Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-19
THE COURTS
United States Supreme Court.

N Ss"SSS 0uPACMC VVUA"
Present: The Chief Justice. Mr.. Justice
tice Holmes, Mr.. Justice Day, Mr.. Justice
Lurton and Mr.. Justice Hughes.
Otis b. Drake of Washington. D. c..
James F. Campbell Of Philadelphia, Pa. :;
piworth p. Hibberd of Philadelphia, Pa:
John S. Beard of Pensacola. Fla: Cory
NJ Stadden of Washington. d. c.: Oscar
r. Moreau of Manchester. n. H.: Joseph
Z. stone of .Muscogee. Okla; Fred Le-
land Sale of Asheville, n. c., and Edgar
II. Scott Of Omaha. Neb were admit
ted to practice.
Mr.. Justice Harlan announced the fol-
lowing orders of the court:
No. l. Original. The state of Mary
land. complainant, agt the state of West
virginia: request Of the commissioners
that time for completing surveys and
filing reports be extended to October l,
1911, granted
No. T. Charles D. Campbell appellant.
agt. Frederick Weyerhaeuser and John
Humbird;
No. "A. Frederick Weyerhaeuser and
John A. Humbird. appellants, agt. Her
bert II. HOyt; and
No. 1sI. Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany, plaintiff in error agt. Fred Wass
and Pauline Wass. his wife; cases re-
stored to the docket. and assigned for ar
gument Monday. January 18. 1911. at the
head of the call for that day.
No. i. Original. The people of the state
of New York. compliments. agt the state
of New Jersey ct al: motion of the city
of New York for leave to intervene here
in denied.
No. 3S7 Samuel D. Gromer, treasurer
Of Porto Rico. appellant. agt. Standard
Dredging Company: motion to advance
granted and cause assigned for argument
Monday. February No. 1911.
No. :tSS. The state of Minnesota eX rel.
Jalmer NJ. Larsen, plaintiff in error, agt
Hugh r. Scott. as auditor of the county
of Hennepin: in error to the supreme
court Of the state of Minnesota; per
curtain: dismissed with costs.
No. 657. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. plaintiff in error. agt.
w. G. Conley. attorney general. ct al;
motion to dismiss or affirm postponed to
the hearing Of the cause on it's merits.
No. ATT. George Godfrey Moore ct al.
etc, petitioners, agt Security Trust and
Life Insurance Company; petition Tor
writ of certiorari to the United States
circuit court of appeals for the eighth
circuit denied
No sos. Pabst Brewing Company, pc
titiOner. agt. Charles Therley: petition
for writ of certiOrari to the United
States circuit court of appeals Tor the
second circuit denied.
No S15. Murray COrrington ct al, pc
titioners. agt. the Westinghouse Air
Brake Company; petition for writ OF
certiorari to the United States circuit
court of appeals for the. second circuit
denied.
Mr. Justice Harlan said:
Gentlemen of the bar: The President
Of the United States has appointed Mr..
Justice White of this court Chief Justice
Of the United States. and the Senate has
confirmed that appointments His COM
mission has been received. and Is In the
hands of the clerk of the court, who will
read and record the same. We extend to
our Brother White a cordial welcome In
his new position as the head Of the
court"
The clerk then read the commission,
and Immediately thereafter the oath of
Office was administered by Mr. Justice
Harlan, and Mr. Chief Justice White took
the seat of the Chief Justice.
No. 46. Julian Horencia. plaintiff in err
ror. agt Felix Gusman. in error to the
Porto Rico; judgment affirmed, with costs;
opinion by Mr.. Justice Hughes.
No. 50. Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, agt.
error to the supreme court of the state
of Mississippi; judgment affirmed. with
costs; opinion by Mr. Justice Lurton.
No. "a. The Atlantic. Gulf and Pacific
Company. appellant and plaintiff In er-
ror, agt the government Of the Philip
pine Islands: appeal from and in error to
the supreme court of the Philippine ISL
ands: judgment affirmed, with costs;
opinion by Mr.. Justice Holmes
No 81. The Title Guaranty and Trust
error, agt the crane Company ct al;
in error to the United States circuit court
of appeals for the ninth circuit; Judg-
ment affirmed with costs and cause re-
manded to the circuit court OF the United
States for the western district of Wash
ington: opinion by Mr.. Justice Holmes.
Mr. Attorney General Wickersham pre-
scented Mr.. Frederick w. Lehman of Mis-
souri, as solicitor general Of the United
States, and 1t was ordered that his COM
mission be recorded
No 4Os The United States, appellant,
agt Leopold Baruch; motion to advance
submitted by Mr.. Attorney General Wick
ersham for the appellant
No. S13. Frank A. McCOmber ct al,
appellants. agt. A. Nicholson ct al; ap-
plication for supersedeas, pending appeal,
for leave to orally argue the same or to
advance the cause. submitted by Mr.. B.
l. Salinger for the appellants in support
of the motion, and by Mr. George Cosson
for the appellees. in opposition to the APP
plication for a supersedeas
District Supreme Court.