New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD EE‘ABLISHED 1870 ‘paojueH ‘385 WPV ISECRETLY MARRIED AT ROADSIDE ALTAR A5 AUTOISTS GAPE edding Al Fresco Takes Place With “Marrying Justice” Performing Ceremony RELATIVES AND FRIENDS LEARN DETAILS LATER [John A. Belardi, Jr., of Plainville and Margaret Palin of Bristol Principals in Unusual Nuptial Event — Go to Scene in Automo- | bile and Knot Is Tied With Ou(-} doors Their Church. (Special to the He ainville, July 22 unknown F e to nervous married briends, a happy, sped hands and were made man the eltering tree and wife beneath branches of a s on tt ide of the road on Crooked str eading of hin highu a short Plainville town ning. The ceremony ormed by Justice David L. ind witnessed by two friends of th Eouple. John A. ille and M nt, the t, Plainville-New Brit- distance over early last the of Plain- Br Belardl, Jr, ret Palin of ipals in th learned tod: ceremony having automobilists who cted by the sight of the girl and her lover standing an automobile beneath the ¢ as they pledged themselves to love, honor and che One long mbrace, a resounding kiss, and tt eds, their friends and tl returned to the automobi drove back to New Britain. : couple plan to leave on a wed- Friday, it is sald. Belardi a plumber and the bride has seen. employ 21 vy by heside ars of age. Keep Seerct ¥rom Lriends Wishing to be married quief he couple procured the \onday ithout olks or their friends, 3ritain last eveni and perform the ceremor justice, who is an al- Brit th tellin wan in non council, h ly half t his disposal, as he end a council meeting at § o'clock | a couple to be mar- n or a justice inville, but they in- marry them. : been hour wish ied by he pe The lic lainville, hat t ere oup!e he po t eith he 1 b issued in ry by law e it marriage be justice explained, and the wish for secrecy pr ibility of gc¢ g to the r or any other p lic would be attract buple conterred a estion that they dri nd turn on to a side road cdding. None Of Custon No throng of smiling friends v to greet them. No one peer- another's shoulder for a WaSs necess hom wh The sug- made the and stage ary Scttings here [d over (Continued on Page Five) IEW YORK JEWELER IS KILLED IN GUN FIGHT Vas “Fighting It Out” With Five Bandit When Slain New York, July 22 (P—One man s killed and another wounded hen five armed robbers invaded a roadway jewelry store in a d ght holdup today. The robbers caped after fighting thelr way hrough a crowd that collected at he sound of the shots. Although the robbers escaped they a4 ot any loot. The man illcd was Aaron Rodack, owner of e jewelry store at Broadway and 50th streot. Sidney Freifeld, a in the store, was serjousl ounded. The shooting took plac Rodack and Freffeld refused obey demands by the robbers and tempted to protect the store's sup- y of jewelry. Rodack was serving a customer hen the robbers entered. Three of hem drew revolvers. When th bhers shouted “hands up!” Ro- Kk stepped behind the counter. reifeld dropped fo the floor. Both houted “Pollcar” hened fire. The customer hen was no olested The robbers or 1 htomiohlle aiting. Rodack 4. Treifeld ches Police sald had shot who had the in an kept from way been dashed driven had that shot was through the shot twice in | th vear ago Ro- and killed a holdup attempted to rob his ore. At that time Rodack ' an- bunced that he would fight it out ith any holdup man and that his ore could be rohbed only over his ad hodv. Tn the gun baftle today L ¢ollowed the robhers onut onto the lewnlk, and though vded eantinned firing on his ¢ until the bullet ripped Into bis an couple | spreading | d in a Bristol factory. | to at- | of | performed | ccluded | to Plainville | The robbers then | t | alrendv | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending July 17th 13,016 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JULY 22 Ly 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS LuIqrY 99BIE JRIIIUUY Boys Ba:uc w vontammnated Pool Containing Sewage in South End; Refuse to Use Willow Brook Pond Make Swimmin’ Hole By Damming Up Stream Into Which Sewer Pipes Empty—Nauseating Stream Near Playground A polluted which flows hrough Willow | ing what appe | being used b: stream Brook park, s to be boy In answer to questions, the boys |who were using th epolluted stream s a bathing place, stated that the dMn\ care to go in where |h to use tights. hole, an inves ion carried out by |q t care about going the Herald disclosed yesterday. The |municipal pool because stream has been dammed up leav- |didn't. Asked if th ing a place wh group of 'place where tl | youngsters who scorn the use of the {was a sewer, they said they didn’t municipal swimming pool in the mind that. Neither did they care | park, disport themselves on the hot |about any disease they might catch. | davs in the h Mother | A further investigation of th Nature endowed |stream disclosed that due north east o {of the municipal pool. the polluted trip was made to eam is further contaminated by park about 11 o'cl another sewer which flows from a morning. Starting at the playgrour ipe which juts out from'a wall | Shich is situated across the brook |built just off the side of the main | Sontiia i _ |drive ‘way through the park. Wi e we aeaims Here, the water has beco Ll At t and a dirty, and yellowish Meng 1hs o ' has formed on the surface. This is v (NO“ 5 carried down in a slow drift to the main stream which then proceeds nco near Brook round the spot which the city has | ellosn lu s lected as a place of recreation for !’AAE\" iip into the its youngste! There isn't the out the nature of the water the coursn apparently sewage and a nausea ly thicke “", pe tench arises from it especially {in thi pony; 1ys as warm as yesterday w | Kensin BYSEIey Where the stream ish lau down beside be hea closed carry T sewage, is | into the they just y knew that the were swimming a | the investigation, Willow B yest a ag- nk of s to a point, In a de tion of the grounc with e access to sounds of chi f joy could : from the circle. A old wimm nted itself to view. ers were in t | playing with old. automo! and other arti In order to see brook, it is the trip to Ke to Arch on the spot with g the water nooks where mothers rest while awaiting their chil- ren who are in th pool. But a dy of the water which passes by - |will show evidences of sewage, ofl |and other substances. | Complaints will probably be made [to the police department and the . |board of health regarding the action | |of the boys in making the s hole in the park. , Inquiries from the director of the playground at Willow Brook elicitat- d the inform children used the gro |These children, the people in vicinity say, are all in danger of {l way | pool, is beautiful its willow trees overhan and its shady h iles t may les. the source o to carry enue necessary nsington street, ¢ of low . Corbin's pond. At {Arch street, a sweer pipe empt conter e brook and »d to be fes its thi is carried down to n hole, and on through park. The stream with its polluted water does scum | 1 uard, | guar imming | { made GUNMEN LIBERATE SIX CONVICTS IN MIDNIGHT ATTACK Three Armed Men Kill Texas‘ Guard, Select Their Men, Escape in Car BEFORE LEAVING THEY LOCKED IN OTHER 137 Picket Guard Shot and Killed With- out Warning, His Keys Tal Doors Open and Names of Six Prisoners Whose Liberation Was | to be Effected Called Seventy Miles From Houston. Hou ton, Te men drove up to ti fct farm, of Houstor and ki near Midway, 0 miles no aho after midnig Wwill der, of liberated s! 143 vay in the prison bar a with them doors of 1 P e country f ecution of )r the esca th, moment sighted on e plot the men in guard ad. 1 and s e hey him with b e they were u s to the barracks Call Prisoners’ drawn pisto and called men ks of b Names the ho ste tl f hind their bped o fro took their p lit | ator: The other the mo: convict dazed L no With ness from the filthy water and |claim that steps should be taken to 'eliminate the danger. CAN'T FIND MOREAU, THINK HE 1S DEAD :Na\'a] Officials Believe He Was Killed in Dover Disaster {not enter the al swimming |pool but it does run in a semi- |circle around the playground. 1AMERu;ANs PRESENT AT ROVAL GATHERING 101 From U. Among 13,000 Guests at Buck- ingham Palace Party | July 22 (P—King George Mary today gave i London, lana ¢ | party in the gardens of to which 13,000 Admniral Coontz presiding of- ) a roy Buckingham | guests ficer of the court inguiring into the | Dover arsenal di on July 10| was informed yesterday that Private| 01| Paul Moreau. of this city, 2 marine. | was off duty at the time of the ex- | plosion and has since been heard from A ntic City. In the meantime his mother, Mrs. | Augusta Moreau of West Main | ret, Is anxiously awaiting replies to letters of inquiry she has sent out in an effort to locate her The I court is endeavoring to have ntified o bodles hich | now lie in the Dover morgue. Moreau |ana Private Oliver Bliss of Water- ville, Ohio, are two of th (mn"‘ nal a not accounted for| and until ey are ed the naval court will cling theory that bodies are those of the missing i yesterday's hearings indi- er had | been invited. There were Americans among the thousands who the of sipped tea at what st and mos parties s proved to be entat coronation N lar repre | royal the tself, | vited the palace, bery and small lake of one of the most brilliant functions in the history of British royalty. | Among the Americans present {were: Dr. and Mrs, Nicholas Murray Butler of New York, I dier Gen- eral and Mrs, Lincoln C. And Admirals Roger R. Wetles, Hilary |Jones and Arthur L. Willard; E { fessor and Mre. Henry TFairfield Os- born of New York; Mr. Mrs. ‘u;u ald Garrison Villard Miss fariquita Villard of York; ‘olone) and Mrs. Grayson Murp of New York; Mrs. Sheldon Whit Louse, wife of the counselor of the { American embassy of Paris; Jane | Cowl, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman of [ New York, and Mrs. James Corrigan. | Although the sun shone only at| intervals, the women ore the latest summer creations and the | men morning coz The three- Continued on Page Five) str sts in- on oft hrub-| 1o P. to t th Moreau and Bliss repor the hearing to left ervation on leave four hogrs prior | the explosion. T marines out affidavits to the claim companied the local youth to| : of Dover at 1 o'clock on of July 10. Corro- report, Sergeant M jor Thorp, one of the witnesses pre- sented before the naval board y terday, declared he had received a report that Moreau wired someone and a nd W were 1 1t e re to swore they the the irir ¥ vill afternoon borating this guest (Continued on Page Five) Liquor Basis of Family Discord, Pvnzli:ition Officer Tells Alling Mr, lows: Connolly Blames Intoxi- | SERGIYSpERbOR R anstol | “Hon. | City Benjamin W. Alling, and cants for Majority of Judge, Brought to His Attention in Years. Police Court, onn. Case greeable to custom in the court | your honor pres [ |submit herewith the statistics and reports for the year ending June 30, {1926 1 over which es, In his annual report for the year June 30, Probation Officer dwardC. Connolly recommends the lappointment of & full time steno- grapher and office assistant, to re- |lieve the executives in his depart- |ment from the burdens of office | “Made up “.nmno The work of the probation {women, 19; Loy partment is steadily on the in-| “Number who ob: his report to Judge B. W.|were released—193 and provision should | “Number who were be made for the future, The abuse of intoxicating liquor | is T for a majority of the cases coming to the attention of the department, the report states, Num- lerous instances of domestic disagree ments never reach police court, be- cause they are thoroughly invest gated by the probation department and only when all other methods falled, are these cascs aired in { ending umber ot probationers carried | from June 30, 1925—76. ed on probation during from July 1, 1925 to June 63. over 3 a the | 30, 19 € follows Men, 262 girls, 4—339. ved terms and Alling re-arrested— mber who escaped from juris- diction of the court—3—241. ‘Remaining on probation June 30, : Men, 66; women, 5; boys, 2.—339. mount of wages and 'monies collected for support of wives, fam- | |illes, and children—3$9,047.83. “Amonnt of fines and costs sponsible col- have court, (Continued on Page Three) | selves | Monday the the vere accoun on the rest of three men men satisf they lock con arm was giv shots had came t00 1 ot 2 10 prey WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY; HEAT MAY BE BLAMED Mrs. Aleksandra Stozen Street Passes Away Suddenly This Afternoon Whether the heat for the sudden death of indria Stozen of 152 B could not be learned tl because Dr. John P examiner, could not to press time. Mrs. Stozen ks, it wa death was 1id to have this mor afternoon sh 45 urs of Stozen, and is respo Mrs 2 Beaver street oon al up after medi be located had 1 said at not expe 5 complained of the and in s about age, has > of ildren. CANNOT Hartford, Conn., torney General I°r given a verbal opinion to Dr, ¢ ley H. Osborne, the s commi sioner of health, that state employes in whatever position, must turn witness fees which t for their attendance in tate no ct TAKI $ J ()~ nk H has an- ey rec court ve a tr to the BRINGS SUIT FOR $3,000 Andrew K . through Nair & Nair, brought 0 inst that amount as the kb a note for $4,205.03, Clynes ha attached Tremont street. The able in the court of August. Boy With Hose Gives as suit for claimi ance due on Frank te on writ is return- the fourth table 1 est Motorists Free Bath | Motorists driving along West Main street west of Corbin avenue this mofnjng were treat- ed to a not JHUY,“V‘K unwel- come shower bath in the form of a garden hose wiclded by a sturdy youngster about five years old. The boy stood on the edge of his lawn and waved the nonchalantly about, but always in the general direc- tion of the street. and he would not be turned from his game when automobiles went by, result being a haphazard ing for each car and a cooling shower for the pants. occu- . | despite | HIGH TIDES | (Standard Time) 8.48 a.m. 9.06 p.m. 4.26 a.m. 7.47 p.m. July New Have New London: THE WEATHER Hartford, July 22—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Local thunder showers to- night and possibly Triday morning, followed by fair and cooler tonight and Friday Om—‘ of Beaver Lowell Newspapermen 'y Egg to Frizzle On Roof in 4 Minutes July roof of nd fri Lowell, Mass,, Members of stepped to th story bui to a frizzle in four m A therm tered 119 o— today their 10- i an e 16 second. time regis RED GRANGE NAMED (But Complaining Husband Ad- mits He Did No Wrong \WANTS TO SHOW UP WIFE | | Football Star, Mentions i | Necking Parties But Places Blame on His Wife, 22 (P)— at Red” latest of co- role is divorce vlor, oil Hills at he haired a cros althy his Beverly the n in supply home had Wh Tita eman divorce , Cla d the cross compla nameq aton, 11 1 by 1 he si erday. Does Not Blame am sai ¥e Grange Charl 1s my cous 1 have come dly terms with Gr. much of a gentleman anything wrong and he was r Iy to show how my wife acted vlor explained. In Taylor's cros: hich said he fn d his lawyers le today, the ol man charged th his wife became infa 1l player. Tells of Petting Party On one occasio complair hile o8 | manage nd throug | him be on ver | too to to fon, or riding time to 1 Grange ed an 1 another th grid- clasp- 1d em- Taylor nge on an ap- hotel telephone 1tment to m rooms. Her husband was fooli | hundreds | would be inf: ent man li | objecti ppoint | by protested degrading; had been with a pr that “it that 16 was accor X nd al Thinks Red Wonderful d is a wonderful Taylor is quoted as ed her ind from her visit M her sis boy,” Murs, aving inform- pon her to Grange's hote who is g a i return di- Vit wylor, vorce on grou night announced torneys that implications m She ned went along on | When s eek 1s of cruelt throug would her at- th she le that refute expls her husband eral occasions Visits Old Home July 22 (P)—Red Gran ‘galloping ghost home aton yesterda barely ad time to doff h its sky blue band, and change pastel colored tweed suit for tion raim hen a news g after quo saying he bill in ans came but he Angeles pa named in a cro |divorce action, Grange, who fore a movie ood, and who st love, a has been registering camera in Holly is going back to h Wheaton ice wagon in paration for his fall football campaign, registered when informed of a stor; |the Los Angeles that Charles A. man of Beverly Hills, had |him in a cross complaint to |voce action previously brought |his wife, Clarice Taylor. aylor, oil su 1ed di- by na Expresses Surprise “It's certainly a surprise to me.” said. “certainly I know or |and his wife, Taylor is a cousin of |my ma Charles Pyle. I met {them through him when 1 was play- |ing football in Florida, And I met them again in Los Angeles, where |they live. Of course there's nothing [to those charges.” | The Examiner's story |man charged in the | be me infatuated all r, called him a “wonderful |boy,” went riding with him on one wsion last June, once sat on his p and kissed him, and on another |occasion called him on the phon |made an appointment for a meeting, her husband’s objec nd kept the appointment, [panied by her sister. Two Others Named The newspaper account continued that two other men, one geles attorney, also were {the cross complaint as Mys. Taylor. Her attorne were quoted as saying that either Pyle or Taylor were present w ever she was with Grange. Taylor charges her husband cruelty, Grange, who declared his ac- quaintance with the Taylor's was en- tirely casual, said: “Mrs. Taylor did come over to the hotel one night with her sister, There was & big bunch there, So |he ager, said the bill that his wife with the foot- tions, amed friends of however, en- Mrs. with (Continued on Page 18) IN'DIVORCE SUIT Wealthy California Oil Man Names | he | 10‘ empty | to | sun helmet with | accom- | a Los An- | | ALL OVER THE EAST Predict That Heat Wave Will Break Late Tonight THUNDER SHOWERS ARE in Chicago Discovered |In New York, Mercury Rises 10 De- | | Both' Republican and Democratic grees from 7 to 11 a. m.—Deaths A Scnatorial Nominations Affected— Occur in Many Places—Albany 54 More Judges and Clerks Has Hottest Spell Since 1919— Indicted Today. General Shut Down of Factories | | fre | county Chica t go, July In Industrial Arcas. ast in Cook for the United | vote rom the ra in and democr ‘\um ordered today by C u | Jarecki, at the |James A. Reed of {man of the s s committee. e court d as true bills, re- {ported to have been voted against | fifty-four judge and clerks of elec- April primaries, were | ed in criminal court. or Reed sought the aid county court in determining how senatorizl ballots were handled 1s his committee prepared semble here Monday for an inquiry senatorial primaries. judges d at Cook county's cre indicted today | {by a special grand jury on charges {of conspiracy to a false count, e cm;ucnun with irregularities at l.w}” e ‘_('.’“1 o S ¢ indictm ties, unty Judge request of Senat Missouri, chalr. campaign exp ali col b rom it. Throug e was s and bree compara- | ving died nd showe han it the third group to 109 the indict. s returned against judges and Eleven were named in the writs and forty-four in the d group writs have a recount of the returns | false tabulations. (OMPENSATION PAID IN PECULIAR CASE '\Iachme Operator (‘aught Cold From Drafts Blow- ing in Open Window Whe ord varied res | elerks. | first widely, due indirect to the fact y caused by as drow were hich iwell New J Virgin amp ,"1‘,\\‘ d was reporte ling throug shower bureau Bridgeport, July 22 (P —A person | | Who contracts an illness from being | subjected to drafts blowing through ‘indows opened by fellow employes |while they are at wotk is entitled to | compensation for the time lost while |ill and for the payment of physi- and hospital bills, it is de- eded in a decision handed down | [by Compensation Commissioner Ed- | Buckingham. Margaret Norton, was employed as | gOv- er- | W in from | experts vations wire all parts o om t |2 machine operator in the platn of | rs also|the Barton Bias Narrow Fabric | jer in |Company. Young men in the room | row in | Wwer istomed to open windows North |near her machine while they shouted rolinas. ders for lunch to a store across way. Often, even in chilly wea- er the windows were left open for | f time and Miss Norton to the factory manage- 5 nd Atlantic sta “There | showers | ing: > next |2 period will complained ment. Fair how- 1gland | and iday, ken i1l wi | developed. |directly to tr | Commissioner Most of |rected that the from a |Day, through her counsel, $7 today after ly during the period of her disa a broad belt and $456 for money expende rexas and New Mexico to the | for doctors bills as well as $150 for at lakes halted the death list of [hospital expen and carried relief to 1s and country- e was | | last March, sh 7 grippe and pneumonia Her illness was traced opened windows and Buckingham has di- | insurance companies West ) Cooler in P Chicago, mid hour hot orms ove a | r Gre | | MONSTER RACES AUTO Vernon, B. C., July 22 ® — A strange monster which inhabits Okanagan yesterday raced a being driven along the for several hundred | L. Logie, d compan 1 cornf A ge d- storm The lower d 1 y i but 6] 1 to io break ed on, motor car rod today as the ule shore | yards la local la 1 (('mn ied on I"““ But Four of Flfteen Saved When Youthful Campers’ Canoe Capsizes 16) | Adrift For Hours, Survivors rad to Watery Grave to Give Place of Safety to Boy. |overturned craft, the fact that he was suffering from a badly mem- | injured knee. camp| A wilderness | o 0 (P—A t connection Linds desplte the | of htul in | with Ber has northeas It tel | thrown nto B; was ove ¥ ing en lican Chure of ndsay. n lsam T rturned in a Tuesday night, the upturned craft and \other as best they could er hours in the ve out, they An 1 Is how the hours pi and the ranks e boys in the water were thin- | ning Butcher decided that he should give his place on top of the canoe to another. He offered up a prayer for |the safe of those still surviving and, bidding them good-bye, slipped into the water and disappearcd A gallant part also was played by ambden, the camp adjutant. He peatedly swam around the canoe, instructing the more youthful boys how to hang on and begging them to keep up their courage. As boys weakened, Lambden aided them in every way he could until they be- came entirely helpless and disap- peared beneath the water. Nine of the drowned boys lived in Toronto, one came from Galt and the other Peterboro. The four boys who drifted ashore are under medical care. One of them is in a critical condition, come 5 youths were » when thelr war canoe den squall cld to tided one | until, one by one, af A{60: OHatF, Strankty e |ost their hold and sank. Only four members of the party able to | maintain their grips on the keel until ’llm canoe drifted ashore yesterday. The youths had started from Cobo- | conk from camp in the large canoe late Tuesday night. When well out into the lake a sudden squall | broke and the canoe capsized. Ray Shea-Butcher, director of the camp and one of those drowned, played a hero's role. He was among the few who were able to climb on top of the late ‘on of were eir ‘ AGAIN BEING FORECAST 190 ppigraLS INDIGTED Are | 22 (P—A complete | of | to as-| been returned as| | youngsters ’hnpgr-d Mr. Murphy to wet |sleeves. manager of | Tell of Watching Cnm-‘ Weaken and Drown—Director Bravely Slips| :.WEATH[R TODAY IS HEAT STUNS INDUSTRY HERE (GENERALLY HOTTER! SHUTTING DOWN FACTORIES; OUTDCOR CRAFT SUSPENDED | Government Experts Howeyer, ‘[;[]MPLETE REEUUNT ;.[]F VOTES ORDERED Crookedness in Gounting Ballots | Hundreds Sleep In Park — Mail Carriers Ex- cused, Firemen Pro- ide Showers For Vi Children. Entire State in Grip of Torrid Wave, Which Closes Shops — Prostra- tions at Several Points, | | With thermometers in partially protected places registering 100 de= grees at noon today, the city suffered |intensely on the second day of the {mid summer heat wave, although |the humlidity was not as severe as that of yesterday. In some parts of |the city thermometers registered be- T {tween 103 and 110 degrees in the sun |and et was under 80, A light breeze sprang up about 10 o'clock, | bringing slight relief, but in the full {strength of the sun during the noon hour, sidewalks were unbearably hot and almost every known method of cooling failed, Manufacturing plants closed at |noon. During the forenoon it was planned to dismiss the office forces in some of the plants at 3 or 4 o'clock, but as the heat grew more intense, hundreds of employes signi- {fled their intention of remaining {away after the lunch hour and at |noon orders were given to shut down. There was a general suspension of activity in the outdoor trades today. iCarpenters. masons, plumbers and lother craftsmen whose duties bring them into full exposure to the ele- ments left their work early fn the forenoon and at noon it was said |that very few outdoor jobs were be- ing done. The seashore resorts were crowd- again today. Hundreds of auto- {mobiles left New Britain at noon, |carrying crowds to the shore. Wal- nut Hill park and other shaded pots were sought out and hundreds m' factory employes reclined beneath |the trees in search of cooling breez- fos. | | | Mail Carriers Dismissed Postmaster Herbert E. Erwin re- {leased his force of carriers at noon |today dispensing with the regular |afternoon deliveries. The postmaster |regarded the heat of two successive days too great for his staff to en- dure without exposing the men to danger, their jobs being made par- [ticularly difficult by the fact that they are required to carry heavy bags of mail, some of them for sey= {eral miles, he explained. Children Enjoy “Showers” Fred Murphy, proprietor of a gas< oline station on Farmington avenue, asked Fire Chief Noble yesterday for | permission to use the fire hose at the Farmington avenue dumping |grounds, to spray the children in the |neighborhood, and the chief prompt- {ly told him to go ahead. The hose Is kept near the dump- ing grounds for use when smoky |fires break out there, without calling a fire company, and yesterday the in the nelghborhood them {down, as they were suffering from the heat. The children In the east end and others in the north end have great sport under the sprays near No. § and No. 3 fire stations. Council Members in Negligee The business "of the common council was transacted last night | while the members sat coatless and |Mayor Weld dropped the dignity of his high office to remove his coat and preside with rolled shirt This is the first time in several years the heat has been so |intense as to cause the city fathers |to remove their coats while delib- erating. Hundreds Sleep in Park Several hundred persons siept in Walnut Hill park last night avoid- ing the heat of the more congested sections of the city., A band con- cert served to attract crowds and thousands who did not sleep under the canopy of the skies remained linto the early morning hours. New Haven, July deaths occurred In Connecticut yes- |terday as a result of the intense heat wave that swept in from the In many ps | day was the hottest ts of t} y reached the ond the history of In Waterbury new high 95.8, it hottest the we the me mark of 102. Thermometers in many places registered several degrees above the hundred ma One death Stamford where the soar as high as in other sections. Paul Obuchowski, 39, was the vie- tim. He was overcome during the afternoon, but recovered sufficlently to go swimming later in the day. On his way home he collapsed and died Jast night in the Stamford hospital. Thousands sought relief at the water resorts throughout the state. Antonion Consietto, 83, one of three men prostrated in Hartfore where the mercury reached a hi point of 992, died shortly after e ing taken to a hospital. Consletto, 4 laborer, had worked all day in thw sun and was stricken shortly after clally in u hed y day * bure a was reported from mercury did not (Continued on Page 18)