the Willards, who, doing business as the Coquille River Company, were operating the gasoline launch . In January, 1915, there had been a collision between the Panter-owned sternwheeler and Charm. This resulted in an investigation by the U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service. On February 3, 1915, following a two-day trial before inspectors Edwards and Fuller, the service suspended, for 20 months each, the licenses of Captains Walter Panter and Allen Panter, as well as that of engineer William Panter, all of the Myrtle Point Transportation Company, as well as the licenses of Capt. O. R. Willard and engineer Elmer Willard, both of the Coquille River Company. Both the Panters and the Willards were also barred from operating any vessel on the Coquille River or anywhere else. As a result, the Panters had to hire a new captain for Telegraph, Harvey Dunham, and the Willards. First collision with Charm Collisions between rival vessels continued. On March 13, 1915, another Panter-owned boat, Telegraph this time, again collided with Charm. The March 11 collision occurred when Telegraph was ahead of Charm, and then stopped at a dock to take on passengers. Charm caught up with Telegraph and had almost passed the sternwheeler when Telegraph pulled away from the dock, with the bow of Telegraph striking Charm just a bit forward of the stern, spinning Charm across Telegraph bow, and bow-first into the log boom at the landing. Charm then went bumping along the log boom to a piling, called a "dolphin", securing the end of the boom, where Charm came to a halt. Engines on Telegraph were reversed, but not in time to prevent Telegraph from striking Charm a second time, as the smaller motor vessel was jammed up against the dolphin. The crew of Charm claimed that they had blown four blasts on the motor vessel's whistle before overtaking Telegraph, but this was denied by the crew of the sternwheeler. Damaged to Charm consisted of three boards near the bow torn away, including damage below the waterline. Charm was laid up on Saturday night on the beach in Coquille City, where the vessel was pumped out and repaired sufficiently to move down river the next day, where Charm was hauled out at a shipyard and repaired more thoroughly. By Tuesday, March 16, Charm was back on its normal run. On March 16, 1915, formal reports of the collision had reached the office of