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

Memorandum from the embassy of Austria-Hungary.

Austro-Hungarian Embassy,
Washington, April 1, 1907.

1. Gobo Biljetina, also known under the name of Guy Bearton, a Hungarian citizen, who was employed as a laborer by the engineer office, United States Army, Pittsburg, Pa., was hurt by a crane while at work on the Dam No. 4 on the Ohio River on the 26th of July, 1906; the injuries received were of such a grave nature that he had to stay at the hospital during fifty-nine days and that he is now a disabled cripple.

2. Stephan Sutej, a Hungarian citizen, also in the employ of the Federal Government, was killed while at work on the Dam No. 4 on the Ohio River near Legionville, Pa., through a boiler explosion on September 13, 1906. He left surviving him a widow and two children, who are thrown upon the public charity for a living. Lieut. E. N. Johnson has permitted the widow to remain in the lodging assigned before to her deceased husband, which, however, she will have to vacate in the near future.

As it seems that these two cases deserve to be recommended to the mercy of the President or of the Congress of the United States, the Austro-Hungarian embassy takes the liberty confidentially to inquire whether an application for the purpose would be kindly received by the Department of State.