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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1915)
- ' " ' ' - i PARCEL INSURANCE FARCE Itl PRACTICE People Forego Privilege After Experience With Govern mental Red Tape. ONLY DELIVERY PROMISED ,!'Fact That Article Is Ruined in t ' Transit Xot Made Basis for Com ; . pensationPublic Confidence ln- Sjstcm Shattered. J OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wuh- lngton. April . Less than 2 per cent ' i.(3 per cent, to be exact of all the parcels shipped through the United states last year were insured, a fact which caused the Bristow investigation committee to inquire Into the cause for the general neglect of the insurance ; privilege of the parcel post law. The . answer, as given by the committee, is that patrons of the parcel post find it I hardly worth while to insure their packages because of the difficulty of recovering from the Government in I case their parcels are damaged or lost. Liability is assumed by the Govern- roent on payment of an insurance fee of 5 cents on parcels valued at $25 or : less and 10 cents on parcels valued at ' from $25 to $50, with $50 as the maxl 1 mum liability. Of - $00,000,000 parcels '. cent through the malls last year, only 13,000,000 parcels were insured. People Without Confidence "Why the insurance feature of tha ' jaw should be utilized to so slight an extent is an interesting question," cora- ' merits the Bristow committee. "The fact that many patrons prefer to en trust their valuable parcels to express shipment and are using the parcel post only for the shipment of articles of slight value undoubtedly accounts to aome degree for this condition. "Reports received from postmasters, however." the report continues, "indi cate that a further reason for this lack - of general patronage of the insurance system is to be found in the fact that experience with the department's oper ation of the insurance plan has not tended to create confidence in it. The general criticism is that the system in 1 use in the adjudication of claims for loss or damage is so complicated and ' Involves such delay in settlement that much dissatisfaction has resulted ' among patrons. Postmasters are of the opinion that a simpler method should be pursued in the adjustment of claims. One common suggestion is that post masters should have authority, within proper restrictions, to adjust claims for - email amounts. - "While your committee doubts the - advisability of intrusting the postmaa ' ters with, the settlement of small claims, it is believed that there should be departmental officials in every sec- - tion of the country authorized to adjust these claims in order that they may be promptly paid." Hat Delivered, Thoagh Smashed. - An illustration of how the insurance clause of the parcel post act does not work is the following: A Washington "newsypaper man's wife bought a $30 hat at a New Tork shop and asked that ' It be carefully crated and shipped to - her by parcel post at Washington. When the hat was delivered the crate -was demolished, and the bat was masbed as flat as a pancake. The par 'cel containing the hat bad been in- - sured and the woman had evidence of " the insurance. She presented this, with the hat. to the Washington postoffice. "Why, you have the hat, haven't ' yon?" asked the Washington authority. " "Yes. but look at it; it's a wreck and worth nothing to me It was ruined in the mails and I want the price of it." - "Oh." exclaimed the postal official, "we Insured the delivery of the hat and did not guarantee it against dam age. If the postoffice delivered the hat to you. the Government discharged its obligation and is relieved of ail re sponsibility." Bed Tape Is Dreaded. Under the law, that woman waa en titled to recover up to $50 from the Government, but she and her husband, knowing something of governmental red tape, did not pursue the matter further; they knew it would take $30 or more worth of effort to collect this perfectly valid"claira. This case is only an illustration of how the Insurance clause fails to do Justice and why the public lacks confidence in It. Another Washingtontan had a farmer ship him, by parcel post, a crate of peaches. The shipment was insured. When the peaches were delivered they were mashed to a pulp. They had been tihiped in the bottom of a mail sack and evidently under heavy packages. The Washlngtonlan presented the dam aged fruit, with bis insurance receipt, and tried to collect from the postoffice, but he was told that, having received the peaches, he could not hold the Gov ernment responsible for their damaged condition. He also pocketed his loss, but he does not use the parcel post any more. WOMAN AMD 2 MEN' TAKEN (Continued rmm First Pan.1) Sunday night in the Burgett woman's cabin, authorities believe. According to the information secured by the Sheriff. Carlson stepped into the road and held up the stage while Haider hid behind a tree. The two were disguised in clothing they had secured from others. Both wore hand kerchiefs over their faces, but Mr. Moorehouse said he recognized Carlson by his voice when Carlson commanded: "Throw out that bag. Slim!" "Slim" is Mr. Morehouse's nickname. Mr. Moore house Joined in the hunt with the of ficers, and all were thrown off the track a day in the belief that the rob bers had escaped on horses. Tuesday they began to follow footprints, which led to the badger hole, that waa sur rounded by marks of feet. Property Feud Near Badger Bole. Near the holo was found today a re volver and cartridges which were known to belong to the Burgett woman. Kearby waa the coat worn by the leader and recognized as belonging to a former friend of the woman. A cap and handkerchief were picked op not far away. Haider says he hid his re volver nearby, and this will be searched for tomorrow. This evidence coincided with the belief of Mr. Moorehouse and words dropped by Haider, so the ar rest followed. The cleaning up of the boldest holdup in this vicinity In SO sears was done In 80 hours and was the first big task of Sheriff Anderson since he took office In January. He will, in the event of conviction, receive a reward of $1000 offered by tbe insurance company which Insured the gold. H "a great ly assisted by Mr. Lee. who personally - - - - TWO STARS OF LAMBARDI OPERA COMPANY, AT THE BAKER. stayed on the trail night and day since Monday morning, and by Mr. Nelson. Holdup In Lonely Spot. The holdup occurred at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning near the Summit mine, a lonely spot one-half mile from the Rainbow mine, where the gold was loaded in the stage, consigned to the American Express office at Durkee, to be shipped to the assay office at Selby. Cal. Mr. Moorehouse was accompanied only by Mrs. A. II. Frietag, of Durkee. formerly of Portland. The man stepped into tbe middle of the road and told Moorhouse to hold up his hands, then to throw out the sack. Then he waa commanded. to go and not look back. He reported the theft as soon as he reached Durkee and posses were at once started in all parts of the sur rounding country. An effort was made tonight by DIs Jxict Attorney Godwin to get the woman to talk, but she stubbornly re fused. The charge against her may be changed to that of being an accomplice. They will go before the grand Jury now in session, probably Saturday. EITEL DEAD IS HONORED AMERICA TO ACCORD NAVAL TRIBUTE TO GERMAN SAILOR. Interned Warship Blay Be Convoyed to Another Port on Account of Congestion at Norfolk. WASHINGTON, April S. Final steps in the internment of the German com merce raider Prinz Eitel Frledrich were prepared today, on Instructions from Secretary Daniels to permit a funeral with full naval honors tomorrow at Newport News for one of the cruiser's sailors, who died aboard two days ago. At the request of Captain Thlerichens the Eitel was permitted to remain at Newport News until alter the runeral, when she will go to the Norfolk Navy Yard. It was suggested tonight that the raider might not remain at the Navy Yard for the period of her internment because of crowded conditions there, but might be taken under convoy of an American warship. to another place to remain until the end of the war. Secretary Daniels said tonight that Rear-Admiral Beatty, commandant at the yards, until he received further in structions, would notify the cruiser's officers and sailors that they would be permitted to remain aboard her. .The Admiral has been instructed to receive paroles of officers and take necessary steps to assure that the sailora take no further part in the war. In the case of the German ships in terned at Gaum and Honolulu the of ficers gave paroles, while the enlisted men received reasonable liberties un der slight surveillance. M IS CRIPPLED MOTOR REPORTED BE FORE CRUISE, SHE SATS. Wife ef Submarined Engineer Declares He Haaband Told Her ef SHaa tloa Before Fatal Trip. ra . x.-tTT ITC Anrtl ft Mrs. Elsie Ebright Nelson, wife of William S. Nelson, engineer Of the submarine F-4, which waa lost off Honolulu harbor March 26, is quoted today as saying that the motors of the submarine were known to be in bad condition and that . , -1 ..-A n jirrJArAri ATI til A fatal vcanwi - . - - cruise despite the fact that her hus band had notmea nis omcers w u., effect. it AfHveil here yesterday from Honolulu. She expressed the hope that the submarine never wuum raised because it "was the coffin of its crew." ... ji The submarine's motors had been dis abled by a blowout, she said her hus band told her. ana x.nn.t u flim. Ammiiniler that they would never be the same again. She also declared tnai xne -only contained a four days' supply of air, although regulations provided that they should contain air sufficient for two weeks. BIG WAREHOUSE TO GO UP Wenatchee Plant Will Have Capacity of 30 Cars of Fruit. . ...... -fit .. v. i..n a WE.NA1U1SE, . hou., - (Special.) Work on a most complete, modern fruit warehouse, built Jointly by G. M. H. W'agner & Sons, Chicago distributors, ana e" apple exporters, will commence this week and will be completed in time for The warehouse will be of hollow tile construction, h-u.k'"--. feeti one stoifc- and basement. Its ca pacity will be approximately 60 carloads. X hydraullo lift will be installed to fa cilitate tne nanujiiis out of the basement. French Forbid Uqnor in. Vosges. . PARIS, April . The General in com mand of the army or. iae v g.- " the consent of General Joffre, has for bidden the purchase or sale of spiritu ous Honors in the territory occupied by his army. Violators of this order will be courtmartialed and punished severely. THE :HORTfG OREGOTA. FRIDAY, APRIE J - If p ysa"BSB"sss 1 VaW U Pc3f7jr &o& oj? FUR COAT ATTRACTS American Woman Has Finest Garment in London. COST PLACED AT $10,000 Mrs. Alracric Panel's Cliiuchilla Focus for Eyes Even or Princess. Gaby Deslys' Effort to Get It Is Told. LONDON. April 6.. Without doubt tho most beautiful and costly fur coat of this season is owned by Jars, ai meric Paget, an American, daughter of the late W. C. Whitney. nv,!., n,.lflrt garment is of price less chinchilla, of the softest, richest gray, without a single yellow light. It took more than a year for experts to find tho skins for it, each one of which Mrs. Paget herself inspected before she allowed the coat to be made up. lest It should betray the slightest tinge of the undesirable yellow that promptly proclaims the delicate pelt no longer in its prime. mrlna. Miv and Lilv Elsie have won- Horfni nhinchilla coats, but neither can compare with Mrs. Pa get's, which is said to have cost iu.uuu. Princess Clementine, the youngest daughter of the late King of the Bel elans, a tasteful dresser herself, was seen gazing through her open glasses at Mrs. Pagers exquisite wrap at charity concert recently. Coat Subicct of Interest. Indeed, among wealthy women who understand furs, it is said this coat is a subject of frantic interest and many re the stories told about it, notaDiy, the one that records 'how Gaby Deslys. happening to see it at the furrier's when it was in process of construc tion, told him to name his price for it and when she was told that this was impossible, as it belonged to Mrs. Paget, threatened never again to make a purchase from him. This coat is said to be more heavily Insured than the Queen's sable, a gar ment which also is exceptionally val uable. Poiret and Worth, the two great dressmakers, who are both fighting at the front, often hear from some of the wealthy princesses and American wom en millionaires who are among their clients. These, who include auch women as the Grand Duchess Anaitasia of Meek-lenburg-Schwerin. Mrs. W. B. Leeds and Mrs. George Gould, manage to com municate with them. For years Poiret has dressed the grand duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who Is the mother of the crown princes of Ger many, a Russian who, in the early stages of the war. hastened to declare her sympathies with her native land. Americans have been among her chosen and most intimate friends. Sketches of Gowns Asked. Now, It appears, their clients implore these great dress artists for little sketches of gowns, and they readily resnond. Of all the French fighting men there is none other who receive such attentions as these dress artists, every conceivable kind of present, both In clothing and luxuries, being sent to them by the women whom they have The great men say they are full of ideas in regard to lasnions or me iu ture, if only they are spared to ma terialize them. The battlefield has sug gested to them the most alluring new colors marvelous greens and reds seen through the smoke of artillery fire. At heart these men are as much artists as Sargent or Lavery or any other of the great patniers of the day, and they can afford to be autocratic Poiret never will dress any woman unless- he likes her figure, which, be fore all things, must be slender: in deed, the story goes that he insists that each fair client take a course of phvsical exercises invented by himself and calculated to make the form wil lowy and lissom. . General's Sister Suffragist. Every member of Sir John French's family Is a personality, though it is only since the outbreak of war that Mrs. Harley. a clever sister of his, has come before the public. Like Mrs. Despard. who also Is his sister, she is an enthusiastic suffragist and is presi dent of the National Union of Suffrage Societies in Shropshire, where her hus band's handsome home. - Condover House, is situated. At present she Is devoting herself to philanthropic en deavors and is financial administrator to the Scottish Hospital at Asnieres-sur-Olse. When the clouds roll by she Is medi tating a trip to the United States in the cause of the modern woman, in whom she is as much interested as Mrs. Despard. All General French's alsters have, to a remarkable degree, the gift of pub lic speaking. They never use notes F you buy clothes simply by i the price, you can always find plenty that are lower priced than burs. But if you care more for what they are than for what they cost, ours are the lowest priced clothes made $2,5 is a good price for real economy; but dont buy the clothes unless you see our label in them; a small thing to look for, a big thing to findy ami and never saem to heetltate for a word. Mrs. Harley rules the Board of Guardians at Atcham, in Shropshire, and makes the squires and farmers who also have seats sit up and do Just what she tells them. General French regards till sisters as the cleverest women in the world, and is proud of them. Although he i a pleasant speaker and fluent, he says he "cannot hold a candle to the girls, as he still affectionately refers to these women, both of whom are well past 60. , . 1 .H,it..1i, maAtt him think incy i 1 w - ------z as they do, for be long has admitted the right of women to the vote. GRESHAM FACULTY NAMED Elmer F. Goodwin Chosen Principal of 'Sett Cnlon High "o. 2. Elmer F. Goodwin, principal of the Brownsville, Or., high sahool, was elected principal of Union High School No 2. to be established at Gresham, ait:a meeting of the directors of tha union district yesterday. Mrs. Nellie M. Wade, of Portland, and Miss Vaughn McCorrmck, of Eugene, were elected members of Hie Union High Sohool fac ulty, and F. A. Anderson and Miss Eva Struggles were re-elected teachers. Election of Professor Goodwin as principal separates the grammar school of Gresham from the high school. J. E. Stubbs had been principal of both grammar and high school. Owing to the fact that the schools will be a mile apart it was considered necessary to have separate faculties. The new principal will begin his duties In the new building next Fall. It will be completed in September. The daily ration of a Jipsoms to'.dler . . 7 .a a4 1 r. 1 1 f r 1 A ri fa ea 0: tic ad a buncH of dried yesctablea. J 9. 1915 H art Schaffher Sold Exclusively Rosenblatt & Co v THE STORE FOR MEN Northwest Corner Third and Morrison ALLIES FREE. AMERICAN WASHINGTON SCORES POI?iT IX DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGES. German-Born Sailor, With disenable Intention Papers Is Held to Be Subject of United States. WASHINGTON, April I. An import ant point has been scored by the Amer ican -Government In ihe negotiations that have been in progress with bel ligerent nations during the European war with tbe purpose of securing the protection of naturalised American cit lsens. It was learned today that the French and British governments have Joined In consenting to release August Piep enbrlnk, a steward on the American steamship Wlndber, who was taken off by" the French cruiser .Conde on November 13, when the ship was two days from Colon, en route to New Tork. ' Yiepenbrlnk. who was born In Ger many. Hied a declaration of his in tention to become an American citizen In Seattle. Wash., In 1910 In defending the action of the com mander of ths Conde, the French gov ernment set up a claim that the steward had not completed his naturalisation and therefore was a German subject, a naval reservist and properly subject to arrest. Plepenbrlnk was turned over to the British- mili tary authorities at Kingston. Jamaica, who also refused to release him on the same ground. The State Department Sfked for the prisoner's release, insisttng that a sailor on an American vessel who has declared his intention oe oeing a ci it- in Portland by sen and remains on the vessel under the laws of the United States la con sidered as having acquired full citi zenship, SOLDIER HELD IN JAIL Discharged Army Man Held tor Pawning Stolen Silverware. VANCOUVER, Wash.. April . (Special.) The attempt of E. C. Scott, a discharged aoldler from the Twenty-first Infantry, to pawn 1125 worth of silverware for 35 at a Van couver pawn shop, led to Scott s arrest. The silver was said to have been stolen by a servant girl in Portland from a son of Judge M. U Pipes. Scott was discharged from tho army at noon Tuesday. Scott was arrested and said the silver was given to him by Nina Hill, who was employed by Mr. Pipes. Mr. Pipes came here today and iden tified the property and it was returned to him. Canada Advance Money Order Rate. Believed to be on account of the war and the consequent war tax now in force throughout that country. Canada has made sharp advances in rates charged for money orders to all points In the United States, according to ad vices received by Postmaster Myers. The charge for postal orders is gen erally advanced. Formerly rates about equal to those charged In this country for orders payable in Canad were in effect. According to the new tariff, a charge of 70 cents Is made for a money order of $100, while the rate from the United States to Canada on the same amount is but SO cents. Sw!ut snd shsvlnts r now rl into brieustus and msds lato kinailnf weed. Dr. PAUL a YATES TEN YEARS OF HOMCST DEN TIS'lHV IN POU'l'UANU. P o R T L A - N D I Have Cut Prices 1 will save you cents on evert dollar on the best dental work made by human hands and without pain. My offer Is for you to go U dental office and get prices, than come to me and I will show you hew tw save a dollar and I make a dollar on your dental work. My Price Will Surely Suit Ton My Work Will Surely Please You AXl, WORK GUARANTEED. Paul C Yates Klrtk aad Merrlaoa. OpaeeUa I'eat Uo PIANOS Packard, Bond and Other Pianos tor sale. Packard Music Company 11 10th HI., near Morrlaoa. h'Ci ) o 1 - j I