MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1927 1 SUPEEME COUET OF THE UNITED STATES Present: The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Holmes, Mr. Justice Van Devanter, Mr. Justice McReynolds, Mr. Justice Brandeis, Mr. Jus- tice Butler, Mr. Justice Sanford, and Mr. Justice Stone. Frank J. Albus, of Washington, D. C. ; J. Edward Collum, of AUentown, Pa.; H. Rozier Dulany, jr., of Washington, D. C; George Trosk, of New York City ; James E. Thomas, of Greenville, Ohio, Herman F. Krickenberger, of Greenville, Ohio; P. A. Lasley, of Little Rock, Ark. Roy Reppy, of Los Angeles, Calif. ; Morris ; V. W. Lieberman, of Jersey City, N. J. ; A. Henry Walter, of Washing- ton, D. C. ; William J. Koebel, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; Chas. G. Mid- diet on, of Louisville, Ky. ; John M. Rankin, of Columbus, Ohio; P. W. Cress, of Perry, Okla.; Carl J. Austrian, of New^ York City; Hugh L. Smith, of San Francisco, Calif.; Julian S. Eaton, of New York City; Saul J. Lance, of New York City; Herman E. Werner, of Columbus, Ohio ; Lowell of White, Denver, Colo. ; George Wash- ington Waldorf, of San Jose, Calif. Lothrop Withington, ; of Brook- line, Mass.; J. Sydnor Bohannon, of Waynesville, N. C. ; Arthur V. Roberts, of Wichita, Kans. ; Chester Rohrlich, of New York City; Arthur G. Stone, of Charleston, W. Va.; and Ira C. Oehler, of St. Paul, Minn., were admitted to practice. No. 15. Thomas M. Adams, appellant, v. The United States. Ap- peal from the Court of Claims. Dismissed per stipulation of coun- sel, on motion of Mr. Solicitor General Mitchell in that behalf. No. 276. County of Delaware. Pennsylvania, plaintiff in error, V. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation; and No. 277. School District of Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, plaintiff in error, v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Motion to dismiss submitted by Mr. Solicitor General Mitchell for the defendant in error, in support of the motion, and by Mr. Donald S. Edmonds, for the plaintiffs in error, in opposition thereto. No. 293. The United States of America and The Interstate Com- merce Commission, appellants, v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, et al. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. Solicitor 66421—27 1 ; MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1927 2 General Mitchell for the appellants, and by Mr. Samuel W. Moore and Mr. Frank H. Moore for the appellees. No. 511 of October Term, 1926. The Pueblo of Santa Kosa, peti- tioner, V. Albert B. Fall, Secretary of Interior, et al. Motion to cor- rect mandate submitted by Mr. Solicitor General Mitchell for the respondents. No. 219. D. B. Heiner, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twenty-third District of Pennsylvania, petitioner, v. The Colonial Trust Company, Executor of the Will of Glenn T. Braden, deceased and No. 220. C. G. Lewellyn, Former Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twenty-third District of Pennsylvania, petitioner, v. The Colonial Trust Company, Executor of the Will of Glenn T. Braden, deceased. Leave granted to file brief of Osage Indian Tribe as amicus curim^ on motion of Mr. James M. Beck in that behalf. No. 190. William H. Blodgett, Tax Commissioner of the State of Connecticut, petitioner, "v. Arthur Silberman, Charles Moebius, et al.. Executors; and No. 191. Arthur Silberman, Charles Moebius, et al.. Executors, plaintiffs in error, v. William H. Blodgett, Tax Commissioner of the State of Connecticut. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. Charles E. Hughes in that behalf. No. 152. F. H. Mason, petitioner, v. C. F. Routzahn, Collector of Internal Revenue. Leave granted to file brief of Charles E. Hughes, Edward Cornell, William C. Breed, Paul Armitage, and Harrison Tweed, as amid curia£^ on motion of Mr. Charles E. Hughes in that behalf. No. 154. John W. Blodgett v. Charles Holden, Collector of Inter- nal Revenue. Leave granted to file brief of William C. Cannon as amicus curiae^ on motion of Mr. John W. Davis in that behalf. No. 79. United Fuel Gas Company, appellant, v. The Public Service Commission of West Virginia, Birk S. Strathers, Ernest D. Lewis, et al. I. Wade Coffman and C. E. Nethken, as members of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, substituted in place of Birk S. Strathers and Ernest D. Lewis, retired, as parties appellees herein, on motion of Mr. John W. Davis in that behalf. No. 101. Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, appellant, v. Middlesex Water Company. Motion to dis- miss submitted by Mr. Frank Bergen for the appellee. No. 507. Arthur Rich, petitioner, v. The People of the State of Michigan. Motion to postpone submission of petition for a writ of certiorari until the case is heard upon the writ of error. No. 543, ;; ; MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1927 3 submitted by Mr, Richard S. Doyle in behalf of Mr. Harry Eugene Kelly and Mr. Thornton M. Pratt, for the petitioner. No. 543. Arthur Rich, plaintiff in error, v. People of the State of Michigan. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. Richard S. Doyle, in behalf of Mr. Harry Eugene Kelly and Mr. Thornton M. Pratt, for the plaintiff in error. No. 130. The Equitable Trust Company of New York, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, petitioner, v. The First National Bank of Trinidad, Colorado. Leave granted to file brief of Fidelity Trust Company of New York as amicus curiae^ on motion of Mr. Chester Rohrlich in that behalf. No. 242. J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co., petitioner, v. The United States. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. Walter E. Hampton for the petitioner. No. 430. State of Ohio, on relation of National Mutual Insurance Company, plaintiff in error, v. William C. Safford, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio ; and No. 431. State of Ohio, on relation of the Celina Mutual Casualty Company, plaintiff in error, v. William C. Safford, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. Arthur I. Vorys for the plaintiff in error and by Mr. Edward C. Turner and Mr. C. S. Younger for the defendants in error. No. 1. Rhederei M. Jebsen Company, appellant, v. The United States No. 2. The Firm of M. Jebsen, Corresponding Owner of the Steamship Company, Carl Diederichsen for the use of Rhederei M. Jebsen Company, appellant, v. The United States; No. 3. Hamburg-American Line Terminal and Navigation Com- pany, appellant, v. The United States; No. 4. Hamburg-American Line Terminal and Navigation Com- pany, appellant, v. The United States No. 5. Atlas Line Steamship Company, appellant, v. The United States No. 6. Atlas Line Steamship Company, appellant, v. The United States No. 7. North German Lloyd, appellant, v. The United States; No. 8. North German Lloyd, appellant, ^. The United States; No. 9. North German Lloyd, appellant, v. The United States; No. 10. Hamburg-Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft, also known as Hamburg-American Line, appellant, v. The United States No. 11. Hamburg-Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft (also known as Hamburg-American Line), appellant, v. The United States; and MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1927 4 No. 12. Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft, appellant, V. The United States. Motion to pass submitted by Mr. Edgar W. Hunt in behalf of the appellants in Nos. 3 to 12, inclusive, 'in sup- port of the motion with the consent of Mr. Solicitor General Mitchell for the appellee, and by Mr. J. J. Lynch for the appellants in Nos. 1 and 2, in opposition thereto, with leave to counsel for the appel- lants in Nos. 3 to 12, to file brief within two days and to appellants in Nos. 1 and 2 to file brief in opposition thereto within five days. No. 172. Manson R. Kevil, Receiver of the First National Bank of Carnegie, plaintiff in error, v. Peter G. Cameron, Secretary of Banking of Pennsylvania, etc., et al. Death of Manson R. Kevil suggested and Lloyd Littrell substituted as the party plaintiff in error, on motion of William S. Moorhead in that behalf. No. 4, original. State of Nevada, complainant, v. Crown Wil- liamette Paper Company. Stipulation to continue submitted by Mr. Francis W. Clements in that behalf. No. 577, October Term, 1926. St. Louis and San Francisco Rail- road Company and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, petitioners, v. E. B. Spiller, et al. Motion to retax costs submitted by Mr. E. S. Bailey in that behalf. No. 197. Interstate Busses Corporation, appellant, v. William H. Blodgett, Tax Commissioner, etc., et al. Motion to advance sub- mitted by Mr. Edward H. Kelly for the appellant. No. 225. H. Plamals, petitioner, v. The Steamship " Pinar Del Rio," her engines, boilers, etc. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. C. B. Ellis in behalf of Mr. S. B. Axtell for the petitioner. No. 154. John W. Blodgett v. Charles Holden, Collector of Inter- nal Revenue. Leave granted to file brief of Ira Jewell Williams, Nathan Glicksman, and Louis Quarles as amici mriae^ on motion of Mr. Ira Jewell Williams in that behalf. No. 424. Edward E. Jenkins, as Receiver of the National City Bank of Salt Lake City, petitioners, v. National Surety Company. Leave granted to file brief of Joseph W. Mcintosh, Comptroller of the Currency of the United States as amicus curiae on motion of Mr. George P. Barse in that behalf. No. 574. Curtis Friedlander, plaintiff in error, v. State of Wash- ington. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. Docketed and dismissed with costs on motion of Mr. Blaine Mallan for the defendant in error. No. 200. The Lakewood Engineering Company and Edward G. Carr, petitoners, v. A. W. French & Co., Alfred W. French, Edwin A. Allen, et al., etc.