Joseph The name of Joseph Frick, late of United States ship Michigan, Frick. United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month. The name of Harry D. Hogan, late of Troop L, Fourth Regiment Pension increased. United States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Ida M. Smith, widow of Winfield S. Smith, late of Company K, Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Susan J. Cantrell, widow of John M. Cantrell, late of Company C, First Regiment Oregon Riflemen, Cayuse Indian war, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Marvel J. Nash, late of Company G, Second Battalion United States Engineers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Pension. Pension increased. Pensions. The name of Albert V. Wallis, late of Company A, First Regiment Albert V. Wallis. Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Emma B. Hubbard, widow of John F. Hubbard, late commander, United States Navy, Regular Establishment, and pay her a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving, and $2 per month additional on account of the minor child of said John F. Hubbard until he reaches the age of sixteen years. The name of Theodore Hansen, late of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $16 per month. Pension increased. Pension. Pension increased. The name of George W. Cameron, late of Captain John Boling's George W. Cameron. Company, California Mounted Volunteers, California Indian war, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pension. The name of Ray W. Burkdoll, late of Company B, Signal Corps, Ray W. Burkdoll. United States Army, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month. Pension increased. The name of Frank Stemm, late of Company E, Fifth Regiment Frank Stemm. United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pension. The name of Carlton Meredith, late of Companies B and K, Carlton Meredith. Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $10 per month. Approved, August 13, 1914. August 20, 1914. CHAP. 258.-An Act For the relief of Abraham Hoover. [H. R. 816.] [Private, No. 120. ] Abraham Hoover. rected. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration Military record cor of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Abraham Hoover, who was a private in Company H, Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry Volunteers, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a private in said company and regiment on or about the sixteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three: Provided, That no back pay, bounty, pension, or allowance shall be allowed by reason of this Act. Approved, August 20, 1914. Proviso. No back pay, etc. August 20, 1914. [H. R. 14679.] [Private, No. 121.] Payment to. CHAP. 259. An Act For the relief of Clarence L. George. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Clarence L. George. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Clarence L. George, late a first-class private, Company H, of the Signal Corps of the Army, the sum of $296.03. Approved, August 20, 1914. August 21, 1914. [H. R. 6609.] [Private, No. 122.] Arthur E. Rump. Payment to, for inuries. CHAP. 260.-An Act For the relief of Arthur E. Rump. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,000 to Arthur E. Rump, of Saint Louis, Missouri, to compensate him in full for all claims he may have against the United States arising out of injuries received by him while in the Government employ in the United States post office at Saint Louis, Missouri, in May, nineteen hundred and two. Approved, August 21, 1914. August 21, 1914. [H. R. 3920.] [Private, No. 123.] Payment to, for inJuries. CHAP. 261.-An Act For the relief of William E. Murray. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United William E. Murray. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William E. Murray the sum of $720, and said sum of $720 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for personal injuries sustained by him without fault on his part and while in the discharge of his duties as a watchman in the Department of the Interior, as found by the Court of Claims, in findings of fact filed May twentieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and printed in House Document Numbered Two hundred and twenty-six, Sixty-first Congress, second session: Provided, however, That no sum of money due or to become due to the said William E. Murray under this Act shall be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process whatever, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of the said William E. Murray. Proviso. Not liable to attachment, etc. Approved, August 21, 1914. August 21, 1914. [H. R. 10460.] [Private, No. 124.] Mary Cornick. Payment to, death of husband. CHAP. 262.-An Act For the relief of Mary Cornick. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Mary Cornick, widow of Peter Cornick, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $642.40, said Peter Cornick having been killed on the second day of December, anno Domini nineteen hundred and one, while employed in the steam engineering department at the navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia, through no negliNo attorney's fee, gence on his part, in the line of his duty: Provided, That no agent, etc. Proviso. attorney, firm of attorneys, or any persons engaged heretofore or hereafter in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting this claim shall directly or indirectly receive or retain for such service in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting such claim, or for any act whatsoever in connection with this claim, any fee or compensation whatsoever. Approved, August 21, 1914. CHAP. 263.-An Act To satisfy certain claims against the Government arising under the Navy Department. August 21, 1914. [H. R. 14685.} [Private, No. 125.] Navy. sions with vessels of, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, Payment of claims and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the for damages by coll Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claims arising under etc. the Navy Department hereinafter stated, the same being in full for and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final release and discharge of the respective claims, namely: First. To pay the owner of the barge Ellie for damages sustained to his barge while discharging coal alongside the United States ship Birmingham at the navy yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, $112.93. "Ellie," barge. New England Navi Second. To pay the New England Navigation Company, Newport, gation Company. Rhode Island, on account of certain timbers, belonging to said company, used and destroyed by a party of enlisted men from the Navy while unloading an anchor from a railroad car on the company's wharf at Newport on August twentieth, nineteen hundred and ten, $9.84. Third. To pay the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, New York, New York, damages on account of the collision between their steam lighter Bloomsburg and the United States ship Pawnee in the East River, New York, on April ninth, nineteen hundred and ten, $2,028.39. Fourth. To pay the Southern Pacific Company on account of damage to their dock at San Pedro, California, as a result of being struck by the United States ship Lawrence on September thirteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, $148.40. Fifth. To pay damages in each instance arising out of the collisions between the United States ship Samar and the Fort gas-lighted buoy in the Woosung River, China, and with a Chinese junk anchored near this point, on April tenth, nineteen hundred and ten, $562.33. Sixth. To reimburse Carl F. Deichman, who, in December, nineteen hundred and nine, was United States consul at Nagasaki, Japan, for the payment by him of the cost of repairs to a Japanese postal launch, as the result of a collision with a Navy launch from the United States ship Maryland, in the harbor at Nagasaki, on December twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nine, $7.97. Seventh. To pay the owners of the Norwegian steamship Jethou for damages on account of the collision between their vessel and a Navy coal barge in tow of the United States ship Active at the navy Mare Island, California, on June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, $7,290.31. Eighth. To reimburse Paymaster William B. Rogers, United States Navy, on account of the payment by him of the cost of repairs to the wharf of the Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Company at Portsmouth, Virginia, damaged by the United States Ship Brutus on June seventh, nineteen hundred and nine, $201.76. Ninth. To pay the Commercial Pacific Cable Company for damages to their Manila-Shanghai cable located in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, caused by the anchorage of the United States Atlantic Fleet in the bay during the first week of October, nineteen hundred and eight, $11,782.67. Delaware, Lackawanroad Company. na and Western Rail Southern Pacific Company. "Samar," U. 8. S. Carl F. Deichman. "Jethou," glan steamship. Norwe William B. Rogers. Commercial Pacific Cable Company. steamship. Tenth. To pay the owner of the steamship J. M. Linder for dam- "J. M. Linder" ages suffered to his steamer as the result of a collision with the United States ship Amphitrite in the Mississippi River off Memphis, Tennessee, on December seventh, nineteen hundred and ten, $1,135.83. Eleventh. To pay the cost of repairs to Norfolk and Western Rail- ern Railroad Com road Company freight car numbered fifty-three thousand two hun- pany. dred and fifty-nine, on account of damages suffered at the navy yard, Norfolk and West "Dorothy B. Barrett," schooner. "Harpalion," Brit ish steamship. "Hampton," Brit Ish steamship. "Bell," barge. "Dan," barge. H. D. Martin, G. G. Benson, W. H. Spur Charleston, South Carolina, on May twenty-second, nineteen hundred Thirteenth. To pay the owners of the British steamship Harpalion for damages to their steamer, suffered while discharging coal at the navy yard, Puget Sound, Washington, in September, nineteen hundred and eleven, $23.70. Fourteenth. To pay the owners of the British steamship Hampton for damages suffered by their steamer while discharging coal at the naval coal depot, Tiburon, California, in May, nineteen hundred and eleven, $750. Fifteenth. To pay the owners of the barge Bell for damages suffered as the result of the sinking of said barge at the navy yard, New York, New York, on June twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, $4,021.44. Sixteenth. To reimburse Mr. I. H. Aiken, Pensacola, Florida, for the cost of making repairs to the barge Dan on account of injuries suffered while alongside the United States ship Florida in the harbor of Pensacola, Florida, on December nineteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, $583.84. Seventeenth. To reimburse H. D. Martin, G. G. Benson, W. H. lock, and W. E. Spurlock, and W. E. Apple, at the time enlisted men in the Navy, for Apple. personal effects lost with the destruction by fire on June eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve, of the United States radio station, Kodiak, Wood Island, Alaska, $1,891.50. "Strathord," BritTh steamship. "J. Holmes BirdBall," schooner. "Annie," steamship. August 22, 1914. [Private, No. 126.] May Stanley. Payment to, death of husband. Eighteenth. To pay the owners of the British steamship Strathord for damages on account of injuries to their vessel while discharging coal at the naval coal depot, Tiburon, California, on August twentyeighth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,984.33. Nineteenth. To pay the owners of the American schooner J. Holmes Birdsall for damages arising out of the collision between their schooner and the United States ship Vermont off the entrance of Chesapeake Bay on November eleventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, $5,814.72. Twentieth. To pay the owners on May twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, of the steamer Annie for damages arising out of the collision between their steamer and the United States ship C-5 in the southern branch of the Elizabeth River, off the navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia, on May twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $5,453.18; and to reimburse the respective owners for their personal effects lost in said collision, $516.17; in all, for damages on account of said collision, $5,969.35. Approved, August 21, 1914. CHAP. 272.-An Act For the relief of May Stanley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000 to May Stanley, widow of Will H. Stanley, late superintendent of the Soboba Indian School, in California, who lost his life in the discharge of his duty; also to pay for medical and other necessary expenses, including funeral and administration expenses, incurred in connection with the death of said Will H. Stanley and the shooting of Selso Serrano, Indian policeman, $500, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Approved, August 22, 1914. CHAP. 273.—An Act For the relief of Thomas F. Howell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to reinstate the homestead entry numbered thirty-nine hundred and forty-four of Thomas F. Howell, and to issue a patent to said Thomas F. Howell for the land embraced in his homestead entry numbered thirty-nine hundred and forty-four, Redding, California, for the southeast quarter of northeast quarter of section six, south half of northwest quarter and southwest quarter of northeast quarter of section five, township twenty-eight north, range five east, Mount Diablo meridian, upon submission of proof of residence upon and improvement and cultivation of said land as required by the homestead laws: Provided, That such final proof be submitted at any time within four years after the approval of this Act. Approved, August 22, 1914. August 22, 1914. [H. R. 1516.] [Private, No. 127.] Thomas F. Howell. reinstated. Homestead entry of, Proviso. Proof required. CHAP. 274.-An Act For the relief of T. A. Roseberry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed upon payment' to the Government of the United States, the full sum of $1.25 per acre having first been made, to issue patent to T. A. Roseberry and his heirs, for the land embraced in his timber claim entry numbered one hundred and forty-seven, being the west half of the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, section twenty, township thirty-nine north, range nine east, Mount Diablo base and meridian in the Susanville Land District in Modoc County, California. Approved, August 22, 1914. August 22, 1914. T. A. Roseberry. CHAP. 275.-An Act For the relief of Ella M. Ewart. August 22, 1914. [H. R. 6420.] [Private No. 129.] Ella M. Ewart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General Reimbursement to. is authorized and directed to reimburse Ella M. Ewart, a clerk in the post office at Marion, Ohio, the sum of $135, being the amount made good by her to the United States on account of a postal savings certificate fraudulently paid in said office without fault or negligence on her part. SEC. 2. That the sum of $135 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this Act. Approved, August 22, 1914. CHAP. 276.-An Act Granting a patent to George M. Van Leuven for the northeast quarter of section eighteen, township seventeen north, range nineteen east, Black Hills meridian, South Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be authorized and directed to issue to George M. Van Leuven patent for the northeast quarter of section eighteen, township seventeen north, range nineteen east, Black Hills meridian, South Dakota, notwithstanding that his homestead entry therefor was invalid upon the ground that he had exhausted his homestead right through purchase of one hundred and sixty acres of land under the provisions of 96497°-VOL 38-PT 2- -15 Appropriation. |