New Britain herald., 1920-08-26
TO MAKE PLAINVILLE
 HIS FUTURE HOME
Michael Mullaney of England Has
 Travelled Entire World
LUKE WEIGH BURIED TODAY
Fire in Clarendon Hotel This Morning -FideIberg Case Heard-Four Thieves Gain Entrance to Restau- rant-Items Of Interest

rant-Items Of Interest.
 After spending more than five years in the service and travelling over practically every country on the continent with the exception of Japan. Michael Mullaney, has select ed Plainville as his future home. He sailed from England, arriving here a few days ago. He will make his home with MT. and Mrs. Frank John son of Bank street, who are his cousins. Mir. Mullaney is the son of MT. and Mrs. Michael Mullaney, now of England, and comes from Wigan, Lancashire, England. His father had been a resident of Southington for almost ten years, having left there about 30 years ago to make his home in England. Mir. Mullaney also has relatives in New Britain and Bridge port. He intends to work in the Standard Steel and Bearings, Inc, be- ing a mechanic by trade.
 During the recent World War, Mullaney enlisted in the English navy and was put on the ship .Warspite." He was then 5 years old. but a husky for his age. While on the "Warspite." he was in the famous battle of Jut- land when there were more than 400
 
 ed. Mullaney. himself received IT wounds and lay in a hospital for more than six months. He served as a police officer later, in Bolton, Eng land, for about 19 months. On one of his travels on the famous warship, they sank four German warships, three destroyers and one submarine.
 MT. Mullaney is of d cheerful dis position and has a pronounced Eng fish accent. He likes Plainville, and has already made many friends.
 Funeral of Luke Welch.
 Luke Welch, who dropped dead Tuesday afternoon on West Main street from heart failure. was buried Lady of Mercy at g o'clock. Father John F. Fay celebrated a requiem high mass. Burial was in the St. Joseph's cemetery on Pennington ave nue. The palIbearers were: Charles F. Conlon. Cornelius Downing, Thom- as Cafferty. Burton Chichester, Geo. Graham and Frank Prior. His sister, Mrs. Mary Winger of Springfield was unable to be found, having left on an automobile tour of the West. and the funeral arrangements had been held up on account of endeavoring to locate her.
 Fire This Morning.
 What might have turned out to be disastrous fire in the business center of the town this morning when fire was discovered in the Palace of Sweets candy store on Central Square, was quickly extinguished by the To- cal firemen. As it was, small dam age resulted from water. when stream was directed through the ceil- ing of the Hotel Clarendon which is above the store. into the Palace of Sweets. The fire started from a short circuit in the electric wires on the ceiling of the store and crept through the floor into room of the hotel above. The proprietor, seeing the flames, ran across the street into the Plainville Engineering company store and asked one of the men to come over to the store. Rene Brault, with out knowing there was a fire, accom- panied him. and the proprietor, ar irving at the store, pointed to the, blaze. Brault quickly realized ~the danger and sent in an alarm for the fire department, meanwhile. running back to the store and getting an axe from the wall. ran over to the fire and hacked a hole through the cell ing. This act possibly prevented the fire from going further up the walls and averted a serious fire. The alarm was sent in about o'clock. The Hotel Clarendon and Palace of Sweets is owned by the Sahara brothers.
 FideIbcrg Case Heard.
 H. N. Wright of No. 490 East street. New Britain, was given a hear ing in the Plainville town court at 7:30 o'clock last evening on charges of assaulting Bernhardt Fidelberg. gateman at the East Main street crossing. Bernhardt claims that Wright struck him blow orr the cheek when he did not raise the gates immediately after a train of freight cars had passed. The assault oc- cured last Wednesday afternoon. Justice Edward P. Prior heard the case. Attorney Stanley s. Gwillim prosecuted. Witnesses to the assault were called. When Wright was called to the stand to testify. he claimed that he was an old friend of Fidel- berg and didn't realize that he had struck him so hard. Fidelberg re- piled. "If that's the way you treat your friends. I wouldn't want to be your enemy He claims that he does not know Wright. pr. F.. R. White more of New Haven. physician for the N. T., N. H. & H. railroad sent in a written certificate of the injur- ies received from the blow. An N-ray was taken of the mans jaw bone. Fidelberg says he has pains in closing and opening his mouth. Lawyer David Dunn appeared for Wright The case was discharged after the evidence was heard