Connecticut western news., 1911-07-27
SHOOT SUBMITS
 SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULE
New Wool Tariff BlII Offered
 For UnderWOOd'S.

Tor Un1eTW00d'S.
 Stating his belief that majority of the members of the senate were in fa. vor of reduction in the present du- ties in the woolen bill, known as Schedule K. Senator Shoot of Utah presented q substitute which he will urge to the Underwood bill.
 The duties on manufactures of wool fixed in the Shoot substitute do not exceed 80 per cent. He admitted ii might be extremely difficult for the woolen manufacturers of America to compete with the foreign makers of the highest grade of woolen fabrics under this rate of protection, but thought 1t was necessary to fix this limit in order to meet the objections of opponents of the woolen bill that there were excessively high duties in the Payne law.
 'It will prevent the critics of Sched- ule K from pointing to the duty of 165 per cent on cheap shoddy blankets and arguing from that unreasonably high duty on the blankets and clothing of the people," he said
 Under the Wilson law the manufac, turers of wool enjoyed a protection of 50 per centum and under the Payne law 52.80 per centum. The Under. wood house bill and the La Toilette senate bill would cut this protection to 20 per centum. said MT. Smoot. He said such a cut would be disastrous.
 GENERAL John Evans, farmer
 uryte at Westmoreland City ,,a= Pa. sold his house HAPPENINGS. hold goods chickens dog and all the other accoutrements of the home to George Selesan, a neigh Dor, for STA. According to a hired man on the farm, George Larimer the sale included Evans wife as we'll
 Before the special congressional com. mittee Investigating the sugar trust resumed its examination of Washing ton B. Thomas, a director of the American Sugar Refining company since 1893, it was rumored that Theo dore Roosevelt would be summoned by the committee to explain why he did not go after big game" as he was asked to do by George Fl. Earle, Jr, after the wrecking of the Pennsyl vania Sugar Refining company.
 Declaring the town of Glen Echo, Md, to be in a "state of revolt and absolutely in defiance of law and or der" Mayor Louis O. Witowski has written to Governor Brothers of Mary land asking intervention. Mayor Wit owski complains of the nonobservance of the Sunday labor law, especially at an amusement park patronized by Washingtonians. He declares the town officials fiatly refuse to carry out his orders to arrest offenders.
 General James Allen, chief of the United States signal corps and head of the army's aviation division, predicts that within a year this country will be as far advanced as any nation in strength of aerial forces. He hopes by the end of that period to have twenty aeroplanes. operated by forty officers. He also hopes the good work already done will prompt congress to give greater aid to this branch of the serv. ice.
 A special grand jury was charged by Supreme Court Justice Kalish to in- dict Sheriff Johnson, elected by the so called Republican machine of Atlantic county, N. l.. and all others involved in alleged shady election tactics last November when the county turned in a heavy Republican plurality. The sheriff is charged with taking registry books from the clerks office and alter ing records.
 Edward Hines of Chicago caused a sensation by testifying before the sen ate Lorimer election Investigating committee that Representative Henry S. Boutell of Illinois, now American minister to Switzerland. told him that President Taft regarded Lorimer as an acceptable senatorial candidate, was anxious to have him elected and would be very glad to a~>.st in his election.
 Blue pike. which. form a large part of the catch in Lake Erie. are threaten ed with extinction. A plague which battles experts on fish Is killing thou sands of them, and dead fish are being washed ashore in great numbers. II c. Crossley, special warden for Lake Erie, finds that the small fish are dy. ing from fungous growth on the gills
 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson took his recommendations in the case ot Dr. Harvey ". Wiley to the cabinet meeting and presented them to Presi, dent Taft. Gan you give us an idea of how you stand, MT. Secretary" he was asked before entering. Good ness, mo- he exclaimed hurrying into the cabinet room.
 That $1O,OO0O00,0OO Is spent in the United States for food. shelter and that nor oF this