Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 6847.

The Acting Secretary of State to the Governors of the States.

Department of State,
Washington, June 27, 1907.

His Excellency the Governor of--------,
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Sir: Referring to the department’s circular letter of July 14, 1893, I have the honor to recall to your attention the fact that Article XVI of the consular convention of July 11, 1870, between the United States and Austria-Hungary (a copy of which is appended) provides that in the case of the death of an American citizen in Austria or Hungary, or of a subject of Austria-Hungary in the United States, who has no known heir or testamentary executor designated by him, the competent local authorities shall give notice of the fact to the consuls or consular agents of the nation of the deceased, in order that the information may be at once transmitted to the parties, interested.

The Austro-Hungarian embassy at this capital alleges that the local authorities of the States of this Union fail in many instances to comply with the stipulations of this article, under which it becomes their duty to notify the Austro-Hungarian consular officer of the death of any subject of Austria-Hungary in the United States without known heirs or testamentary executor designated by him which may occur within their jurisdiction.

I have the honor to ask that you will kindly bring the provisions of the article in question to the attention of the competent local authorities in your State, in order that its stipulations may be complied with.

A list of the Austro-Hungarian consular officers in the United States and of their districts is also appended.

I have the honor to be, sir,

Your obedient servant,

Alvey A. Adee

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[Appendix 1.]

Article XVI of the consular convention between the United States and Austria-Hungary, concluded July 11, 1810.

Article XVI.

In case of the death of a citizen of the United States in the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, or of a citizen of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy in the United States, without having any known heirs or testamentary executors by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall inform the consuls or consular agents of the State to which the deceased belonged, of the circumstances, in order that the necessary information may be immediately forwarded to the parties interested.

[Appendix 2.]

Austro-Hungarian consular officers in the United States.

State.	Residence.	Name, rank, and jurisdiction.
Alabama	Mobile	W. F. Stoutz, consul.
Alaska		See California.
Arizona		Do.
Arkansas		See Missouri.
California	San Francisco	Francis Korbel, consul for California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho Utah, Washington, Arizona, and Alaska.
Colorado		See Missouri.
Connecticut		See New York.
Delaware		See Maryland.
Florida	Pensacola	H. Baars. vice-consul.
Georgia	Savannah	Edward Karow, vice-consul for Georgia and South Carolina.
Hawaii	Honolulu	Federico A. Schaefer, acting consul.a
Idaho		See California.
Illinois	Chicago	Alexander Nuber von Pereked, consul-general for Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Indiana; also temporary jurisdiction for States of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Indiana		See Illinois.
Iowa		Do
Kansas		See Missouri.
Kentucky	Louisville	Vacant; for Kentucky and Tennessee. Temporarily under the jurisdiction of the consul at Richmond. Va.
Louisiana	New Orleans	Francis Hindermann, consul for Louisiana and Mississippi.
Maine		See Massachusetts.
Maryland	Baltimore	Louis Hester, consul for Maryland and Delaware.
Massachusetts	Boston	Arthur Donner, consul for Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
Michigan		See Wisconsin and Illinois.
Minnesota		Do.
Mississippi		See Louisiana.
Missouri	St. Louis	Ferdinand Diehm, consul for Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
Montana		See Illinois.
Nebraska		Do.
Nevada		See California.
New Hampshire		See Massachusetts.
New Jersey		See New York.
New Mexico		See Missouri.
New York	New York City	Baron Otto Hoennmg O’Carroll, consul-general for New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
North Carolina		See Virginia.
North Dakota		See Illinois.
Ohio	Cleveland	Ludwig von Jeszenszky, vice-consul for the counties of Ashland, Ashtabula, Coshocton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Erie, Fulton, Geauga, Hancock, Henry, Holmes, Huron, Knox, Lake, Licking, Lorain, Lucas, Marion, Medina, Morrow, Ottawa, Portage, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Wayne, Williams, Wood, and Wyandot.
	Cincinnati	Vacant; for the other counties of the State of Ohio. Temporarily under the jurisdiction of the vice-consulate in Cleveland.
Oklahoma		See Missouri.
Oregon		See California.
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Dr. Theodor von Thodorovich, consul for the counties of Adams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe-Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Sus, quehanna, Tioga. Union, Wayne, and Wyoming.
	Hazleton	Vacant; for the counties of Schuylkill and Sullivan. Temporarily under the jurisdiction of the consulate at Philadelphia.
	Pittsburg	Michael Ritter von Straszewski, vice-consul for the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Center, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Potter, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland.
Philippine Islands	Manila	Peter Krafft, consul.
Porto Rico	San Juan	John D. Stubbe. consul.
Rhode Island		See New York.
South Carolina		See Georgia.
South Dakota		See Illinois.
Tennessee		Temporarily under the jurisdiction of the consulate in Richmond Va.
Texas	Galveston	John Reymershoffer, consul for the State of Texas.
Utah		See California.
Vermont		See Massachusetts.
Virginia	Richmond	Christophorus Borchers, consul for the State of Virginia. Temporary jurisdiction for the States of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
	Norfolk	Vacant; temporarily under the jurisdiction of the consulate in Richmond.
Washington		See California.
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Vacant; for the States of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Temporarily under jurisdiction of the consulate-general in Chicago. Ill.
Wyoming		See Illinois.

1. Temporary recognition.