BREWSTER, District Judge.
This is a libel filed by the United States as owner of the steamship Lake Capens against the Warren Transportation Company, charterers of the vessel. The charter party, dated November 25, 1919, was for the carriage of a cargo of coal from Sewall's Point, Norfolk, Va., to Portland, Me. It contained the following provisions:
"The said party of the second part" (Warren Transportation Company) "doth engage to provide and furnish to the...
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