New Britain herald., 1914-07-27
NO HOSPITAL FOR AGED INVENTOR Walter 5. Jones Refuses te bt
 Moved From His Home. HIS RECOVERY NOT EXPECTED
Has Been a Picturesque Figure for Years-Tries Out New Biplane- Local Ball Team Wins-Local fnas &.,S-Briefs.

su.., s:,s-Briefs.
 A~ %-s:t: q" selectmen has been
 jailed to the condition of Walter $. ,"nes an aged mechanic and in- | ,s.t>. '... seriously ill at hi home
 e'I: East Main strsa' .& an effort will
 be made to have him removed to the hospital for treatment The old man
 lives alone and the only care he is re- ceiving is that given by neighbors in- terested in him.
 MT. Jones is suffering from 8 conn plication of diseases and his recovery ! is not anticipated on account of his advanced age and general physical condition. - Believing that he should receive more attention, neighbors have re- 1 ported the case to the, selectmen. They have attempted to persuade the l old man to agree to his removal to | the hospital, but he prefers to stay home and has declined their offer. They will make an effort to see that he is better cared for in future, how ever. MT. Jones, who has been a pictur
  years, his long white hair and flow ing whiskers making him conspic- uous, is now seventy-seven years of age. He came to Plainville a great many years ago and with partner started a machine shop, erecting a factory building on East Main street. The venture was unsuccessful, how l ever, and they later sold the building to the Corbin Paper Box company, MT. Jones taking position as me- chanic. He continued in that capacity with other concerns which have since occupied the building until recently, when illness forced him to give up. During his career he invented sev- eral devices of considerable help to mechanics, but never reaped much or a financial profit from them. While he has worked steadily all his life, poor investments kept his purse well depleted and he now admits having less than $50. r Tries Out New Biplane.
 John P Carlson of New Britain, another Of the Hardware city's embryonic aviators and inventors, | has completed the construction of new air craft and has moved 1t to the Tyler. place on the Unionvllle road. where he proposes to put it through a series of tests to determine the practicability of his designs. The craft is of the tractor bipiane type and has many features con- ceived by MT. Carlson and differing entirely from anything in the aero plane line now in use: It Is equlppeu with a fifty horse power engine. During the past few days MT. Carl son has made several trial flights put he has not left the field or risen to any great heights as he intends to have everything perfect before put ting the craft to a severe test. -.
 Local Ball Team Wins.
 The Plainville Athletic club won it's third consecutive victory yesterday when it gave the Independents of Kensington the short end of a to 7 score in a game played at Woodford's field. It was the fastest game in which the local boys have participated this season and there were many bril- liant plays.
 i. Both Burgess and Cunningham pitched good ball for the homeg nine and Carbo, who was on the mound for the visitors, also displayed fine form. The Kensington nine Is rated with the best semi-profcssional teams in the state and the victory yesterday is one of which the local boys have reason to be proud.
 Local Funerals.
 There was large attendance at the funeral of I. J. Scoville held this af- ternoon at 2:3O from. his home on Red Stone hill. Mrs. Scoville had a wide acquaintance among the farmers Of this section and many of them paid their respects to his memory by at- tending his funeral. today. The ser- vices were conducted at the house by Rev. F. l.. Grant and the burial was in West cemetery.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Mary c. Fenn were conducted yesterday after noon at the home of her daughter. Mrs Walter T. Oldershaw of Broad street Rev. F. l.. Grant officiating. The interment was in Plymounth. The funeral party was taken to that town in autos. '''
 The funeral of Albert, the infant son of MT. and Mrs. Aside Greener, hose death occurred Saturday, was held yesterday afternoon at the home of his parents on Bicycle street. In- terment was in St. Joseph's cemetery.
 Miller Collection at Atheneum.
 Henry B. Miller's collection of rare minerals is attracting considerable at tention at the Wadsworth Atheneum ir Hartford. to which it was recently presented by the owner, who is a we'll known resident of Plainville. The l collection, which contains over $500 l specimens, is estimated to be valued at s1O,00O and is the result of years of travel and work by MT. Miller. He started assembling the gems over thirty-dye years ago while working for the railroad. ~ For several years MT. Miller has