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.
Three of the committee represented
labor, three the employers and three
were selected from the state at large.
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been cleaning with gasoline, burned
her about the face, 6corched her hair
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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
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DOES BUSI-
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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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