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ESTABLISHED 1870 , '
10111
FRE‘
THOMAS—ROPPS
15 011 STOVE
111113 VICTIM
T111411 to Norwalk Hospital
and Is Expected
to Recover.
]1\itll1)N FIREMEN
AVE THE HOUSE
“‘11. Preparing His Break-
1'11et When the Accident
Happened.
1 111 111111 year old Thomas Hopps,
\ 1111.1 city. whose mother. Mrs.
111 1111.1, owns a house on 'West
111.1111. Ilowayton, is in the Nor-
11114111111 today. suffering from
11 1:11111111 when an oil stove ex-
1 this 111or11i11g in the Hopps
1-11 Iinwilylnll, where the young
1.1. spontlillg a few days.
'1111111h young Hopps' body is
My one mass of burns, some
11 111 rather (loop, it is said that
11 1.111011 chance for recover .
11111511111119 and is_sul'fering fro
1111 111 the. burns and also from
111 iinpps homo taught fire from
111111111111: nil Whlfh was scattered
11121111111 the 11111111111 of the home.
1 11111 1111111115 welc extinguished be-
1111111111 damage was done to the
111.1 r-, 111., Darien Fire depart out
11 1111111111 in the blaze and soon
11 i1 11 (ontrol before much damage
1 1 : 111 done.
Was Getting Breakfast. -
.1 as could be learned "this
11.. Voung liopps. who as has
:111od was staying at his moth-
111111», here for a few days, “'33
1 1.1L: his breakfast over an oil
in some manner the flame
11:111k and the stOVe exploded
1.111 1.. young Hopps from head to
1:11 burning oil. '
‘11 his «lothcs practically burned
1. I)O(Iy. the young man man-
1» mtinguish the flames, retain-
11111 1- of mlnd’ enough to real-
1 unless he did he was doomed.
1111.13 heard his cries and no-
11111 Home and smoke and called
"1111 Fire department.
Rushed to Hospital.
; ”(mm was rushed by neigh-
1. 1111: Norwalk Hospital when
11111.ness of his condition was
' At the, hospital Dr. L. M.
1 ho was in attendance, treated
1 i tulrossed the belief that the
111111I1i not prove fatal. saying
lmlimed that his patient had
1 11.1nce for recovery.
1111mm fought the blaze for
111 time before it could be
11.41011, as the oil was scattered
.1111 haul started fires in a score
Embers was drenched
1- 1-11-11 and the ruins of the kitch-
1111»: gone over before the fire-
1\"
a; Ilopps aided the firemen in
.1. the flames until he collapsed
-. ordered taken to the hospital.
Saved the House.
111r his presence of mind in ex-
‘ ' 111111: his burning clothes as best
‘1 :1nd in summoning the neigh.
11 house might have been bum-
1 111- with it, as the West Side
nt‘igthrhOOd is practically
11! at this time of the year,
. the houses which are sum-
whit-noes being closed for the
111111119. mother of the boy, has
11111111111 01' the accident,. word
1111 to her at her winter resi-
11 New York city.
4—“
11.1111 damage to the house is
'11! in be roughly in the neigh-
f 1.: $5110 or possibly a bit more.
11111111 i(‘ l' NION COUNCIL
may INCREASE pm
\\ 1111.11n .l. Tracey. chairman of
1 111m: committee of the Knit?!“
11111115 Building Association. will
H111 members at the regular”
.1 this evening. outlining the
11s and the necessities of the
1111111taking. Members of Catholic
: "nuncil have been notified 0‘
'1111't41llce of the meeting and of
1: 11 111piated necessity of increas-
This will doubtless be avert-
111 the
1 111111111. are added to the roll. All
‘11111 is planned 1' this own-
1 —' 1 11 the personnel of the commit-
‘ 11.1»111111cd to arrange for a third
“in he announced. This oven-
.- <_
l11111ting will be the. M 07, Si‘
- 111' activities preceding the open-
building is opened and'
Marshal Ferdinand Foch? allied gen-
eralissimo credited with winning the
war. will lead the French if they move
into the Ruhr Valley.
GUILTY PAIR
MEET DEATH
BY EANENG
Man Tried to Shield Woman
I Prim
Mo Died
Innocence.
By Associated Press
LONDON. Jan. 9.—Mrs. Edith
Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
were executed today for the murder
of the woman’s husband. Percy
Thompson. on October 4 last.
Bywaters was executed in Penton-
ville prison at 9 o'.clock Mrs.
Thompson was hanged a. few minutes
later in Holloway Jail.
Bywatcrs, who made an eleventh
hour attempt to save Mrs. Thompson
by a "confession." met his death
calmly, so far as reports indicated.
Mrs. Thompson had to be carried
to the scaffold. She collapsed last
evening and was in the care of‘bhy-
siciana throughout the night.
The executions took place .without
demonstrations on the part of the
crowds that had gathered outside
both jails. Women marched in a
dlrizzling rain before- the .1 wa. is of
Holloway jail, carrying placarda in-
scribed “If these are hanged. the
judge and jury are also guilty of
murder; " and “Murder can not-abol-
ish murder."
After last minute efforts to reprieve
the prisoners had tailed. Mrs. Thomp-
son in her last interview with her
parents. brother and sister. said: "I
am prepared. l have nothing on my
soul. ” She added that the bishop of
Stepney. who visited her earlier in
the night. had asked her whether she
had anything to confess. and that she
had replied:
"'Nothlng. I am innocent."
The executions of Bywaters and
Mrs. Thompson brought to an end one
of England's most sensational murder
cases since the Crippen affair. and,
incidentally, provide the first in-
stance of capital punishment.“ s wo-
man in England fos- fifteen years.
Percy Thompson, a shipping clerk.
was stabbed to death in a.dark street
near his home in Ilfordg‘a London
suburb. early in the morning of Oct-
ober 4, last. while rcturping from
a theatre with his wife. When found,
the body was prop 11 up Wm a
wall and'hls beautif young-wife was
kneeling nearby in a hysterical con-
dition. 1
Upon the strength of her story.”
the police. Bywaters, 20 year old
steamship steward, was arrested two
days later and accused Jointly with
Mrs. Thommn of murder. An im~
mediate sensation was cause?! when
the police submitted at the mat hears
ing an alleged confession in which
Bywaters appeared as declaring tint
his love for Mrs. Thompson had
prompted the act.
Notice To
The Coated:
8 North Kain"
‘ " Mound for a hall in m
’ 1s lll‘t'ilng the propoud did“ ‘
1' ”haul and member-ase Mo
1 " WW4 to attend. Al
’ s nod,
toSpat-
‘ R. Msikin and W.
occupy the Ruhr region._
campaign now.
Five banks in \iorwalk held annual
most! of stockholders this morning
for the purpose of electing directors
for the ensuing year. Following the
most cases re-organlzed and clocfed
engender the new you. 1 »
At the National Bank of Norwalli
the following directors were elected:
D. W. Fitch. W. F. Bishop. J. P.
Treadwe‘ll. A. C. Wheeler. W. C.
Baum H. P. Price. G. L. Woodward. A.
L. Olsen. The
board of- directOrs of this bank will
organize at a meeting to be held at 3
o'clock this afternoon
_Two changes in the lineup bf the
‘
directors and officials of the Central
Trust company Were made at the an-
nual meeting of stockholders and of
the directors. Charles E. Force. be-
cause of press of business in New
York citY. retires as vice-president of
the bank. but remains as director.
being succeeded as vice president by
stockholders' meeting. the directors. in 1
. Points in his uniform again will move forward into Germany territory if
France. after her split with Britain. carres out her expressed intention to
There are 250. 000 French soldiers available for the
Five Local Bank Stockholders
Hold Annual Meetings Today
Emil Hamming. fly Raymond was
added to therboardm directors.
The directors (0113': J. T. Prowitt.
Emil- Harassing. c.1111; any.
Force. The owners 11am;
President—4211’ will. .
Vice President—~E Hemming.
Treasurer—~10 M. y.
Secretaryb—R. B. cornstock.
At the annual meeting of the Fair-
fleld County Bank and Trust company,
the following directors were elected:
E. O. Keeler, C. F.‘ Tristram. F. A.
Lockwood. S. J. Miller, F. A. Ells, Leo
Davis, Samuel Lynes. LeGrnnd Ray-
mond. and \V. H. Southworth.
A meeting of the board of directors
was held shortly afternoontime and
the following officers elected:
President—E. O. Keeler.
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Nor-1.11 151111011
PASSES. AWAY
11 5111111111111
Wrote First Article for His
Paper, “Advocate,”
in 1862.
By Associated Press .
STAMFORD.» Jan. ‘ 9.—-—Edward T.
Gillespie. 'aged ‘elghty-pne. dean of
nowapspermen in 1Connectlcut 'and
president» of-tGlllespie Brothers. Inc.,
publishers of the Stamford Advocate.
died today. after a two days' illness
with pneumonia. -
Mr. Gillespie wrote his first story
for 'the Advocate and it was pub-
lishod‘Oet. 8, 1862, entitled “A Visit
to the Seat of War," and his last edito-
rial was in yesterday" a edition.
Mr. Gillespie was born In the north
of Ireland. He and his brother, Wil-
liam. accompanied by an uncle. went
to Canada and settled in Ontario in
1866, where he was a clerk in a met.
cantile concern. Early in 1380 Wil-
ployed in the plant of the Advocate. as
foreman. the paper then being a
weekly. Edward joined him here.
From 1866 to 1867, the latter was as-
sistant postmaster of__. Stamford. In
1’88! he‘ became part owner-twin: his
brother William. of the Advocate. and
the same year he and another brother.
Richard H. now dead. bought out
Wink-It's interest. Edward. began
writing editorials for the Advocate.
which he continued to do until his last
tuna.
Mr. Gillespie was it member of sev-
eral fraternal societies and vice-
president ot the Stamford Historical
m. He Win 1873. Emma
Mendel] of Toronto. He leaves two
Managerdwfllbetoundm Room3, at
orer’li'eod’ '
Cont
Store. The
dam came to Stamford and was em-g beginnlnx t crumble
COUNTY COURT,
BONDING JOB
PROYES COSTLY
Sand- Blasting Operation
Results in Bills for. Re-
pairs Totalling $16, 500.
Sand-blasting the brick on the old
part of the County building. so that it
would be spruced up to conform in
looks to the audition recently built.
cost the county 816. 500. according to
the report of the county commission-
ers.
The sand-blasting job originally
cost only a. small sum. Last summer
the commissioners awarded a. con-
tract to George T. McCarthy, to re-
point the bricks in the old part of
the building. This job was to cost
82.500. ‘
When the repointing got under
Way. acording to the commissioners
it was rounds that the sand-blasting
had filled the brick with blow-holes-
and in many areas the. mortar was
Report of this
condition was made by the contractor
to the commissioners.
It was decided to coaMha brick
with preservative and two new con-
for this job. The work, originally
expected to require but a few weeks.
months. In many places brick wall
rplaced and, in addition, ropairs was
made to the chimneys.
Repairs to the Danbury county
building at mama-y and installation
of new boilers in the count house
here brought the annual repair bill to
831.000, the commissioners” report
shows.
NORWALK YOUTH TO BE
R.B.'_
kw Mancunian.
ohm”:
tracts aggregating $14,000 were. made '
has just beenjcognnleted after several
General Sir Charles Harrington is
British commander-ln-chiet at Con-
stantinople. He would head any of-
FIRST LIST OF .
CANDIDATES IN
«do; 1
Auto Prize Campaign.
‘The list of the names of Evening
Sentinel prize campaign o‘rkers ap-
pears for the first time; 't 113?, togeth-
er with votes received at the cam-
paign office up to the closing hour last
night. Since this list was prepared.
seycral other nominations have been
recehed. their names to be added to
the next list. which will be published
Thursday. ‘ ,
The public is asked to recall the
opening announcement of thiS‘ big
campaign, the medium through which
more than $3,000 in free prizes are to
be given away. It was stated that this
is to be solely a public» enterprise:
that anyone could nominate them—
selves or any friends they chose to
name. Therefore. it is possible that
some of the names published today
were sent in by, friends and not by
the candidates themselves. It is not
the intention of'the Evening Sentinel
or the Campaign Department to in-.
dude anyone to continue in the cam—
paign against their wishes. so. if there
is any one named today who wishes
to withdraw. he has only to notify the
Manager at his officer, Room 3, Tem-
ko building. 8 North Main strqt and
the name will be dropped from the
list. 3
The long list of names published to-
day is but one indicatid’n of the tre-
mendous amount of interest aroused
during. the few duos that have passed
since the. opening gull of the cam-
paign was tired. Nor has this inter—
est reached the high mark yet. if the
number of noniinations still coming to
the office can be used as- a proper
guage 'to test public opinion and an.
proval, which it rightfully may.
Dgppite the large number that has
alreaay entered.1there is still room for
others. No restriction in numbers;
read the initial announcement. and so
it'is. The‘ more there are taking an
active part. the more em it is going
\
\
(Continued on Page Two)
BOSCH. MAGNETO
' BUYER DENIES I
PERJIIBING SELF
Martin E. Kern: purchaser of the
Bosch Magneto Company assets at a
sale by the Alien Property Custodian.
yesterday filed a demurrer to the in-
dictanent charging that he swore. to
also statements regarding his nation.
silty in an spplicafion for an American
passport. He was arraigned before
Judge Learned Hand in United States
Patriot Court. Nevr Yon-hi for final
pleading.- m
”The demurrer. argument 'on which
guidance that
tile indictment W In rails to.
assistant
‘its guise " 1 ,
GATHERING TROO
ations
By Associated Press
says an Essen telegram today,
“Force remains forceful whatever
France to extad her military occu-
pation into the Ruhrregion of_.Ger-
many. The chancellor added. that
Germany would regard. the application
of arbitrary force as a breach of the
Versailleg peace treaty and as “the
use of ight against a defenseless
people." .
“Fran" Herr Cuno. added,- "ap-
pears determined to force her claimf
by theapplication of coercive mea-
sures. We are, and still its. willing
and ready to go to the limit of our
economic and financial capacity in
rendering reparations, so also are we
determined not to yield to coercion
in.any form.
“We have given tangible proof of
our readiness voluntarily to fulfill to
the extent of our ability the demands
upon us. It need be. the German peo-
ple will show equal firmnus in fur-
ther following the path of its afflic-
tion.
“There can be no negotiations in an
atmosphere of pressure and threats.
We can not; oppose violence with vio-
lence."
for of an anti-war pact. based on s
plebiscite, still held good. He added
that the German government was
willing to double; even to treble the
number of years informally designat-
ed in the original proposal. 1
, L1»; . :
uno. chancelig'.
nectiou with the reported intention of ‘
The chancellor said Germany's of- .
PRICETHREE CENTS.
5'5.
PS FOR
OCCUPATION OF TERRITORY
IN TIE VIGNITY OF ESSEN
Germany Voted 1n W'iIful Default by Repar-
Board
British Delegate Argues That the Default Should Not Be
Declared—American Observer Makes Statement.
BERLIN, Jan. 9.—Thirty-eight trains carrying French troops
left Mayence yesterday with Essen as the destination of the forces,
The arrival of heavy artillery and
sappers is reported from the neighborhéod of Neuss (three and one.
half miles southwest of Duesseldorf).
Advance troops of the French army, largely with technical equip-
ment, have already reached the neighlhring town of Kettwig (seven
miles southwest of Essen) and the section between Duesseldorf and
Essen is half-covered by French military forces.
‘ Chauffeurs tlaveling between the two places are said to have
1...... stopped and directed to make a detour.
In order to avoid friction, railway authorities at Essen kept the
L freight houses cleared after W in preparation for the expected
arrival of the French.
"31
LA'rm'r? BULLE’TQIS
“say- Wm
German Protest.
“LONDON. Jan. 9.—Reuter’s Berlin-
correspondent says that the German
government is believed to be propel;-
ing a formal protest to the s tory .
powers of the Versailles treat in re.
gard to the proposed occupation o:
‘the Ruhr. ,
Stop at Essen.
LONDON. Jan. 9.—The present
French movement into the Ruhr, in-
volving Duesseldogf, will terminate at
Essen. according to information re-
ceived in British official circles from.
their own observers in the Rhineland.
U. 8. Still Hopes.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—The fact
that there has been. no conclusive
word as to the attitude of the French
government on the officially conveyed
American suggestion for a. reparations
inquiry by a commission of financiers
kept'alive today 'the hope of American
official that the plan may yet be
adopted. - ' .
- Belgium Stands by.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 9.—-Premier Then.
his formally announced to the Cham-
ber of- Deputies today the govern.
ment's determination to “stand beside
France" in the occupation of the Ruhr
.district. He regretted that the allies
were moving without England, but
said that “neither anger nor venge-
o
(Continuedon Page Two) 1 .
Coroner Phelan
Witness ill
1 once” actuated Belgium.
Called As
Branagan Case
Edward Cunningham, Floyd Collin and John Hall Also 11 .
1 Testify in Case Against Shoebox: and DeMartino.
Prosecuting Attorney Creme: C.
Hegeman. representing the state. at--
tempted to spring a. surprbo this
morning in the manslaughter trials ot
Edward Sheehan and Della:-
tino by" calling coronation); J. Phelan
as a. witness for the state to'tcstity a:
to statements made to him by Deflat-
and and Sheehan. during his inquest
into the death or James A. Brennan.
army sergeant. who died on Masher
as. following a midnkht brawl in
front of tho Gel-mania Hots). Railroad
avenue. Sheenan and Belles-unis are
charged by the state with having as—
saultedBranagsnaonstocsnsehb
(lath. The trial opened W” at.
tor-noon bolero Judge George H. 1llos-
burgh._ .
Attorney Paul R. Connery. repre-
senting Sheena». and Attorney John .1.
Ounce. representing Demo raised
'stnonuoun ob
tion a: coroner Phelan's tantrum
to the introduc-'
introduced. if taken. from the tram:
script of the inquest. a continuum.
wssmadeinthscssesuntilWednes-
day morning, January 17. when the
transcript will be introduced.
Joke .Y.osbnrgh.( in his ruling. held
up the- contention of the attorneys for
the defense that it was wrong to in-
directlyattempttoueoestimonyoftbo
two defendans against theme-hes.
but stated that those statements made
by Sheehan concerning his own
actions: and those statements of Do-
«Marttno concerning big, own action
as made to Coroner Phelan at the in-
quest. could be introduced. as they
weoecoutahedinthe transcrifi 01th.
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