Putnam patriot., 1928-09-20

- ing engagements will be filled wherev- CT there is request and in each case man and a woman will be sent. Among the many prominent women who will take the stump for the New dork governor are Mrs. Franklin D. roosevelt, Congresswoman Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, former Gov ernor Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson.
 New Deputy
 The new deputy state prohibition administrator for Connecticut prob ably will not be named for at least a week and there is some likelihood it will be month before the vacancy IS flled, a spokesman for the prohibi- tior administration here indicates.
 The names of the eligibles of the six candidates who took the ex- aminations have been forwarded to the district administrator at Balti. more. The names of the two eligibles have been certified by the civil ser vice commission, but the department will await the recommendations of the district administrator before making any appointment, the spokesman said.
 Although vacancies of this sort are supposed to be filled within thirty days after the occurrence of the vacancy. matters of personnel often require so much attention that the vacancies are not filled before the expiration of that time. The spokes- man said that more than a month may be required to fill the Connecticut vacancy. "We try to rush matters of this kind as much as possible" he said.
 Lawyers for Smith
 The Connecticut state lawyers com mittee which has been formed Go ad- vance the candidacy of Governor Smith and which before the end of the week is expected to be completely organized and functioning in every town, city, county and district. will be headed by Thomas Hewes of Hart ford, the democratic national commit tee here announces.
 The national lawyers organization is headed by John W. Davis, Demo- cratic nominee for the presidency in 1924, who says; Lawyers recognize in Governor Smith a master crafts man in governmental affairs and we are confident that he win receive strong support among the members of the profession"
 Iolored Voters
 Hopes to align the majority of the colored voters in Connecticut and the nat .F EH,.r.l..o1 lican party are expressed at the head quarters ef the col0red voters division of the Republican national commit tee.
 "We are carrying on our campaign among the colored population of New England as strongly as we can and we are gaining strength each day" one spokesman declared.
 Walter Foster of Boston, New Eng land member of the executive commit tee of the colored division, who visit ed Washington few days ago to at- tend a committee conference, lists Connecticut as a doubtful state al though he says it can be saved for the Republicans.
 "The problem in Connecticut" he says. "centers about Democratic Ma tional Committeeman Spellacy who is spending unlimited money among the negroes. He has even sponsored a civil rights bill there"
 Foster puts Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in the Republican column as safe, but admits the doubt fulness of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Massachusetts, he thinks, can be saved for the Republicans. Fewer Passengers
 The passenger revenue of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail road in July decreased under that for the same month last year but the freight revenue of the road increased, according to the report just issued by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion.
 The passenger revenue of the New Haven line in July was S3,96l.2s6 as compared with S4,431, i04 in the cor responding month of last year, the re- port shows. Revenue from freight in lJuly was S6,259, 367, an increase over S6,163, 100 for the same month | of 1927.
 For the first seven months of this year as compared with the correspond ing period of the last year the passen- ger revenues decreased from $2S,3le,- 492 to s26,725,072, and freight reve- nues dropped from S42,957,929 to SAP, ,24S,074.
 The average number of miles ope- rated in July was 2,i49 as compared with 2,I75 miles in July of 1927, while for the seven-months periods of this year and last year were respect