Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 244 U. S. DECISIONS ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI, FROM MAY 1, 1917, TO JUNE 11, 1917. No. 520. OHIO C. BARBER, PETITIONER, v. COLUMBIA CHEMICAL COMPANY. May 7, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles E. Smoyer for petitioner. Mr. W. T. Holliday for respondent. No. 1033. SUPREME LODGE OF THE WORLD, LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, PETITIONER, v. THOMAS P. KENNEY, AS ADMINISTRATOR, ETC. May 7, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama denied. Mr. E. J. Henning for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 1077. N. J. M. SHIMER, PETITIONER, v. SABINE W. WISTER. May 7, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. J. S. Freeman for petitioner. Mr. Thomas Stokes and Mr. George Wharton Pepper for respondent. Nos. 1080, 1081, 1082, and 1083. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED, PETITIONER, v. UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY. May 7, 1917. Petition for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles S. Haight for petitioner. Mr. J. Parker Kirlin for respondent. 244 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 1087. EDWARD N. MAULL ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. L. B. SKINNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. May 7, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. F. M. Durrance and Mr. George C. Bedell for petitioners. Mr. T. Hart Anderson for respondent. No. 1093. JOHN KENNEY, PETITIONER, v. LABAN MILES ET AL. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma granted. Mr. Charles J. Kappler for petitioner. Mr. Charles H. Merillat and Mr. H. P. White for respondents. No. 1103. EMMANUEL J. DOYLE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, v. MITCHELL BROTHERS COMPANY. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted. The Solicitor General for petitioner. Mr. Mark Norris for respondent. No. 1055. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PETITIONER, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. May 21, 1917. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of California denied. Mr. Christopher M. Bradley for petitioner. Mr. Henley C. Booth and Mr. William F. Herrin for respondent. No. 1034. W. C. BASS ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. MRS. M. A. GEIGER. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of cer Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 244 U. S. tiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Florida denied. Mr. George Palmer Garrett for petitioners. No appearance for respondent. No. 1088. NICHOLAS F. BRADY ET AL., AS EXECUTORS, ETC., PETITIONERS, v. CHARLES W. ANDERSON, LATE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, ETC. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. John M. Perry for petitioners. The Solicitor General for respondent. No. 1096. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. VIRGINIA MCGUIN, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. R. Walton Moore for petitioner. Mr. Leo P. Harlow for respondent. No. 1105. WILSON D. WING, PETITIONER, v. CHARLES DILLINGHAM, RECEIVER, ETC., ET AL. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Henry C. Coke and Mr. Weldon Bailey for petitioner. Mr. Thomas M. Kennerly for respondents. No. 1107. J. M. SHELTON ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. GAS SECURITIES COMPANY. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Irving B. 244 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. Melville for petitioners. Mr. Platt Rogers and Mr. James G. Rogers for respondent. No. 1111. CHIN HING, PETITIONER, v. HENRY M. WHITE, AS COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, ETC. May 21, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles R. Pierce for petitioner. The Solicitor General for respondent. No. 1126. J. KNOX GREER, PETITIONER, v. UNITED STATES. June 4, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. James C. Denton and Mr. Frank Lee for petitioner. The Solicitor General for the United States. No. 1086. RALPH K. BLAIR AND THOMAS ADDIS, PETITIONERS, v. UNITED STATES. June 4, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. J. J. Dunne, Mr. Allen G. Wright, Mr. T. E. K. Cormac and Mr. F. R. Coudert for petitioners. The Solicitor General for the United States. No. 1097. MAINE NORTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT COмPANY, PETITIONER, v. NORTHWESTERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY. June 4, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. William H. Gorham for petitioner. Mr. W. H. Bogle and Mr. Carroll B. Graves for respondent. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 244 U. S. No. 1098. H. A. A. SMITH, PETITIONER, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE EX REL. WILLIAM C. MACINTYRE. June 4, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. J. H. Ralston, Mr. William E. Richardson and Mr. Frank Feuille for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 1115. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. ERBA J. PHILLIPS, AS ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC. June 4, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska denied. Mr. Alfred G. Ellick and Mr. Nelson H. Loomis for petitioner. Mr. John J. Halligan and Mr. C. Petrus Peterson for respondent. No. 1124. WILLIAM P. ELLISON, INC., PETITIONER, v. MARSHALL S. HAGAR, AS TRUSTEE, ETC. June 4, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Jacob J. Lesser for petitioner. Mr. Oscar W. Jeffery for respondent. No. 1135. DAISY B. JAMES, PETITIONER, v. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. June 4, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Alexander Simpson for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 1139. CITY OF RICHMOND, PETITIONER, v. ELIZABETH W. BIRD ET AL. June 11, 1917. Petition for a |