TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCII 17. 1920 DELAY GUT ONE-HALF TO WORKMEN Compensation for Injuries Forwarded Quickly. 46-DAY WAIT CUT TO 23 Industrial Accident Commission in Report to Governor Shows " Increased Force . SAX.ESf, Or, March IS. (Special.) The time elapsing between the receipt of reports of accidents involving: per sons entitled to benefits under the workmen's compensation act and the date of forwarding payments has been reduced from 46 to 3 days, ac cordin;r to a report filed with Gover nor Olcott today by the state in dustrial accident commission. This report was made to the execu tive upon recommendation of a spe cial committee of nine persons ap pointed last year to investigate cer tain charges preferred against the commission and dealing with the af fairs of that department. The latter committee filed its findings with the governor on January 10, 1920. and at that time made a request that the commission report to the executive offices within 60 days as to what they had accomplished with reference to solvinsr the problem of collecting de linquent payments due the state acci dent fund from employers, and re ducing: the time elapsing between the receipt of accident report and the date of compensating these claim ants. Audit Force Is Increased. "Since July I. 1319. the number of employes outside of the Salem office engaged in the work of auditing the payrolls has been increased 35 per cent," says the report, "and it is also the purpose of the commission to maintain a force adequate to care for the increase in industrial activity which we believe will be realized dur ing the coming year. "In the matter of delinquencies, we report that a system has been estab lished whereby complete check is made each month of every employer listed on the booKS of the commission and a follow-un system maintained, with the definite purpose of securing payment of every account or reducing the amounts owing to judgments. "On July 30. 191?. our books showed accounts receivable of $79,093.9 judgments. J9899.47, and charged to loss and gain, $808.48. Since that time there has been collected from these accounts $48,647.33. Our statement as of March. 1. 1930, shows accounts re ceivable of f 22.056. 01; reduced to judgment, $17,596.65. and charged to loss and gain. H519.93. Force I Knlarsed. "In or'ier better to handle the work of furnishing statements of accounts of employers, the commission has in creased the force of employes per forming this task by 40 per cent These changes in the method of han dling delinquencies have resulted in placing the accounts in better condi tion than at any time heretofore. "While previously it required on an average of 12 days to secure the phy sicians' reports, 16 days for'the re ports of employers, and 22 days for the reports of injured workmen, a re cent study shows the following aver ages: Physicians. 11; employers, 14, and workmen, 17 days. "As to tlie elapsed time for date of accident to payment of compensation, the first study showed an average of 46 days, the second study 31 days, and the recent examination showed an average of 23 days. ' Elapsed Time 1m Heduced. "The commission several weeks ago adopted the practice of sending com pensation for two weeks or one month immediately upon receipt of reports showing that disability would extend beyond that time, and we are con vinced that the average elapsed time is greatly influenced by some work men failing to report until after the period of disability has ended and also by cases in which it is difficult to decide promptly because of the many different questions involved." The report of the commission shows that with one exception all of the recommendations of the investigating committee have been put into actual operation and found very satisfactory. The committee conducting the orig lnal investigation was composed of Robert S. Gill, Frank Green. Antoine L.abbe. Thomas McCusker and J. X. Brooks of Portland. A. C. Dixon of Eugene. Sandy McLain of Pendleton. E. C. Apperson of MeMinnville and H. .1. Overturff of Bend. 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Fifth and Alder MARRIAGE AT SEA IS VOIOji been cleaning with gasoline, burned her about the face, 6corched her hair and did about $200 damage before it I was extinguished by engine i in I charge of Captain Hairtes. ir . -r , ... v i i.' v I apiain uay. assistant lire marsnai. ATTOKMOY LOOKS II' LAW OX CAS WEST WING ABOUT READY Capitol at Boir-c Kx period lo Be l-inlylivd by November. KOI SE. Idaho. March 16. (Special.) -The west wing of the capitoi is ex pected to be ready for orcupancv early in July and the building will be turned over to the state complete not later than November 1. W. J. Hall, state commissioner of public works, announced in a report which he filed with Governor Davis at the regular monthly meeting of the state cabinet this afternoon. (Jn both t lie east and the west wings, for which the last legislature appropriated $900,000, excellent prog ress is being made by the contracting company. Commissioner Hall report ed. Cnder their contract the builders have until the latter part of Novem ber to finish the work. TRAPPER DOES VERY WELL I'ur-Boaring Animals Still Found in Oregon Mounlaiiis. EUGENE. Or., March 16. (Special.) That there is stiil money to be made in trapping fur-bearing animals in the mountains of Oregon is demonstrated by the fact that C. E. Anway. a trap per of Oakridge. yesterday brought to Eugene over J1000 worth of furs which he has obtained in the Cas cades during the past winter. Mr. Anway had a string of traps in the vicinity of the Rigdon ranch, not far from the summit of the moun tains, and reports a very successful catch. He says "there is a good mar ket for furs, the price being higher now than for many years past. Shingle Weavers to Arbitrate. ABERDEEN. 'Wash.. March 16. (Special.) The statement that there might be a strike of the shingle weavers of the harbor on account of a new demand for increased wages appears to have been premature, as the matter of a new scale has been referred to an arbitration committee composed equally of employers and employes. A satisfactory agreement is expected. Oregon Statutes Consider Wed dings on Occaii as Common Law Unions. .News dispatches from Los Angeles telling ot the illegality of marriages solemnized on the high seas are con firmed, so far as Oregon is concerned, according to the district attorney's office. . Chief Deputy District Attorney JIammersley yesterday had occasion lo look up the law relating to mar riages performed outside the three mile limit, and he found that inac much as a common-law marriage has never been recognized as legal in this state, neither can a marriage per formed at sea be recognized as legal. Mr. Hammersley told of one case in particular where a prominent couple in southern Oregon had been married at sea as the only way they coum over-ride parental objection to their union. This couple, however, were re-married as soon as they returned to land. "iSo far as a marriage at sea is concerned, it is a marriage just so long as the contracting parties re main at sea, but it can never be con sidered legal when they come back to this country if they return to a state which does not recognize the common law marriage," Mr. Ham mersley said. "In this, -respect, mar riage is greatly similar to prohibi tion. You can drink all you want so leng as you remain outside the three mile limit." I estimated the damage at $150 to the I innrpntt rf the nnnrtmpnt ntid Inft tn the building. Mrs. Ruby S. Firebaugh is proprietress of the apartment house. OFFICER WITHOUT OFFICE COMMISSIONER XKSS ODER DOES BUSI- HIS HAT. STATE WOULD ECONOMIZE Dormitory Problem May Be Solved by Using Private Capital. BOISE. Idaho. March 16. (Special.) Dormitory problems at the various state higher educational institutions may be solved by inducing local pri vate capital to build the" " required buildings under a guarantee of a re turn of 6 per cent net on the invest ment and thereby save the state the expense of putting up the structures. Dr. E. A. Uryan, state commissioner of education, announced this morning upon his return from Moscow, wherel ne atrenuea a meeting oi me uni versity of Idaho executive committee. An outlay of approximately 1200,000 would be saved by the state at Mos cow, at the Idaho Technical institute at Pocatello and at the State Normal at Lewiston, Dr. Bryan estimates. FIRE STARTS FROM MATCH Woman Cleaning Apartment Has Face and Hair Burned. OLD RESIDENT IS DEAD Mrs. ElizaleUi H. Thomas Passes Away al Home on 13tli Si. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Thomas, who was long a resident of Portland, having come to Oregon in 1S76, died at her home. 613 East Thirteenth street North, yesterday afternoon from pneumonia. Mrs. Thomas was born in Carmaten, Wales, and was 73 years of age. She gave much attention to charitable work, devoting her time to the sick and poor. Mrs. Thomas was the widow of the late Henry M. Thomas. The only surviving son is John M. Thomas, who is associated with the Pacific Grain company. Investigators Given Insinuations! While Standing in Corridor of Old Postal Bnilding. Watchful waiting has been extend ed to the office of the fair-price com missioner of the federal government for the state of Oregon. Appointed, without pay, one month ago. Will H. Daly, up to the hour of going to press, was still without an office, save that which abides within close proximity of his hat. The. question now is whether A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney-general of the United States and presidential candidate, is too busy in Washington smashing trusts and things to see to it that his fair-price commissioner out here in Oregon has an office from which to conduct the business of fix ing quotations on life's necessaries, or I whether some local agent of the na tion has fallen down." As long ago as three weeks Mr. Daly announced that he would open an ortice in the old postoffice build ing; that he would install a secretary therein and dispatch a bunch of in vestigators into the districts of Ore gon to ascertain price conditions. That was when he, supposed the govern ment at Washington had power to provide one little room but now. well, he speaks less assuredly when asked concerning the progress of fair price tixing. Three investigators have been as signed to Mr. Daly, who yesterday gave them instructions, on gathering certain information, but his meeting with them was held in one of the cor ridors of the old postoffice building. Judge ;inr Up in Balloon. Kire which started when a match became ignited as it was being swept out with oilier rubbish by Miss Pearl Walker from her apartment on the i OMAHA. March IS. Judge K. M. first floor of the Belknap apartments, il.andis of Chicago is to take a balloon 1 87 Seventeenth street, about 12:13 J flight at Fort Omaha late next week, yesterday afternoon caught on a Special permission has been obtained couch which Miss Walker had just from the war department. Matsonia Brings .Notables. SAN FRANCISCO. March 16. Among the arrivals on the steamer 1 Matsonia from Honolulu today were Mrs. William Hale Thompson, wife of !the mayor of Chicago: Sir Francis Bernard, ex-governor of British Co lumbia, and Mrs. Jack London, widow of the author. 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