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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HER&LD SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1928 motion for a new trial is made and |it appeared therefore that Remus SLAYERS GO“FESS {probably would spend at least aev- —— eral days more in the hospital. | Remus killed his wife, Imogene ‘edia, Pa., Officers Say Two Alleged | lust Oct. 6, at Cincinnati as she Was| poigun Men Admit on her way to court to press an ac- | |tion for divorce. He surrendered Young Man to Death. and at his trial pleaded “temporary maniacal insanity.” After a month | lof testimony and argument in which | | Remus acted as his own chief coun. Gibson are in custody and have ma Isel, the jury returned a verdict oy |# complete confession, Delavare | {acquittal after 20 minutes delibera- [county authorities said today. {tion. The finding declared him fin-| They arc Jesse,G. Parker, 21, of sanc. Media, and William Phillips, 34, of In the Chester. Their alleged confession a few days later before Judge that they had shot Gibson to death William Lueders in probate court |last Friday night when he. resisiei | Remus was*again adjudged insane |their attempts to rob him, clearcd and ordered committed to the hos |up a mystery which had baffled the | pital. A new hearing was denied | police for a week. | and shortly after he fnstituted the| The coufession also absolved Dora Killen, 17-year-old fiancee of Gib8on, | action for the habeas corpus writ. and her father, William H. Killen, of | REMUS STILL HAS BIG FIGHT AHEAY Prosecntor Seeks to Prevent His Being Fiéed They Shot Media, Pa., March 31 ®P—The al ceed slayers of 21-year-old Herman Lima, tlared of appe: bootle Ohie, M 31 (P —De- by the coust temus, former ! ver of his wite emingly had a fight fac- | g him before he is released from ‘he state hospital for thc insane h sunity hearing that follow- The appellate court by a two to an> decision held him mentally com- petent and granted him a writ of habeas corpus to liberate him from the hospital where he has been since | January 6 after he was acquitted of | the murder of his wife on grounds b insanity. Barriers to his immediate r however, were immediately erecied When E. M. Botkin, Alen county prosccutor, et to work on a motion lo the state supreme court asking « May of exccution. He planned day to seek a new trial and if that Is announced he could take the motion at once into the suprem CARDINAL SICK. Astou Mills, near here, of all knowe!| March 31 (®—I1 Tevere to- ‘(dgy‘ of the shooting. The girl and | 5 ¢ Cardinal Gasparri, |1t father had been questioned in | pal secretary of state, has been ill | connection with the casc a number wnd confined to his bed for the last | °f tim scveral days and that doctors hag | Parker and Phillips told police order a complote . rest. Last Thurs- they had met Gibson while on their | lay, however, Cardinal Gasparrl, ac. 1Y to Rockdale to rob- a chain companied by Monsignor Pizzardo Toccry store and decided to hold under seeretary of state, attended a {hxm up. .\\ hen he esisted 1 tived | Juncheon given hy the Czecheslovak |1W0 8hots into his hody and fled | Waitaires | in honor of Mon. | ¥hen two automebiles approached, Circaici, newly appointed | ¥Ithout rifling his pociet s R et English Police to Try To Stop Student “Rags” Efforts to obtain Remus® speedy | BOYS DROW olease on the b the court’s| ta, Chile, March 31 ®— | Yocision failed ¥ when Bot- ves sweeping over the em. | London, March 31 (#—The Daily tin refused to sign the journal en- iankment at the Port of Molito car. Mall today said that drastic v presented 1 torneys for ried away a group of boys who were Were being taken to prevent 5ncc powerful bootleg chict fishing, One body was recovercd it the West End of London tonis s days, under the ind workmen near the scene rescued N celebration of the Oxford-Cam- court, to sign the ral of the youngsters. Severa) bridge crew These two days, wore missing and belioved to be | Recalling the rioting on the become effective drowne # | the Oxford-Cambridge roothall teh last December, the London gistrates, the police and univ sity authorities have been conferring lon steps to be en and resolved to | put an end to such dusturbanc ! The paper gaid hundreds of extra | ’p(-lu will bhe concentrated in the | West End, theaters will be policed | {inside as well as out and any stu- | [ dent trying to stage u “rag” will b | arrested ot rules journal en- | nowever, do until after a 5 the iry. Aot MAY MERGE. Serlin, Mareh 31 (®—Th ing firms of .Lazard Speyer-Ellissea | of Frankfort-on-Main, and . Sclil- | singer-Trier of Berlin, have decided to recommend to their stockholders a merger under the single name of Lazard Speyer and Ellissen. The | | combined capital would b 000 marks (roughly $6,250,00) closc relations existing with 1he New York firm of Spever and company since its founding in 1537 & perpetuated by the fact that Spever and company and Speyer, of New York, will personally acquire shares in the German | merger. hank- Many of you, these next few days, will be receiving dividend and in- terest checks. A Mutual Savings Bank is one of the safest and best places to put this extra money— and besides it will begin, at once, to earn again for you at the rate of 5¢. Deposits up to the 5th draw interest as of the first. The ‘ both | SUICIDE Hatfield, Mass., March 1 (UP)—' Almost on the eve of his marri Ralph W. Strong committed suic ..1, by hanging in a tobacco barn. His fiancee, Miss Constance Reinlein, #aid she knew no re: for his act. ! 3 KILLED Hartford, March 31 (UP)—"Thr:¢ people were killed in 250 automobils accidents in Connecticut during the week ending March 24, the depa ment of motor vehicles has an- rpunced. Burritt Mutual “l am a Business Man and— I know that an individual may die or become incapacitated but a trust company is perpetual.” Let Us Talk it Over With You New Britain Trust Co. Classified | night le Jumes | BERLINNEWS | i Wall Street Briefs | (Continued {rom Page Seven) priate exercises. charge have arranged for an evening of entertainment. Modern Woodmen will meet | y evening at Athletic hall. Rayol Morse new automobile. The heavy rain of yesterday niost completely flooded the scnicthing unusual. The river at Middletown is rising fast and already the Mattabesett is crecping up to- wards high water. The committee in | $10:17 & share in 1927 against $9.65 is about town in a |COMPAnY in ti {ed a high record of 91,000 Hudson al- | flats, | {large STORM HALTS TRAFFIC { Northwestern Ohio is Fast in of sicet Storm That Has Caused Cousiderable Damage. March who| and last night ! Cleveland, Ohio, An army of m throughout yesterds 31— 1o restore order to sicet-burden-a | Reed Raps Slogan of northwestern Ohio, ¢ in an ifort to connect cities with the outside world. A muze of hroken poles, tadgled wires and shattered trees lay cver betwee ndusky, Toledo 2 then 10,600 tele- aph poles were he- licved to have snapped under the weight of wirss coated with ice, Throughout the district tation today was still either com- | up or seriously impedgd. dumage cannot be esti- it is certain to mount fn- hundreds of thousands of dol- rried on today | arly a score nspor- Findlay was still were Vanwer | {sol, stori QUAKE IN SMYRNA 38 Persons Known Dead and .\hn_v‘ 1owns Hurt in Series Constantinople, March P — Thirty-«ight persons were reported dend and 55 injured in a series of seven shap earthouake shoeks which shook .Smyrna beginning at 2:30 elocks thix morning | ¥, noted since antiquity for | 2 destroyed | disastrous and the 1 saw the ago s (.-I.IHH of several Turco-Greek war. Half of the neighboring village of li was destroyed and in the village of Seidikeni 10 were reported | dead and 40 injured. ! The Turkish Ked Creseent society | is rushing help to the stricken dis- | wriet, All sinee ve tel were svaph poles in the Smyrna hurled down and eom- were cut off completely, reaching Constan Konia. munication vs of tinople R (UP)—Po- secking John A. Griffin of | who advertised Paul orchestra for a dance presented a school boy Griffin escaped the infuriated Waterbury ir ¥n Whiteman's o 1 Fand. dance Rzad the Dealer’s Ad In Tonight's Herald Section | red dividends, against $3.80 a share toileq | $70 from of Earth Tremors | | Coppens was th | e ——————————— o | | | 1 | | | view cemetery. cemetery. MARKET SLUMPS AS Vacuum Oil company earned a share in 1926. Net profit was $25,- 559,899 compared with $24,138,655. Output of Hudson Motor Car first quarter reach- Motors Also Declines and Essex cars against 74,000 in the first quarter last year, the previous strect winter quarter, The company reports active business. It will continue into April at the pres- ent daily rate of 1,650 cars. New York, March 31 UM — A swift reaction from $195 a share te $15 in Radio tripped up the runaway “bull" market on the New York stoc® exchange today after more than a score issues had ad vanced $1 to $5 a share to high records. General Motors slumped from $104.87 1.2 to $191.75, Gen American Machine and Foundry | Electric from $161.50 to $15 company earned $7.10 a share on the | and Westinghouse Electric common stock in 1 after prefer- | $111.75 to $109, with corresponding { declines in other speculative orites. The tremendous outburst of trading overwhelmed the ticker, which fell more than half an hour behind the market Wall Street Opening New York, March 31 (P—An- other wild outburst of strength ush- erad in today's stock market. Radio opened with a block of 20,000 shares at 194 followed by a block of 7, shares at 194 1.2, as against yester- {aa final I"'\le of 1¢5. General iz . Mofors opened with a block of 4,700 But.” Le added in a radio :Addromz‘”]mrd at 194, up 2. and General night, “the entire agricultural 'Electric with o block of 4,000 composing more than 50 DT { parec gt 161 1-2, up 2 1-2 and a cent of the population, is struggng | n. - high record, American Linsee Withaduensity § '1 nion Carbide and U. 8. Rubber “It is from the favored class, Who | .ach opened a point higher. control the financial houses, trans- | Yesterday's wild spurt in prices portation companies and steel indus- | haq fanned the flames of specula- try, that have come the campaign |tien throughout the country. Pools, contributions which have enabled | taking advantage of this widespread the republican managers to win suc- | public interest, started to bid up a at the polls.” ( wide assortment of issues, and had he general prosperity of the !little difficulty in attracting a fol- connt he said, has been ruined by |lowing. General Motors again took the republican party, employing & |the market leadgrship away from scheme of deflation. Radio by quickly moving up nearly | 3 points while Radio was yielding to profit taking after yesterday's sensational advantage of 24 points. New peak prices were quickly established by American In- ternational, Allied {hemical, West- inghouse Electric, Wright Acranau- tiezl, Brooklyn Edison, Atlantic Refining, Liguid Cabonic, Interna- tional Harvester and several other issues. St. Paul preferred and Mont- gomery Ward were a bit reaction- ary on profit-tuking. Foreign e changes opened steady with Sterling Cables unchanged at $4.88 3- THE MARKET AT 11:30 o (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High Close 1643, 163 7% R. G. Dunn and company reports 548 commercial failures in the Unit- ad States this week againet 468 the week before and 494 a year ago. new in 1926. Net profit rosc to $1.418.- 54,985, “Coolidge Prosperity” March 31 (#—The re n hoast of “Coolidge Pros. is true, according to United Scnator James A. Reed, of Missouri, democrat, as it applies to #reat financial houses, transportation companics, the steel industry and manufacturing eoncerns. Chi public; t TO SPEAK IN HARTFORD Joséph Kloskowski, republican randidate for councilman of the fifth ward, Stanley Karpinski, presi- dent of the Polish-American Political clubs of the state, and Attorney B. J. Monkiewicz, will be the principal speakers at a republican rally in Hartford tomorrow evening, spon- sered by the Polish-American Re- { piblican club of that city, —_———— Funerals Al Che & Dye Am Ag Che pd American Can Am Leco .... Am Sumattfa . Am Sm & Re Am Sugar ... Am, Tobacco Am Woolen. . Anaconda Cop Atchiron Balt & Ohio. Beth Steel Pcter M. Hermann. Funeral rvices for Peter M. Hormann were held this morning at. S o'clock at the home of his son, Peter Hermana, Jr., of 118 Shuttle Mindow avenue with serviees con- lucted by K and at! 4:50 o'clock Peter's chwch | wher solemn high mass of re- Guiem was celebrated. Rev. Charles | cclebrant, Rev. F. Schneider of Mcriden was dea- con and Rev. Daniel Masse of Hart- | Brook Man ford w sub-deacon. Cer De Pasco AU the conclusion of the services |C R I & Pac Mr. Wheeler of Bridgeport sang | Chrysler Corp “spill Rulit Dein Her The pall [Colo Fuel learers were Matthias Rival, James | Congoleum Joseph Diemand, Edward | Consol Gas Peter Miller and Herman | Corn Prod Dav Chem Dodge Bros A Frie RR Fam DPlayers Fleischmann .. 7 Preeport Tex 1 Asphalt Genl Elee .. Genl Motors . Hudson Motors Hersheys ... Int Comb, Eng Int Cement .. Int Nickel .. Int Harves .. Int Paper .. Ken Cop Mack Truck Marland Oil ont Ward $6% 1907 T1% N Father Coppens and Father Masse conducted the committal services. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. Palrick J. Griffin Funeral services for Patrick J. Griffin of 8 Fairview street were leld this morning at § o'clock at Kt. Joseph's church. Rev. John J. Koane cclebrated a solemn high mass of requiem assisted by Rev, John €. Brennan of Kensington and Itev, John F. Donahue, James V. Sullivan dang “Ave Marla” at the offertory and “Lead Kindly Light" at the conclusion of the services when the remains were being borne from the church. The pall bearers were: John Maher, | Jlames O'Connor, Michael O'Brien, “Thomas Luddy, James Naughton, and Patrick McDonough. The |\ y tiower bearers were Willlam Hogan, | 3 P James Griffin and Jeremiah Griffin, [NoTih ATEE. . 04 Father Keane conducted the com- [NeTt (BANC - 120 mittal sorvices, “Burial was in 8t DI 0, (o s i Phillips Pet... 42 Pullman ...... §§ Radio Corp ...194% Remington Rd 26 | Rending 1065 rs Roebuck 106575 nelair Ol . Southern Pac st ol N J sl Oll N Y Stowart Warner Ktudebaker Mike Koborda e ibdon Funeral services for Mike Ko- (e Gult “‘f"‘l' borda of 303 High street were heid ITiM Rt Bear . this morning at 17:30 o'clock at L ity Sacred Heart church. Rev. Alex.|UMO0 Bac o 0 ander Kowalezyk celebrated a re. 1" 8 Ind Al . quiem high mass, Burial in{ N sacred Heart cemetery, Steel .. Sargis Elia Funeral servides for Sargis Elia Cherry street will be held | agernoon at his home. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. | 267y 405, 150 150 134 1347 1743, 1743 635 3 647 1007, N H & H 64 637 6474 1001, Mrs. Carl F. Groth Funcral services for Mrs. Bertha Groth, wite of Carl F. Groth, | Arch street, aged German' who died at her home ¥ will be held this afternoon o'clock at the German Baptist church following private services at the home. Burfal will be in Fair- W 14—4'1'. 1051 4 was Willys Over .. Woolworth Wright Aero .. 99% LOCAL STOUKS Hulda Zotter | (Furnished by Pntnam & Co.) FFuneral services for Huldu A. Zot- Sasurance Slocks. ter, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bia Louls Zotter of 117 Whiting stre were held this morning at 8 o'clock | at 8t. Peter’s church. Rev. Daniel ! Masse celebrated a requiem mass. Burial was in St Asked Actna Casualty v | Avtna Lito Ins [ Artna Tire high | yutemobile Ins .. Mary 1Trmtlon Ins c o | Conn Gen. ... 1800 )lm(umm i«-vh | Am Hardware. |Am Hosiery ... ees | Beaton & Cadwell . | Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com . Billings & Spencer com Billings & Spener pm Bristol Brass ... Colt's Arms . Eagle Lock ... Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart & Cooley landers, F ... N B Machine . N B Machine ptd NilesBe-Pond com North & Judd Peck, Stowe & Wil .. Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone 1038-3 Opposite 8¢ Mery's Charch Residence 17 Semmer St.—1625-3 Falms to vrent for Palm Senday ond Easter Alse Strewing baskete Slied Visi our Greewhouses ot Maple MiN Bollerer’s Posy Shop “The Telegraph Florist of New Britain” 83 W. MAIN ST. NOON APPROACHES Radio Falls O 10 Points— . | Public U Members New York & Hartford Stack Exchangss 31 WEST MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW. TEL. 21141 We Offer— Connecticut Power Co. COMMON Price on Application. fave | Thomson, Tenn & Co. 55 West Main Street New Britaip Phone 2580 Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchange Stuart G. Segar, Manager \i‘e Offer: CONNECTICUT POWER Price on Application, | EDDY BROTHERS & & Members Hartford Stock Exchange = wooman HARTFORD pngy BurriltHotel Bidg. Hartford Conn. Trust Bid3, ~Colony Bldgy We Offer: 40 Shares Scovill 50 Shares Landers, Frary & Clark Prince & Whitely Fstablished 1878, Members New York, Chicago and Cleveland Stock Eschanges, Burritt Bldg.—69 West Main St.—Tel. 5405 Donald R. Hart, Mgr. We Offer: Hartford Electric Light Co. SACRED PIGEONS DRAFTED. stamboul, Turkey — Pigeons from 's most holy mosques are be- ing crossed with {mported carrier pikeons 1o produce birds for eom- mercial and military duty, o ovill Mfg Co andard Serew Stanley Works .. | Torrington (o com Union Mfg Co [Conn Elee ; Conn Lt & Pow pfd . Hfd Elee Light N B Gas out TOMBSTONE THIEVES. Salisbury, Md. — Burglars have made away with several marble« monuments from Parsons cemetery. | ey Authorities wonder what they do i oL \ulh ‘em. SNOW IN JERUSALEM. Jerusalem — Heavy February snows in Jerusalem have endanger- el homes not built for such weath- er. The last heavy snow, several years ago, caused roofs to collapee. BANQUEF-AT Y. M. C. A. | Annual Membership Dinner Well At- tended—Program of Entertain- ment and speaking, banquet hall of the Y. M. C. A filled last evening with men jattending the annual membership | quet of the organization. Albe asncy and Frank Schad m ‘un affair and Eben Strong, Jr., act- ed as toastmaster | Entertainment number: !solos by Leo hahantan, ied by Irnest Wright, pianist Charles Livingston of Bridgeport, organizer of harmonica band played al selections on a con- cortina and on an insrument made up of bells Cliff Knight, to the ra ‘-h\? udienee and W York * of station WICC, Of the fatal accidents in Man- ulr ster, England, streets last year more than 50 per cent were direct- Iy due to carelessness on the part | of pedestrians. City Advertisement aled bids for furnishing the fol- ing labor and materials for the City of New Britain for the season of 1928, will be received at the office: of the Board of Public Works, Room 306, City Hall, up to 7:30 p. m. Tues- jday. April 3rd, 1928, at Pridge- Proposal blanks may be obtained 1 the audicnce with and specifications may be seen at of his skill the above office. On his casel app ur-| Furnishing and delivering Plain- prominent and | ville sand. The City reserves the ies of the lo night to reject any or all bids, or to Robert Bines Woodward Hutt, | Dt any bid, whether lowest or plillosophy Trinity should the Board deem it to be ad- the interest of the City of Naw Britain to do so. ROARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, G. H. Johnson, secretary. incinded wccompan- seve lo d artist, known of an the | Dr. professor of not colls for | : dress on OF TRUMAN H. BRISTOLL According 1o the will of the late Truman H. Bristoll, which wa today in probate court, all p property and real estate with the ex- | coption of real estato in Cheshire, willed o his wite, Edith A. Bristoll ¢ in Cheshire in part goes | {to his wife and the remainder his daughter, Rutih E. Bristoll. and in cage of her death, 1o his wife All furniture in his New Britain hous Je willed to his wife, who is m exceutrix with power fo seil any all real estate Probate Court, , A D. 19 of Julla £ English, late of the © New Britain, in said district, de- to » application ef Frank W. ng at as Administrater, he authorized and empowers! n real cmate as per i on file more fully ap- #ald application L. ermined ot the Prebate irftain, in sald distrier, ¥ of Apr AL D128, at < in the forenoon and that be- iven of the pendemcy of sald und the time and place ef hearing thereon, by publishing thie erder newspaper Laving a circwietieu in sald district, and bx postiug @ cepy of this order on the public sigw-post In the town of New Britain. in said dlebrhe. and by gving notice to all parties i nterest, vither personuily or By n“ o each one, prepald postage. & ' rder. and - ALPERT DGES SUPPORT Attorney Bornard E. Alpert. do- ted candidate for councilman in » fourth ward in yesterday’s prim- made the following cinent d 10 the outcome “I wish to congratulate the vict in yesterday's primaries and assure them and the republican party of {my support and cooperation in the April clections.™ | - some o8 orx