New Britain herald., 1914-08-17

ton of the highway when he met the New Britain rioters who were chased by the local constabulary. In the mix-up Mir. Mitchell was mistaken for one of the persons interested in the riot and was struck over the head with a club. A thick hat saved him from a fracture of the skull. On that occasion he showed his usual forti- tude and reticence by refusing to admit that the wound on his head was more than a trivial scratch.
 Mir Mitchell came to Plainville from Bentley. Yorkshire, England, in 1887. He was siXty-eight years old. He had lived q quiet, unassuming life, with his chief interest in his home and his family. He is survived by a wife, one son, John H. Mitchell, and a brother, George Mitchell of New Britain The suppostion is that he had spent the evening with his brother Saturday night and had left his house about S:30 to walk home.
 John w. Brewer. the motorcyclist. Is a lneman employed by the South ern New England Telephone com pary. He called at MT. Mitchelrs home twice yesterday to inquire af- ter the victim of the accident and was completely unnerved to find, on his second visit, that MT. Mitchels in- juries had proven fatal.
 Bristol Man Arrested.
 Herman Keller, a resident of Bris- tol who has been causing some anxi- ety to the police of that city. was ar rested this morning on Main street by Constable Philip Marine. He was placed in the lock-up and will be given hearing when he recovers from bad attack of intoxication.
 Keller recently arranged a real es- tate transfer in Bristol which enriches his pocket to the extent of $125 and then suddenly disappeared. The Bristol police, fearing that he had met with foul play at the hands of certain par ties who were interested in the money let it be known that they would like to find him. When arrested this morning he had the S125 in his pock- | ct.
 Hot Dogs" and Corn.
 The members of the Musicale Oc- !! tette club had an enjoyable corn | roast at Spring Ledge on Saturday af- | ternoon Roast corn and frankfur- ters, baked potatoes and all the | 'fiNin's' associated with a good old | fashioned New England corn roast, | helped to appease the appetites of the | musicians. The visitors applauded | several selections rendered by the club. The members of the orga niza- tion are Edward Nilsson, Carl Nilsson, George Nilsson. Nels Nilsson, Wallace Beckwith, John Harris, Frank John son and J. H. Stone.
 PIainyille A. c. Wins.
 In the first of series of three games to settle the much disputed point of the town baseball cham pionship, the Plainville Athletic club, piloted by Manager Herbert Ewald. defeated Manager Harry Donahue's Federals at Woodford's field yester- day afternoon by the score of IS to IA.
 All kinds of base hits predominant ed. Cunningham and wadsworth composed the battery for the victors and Guino and Jackson for the van quished.
 The players on both teams are con- tdent that the two concluding games will be battle royals, contests well worth seeing.
 Taken to Hospital.
 William l.. Cooke, son of Mr. and Mrs. John w. Cooke of Hough street. and proprietor of the new Cooke Garage, was taken to the Hartford hospital yesterday afternoon to un- dergo an operation for an abscess. He had been confined to his bed for a week.
 Drs. Mcknight and Lampson per- formed the operation at 11:3O this morning.
 Plumber Died Suddenly.
 Clinton J. Foster died suddenly at 1 o'clock this afternoon at his home on Unionville avenue. An attack of acute indigestion caused his death. He had been subject to such attacks of indigestion for several years.
 He was engaged in the plumbing business in Forestville and was we'll known among the residents of this town He is survived by a wife and | mother.
 Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later.
 Brief Items.
 One of the state bank examiners paid q visit to the Planville National | bank today.
 Miss Norma Talmadge, one of the