; SUPKEME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Monday, October 1, 1917. Present: The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McKenna, Mr. Justice Holmes, Mr. Justice Day, Mr. Justice Van Devanter, Mr. Justice Pitney, Mr. Justice McReynolds, Mr. Justice Brandeis, and Mr. Justice Clarke. The Chief Justice said: The court will receive motions for admission to the bar and other motions noticed for to-day and which are ready for submission, and the call of the docket will commence to-morrow pursuant to the twenty-sixth rule. All motions and petitions noticed for to-day that are not ready for submission may be submitted to-morrow. At the conclusion of the business of to-day the court will adjourn until to-morrow at the usual hour, in order to enable it to pay its respects to the President of the United States. C. M. Hanna, of Parkersburg, W. Va.; Thomas G. Fewell, of Meridian, Miss.; Benjamin F. Harrah, of Washington, D. C; Wil- liam A. Morrow, of Chicago, 111.; Chauncey C. Colton, of Duluth, Minn. ; Charles Rosecrantz, M. of New York City ; Samuel A. Mitch- ell, of St. Louis, Mo. ; Charles F. Kelley, of New York City ; Nathan H. Frank, of San Francisco, Cal. ; Robert M. Riculfi, of Jackson- ville, Fla.; Will R. Miller, of Franklin, Ind.; Fred W. Milverton, of Honolulu, Hawaii; Frank Healy, of Providence, R. I.; Henry P. Dart, jr., of New Orleans, La.; Philip S. Ehrlich, of San Francisco, Cal. Harry H. Nayor, ; of Boston, Mass. ; Samuel Sigilman, of Bos- ton, Mass. Louis ; J. Warren, of Honolulu, Hawaii ; E. Curtis Rouse, of New York City; Henry O'B. Cooper, of Alexandria, Va.; Wil- liam Ellis Lady, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Joseph William Sharts, of Dayton, Ohio; Edmund C. Strode, of Lincoln, Nebr.; Palmer Pil- lans, of Mobile, Ala. ; David B. Trammell, II, of Fort Worth, Tex. Alexander Johnston, of Okmulgee, Okla.; Harry S. Barger, of Washington, D. C; Hatton W. Sumners, of Dallas, Tex.; C. W. King, of Oklahoma City, Okla. ; Herbert G. Thompson, of Musca- tine, Iowa; Jeremiah B. Collins, of Michigan City, Ind.; Frank V. Barns, of New York City; O. T. Richey, of Tucson, Ariz.; and A. S. Baskett, of Dallas, Tex., were admitted to practice. 15897—17 1 2 No. 488. Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, petitioner, V. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Eailroad Company. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota, submitted by Mr. William Furst for the petitioner. No. 7. Original. The State of Wisconsin, complainant, v. Frank- lin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior. Joint motion to set a day certain for the trial and argument, submitted by Mr. C. Edward Wright of counsel for the defendant. No. 605. Mark J. Gretsch, petitioner, v. The United States of America. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Cir- cuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, submitted by Mr. Mark J. Gretsch, pro se. No. 146. The United States of America, as trustee and guardian of the Omaha Tribe of Indians, etc., petitioner, v. Hiram Chase. Leave granted to file brief as amicus curiae on motion of Mr. Charles J. Kappler in that behalf. No. 687. Florence McDonald et al., petitioners, v. John F. Ralston et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, submitted by Mr. C. W. King for the petitioners. No. 564. J. W. Chapman and P. R. Thompson, copartners, etc., petitioners, v. Java Pacific Line et al. Petition for a writ of certi- orari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, submitted by Mr. Simon Lyon in behalf of Mr. Eustace Cullinan and Mr. Thomas W. Hickey for the petitioners. No. 207. The United States, appellant, v. United Shoe Machinery Company of New Jersey et al. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. F. L. Peckham in behalf of counsel for the appellees. No. 427. W. T. Hendrickson, judge, etc., petitioner, v. Lewis Apperson. Leave granted to file brief as amicus curiae on motion of Mr. Ernest MacPherson in that behalf. No. 572. Lewis H. Stanton et al., petitioners, v. The City of Pitts- burgh. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania, submitted by Mr. James T. Lloyd and Mr. Richard Townsend for the petitioners. No. 515. Tweedie Trading Company, petitioner, v. The United States. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Cir- cuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit submitted by Mr. Peyton Gordon in behalf of Mr. Ferdinand E. M. BuUowa and Mr. R. J. M. Bullowa for the petitioner, and by Mr. Solicitor General Davis and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson for the respondent. No. 557. Guerini Stone Company, petitioner, v. P. J. Carlin Con- struction Company. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United 3 States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit submitted by Mr. Edward S. Paine for the petitioner, and by Mr. Charles Hartzell for the respondent. No. 552. Fred B. Jones, petitioner, v, Bouker Contracting Com- pany, claimant, etc. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit submitted by Mr. Fayette B. Dow for the petitioner, and by Mr. Francis Martin for the respondent. No. 657. Peter Chelentis, petitioner, v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit submitted by Mr. Fayette B. Dow for the petitioner, with leave to counsel for the respondent to file brief within one week. No. 555. Daisy M. Linkous, administratrix, etc., petitioner, v. The Virginian Railway Company. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit submitted by Mr. W. L. Welborn for the petitioner. No. 689. S. D. Barrett, petitioner, v. The Virginian Railway Com- pany. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit submitted by Mr. W. L. Welborn for the petitioner. No. 556. Morris Herrmann, as surviving partner, etc., petitioner, V. Henry Bower Chemical Manufacturing Company. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit submitted by Mr. F. M. Brylawski in behalf of Mr. Louis Marshall for the petitioner, and by Mr. James Piper nnd Mr. George Wharton Pepper for the respondent. No. 568. International News Service, petitioner, v. The Associated Press. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit submitted by Mr. F. M. Brylawski in behalf of Mr. Samuel Untermyer, Mr. Henry A. Wise, Mr. Louis Marshall, and Mr. William A. De Ford for the petitioner and by Mr. F. B. Jennings, Mr. Peter S. Grosscup, and Mr. Winfred T. Denison for the respondent. No. 570. Alfred W. Church, appellant, v. Horace M. Swetland et al. Motion to advance submitted by Mr. Hector M. Hitchings for the appellant in support of the motion and by Mr. Daniel P. Hays for the appellees in opposition thereto. No. 601. Midland Valley Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, v. Mrs. Maude Griffith, administratrix, etc. Petition for a write of cer- tiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas submitted by Mr. L. T. Michener for the plaintiff in error. 4 No. 602. Midland Valley Eailroad Company, petitioner, v. Armor Bell, administrator, etc. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit sub- mitted by Mr. L. T. Michener and Mr. Farrar L. McCain for the petitioner. No. 637. The Morse Dry Dock & Repair Companj^, owner of the Steamship Oceana^ petitioner, v. Conron Brothers Company et al. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit submitted by Mr. L. T. Michener in behalf of Mr. Pierre M. Brown for the petitioner and by Mr. Mark Ash, Mr. Julius Offenbach, and Mr. H. T. Newcomb for the re- spondents, with leave to Mr. Peter S. Carter to file brief for a re- spondent within one week. No. 565. William E. Wallace, petitioner, v. The United States. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit submitted by Mr. William A. Mor- row and Mr. Roger L. Foote for the petitioner. No. 511. Bank of Inverness, petitioner, v. William T. Hayden. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit submitted by Mr. Frederick S. Tyler in behalf of Mr. John W. Cutrer and Mr. O. G. Johnson for the petitioner. No. 636. B. H. Drees, petitioner, v. Sarah J. Armstrong et al. Petition for a Avrit of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa submitted by Mr. Frederick S. Tyler for the petitioner. No. 645. W. L. Bruce, as administrator, etc., et al., petitioners, v. William Tobin. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of South Dakota submitted by Mr. Frederick S. Tyler, Mr. E. A. Burgess, and Mr. B. 1. Salinger for the petitioners. No. 596. Societe Naphtes Transports, petitioner, v. Bisso Towboat Company et al. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit submitted by Mr. Frederick S. Tjder in behalf of Mr. Richard B. Montgomery for the petitioner, with leave to counsel for the respondent to file brief within one week.