Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-24
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leans for the fair to celebrate the open
ing of the Panama canal in 1915. The
committee is the first stronghold as
sailed by the rival interests of San
Francisco and New Orleans. After
long consideration of the claims of the
two cities, il voted today to report IA
vorably the Estopinal BILL recognizing
New orleans and authorizing the Sc
lection of a board Of commissioners;
the making Of government eN-
hibit and the like. No appropriation
for the pecuniary aid of the New Or
leans fair is authorized by the commit
tee. 1t is understood, however, t@nat @
the committee will favor an extensive
government exhibit, to cost approXl-
mately s1,000,OO0. The Estopinal bill
was referred to a subcommittee for
perfection. This committee will report
TUESDAY and the bill will then be ia
voraby reported to the house, where
the New Orleans-San Francisco fight
will be renewed.
San Francisco, January %: San
Franciscos aviation meet produced
new American endurance record TO-DAY
when Phillip o. Parmalee, plotting a
Wright biplane, remained alott Tor s
hours, 3S minutes and 49 seconds. The
best previous endurance in America
was that of A. L. Welsh OF st. Louis,
who established a record of hours,
II minutes and 55 seconds, AT Los
Angeles, Arch HoXey, who later was
killed. was credited with an unofficial
record of hours and II minutes. A
crowd of $4,000 persons cheered Par
malice as he circled above them, and
when he finally descended several ad-
mirers, among them Eugene B. Ely,
hoisted Parmelee on their shoulders
and carried him in triumph to a stand
in the middle of Selfridge field, where
General Tasker H. Bliss, other army
officers and host of women crowded
about the aviator to extend congratu-
lations. "I could have remained up
longer" said Parmalee, but my seat
grew so hard and my hands and feet
so numbed with the cold that decided
TO come down after climbing the Amer
ican record" The long flight was un-
eVentful.
1t came out as a Wall street pre-
sumption last Saturday that the day
of fancy salaries for the heads of cor
porations Is past, and that the maxi
mum henceforth will be S50,000. The
action Of the United States Steel cor
poration directors in recommending
that James A. Farrell, it's new presi-
dent, receive s50,OO0 instead of the
100000 paid to w. E. Corey, resigned,
was the first symptom of reduction.
The death of Paul Morton, who re-
ceived $4,000 as president of the Equl-
table Life Assurance society, removes
another of the few men whose service
has commanded unusual salaries, and
gossip in financial circles has 1t today
that the Equitable trustees were con-
sidering a reduction to $50,000 in the
case of Mr.. Morton's successor, who IS
as vet unnamed. A record In hlSh
salaries was established in 1905 when
Richard A. McCurdy's salary as pres
ident of the Mutual Life Insurance
comnany was increased from 100000
to S15O,000 a year. The Armstrong
committees investigation brought a
reduction, and Charles A. Peabody, the
present head of the Mutual Life, now
draws but $50,o00 a year.
Large committees will be the rule
in the lower house of the SiXty-second
congress. Under a resolution ofered
by Representative Covington of Mary
land and carried by the caucus of the
Democratic tives-elect OF the
next house on last Thursday night, all
the important committees will have a
total membership of twenty-one each.
The rules committee on account OF It's
particular functions, will not be so
large Chairman Underwood of the
prospective ways and means commit
tee, which will have the duty of nam
ing the committees, said today that
aside from the rules committee, the
standing committees Of the house will
probably not be constructed for
months. Despite Mr.. Underwood's
declaration it is pretty generally un-
derstood among the Democratic lead
ers that Mr.. Henry of Texas will be
chairman of the rules committee; Clay
ton of Alabama, chairman of judiciary:
Mr.. Adamson Of Georgia, interstate and
foreign commerce; Mr.. Lloyd of Mis-
souri,. postoffices, Mr.. HAY of virginia,
military affairs: Mr.. Badgett of Ten
nessee. of naval affairs, and Mr.. Flood
of Virginia, foreign affairs.
New York, January 81: Material
reductions in rates on express snip
ments originating at offices OF one
company and with destination in the
territory of another company will re-
suit from a conference held yesterday
afternoon. Through rates will be ap-
piled where in the past local rates OF
each company have been charged on
Joint shipments. The change will soon
take effect between all Offices in the
United States and many in Canada, ac-
cording to the announcement made
last night, following the conference.
All the important express companies
were represented, including the Adams,
Canadian, American, National, North
ern, Southern, Western, Pacific. United
States and Wells Fargo, and the New
York and Boston Dispatch. The an
nouncement made at the close of the
conference follows: "A decision was
reached today by the principal express
companies which is of far-reaching i'm
portance. Instead of two companies
which may handle an express package
making a separate charge on each line,
the charge will be the same as II one
company had carried the package from
shipping point to destination. Neces-
sary details are now being perfected,
and as soon as legal requirements are
complied with, this plan for through
service at through rates will then take
effect. generally between all express
offices in the United States"
THAT Captain Peary came within
1.6 miles of the north pole, is the de-
cision of the house committee on naval
affairs, which has been considering the
bill to retire Capt. Peary with the rank
of rear admiral. The basis of the
finding is the chart prepared by Hugh
c. Mitchell and c. r. Duvall, of the
United States coast and geographical
survey, and based on Peary's observa-
tions. This chart shows that Peary
went to the left on nearing the pole
due to an error in his instruments
Later he crossed toward the pole, his
nearest point being 1.6 miles. A mi
nority report does not question Capt
Peary's performance, but arraigns the
National Geographic society's commit
tee, which he claims announced its
findings after only a cursory examina-
ton of Peary's proofs. Had such a
chart been worked out" said Repre-
sentative Roberts, land given to the
world by the committee of the Geo
graphical society, the controversy that
has ragged throughout the world would
undoubtedly have ended then and
there" The majority report recon-
mended the passage of the Hale Bates
bill. giving Peary the thanks of con-
gress and creating him rear admiral
on the retired list. \ fight is certain
to develop in the house over the pro-
posed legislation. Representative Ma
con of Arkansas, has indicated that he
will oppose the passage on the floor.