U t' ' fir * r, ft •„ . v ; • • nuns In srHpfr of Drtve to Overcome French Defame- East or ins Oise; HARRISBURG 'lfßlll|t TELEGRAPH M LXXXVII— No. 132 18 PAGES CITY ASSURED OF SUFFICIENT COAL FOR ALL WINTER NEEDS Fuel Administrator Brings Reassuring News Back From Washington, Where He Was in Conference RIVER COAL TO MEAN MUCH TO INDUSTRY Manufacturers Who Use Bi tuminous May Feel Short age; Householders to Re ceive Full Protection That Harrisburg will receive herj full share of anthracite for domestic! consumption next winter was the re- j assuring word brought back from Washington to-day by Ross A. llickok, Dauphin county fuel ad ministrator, who conferred with the anthracite,committee of the Federal' Fuel Commission. Mr. Hickok also conferred with the state fuel com- j mission at Philadelphia. Harrisburg will receive 157,920 tons of anthracite for the 1918-1919! winter season. This "is a substantial I increase over the 119,629 tons which have supplied Harrisburg's needs | during the last two winters. It is more than the amount that was esti mated as necessary to take care of Harrisburg householders next winter when the fuel administration made a survey of the city's needs. The 157,920 tons is to cover the period from April 1, 1918, until March. 31, 1919. The remainder of Dauphin county will be equally well fixed during the coming winter, the fuel administra tion reported this morning. To Reassure Many A The local fuel administration made! this statement as a reassurance that! the small shipments of anthracite here during May do not mean Hit Harrisburg is facing a coal shortage. During May Harrisburg should have received 15,400 tons of anthracite, according to the figures at the local fuel administration office, but the shipments amounted to but 8,884 tons. This was due to the fact that hard coal is being shipped to the New England states in large quan tities to avoid a famine there next winter. "I was informed that the whole j country has been proportioned and | there will be absolutely no change'n j the figures I gave you. The anthra- j cite committee guarantees us that I supply. There is no question at all in the minds of the fuel administra tion that Harrisburg will receive fuel to the amount of the figures given me yesterday," said the fuel admin istrator this morning. Mr. Hickok added that the dealers will receive largely increased ship ments of anthracite during the next few months. Coal is coming into the city now in largely augmented quantities. Saved by River Coal The bituminous situation is seri ous, however, with a prospective na tional shortage of 60,000,t)00 tons. Harrisburg is far more advanta geously fixed regarding the bitumin ous situation than many other cities of its size because of the immense amount of river coal used here. The fuel administrator says that there arc many industries in the city using l iver coal which would have to sus pend operations next winter if they were depending on bituminous. The Government will deny bituminous coal to any but essential industries Many of Harrisburg's largest indus tries, the fuel administrator said are regarded as essential. The fuel administration lias re ceived orders that in supplying fuel, the railroads, domestic consumers, hospitals. charitable institutions!' Army and Navy cantonments, public I utilities, byproduct coke plants which furnish gas for household use, tele phone and telegraph plants,' ship- ' ments for bunker purposes, munic-1 ipal, county and state offices are to I be supplied first. The local administrator, in addi ion, has ordered every city dealer! not to make a single shipment ofi domestic size coal to any industrial establishment, in order that house holders will receive all the coal that can be burned in their homes. I THE WEATHER] For Hnrrlaborg and vlclnltyi Fair to-night nnil Saturday) not much I'hnngr In temperature For Kaatern Pennsylvaniai Fair to-night! Saturday PBrl , y cloudy | moderate westerly wind*. River The lower portion of the main river will remain nenrlv ata tionary to-nlaht and rlae'aomc whot Saturday. A ataite or about 4.0 feet la Indicated for Harrlaburg Snturay morning. (General Condition* The preaaure eontlnuea below normal over nearly all the eaat ern half of the country. Show era, moat ly light, have fallen over *the aouthern part of the I.ake Region and In the Middle Atlantic Statea. Temperature! 8 a. Nt„ 60. Sunt nines, 5i38 a. M.i acta. Hat p. m. Mooni Flrat quarter, June 111. River Staget 4.0 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature. 7.1. I.oweat temperature. .10. Mean temperature, 68. .Normal temperature, 70. HUN DRIVE ENDS APPALLING DE French Army Not Only Stops Germany's Greatest Efforts Between Montdidier and Noyon, but Wins Back All Important Points Lost PAID FBIGHTFUL PRICE WITH NOTHING GAINED Poiius Now Occupy a Better Line Than Before Battle Start; American Front Act ive With Airmen Battling For Supremacy j "SKINFUL" FOR THE HUN, SAYS GENERAL By Associated Press PARIS, June 14.—The position I of the latest German effort after live days of lighting is tleserilH'rt but aptly l>y a general who lias just arrived from the front, as follows: "The Germans got a skinful." Military commentators here arc j unanimous in reporting one more j German failure. By Associated Fie-s j With the French Army in | France, Thursday, June 13. i Five days sufficed to stay the German offensive between Montdidier and Noyon whose objective vas Compiegne.' Despite long preparation the Germans were unable to overcome French resistance and brilliant counterattacks by the allied troops took back everything of importance which fell into the hands of the enemy during the first rush with large masses of troops. The Ger ( mans certaii.ly gained some little ; ground but their design failed in its great lines. Troops who participated in the battle as well as prisoners are unani mous in declaring that the Germans losses throughout the five days were appalling. The French now occupy a much better line for instance along this front than before the battle, hav ing straightened out a dangerous salient. American Aviators High in Air Brings Down Machine of Enemy Behind Hun Lines By Associated Press • With the American Army in Franc-e, Thursday, June 13.—Two German airplanes were destroyed and another apparently was driven down out of control by American aviators on the Toul front to-day. Three American fighting airplanes attacked a German patrol machine at a height of 2,000 meters. The German fled toward St. Miliiel with the Americans in pursuit and then to hehind the German lines at Thiau court where the enemy machine was brought down. The other German was accounted for in a fight with a German alba tross circus of twelve machines and three American fighting airplanes, which went to the aid of two photo graphing airplanes under attack by the Germans. The battle took place at a height of 5.000 meters over Nor roy, north of Pont-a-Mousson. One German machine was shot down in flames while the other is believed to have been crippled. One of the American machines Is missing. It was seen to go down in a nose dive during the fight, but it is believed the aviator landed safely and was made prisoner by the Ger mans. All the other American ma chines escapeii unscathed. Fighting on Front of New German Attack Fades; Hun Strike Near Antheuil Fails I By Associated Press Paris. June 14.—Fighting on the front of the German attack has died down, there being only local opera tions last night, according to the statement issued by the war office to-day. Between the forest of VillerS-Cot terets and Chateau Thierry (which includes the sector held by Ameri can troops) there was artillery fight ing during the night. A German at tack near Antheuil, west of the Oise. was completely broken up. The statement reads: "During the night there were local actions along the front of the Ger man attack. The French made many successful incursions into the enemy line north of Grivesnes and in the region of Courcelles. They took thir ty prisoners. Near the Eoge farm they also captured prisoners. A Ger man attack in the region of Antheuil was completely broken up. "Between the forest of Villers- Cotterets and Chateau Thierry heavy artillery fighting continued during the night. "French patrols took prisoners in the region of Bussaires and west of Rheims in the Champagne battle area." DOSTO\IA\ REFISES TO BECOME ENGLISH EARL By Associated Press London. June 14. George Alex ander Philips Haldane-Duncan. of Boston. Mass., has definitely refused to accept the heirship or to benefit in any way from the estate of the late ; Karl of Camperdown. his only I brother, it Is disclosed in the publica tion of the latter'* will here to-day. In consequence, the estate has been | bequeathed to more distant relatives i SIXOI.B COPY - CENTS Jll Oo* The hour of its birth was a The hour of its proving its W U W wonder-hour mighty-hour, 1 ■ ■ ■ *or God's hand drew the plan. Has come to your flag and I ■ ■ M The angels offered their wings mine. I ■ B for white; -Wrapped in its folds lies the MM B The blue of the firmament spoke fate of a world B B B for "might," With blackest of evils against it Jf M And its blood red bars were a hurled! B B holy sight, But God's was the hand which W 9 The living force of man. its lengths unfurled. fMg f The "call" was in tones divine! The hours of its testing were / shadow-hours As, tattered by shot and shell, The hour of Its triumph, its vie- It faced the blaze that the can- tory-hour _ , non yields I 8 showing the light of dawn! mEJCJULjUnI Denied by the smoke of the And the Klag of Flags to the if-nf If ft ¥iWliwl carnage fields, end of time If ill n II Ml V Cheered Mps which grim Shall carry a meaning and name II ■ II JJUF \i uy Undaunted, it passed war's As obliterator of lawless crime 111 i y . . hell. For multitudes yet unborn! n|J I |k >—Sc— —ANNA HAMILTON WOOD. [Written for the Telegraph.] UPPER END MAN PUT ON TRIAL FOR DOUBLEMURDER "Preacher" Johnson Formally Charged With Slashing Throats of Brothers Benjamin, alias "Preacher" John son, indicted on charges of murder ing Tucker and Odell Copelin, broth ers, colored, early Easter Sunday morning, was placed on trial this morning before Judge C. V. Henry, specially presiding In courtroom No. 1. The fight and the homicides fol lowing it occurred Saturday night and early Sunday morning in one of the houses in "Polish Row." Wicon isco township, near Lykens. Odell Copelin was slashed across the left side of his neck, the cut extending through a large artery,'death result ing a few minutes later. Tucker was cut across the cheek and left side of his neck, dying on the steps at the home of a physician. Jurors who were accepted for service follow: David Lape. Steelton; tl*orace A. Chayne, city; William A. Kain, Elizabethville; Harry ". Oves, city: William L. Jauss, city; Richard R. Brown, Steelton; Daniel Board ner, Middle Paxton township; Wil liam H. Sites, Swatara township; Earl T. Oruber, Highspire; George D. Toomey, city; William A. .Dor wart, city. It is expected to close the case late in the afternoon and it may be sub mitted to the jury before adjourn ment. The first witnesses called for the Commonwealth this morning when the trial opened told of the meeting in the Copelin home where the two brothers, Ben Johnson, Odell Tucker's wife, Queenie, Richard Scarver, Viola Love and Cecil Coates, all colored, and Eugene DeWalt, met. Some of them left later after which Tucker Copelin and Johnson started a crap game. This testimony was givgn by Queenie Copelin. She told of the argument which followed, and [Continued 011 Pago 2.] Dollar-a-Year Men Are More Loyal on Payroll, Treasury Head Decides By Associated Press Washington, June 14.—A survey has been undertaken by the govern ment looking. dfeputting its dollar-a year volunteers "on substantial sal aries. These mcti heretofore have accepted nominal compensation un der a law forbidding the government to accept services without pay. Secretary McAdoo, who believes the nominal pay system leads to allegiance divided between the gov ernment and private business inter ests, already has transferred all but three or four war .assistants in the treasury to salary rolls. dI'EER KXVKI.OPEM CAISU I'OSTMKX MICH TltOlni.K Postmaster Frank C. Sites to-day issued regulations in regard to the objectionable use of envelopes of un usual size or irregular shape, and large advertising cards, folders, etc.. In the mails. Such envelopes must be < anceled by hand, as they are too large to run through the canceling machines. ICnvelopes of dark colored stationery are also tabooed. L,ight tints of pink, yellow or blue are per missible. They should not exceed four by nine inches. Judge McCarrell Says NICKELS THAT GO INTO WAR STAMPS RETURN in DOLLARS £2lfThis month is good to start. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1918 Big Classes G By City's High Schools Youths and Maidens Given U Coveted Sheepskins at This Morning's Commencement j Exercises in Orpheum > "This is going to he a world of work. It is not going to be respect able to be an idler or a lounger. Work will be the real luxury." • Dr. William Byron Forbush, president of the Child Institute of Philadelphia, prophesied in an address before the graduating class of -Central High School in commencement exercises held in the Orpheum theater this morning. Dr. Forbush sees dire times looming up ahead. His prophecies were dark and gloomy. "I npent twenty hours in travel ing to look into the face of my son for a half hour. He is now en route to France. I see life differently since that time! "What kind of a world is this into which these young men and women will go?" the speaker queried. "It is going to be a \yorld of sorrow. The sacrifices will be more costly and the death lists will be longer in the com ing years. These students are going to live in this world of sorrow." A Chance For Women "This is a time when we old fel lows are having our breath taken away by the new movements In the world of women. My stenographer came back from her honeymoon the [Continued on Page B.] James P. McCullough Heads Keystone Bank .lames P. McCullough was elected pi-esident of the Keystone hank at a meeting of the directors of that in stitution yesterday afternoon. The vacancy was caused by the resign ation some time ago of Alvin H. Fraim. The other officers of the bank are Dr. G. W.' Hartman. vice president, and Harry S. Smeltzer, cashier. WIVES WON'T SAVE YOUTHS MARRIED SIN General Crowder Rules Dependent Spouses Sot to Be Con sidered if Marriage Was of Recent Date; Hubby Needed Major Murdock, in charge of state draft headquarters here, to-day re ceived from General Crowder at Washington a telegram to be trans mitted at once to local draft boards, setting forth the ruling that depen dency resulting from marriage of a registrant since .January 15, 1918, who has become 21 years of age since June 5, 1917, will be disregard ed as ground for deferred classifica tion. General Crowder's telegram follows: "The fact of dependency resulting from the marriage of a registrant who has become twenty-one years of □ge since June 5, 1917. and who has married since the date of the Intro duction of the Joint resolution in Congress requiring his registration, to wit, January 15, 1918, will be dis regarded as a ground for deferred classification. "If a registrant who has attained the age of 21 since June 5, 1917, and who has contracted marriage subse quent to tlie date of -the enactment of the selective service law, to wit. May 18, 1917, but on or prior to January J5, 1918, claims deferred classification on the ground of de pendency resulting from his mar riage, the fact of dependency result ing from marriage will be disregard- Benefits of Military Training For Youths Outlined by Technical High Honor Man; Youths Get Diplomas Seizing the opportunity for pre-, senting to the people of Harrisburg the importance of military training in the high schools, Maurice Glen wood Beard, valedictorian of the graduating class at Tech last even ing gave a student's viewpoint of the Importance of that kind of train ing. This young man presented in a brief, concise way, .the advantages to be derived by America in giving the youth this chance. His address was as follows: Military Training in the High Schools "Since the beginning of the present world war, military training has been a very important question; a ques tion that has been discussed in every nation. In this country it i of most [Continued on Page Five Members of Y.M.C.A. to Give SB,OOO, if Sum Is Equaled by Public The five members of the finance committee of the board of directors of the Central Y. M. C. A. have of fered to contribute SB,OOO to the work of the association provided that an equal sum will be contributed by the public. This was announced at a luncheon of the board of directors held in the association building at noon to-day. The board is now pre paring to appeal to the public for their share of the fund which if is purposed to use for the annual budget of the Y. M. C. A. and for the payment of an old debt of $7,- 000. The year's budget of the Central Y. M. C. A. is >22,000. Of this amount, approximately $13,000 will be forthcoming in membership fees, room rents, etc. Members of the fi nance committee are: \V. T. Hild rup, Jr., William P. Starke.v, J. Wil liam Bowman, Edwin S. Herman and E. Z. Wallower. cd ns a ground for deferred classi fication, unless the dependent is a child of the marriage, born or un born on or prior to June 9, 1918, in which case such a registrant up on satisfactory proof being made shall be classified in Class 2. "If a registrant, other than one who has attained the age of twenty one years since June 5, 1917, who has contracted marriage since May 18, 1917, claims deferred classifica tion on the ground of dependency resulting from his marriage, the fact of dependency resulting from his marriage will be disregarded us a ground for deferred classification, unless the dependent is child of the marriage, born or unborn on or be fore June 9, 1918, in which case such a regstrant upon satisfactory proof being made shall be placed In Class 2 "Nothing contained in this amend ment to rule five shall be construct ed as requiring the transfer to Class 2 of any registrant who hus been finally classified in Class 1 on the affirmative finding that his marriage since May 18, 1918, was made with the primary view of evading military service, "Instruct all local boards forth with to reclassify all cases Involving marriage since May 18, 1917, j n ac cordance with the above." OLD GLORY PAID ITS FULL HONORS DESPITE WEATHER City Reveres Stars and Stripes as Symbol of Amer ica's Might FLAG WIDELY DISPLAYED Elk Celebration to Be Big . Evening Event; Railroad Men Show Loyalty With thousands of Harrisburg boys in the United States service and thousands more ready to enter the conflict against the Hun. Harrisburg, with a new and deeper feeling, is to-day demonstrating her love for the Stars and Stripes and the nation whose symbol it is. They don't care whether Betsy Ross sewed the fabric for the first flag or not; they have no interest in this controversy; all they desire to do is to exemplify their fealty to the nation, its government and its flag. Despite the fitful weather with its intermittent showers, various ob servances, more significant than any of previous years, are being held throughout Harrisburg to-day in ob servance of the anniversary of the sewing of the first flag with its stripes; and thirteen stars. The tears of tbe \ heavens did not dampen in the leastj the ardent patriotism 6f Harrisburg people. Hundreds of flags, big ones and lit tle ones are displayed all over the city to-day by Harrisburg's patriots. But more than that, as a pleasing tribute to our allies, there are flown with the White and Blue in many places, the tri-color of France, the red, white and green of Italy, and John Bull's Union Jack. Railroad men of Harrisburg and i vicinity, down to the very last one of them, are ardent patriots and they are proud of the fact. To-day, in no! less than five yards of the Penns.vl- J vania railroad in this section, cele brations were held during the noon hour by the employes of the several yards in response to an aupeal sent out by Assistant General Manager R. L. O'Donnel. Patriotic songs, the re peating of the pledge of allegiance' and the American Creed, together j with patriotic speeches by recruiting! officers" and prominent citizens, j made up the programs. .The big event of the day as far as the city of Harrisburg itself is con cerned will be the pageant arranged by Harrisbnrg Dodge-of Elks. Com mittees of this organization have ar ranged for a parade to move off at 7.30 o'clock and to proceed over the principal streets of Harrisburg to [Continued on Page 1(1.] Hun U-Boat Commander, Capt. Neustidt, Was a Yankee Gunner's Mate By Associated Pre New York. June 14. The com mander of the U-151, one of the Ger man submarines which have been op erating off the American Atlantic coast, has been identified as Captain Neustidt. and he served five years as a gunner's mate in the United States Navy, according to affidavits of of ficers and sailors of the schooners Hattie B. Dunn, Kdrfa, and liaup pauge, victims of the submarine. The documents were brought here to-day by naval reserve officers arriving from Cuba. The seamen who made the affidavits are the same who were picked up by a southbound American steamer, after having been held prisoner aboard the submarine for eight days and set adrift. How to Intervene in Russia Is Now Problem That Worries the Allies Washington. Juno 14.—There is no plan to intervene in Russia, so far as this country is concerned. Our gov e. nment recognizes the invaluable advantage of re-establishing an east ern front. Neither France nor England, w+iich have advocated it, is more eager than the United States to have Russia again an allied bel ligerent, but so far nobody has come forward with any practical program that jnakes this possible of attain ment. America's attitude might be summarized thus; The Trann-Siberian Railway could not transport a million men and their supplies in less than two years, so the military folks say, even if all Russia was willing to help. Under existing; conditions, Japanese officials have stated that it would take a mil lion and a half of men to guard that road as a line of communication be fore a single division could be land ed wfthin fighting distance of the Germans. That apparently Is all tliere Is to the Russian intervention situation: Our officials will not comment dn it openl" because of the courtesy due our allies, but the facts set forth above come from one of the highest men in the government. Pat O'Brien Tumbles in Air With Plane; Chief Concern Over Trousers fly Associated Press San Antonio. Texas, June 14.—Lieu tenant Pat O'Brien, Royal British Klylng Corps, who is In the United States after having escaped from a German war prison, fell nearly 2,000 feet in an airplane here to-day, but was only slightly Injured. O'Brien was alone in the airplane over Kelly Klcld when it fell. He was conscious when aid reached him and his chief concern was over his new trousers, which* he feared had been ruined. Lieutenant O'Brien will be remem bered in Harrlsburg as having writ ten his experenceß for the Harrlsburg Telegraph and having appeared as the principal speaker at a rousing patriotic mass meeting in the Chest nut Street Auditorium. ONI.Y EVEMNU ASSOCIATED PRESS KEWSI'AI'EIt IN HAItHISIItmu U-BOATS AGAIN REPORTED TO BE OFF U.S. COAST Port Closed Because of Sub-! mersible High teen Miles Off Virginia Capes BIG SHIP CALLS FOR HELP Passengers Believed to Have Been on Largest Vessel Yet Attacked Near America By Associated Press AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 14. Ships rciuly to sail front here hist niKht and to-day were turned back tin reports that a submarine was op erating eighteen miles off the Vir ginia Capes. AX ATLANTIC PORT, June 11. An Anierieun steamer from West Indian |x>rts arriving here to-day re ported that on Tuesday, oil' Cape Hatteras, the vessel picked up u , wireless call for help from a ship be tween her and the shore, whieli, the message said, was hcing shelled by a German submarine. An Atlantic Port, June 14.—A British steamship arriving here to day reported that she received wire less messages from the British steamer Keemun last night Aat she was being attacked by a German submarine. Two hours later word was received from the vessel that she was sinking. The Keemun, a vessel of 9.074 tons gross, said she was off the Virginia Capes. She was last reported as leaving Manila. The fate of the vessel was not learned. The last ship definitely known to have fallen victim to the German submarines in American waters was sunk on June 10, the day previous. If the Keemun has been destroyed this is the largest steamship yet sunk during the U-boat warfare on this side of the Atlantic. The Keemun. owned by the China Mutual Naviga tion Company, was built in Belfast in 1902. It was considered probable here she carried a number of passengers. ■•it,l -1T -I. .^-r^T- 1 ?.111. - 1 * w-trirv w rTrirY'wTV'irk i WILSON *KASUkfc$ POTNCARE "'. AM Tj . e f. > T I x t J 4* £ 1 jj *! •fr , ■4at ,X ican troops in Europe. 3* " CRITICAL POINT IN WAR . , T *r A 4 Tj''"" '''■• rr r' tr,ri, - f A'.quilh *id thfvo. ■ftpjs n., in 4* 1 ? ■ Aihad reached a moat critical point-in-the fortunes of war, 4 4* CUMBERLAND'S SHAKF. J | Hafrisburg—Cumberland county share *cf the 1911 tcaah road tax bonus as announced at the State Hit ; h A 4 Depart !ncnt - SI 7,502.9" T'l **♦ *r oriif v ti<- n th tht ri T--| < : Rlayor ?r.r Joseph Jons-, 6f :*r I. ■ Tm X f | ~ 4 ** 1 *< WASHINGTON—TITE NAVY DKPAPTMPNI T J J • ADVT:-T:: TO.DAY THAT THE BRITISH 2 i% 'J $ V ' ' v ' c,t ' T 1 v 4 | " T ® * T , I thirty block* here t A*'n •• ' . Vi t. jK ',l J J f OT'PT APPOINTS CONSTABLP, . 4 M --- T'j.-? Kirtket apfmrttisd Webster J | 4 *• # X 1 ?T. Petitions h*d also jjjl •; • 1 ' ■ )'•! • •<. : • i X \ J •'•• tl n* 'ft aft Btiiey hid more votes than A ' 4* -It. th* T ' election f9 ** * i . iL % MARRIAGE LICENSES T 4l Mnlhla* K. Menu nnd Gllubtlh 1.. Qui<-k. nioomahars t Wtl- ii llam K. Wert and Adtlla M. Gelscr, llnrrUhars. J •Mt'HhrfcH-fre* HOME EDITION WAR CALL LOUDER THAN FEALTY TO PARTY, SAY HAYS Republican Chairman Tells State Committee Duty of All Is to Stand By 'YOUR WAR AND MY WAR' Partisan Politics Should Not Appear in Management of Struggle By Associated Press Philadelphia, June 14.—Will H. Hays, of Indiana, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was chief speaker at the reorganization meeting of the Republican state committee. The meeting was held at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel and was behind closed doors. Mr. Hays' speech was along patri otic lines. He reiterated again and again the call for war service. He said: "This war is of no political party. This is the country's war, it is your war and my war, and we appeal to | all patriots, whatever their politics, I to aid us in every way possible in our efforts to require that partisan I politics be taken out and kept out of the war management. "We denounce any criticism of publfc officials, high or low, when [Continued on Page 2.] * New River Ferry Boat Burns After One Trip In less than twenty-four hours aft er it had been put into service. •. j $2,500 steamboat owned by S. T. Hut), of New Cumberland, was destroyed by tire at Frantz's Bridge, near Steelton. The boat was anchored last night after its first day's work and the tires banked. This morning when workmen appeared at the bridge they found that fire had de stroyed the boat some time during the night. Mr. Hull announced he would replace the steamboat as soon as he could get the material to build another one. He said that he did not carry any insurance.