Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-17

publicity In the of Nick Demer vs the Aas Gastneau Mining Company which the former sought by ton under the compensation act to the of $3G00 M plaintiff has been awarded judgment $240 and as he ceVed 2l35O from the company presumably to services hospital dues maintenance he received balance S265O And this the result of verdict which declared tha the earning capacity of the miner had been permanently ecrease by the injury received safe to that had the suit bee brought under the law and jury had found tha plaintiff whose jaw broken while employed by the defendant had been permanently impaired the verdict would have been least sufficient to reimburse him for the time lost account the accident and possibly of compensatory damages should not take many more eases to show what rank justice has been done the workngmen of this territory by tn of such law The enactment the subject of muc comment by the territorial and it likely that an attemp will be made repeal amend 1t the forthcoming legislature R. E. Rche of Valdez discusses the law issue of the Prospecor as follows
 The Aaska legislature of 1915 enacted law which pur ports be workmens compensation law modelled after the worknens compensation and industrial insurance laws in
 force in about twenty states It lacks however, many fca
 of the state laws and particularly deficient in making provision for enforced settlement of claims of
 Therein lies the fatal defect that jushes the charge that the intended for purpose but to limit the Ia bity of mining companies It did include any occupation but mining.
 No doubt the legislators who voted for this law did good faith They believed it what it's title alleges it to be- The legislature which will meet next March will have opportunity make it workInen's compensation law have drawn amendment providing for compulsory arbitration of little expense of all claims for pensation by injured workmen This based upon provisions of the Illinois and Nevada compensation acts and Senator Hubbard has promised introduce with any changes which may him likely to make effective It is follows
 case any question of law fact regarding the app of this law fixing the compensation payeble under provisions which be settled by of
 the parties the employe and employer shall each select dis
 interested party act arbrators and these two shall select third in of their inability to agree upon third dneresed party the judge of the district court of the judcia division in which the injury occurs shall on request such third party The persons named shall conl t:e board o arb rors in ire case and snail be the duty both enpcye end employer submit such board within ten days after constituted all facts evidence n their possession under their conol relating to the questions to be determined by the atraors Said board shall in consider
 ing the have any books papers records ot either the cmlyer the enl love which may be matera to the questions issue, and the members sha be empowered to visit the place plant where the accident occurred to d the injured enpoye be examined by more reg lr pracng physicians and to do all other acts reasonably necessary for proper Investigation of all matters dispute.
 Tine finding of such board of arbtraors shall be binding upon both the employer and the empoye exce for fraud mistake Provided, That either party to such arbitration shall have the right of appeal to the district court of the u c.a division where the accident by filing petition a,l in such court within twenty daTs after receiving copy the findings and award of the arbltraors, and gE
 ing bond be approved by the judge thereof o comfy with the final decision the Upon such fcal aI questions in dispute h2I be heard de novo and either porty may nave jury filing written demand therefor with his petition.
 "A demand fer arbitration of claim for compensation a herein provided y be served any time by either party upon the othcr and shell be the duty of the party upon whom such demand may be made comply with the within ton days thereafter In of refusal to comply with such demand the party moving for shall have the right the expiration of ten days apply to the judge ot the district of the judicial division where the accident oc arbtraors act with the one named by tHe party and the three designated shall constitute the beard of arbitration in the and they shall proceed if named by the parties All expense ot the arbitration shall be taxed the employer subject to revision Tn the dis appeal.'
 Another amendment will propose the extension of the law to cover all hazardous emnoyments the territory such raIroad!ng aVnil and VarouS manutactuTHg rsnt. The present law considered by many lawyers to be class legislation for the mining operators by the nnnlng oP- orators and of the mining operators
 The law amended will be real compensation act It will take away from the and lawyers ccntroverses compensation injured wormon and make such eases of business adjustment with rare resort to the courts appeal That has been the result the states which have such laws
 ploye may" the district court They had that right before and the l2w added nothing provides tha If no settlement is made the rloye may in the district The cmpIoye had that right before without ElAa ton of the amount he could recover
 In the above Mir Rtche touches only few of the defects # the law which drawn up apparently with no other con ration than to make the position of the mnng com2anes a trong possible The coming legislature will be rerean to t epoed them if they do not reconstruct ths act so a o make principles of right and Jusice Shoul eaed and the injured enpoye be allowed take advantage lis rights before the law which this measure deprived hm of
 The otherwise welwritten and sympathetic article of Roge oste printed elsewhere in this issue mared by the usa of the casual observer who commits his impressions tC yritng the veFes provnclasm to draw deductions from superficial such prOFlnCasl one "Ot4 xpe from other so readily as from NC" 1orKer Fosters dgressions domestic life in Alaska evidently drawn rom fish camps along the Yukon about typical of Aaka would be picture of conditions the cid Bowey repre- entation of New York family life From of Mir. Fosters and experience such conclusions he draws only be attributed desire say something sensational by way if Illuminating his sorya weakness excusabe in cub orter" but by pardonabe in practitioner of MT Oster's eminence.
 Ball Band Rubber Boots and Pacs