Putnam patriot., 1913-10-24
LABOR OFFICES
 FIND 866 JOBS
Hartford Bureau Secured the Largest Number of Positions
BRIDGEPORT RANKS SECOND
Showing Of Five State Employment Bureaus for September Was 451 Places Secured for Men and
 4f5 for Women.
Especial Hartford correspondence.)


 Special Hartford Correspondence.)
 Hartford.--The report for the month Of September of the five state em- ployment bureaus shows that positions were secured through the agency of the offices for S66 persons. of whom 451 were men and 415 women. There were 1,417 applications for employ ment, Of which 743 were from men and 674 from women. The appliea- tions from employers for help mum bered .075. 5t8 being for male and 557 for female help.
 Of the men who applied for employ ment GOT per cent were supplied with work, as compared with 61.s per cent. for the month of August Of the wo- men applicants for employment 6t.5 were supplied with positions. against Bs9 per cent. for the month of Au- gust The percentage Of positions sup piled for all the applicants was e 1, Hs compared with cos per cent. for the month of August. The records for the month show that SOB per cent of the against 79.5 per cent. for the month Of August
 The Hartford office received the largest number of applications for ems pioyment and supplied The largest number Of positions the figures be- ing 276 applications from men and 154 from women, with To positions se- cured for men and g geenred for women Tie office also received 291 applications for help. The Bridgeport office ranked second with 25e positions secured. g Of them for men and l57 for women. while the New Haven of fee was third with 132 positions SC cured for mon and 73 secured for wo- men. a total Of 21l The Waterbury office secured 128 positions. 53 for men md 75 for women, and the Norwich of fee found work for r men and 21 women. A total of 3s.
 chestnuts Prove Fatal.
 Mrs. Wlhelmina Dennison) Grant, wife of Dr. 4. s. Grant, of East Wind scr Hill. died as a result of eating chesnuts, say her physicians. The tree which produced the nuts was be- lieved 10 have been affected with blight.
 Mrs Grant was S1 years old and had lived at East Windsor Hill with her husband for two years. Before coming 10 South Windsor Dr. Grant WAS located in Waterbury
 I F. Collins and the Rev. j. r. Turlburt pastor of the Mapping Con gregational church. were Fl from the effects Of eating chestnuta.
 Thomas Appointed Judge.
 President Woodrow Wilson, at Washington. D. C., sent to the Senate the nomination of Edwin s. Thomas, Governor Baldwin's executive secre- tary. to be judge of the United States District Court to fin the vacancy caused by the death of Judge James r Platt last February.
 It is said by Mr Thomas friends that the appointment was made purely on merit.
 Inhales Small Pin.
 While playing in her home Dorothy. the seven-yearold daughter of Pro lessor Raymond C. Gettell and Mrs. Gettel, inhaled 8 small pin. The pin followed the windpipe into the lung. and her condition rapidly became serious. Professor Gettell hurried her by automobile 10 the Connecticut Cen eral Hospital in New Haven, where she was operated upon by Dr. Henry l.. Swain, of New Haven, and the pin removed
 The accident interfered with Pro lessor Gettell's arrangements as coach of the Trinity College football team. and of the New Britain High School football team.
 Urge New Post Office Site.
 Representative Lonergan and Post. master Hagarty saw Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, in Washington, D, C.. about increased post office facilities at Hartford. They urged that a site for new building be bought now, as thev said that the mezzanine otlor and other proposed improvements in the present building will only temporarily relieve the situation. A report on an aUNtAti EAAiNu tA tue AttN HNAAAhN tA" position is expected from the depart ment in December.
 Mir Lonergan says he expects to be fn Hartford for the Holy Name parade and at Philadelphia for Che lndepep dence Han celebration in October He has been Invited by Seuthingten democrats to a banquet the hast week in October.
 Miss WinskowsSy Awarded $500.
 The jury in the superior court re ported verdict for Johanna Wins kowsky to recover $500 in her action against the Underwood Typewriter Company. which was up for trial be fore Judge Joseph F. Futile and the jury. The girl lost a part of the fore finger Of her right hand on June 2a of this year. while she was operating a press at the Underwood factory. She claimed that the accident was due to the negligence of the company in not having proper guard on the press