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against his employer. didn't believe
TINS, AID a good while ago | found
that | was right, 1t Is my opinion
that h average w~orkiugman put on
"a joint board wishes to he so ctre-
full, 80 horcst, to administer justice
SO lmlartLlIlN thit he uuconsclously
leans moro toward the employer than
TO the employees side Of the matter
under discussion.
zone Att." lnNtan'" occurred right
here recently that w,ls of interest TO
mo as showing the human sympathy
~ the aN'ras" man a1d his apprc-
citation ~ real and valuable service.
IN attend M Jt ,N' of the public baths
was brpu-Nf up On rharGo--o.
charges of i~ntuN.,9-lon, | believe, or
for some iufrI,'iou Of rules. To hear
.uH was over Hrl 'H" Joint h.''i N..-
discussing tIu fIuI-tU.. that should
bee melted out. have understood -us,
then that '.c i.ri.gr WIS That this
man should Poe dismissed from the 5yr-
vice.
whsle the to.nt board was gnr.:'~r-
iue the case tn. ma. h..tn q uawrau
ID ptl&nl h. h.l IN his hands. tied up
in brown pepper. May / show irs To
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across from the board are the accused
and the person making charges.
Although a Bible rests on his desk,
MIR, Marks does not ask that any oath
be taken during the proceedings, but
In opening the trial he does impress
upon the trial board To the utmost Of
his ability their seriousness and the
solemnity of their actions. At a recent
trial he spoke as follows:
"GentlemeG, you have met here for
n very eriou purpose this morning
one OF your fellow employees is
charged by his superior officer with
having violated the rules Of his em-
ployment and you are To- decide
whether he is innocent or guilty. n
guilty You will advise he shall be- dis
missed from the service and thus he
prohibited for two years from employ
meut 10y the city ana practically pro-
vented from securing work elsewhere,
or. on the other hand, whether he shall
he fined. rcprimaudcd or cXororat,d
In considering the hardship caused 10y
the dismissal of u gui.,v man you are
bound to remember that thcrc is
another man NJ the head t the civil
service ! 81 Nt.ltllE 10 M llt NatIi'N
that would be caused IN case of this
mans dismissal ana that this man
now out of employment is also en-
titled to consideration al rour hands,
Yours Is a sacred duty. as the fate Of
n fellow man is awaiting your do
cision.'
And 1t is an extraordinary thing that
in every single instance during the
past year and n half, as President
Marks himself says, every mar thus
brought up before the joint tria board
was found <, llty.
! Thereupon the proceedings begin.
Charges are preferred ana are care
fully listened to by the four sitting in
!, dgmcnt. After this the man on trial
is told to relate his side of the case,
Questions are put in a effort to con-
slider him innocent until he is proved
guilty beyond any reasonable doubt
Long years ago" the Borough
President continued, when | was try
ing to get employers to agree to a
Joint board with representatives OF
the working people on 1t, ! was told
| that such a board would he useless
because the workingman would always
: side with hts fellows, and take grount
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his intimacy with the Kaiser. the Eng
llsh proposals were relegated 10 Otto
man pieeonholes, French and Russian
offers were likewise declined, and then
the Sultan g-anted an trade author
izing IA German syndicate to undertake
the job, assuring the concern OF large
s~ubvcntions.
Naturally England. France and
Russia brought every diplomatic pres
sure to bear at Constantinople to put
4 stop to tho enterprise, with SO much
success hat Germany was eventually
compelled to tender TO British hnan-
ciers IA share in the undertaking.
After a considerable moun of delay
Great Britain minated hat the pro-
posals offered by Germany and by the
Porte did not furnish a sufficient Sc
curity that she would have n real
voice in the control and management
Of the undertaking. And so she de-
clined to have anything whatsoever
to do with. II. Perhaps she already
hen foresaw that sooner or later Il
would come into her hands without
any outlay on her part in the work
of construction.
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Map showing the field of operations of the British expedition.
airy force in the Valley of Mesopotamia.

British were at Ctesiphon at the be-
ginning OF the week. and were await
ing there the arrival OF the other divi-
sions before attacking Bagdad. 1t is
quite possible hat the latter may to-
day. Sunday. be already in their
hands.
Once in possession OF the Glorious
City and firmly established there, a
portion of Sir John Nixon's army will
push up northward to Mosul. using the
railroad to Samarra and the River IT.
girls for the purpose. and incidentally
acquiring control Of the wonderfully
rich oil wells that lie southwark of
Mosul toward the Persian frontier.
Should the English eventually Sc
cure possession Of the railroad now In
construction. extending from Mosul
to the rail head Of the Ana
tolian road. they would be In a posi-
ton to reach Aleppo. further west on
the same line, and which is the juno
ton station of the railroad from
Scutari to Damascus, the Hedjaz, and
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o. Haroun-al-R aschid Is a British
army Of about 100. 900 men which, un-
der the command of Gen. Sir John
nixon, has been working its way Up
'hOm Il. head of the Persian Gulf, 400
miles distant, fighting almost every
yard OF the route under the most try
ing conditions, while the Turkish COM
mander AID garrison of Ba<dad are
anxlousiy looking toward the north for
the arrival from there Of a large OF
toman army. differed by Germans,
and bringing with it sorely needeu
heavy ordnance, field guns and. above
all, ammunition. 1t has been possible
TO convey these reenforcements and
supplies by rail from Scutari, on the
Aslatic shore Of the Bosporus, just OPP
posiie C5nstantinople, to the present
gil head of the Scutari-Bagdad Rail-
road-a railroad upon which. ever
.Srce the Turks threw in their lot with
the Kaiser last autumn. they have
been working virtually day and night
under Teuton direction. Between
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hu likewis 10 secure "A sort of eco
monte superiority over the British In
their great Oriental Empire. Ger
many also was var OF the fact that
any armed attack from Europe upon
India would have to he made by way
Of the valleys Of the Euphrates and OF
the Tleris and the Persian Gulf and
that the Indian territory nearest 10
the hesd of the Persian Gulf consti-
tutes the most vulnerable point of
King Georges great Oriental depend
ency where foreign invasion is con.
cerncd.
Every monarch who has aspired to
the mastery OF the world. from Alex
ander the Great down to Napoleon,
has always aimed at the conquest Of
India as Indispensable to the crown
of his ambition. All were convinced
tina, without the possession of India
and of all its untold boarded wealth
there could nc no world mastery such
as that for which they yearned,
Emperor William has been smitten
with similar longing. He has made
no secret of ii. Both he ard the mill
,ary leaders If his people have pro-
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RIAL COURT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES NAUCURATED BY MARKS

again. when a man was discharged and
not reinstated the law prevented him
from obtaining any kind of job
under the municipality for at least two
years. And the fact that he had been
discharged from the city's service
after a hearing OF his case by a city
many instances for the nan to obtain
work with a private employer.
such in brief vas the situation
when I took hold as Borough Presi-
dent" said Mr.. Marks yesterday, when
explaining what had been done since
he instituted a new method. after
carefully going over the situation I
made up my mind that when a man is
brought up on charges he ought to be
heard not by a single official sitting
as judge but by a board composed
equally of those under whom he
worked and of his fellow workmen,
The right Of trial by jury is one Of
the oldest established rights given 70
the citizens of any country. Yet the
trial OF charges against municipal en-
ployees before juries composed Jointly
Of representatives of the administra-
tion and OF fellow employees is an
tirely new
"Since New York became a city
there has hitherto e only one way
Of trying charges preferred against
borough employees. The Commits
sioner or other official In charge of
a department or IA bureau. whenever
an employee was found to be unfaith-
full to his trust or negligent, care
less or inefficient, brought such an
employee up before him on charges
at a fixed time. This official heard
the charges and listened to whatever
explanation the accused had TO offer,
and then rendered his decision. One
man, human and therefore always
liable to prejudice or haste in judg-
ment, determined the destiny of an
employee whose standing in civil SER
vice after proper examination seemed
to entitle him to a wider consideration
ITO overcome this serious objection
to the old method I instituted the new
Joint trial board system. The official
who makes tine charges and the &C
cused employee appear before this
board. which consists Of two borough
officials and two fellow employees Of
the same rank As that Of the n on
trial. selected BY lot. with the Pres
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the sacred city OF Medina. and in that
way to prevent any reinforce ments
and supplies from being sent from
Constantinople to the Turkish troops
operating in the Holy Land. in Arabia
and against the Suez Canal and the
eastern frontier OF Egypt.
Should the Bagdad Nnilroad fall into
the hands Of the British. and were
the latter to secure control Of the
Anatolian railroad system. as now
seems probable, II would he "A severe
blow TO h Sublime Porte. but more
particularly to Germany. For the
roads in question are essentially Ger
man concerns. financed entirely by
Teuton capital, and upon them Ger
many has lavished money without
taking any oun
The Bagdad railroad scheme. de-
signed to open up not only Asia Minor
but also Mesopotamia to the trade
and m OF the world and 20
develop the mineral wealth of Asia
Minor and the unrivalled agricultural
possibilities OF the valleys of the Tigris
and the E~uphrates. linking the head
OF the Persian Gulf by rail with the
Mediterranean and with the shores of
the Bosporus, MAS originally an Eng
lish scheme. devised in London for
the purpose OF establishing a spcedier
route to India thar that by the Suez
Canal and communication by rail
from Scutari wit. the northwestern
terminus OF the railroad system NJ
India. But when England allowed
Germany to supplant her as the dom
inant foreign influence at STEAMBOAT,
and Sultan Abdul Hamid i%naugurated
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4 EARCUS NJ. MARKS, President
N II Of the Borough of Manhat-
wi in. has succeeded in put
ting into operation among
1000 employees of the borough "a plan
Of trial, judgment and court decision
u which little Is known by the people
r. New York, but which has created
J such widespread interest throughout
the country that Denver, Col, has
} 1opted It in its police and fire de-
: partmentS, while the commission
Which Is framing a new charter Tor
the city OF Los Angeles is including
in its proposed charter a provision
Ion President Marks's plan.
For many years Mr.. Marks has spent
a large part OF his time in serving
as a mediator between employers ana
Employees who became engaged IN
osputeS over the hours of work, the
conditions ~ work and the rates OF
Wages. Long ago he perceived the
necessity of having on a board OF ar
DURATION or mediation representatives
' 10th sides to a controversy, and the
pr1s"a' plan is the outcome of his
INVESTIGATIONS.
When Nj. Marks became President
" Tho Borough Of Manhattan he found
'"ll 1000 city employees under MS
administrative eye, and he also found
."1t every l!ttlc while charges would
Y 'e preferred against this II or that
-charecs oC sinking work, Of intoxi-
U'loU and like offences. Such charges
t''d 70 Doe heard by the head Of a
'"ourh department., as a rule by some
"M"lai who sat alone, listened to the
charges asked tho defendant what
ne mad 10 say on his side OF the mat
tf and then rendered his decision.
y ne tH'l a mar several days pay
We m" had to be paid. II he laid a
mSa of for a week the "A and
MS family as well suffered the imam
VA sAf.'hacc in earning power. IL
Nv uS'haI"cd a man that man could
80 INTO court and have his case re-
'"Wed, with q good chance Of being
YeHstat"d, In this event he would
'ohle back 20 work often with a chip
w MS shoulder" and spread the WORD
stouhd among fellow employees that
'hey couldn't fire me-"
All this, thinks President Marks,
- nc for the public service. for
~e'pNne' for efficient work. Then
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n, r..

~ yHlLE popular attention on
w a ''' sr s'S' extent ss ,as H Absorbed Is s 10
the news which reaches
America Of the fighting in France. in
f1anders, along the Austro-Italian
frontier. and mor especially in the
balkans, where a particularly severe
.;n,er has slready set In. covering not
,,iy the mountain passes but even the
,nlleys and plains with deep snow, a
wonderfully interesting struggle Is In
progress just at present along the
hanks Of the River Tigris. which. &C.
cording to pious tradition. washed the
shores of what prior to the fall of man
vas the Garden of Eden. II IL a
Struggle all the more exciting by rea-
son Of the fact that II partakes Of the
nature Of a fiercely contested race. The
bourn Is the city Of Bagdad, familiar
10 all OF us as the scene OF the Ara
nian Nights and which. for many GEN.
turtles the headquarters and religious
centre Of Islam, and regarded as one
Of IT'S hottest cities, still figures to-day
in all official Turkish Documents. Just
as in ancient times. by the name Of
"Bsgdad the Glorious"
To the south Of this former capital
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duty will not be dismissed under this
new plan by the Judgment of a single
individual or on account of any mis-
understanding or prejudice, but that
he will get an exceptionally full and
fair hearing and have the largest
benefit OF a square deal
Furthermore" continued Mr.. Marks,
"the employees now understand fully
and thoroughly that any unworthy
worker cannot be saved by any out
side influence, political or other.
They see plainly that an open hearing
before the joint trial board means that
there al be no possibility of star
chamber proceedings.
when I first proposed this system
several officials in charge feared evil
results, saying that the employees on
the board would always decide in
favor Of their fellow employee and
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that accordingly the authority OF the
department head would be weakened
and discipline seriously impaired. The
experience under the new system has
completely removed these fears and
objections. Discipline has improved
perceptibly, the employees display a
more cheerful spirit in their work and
a more cordial relation exists between
the heads and themselves.
".As a further result OF the trial
board the employees know that n re-
moval after IA trial by the board is
final and that there is practically no
chance of their ever being rcinstated
thereafter, as under the old system.
THE elimination of the uncertainty
and expense of court review has been
another advantage of the joint trial
board-appeals TO the court by the dis
missed employee have usually been
New Britain herald., 1915-04-24
COST OF ELECTRIC
PLANT TOO HEAVY
That Is Mayor Qujgey's Reasons
for Vctoing Prtj..Ct.

Mayor George A. Quigley, in ex-
, planning his veto of the electric light
ing project as stated in yesterday $
Herald, has given his reasons in
| writing and these will be presented at
| the next meeting of the common
council.
The mayors reasons follow: >.
Common Council--City of New Bri-
tain:
Gentlemen:-
Pursuant to the authority vested in
me l have this day disapproVed the
action of your honorable body in
adopting the resolution relating to the
matter of municipal lighting.
I have disapproved your action for
the reason that do not believe that
the city could embark in the business
! of municipal lighting under cost of
100000.
In order to raise this amount OF
| money it would be necessary to issue
bonds and when we realize that New
Britain has now a. bonded indebted
ness Of about $3,500,000 and a grand
list of less than S45,000,00O, we can
readily see that our debt would be
out of all proportion to our grand list
uIIHcEs We 1IuSk idCS III d very
short time the sewage disposal pro-
blem which it has been estimated will
necessitate a bond issue of between
100000 and 100000 and the ever
present problem Of school accomo-
dalton which will no doubt necess-
itate a bond issue in the near future
of possibly 100000.
Then again our knowledge of mu-
nfcipal lighting is so meagre that
do not believe that this matter should
be seriously entertained until the full
est information possible is obtained
regarding municipal lighting.
Further on April 20, after the ad-
journment OF the city meeting, re-
quested the citizens to remain and
discuss the matter Of municipal light
ing. BY unanimous vote the pro-
position was rejected.
I feel that this expression alone
would justify a veto and 1 herewith
return the resolution to you disap-
proved.
Respectfully,
GEORGE A. OUIGLEY,
Mayor of New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-24
AUTOAIOBILIsTS ATTENTION.

Would you like to go an entire sea-
son without any tire troubles? You
can by equipping your car with the
''Interlock'' Inner Tube? They make
tires blowout proof and practically
puncture proof; old tires as strong as
new and new tires wear twice as long
You get double mileage out of tires
in which Intcrlocks are used.
The RED Line Quality of Inner
Tubes and Accessories are the best in
the world. The double thick tube is
the best to buy, made of six piles of
rubber, three of Red and three of
Grey, which makes the proof
against slow leaks or porosity. Double
thick tubes give you double service
Our special offer to first purchaser
of light car is still open. Send for our
free list of don'ts; mention make of
car when writing. Full information
mailed on request. Write Manager,
P. o. Box 430, or call at 1913 Main
Street, City, Room
New Britain herald., 1915-04-24
MOTHERS HERE IN 1915.
New Britain to Have Annual Conven-
ton of Connecticut Congress.

The Connecticut Congress of
Mothers will hold it's 1916 convention
in New Britain, the convention held
yesterday in the West Haven Congre-
gationa1 church of New Haven hav-
ing accepted the invitation of the
New Britain Maternal association.
The next meeting of the executive
board will be held in Hartford in
June.
Mrs. A. l.. Wizard of $50 West Main
street was made chairman of the
membership committee and Mrs. J. A.
Traut of 249 Arch street and Mrs.
Buell. B. Bassette of Emmons place
We're placed on the welfare commit
tee.
Mrs. Wilfred III. Dresser of Hart
ford was elected president to succeed
Mrs. B. L. Mott, who, has sefveH as
the president of the orga nizafio n for
the last five years. 4 - ESTfA Z. -
New Britain herald., 1915-04-24
STATES WITNESSES ~
NEGLECT TO APPEAR
Several Cases in Police Court Today
a" But All But One Are
Continued.

Several witnesses for the state
having become frightened and dis
appeared since the case was ad-
journed from earlier in the week, the
case against John Francofski, charged
with assault and breach or the peace,
was again continued, this time until
May 8. Lawyer Levitt appeared for
the accused and demurred at the
second continuance but finally agreed
An echo Of the Willow street fight
of yesterday noon was heard in court
this morning when Gastrino Mayo
surrendered himself as one of the
combatants. 1t is alleged that he,
with another Italian. were playing
pool when they became angered and
wreaked their vengeance on Adam
Gentle. The case was continued until
Monday and in the meantime the
other fighter will be arrested.
William Mahoski a drunk, was fined
s. and costs by Judge Meskill. He
was arrested by Officer Theod ore
Johnson. He was asked if he was
drunk and said "a little but not
much. How much? The judge
satisfied his curiosity by saying IS.
The case against Charles Steppler.
charged with assaulting his wife, was
continued until Monday morning when
the accused failed to appear in court.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-24
WILL MOVE TO CHESHIRE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis p. Occupin To
Make Their Homo in the Country.

The many friends OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis P. Occupin will regret to learn
that they are to shortly remove from
this city and take up their residence
in Cheshire where Mr.. Occupin will go
into the poultry business on an extern
sive scale.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Occupin are
prominent members of the Methodist
church, and the former is the sexton
However, their relations with the local
church will not be entirely severed,
as they will become parishioners of
Rev. Ernest Neumann, a former
member of the local church, who has
been assigned to the Cheshire church.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-24
NOTICE,
$25,OOO.OO

Will be paid by the New Britain CO.
operative Savings and Loan associa-
ton to shareholders in the 34th and
series, which mature, Tuesday
April 81, 1915.
Subscriptions for shares in the April
seres may now be made. Polls open
for the election of officers for the en-
suing year from 1880 to p. m. on
the above date at Sc West Main street.
This association was organized
twenty nine years ago and has paid
back to its members over $500, 10000
the present assets are 1917, 100000 in
terest at the rate of per cent, is add
ed to the depositors account in April
and October, all its money is loaned to
it's members on first mortgage,
interest and payments on the principle
made monthly.
No other plan for systematic saw
ings is so good, so safe, so sure of
ultimate results as our plan, try IT.
Y. j. STEARNS,
Secretary.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-24
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
Of SECRETARIES HERE
Believes Permanent State Organize
tien Will FoNeW Meeting.

It is likely that a permanent organ
ization of secretaries of the CONNER
cial organizations of the state will be
formed as the result of a conference
to be held in the chamber of COM
merce rooms in this city next Satur-
day afternoon.
There are about forty commercial
organizations in the state, including
chambers of commerce. businessm en- s
associations, and boards of trade TIL Q
Connecticut chamber of commerce
does not include all of these and there
is need of an organization of secretar-
les whereby the work may be CO.
ordinated and cooperation secured
in statewide movements. AS many
of the forty organizations are small, it
is not expected that the final mem
bership will exceed twenty-five, al
though all will be invited to attend rhe
conference.
A resolution expressing the sorrow
of the chamber of commerce at the
death of A. Howard Able, whose fun
eral was held yesterday afternoon, has
been prepared by a committee con-
sisting of Frank HI. Johnson, Joseph
r. Andrews and Frank J. Porter as
follows:
Whereas Almighty God, in his in
finite wisdom, has removed from our
midst our worthy and esteemed fell
low member, A. Howard Able.
Be 1t Resolved That the directors
of the mercantile bureau of the New
Britain chamber of commerce, repre-
senting the entire mem bership, hereby
express their sorrow at the loss of
faithful friend, an earnest and force
full leader and co-worker, a good citi-
zen and an upright man, and that we
extend to the bereaved family and rel
atives our heartfelt sympathy.
Be It Resolved That a copy of the
foregoing resolution. signed by the
past-presidents of the Business Mems
association of which Mr.. Able was the
first president, be spread upon the
records, and that a copy be sent to
the bereaved family and to the press.