Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 239 U.S. PANY. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Submitted January 10, 1916. Decided January 17, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of act of Congress, January 28, 1915, c. 22, 38 Stat. 803. See Central Trust Co. v. Lueders, 239 U. S. 11. Mr. Walter Lee Sheppard for the appellants. Mr. Frank Rogers Donahue for the appellee. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari from October 11, 1915, to January 17, 1916. Nos. 558 and 559. L. STEINER AND B. FRANK, INDIVIDUALLY, ETC., ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. T. S. FAULK & COMPANY. October 18, 1915. Petition for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Leon Weil and Mr. Horace Stringfellow for the petitioners. Mr. W. A. Blount, Mr. A. C. Blount and Mr. F. D. Carter for the respondents. No. 582. THE TRINITY GOLD DREDGING & HYDRAULIC COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. ANGELE BEAUDRY, AS EXECUTRIX, ETC. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Edward J. McCutchen, Mr. A. Crawford Greene, Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. F. W. Clements for the petitioner. Mr. Thomas B. Dozier and Mr. F. S. Brittain for the respondents. No. 594. ROBERT H. MONTGOMERY, AS TRUSTEE, ETC., PETITIONER, V. BOTTLERS SEAL COMPANY. October 18, 239 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Selden Bacon for the petitioner. Mr. Alfred D. Lind for the respondent. No. 626. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. PENN BRIDGE COMPANY. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. I. D. Moore and Mr. Percy S. Benedict for the petitioners. Mr. Robert E. Milling and Mr. William Grant for the respondent. No. 635. IDA R. ROBERTS ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. MYRA J. ROBERTS. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. M. F. Watts and Mr. William R. Gentry for the petitioners. No appearance for the respondent. Nos. 636 and 637. JOHN A. LEWIS, AS EXECUTOR, ETC., ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. WILLIAM B. HOLMES ET AL. October 18, 1915. Petition for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Jackson H. Ralston and Mr. Morton S. Cressy for the petitioners. Mr. Ely B. Felsenthal, Mr. John P. Wilson, Mr. Nathan G. Moore, Mr. William B. McIlvaine and Mr. Charles L. Bartlett for the respondents. No. 640. MIENE WILCKENS, PETITIONER, v. ALWINE S. WILCKENS. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 239 U. S. certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. William J. Courtright for the petitioner. Mr. C. S. Montgomery for the respondent. No. 642. LILLIE W. REED, PETITIONER, V. THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles W. Baker for the petitioner. Mr. Judson Harmon, Mr. Edward Colston, Mr. George Hoadly and Mr. A. W. Goldsmith for the respondent. No. 647. CHARLES G. GUTH, PETITIONER, v. GUTH CHOCOLATE COMPANY. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles F. Harley and Mr. George W. Lindsay for the petitioner. Mr. Frederick L. Emery for the respondent. No. 652. CHARLES S. HINCHMAN, PETITIONER, v. CONSOLIDATED ARIZONA SMELTING COMPANY. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. Charles H. Burr for the petitioner. Mr. J. Markham Marshall for the respondent. No. 661. EGBERT WHITNEY, PETITIONER, V. NEW YORK SCAFFOLDING COMPANY. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. James A. 239 U.S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. Carr, Mr. Wallace R. Lane, Mr. W. A. Johnston and Mr. Edwin S. Clarkson for the petitioner. Mr. Paul Bakewell for the respondent. No. 662. THE AMERICAN ROTARY VALVE COMPANY, PETITIONER, V. ALBERT E. MOORHEAD. October 18, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. John Ridout and Mr. W. Clyde Jones for the petitioner. Mr. James W. Noel for the respondent. No. 621. HAMILTON TRUST COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. JOHN L. BISHER, JR., ETC. October 18, 1915. Petition for writs of mandamus and certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Emmett Callahan for the petitioners. Mr. William P. Richardson and Mr. Will R. King for the respondent. No. 667. THE UNITED STATES EX REL. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, PETITIONER, HON. ALECK BOARMAN, JUDGE, ETC. October 25, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Ruffin G. Pleasant and Mr. Daniel Wendling for the petitioner. Mr. Edgar H. Farrar, Mr. Henry Bernstein and Mr. Willard F. Keeney for the respondent. No. 512. W. F. JIMMERSON, AS ASSESSOR, ETC., ET AL., PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES EX REL. FALL CITY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. October 25, 1195. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court VOL. CCXXXIX-41 Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 239 U. S. of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. C. F. Greenlee for the petitioners. No appearance for the respondent. No. 641. VANDALIA RAILROAD COMPANY, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. October 25, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. John G. Williams, Mr. Thomas W. White, Mr. Lindorf O. Whitnel and Mr. Samuel W. Fordyce, Jr., for the petitioner. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant to the Attorney General Todd for the respondent. No. 663. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE OF ST. LOUIS, PETITIONER, v. E. B. ALLEN, UNITED STATES COLLECTOR, ETC. October 25, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. A. C. Stewart, Mr. P. Taylor Bryan and Mr. George H. Williams for the petitioner. No brief filed for the respondent. No. 665. EDMUND W. MUDGE ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. BLACK, SHERIDAN & WILSON ET AL. October 25, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Frank Y. Gladney and Mr. Frank J. Hogan for the petitioners. No appearance for the respondents. No. 669. MORRIS L. BETTMAN, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. October 25, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Frank F. Dinsmore for |