three other jobs waitin' fer her. dyed a beautiful Fascisti black. (Covyricht, 1 NANCY ANN MILLER ILL. CALCUTTA, India, February 29 (#).— In fear of appendicitis, Miss Nancy Ann ical advice here, Abdul Rashid, private secretary of Tukoji Rao, former Maha- rajah of Indore, said today. Grand Hotel here. where the former ruler and his intended bride are staying. '<BEECD ISEENCTT T NGNS T TNgIS" NG MODERNS! ey want—the Dest. They Harris & e students of schools demands. hese Moderns.” laced at R.Harris &, Go. Tth and D) Sts. or tell th' family where t' head in, but |’ | thank goodness she haint got two or | Tell Binkley has had his mustache | § Miller of Seattle, Wash., will seek med- | ¥ He made the announcement at the || FOR THE TEA HOUR They know real For several gen- Company and in and about Washington with elass and fraternity We have kept in close touch with their con- Soon, when we move to our new store, greatly increased facilities will enable us 1 1o satisfactorily meet the require- A very complete stock of pins and rings, medals, trophics and favors will be available here soon. Orders for individual designs THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T. FORMER SINGER DIES. Charles Modini Wood, 73, Once Ap- peared With Mme. Melba. LOS ANGELES, February 20 (#).— Charles Modini Wood, 73, who under the name of Charles Modini at one time sang with Mme. Melba, died here late last night. Inflammatory rheumatism, complicat- ed in its latter stages by pneumonia, caused death. 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