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jurfCfW-t M ROTSK i.hawh.l.lx. BeiRess jQfJIVE IN THAT HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND BE A FRIEND TO MAN Coos Bay Times Your Paper A Southwest Oregon Paper That's what tlio Coos Hay Timet Is. A South, west Oregon paper for Botithwcst Oregon people iiid devoted to tho best Interests of this great section . Tho Time nlwsy boosts aid botot knocks, Tho Co Hny Times la proud of Its title "The IVople'i Paper," nnd It strives t alt tlniei to live up " "" nnmo by lrotln8 " energies to promoting tho people's Interest. MKM1IKK Oil1 TIIK ARSOCIATKD PRF.SS Vol. No. XXXIX. Kstnbllshcd 1878 An The Cimst Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBERS 1915 EVENING EDITION TWELVE PAGES A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll )n OR and Tops Hay Advert Iser. "u u" uloos FIVE GIRLS DIE IN ASYLUM RUE St. Francis Orphan Institution In San Francisco is Destroy- ed Early This Morning Bodies of Three Little Girl Are Found in One Bed Where They Perjshed TWO OTHERS IDENTIFIED Heroic Work Done by Mother Super, j lor mill SMcr In Charge Police- ........ ritli.xtinili Wltiiliiu null 1 II, illl wt-- a " '" I A HrliiRs out Three Women nr AnwlatcJ rp In ln Ilajr Time. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I. Flvo little girls perished enrly today In u flro which destroyed St. Francis (llrl'H Directory Orpltnu Asylum. Forty-seven others mid several lillnil niul aged women wore guided wife ly out of tho burning rrunio building by Mother Superior Margaret, Sis ter Mury Agnes and Slater .Mnry Knt tlierlnu. Three lnrinn women, two ct them Wind, wero rescued by Put loliimn O'Rourko, who climbed through n window. Two Identified Tho bodies of two children, 101 1 roboth O'llrleii, aged , nnd Kutlo O'llrlcn, her Blstor, aged II, uro lden tilled. Tho bodies of threo Hinnll girls, burned beyond recognition.! were found lying In ono little bed on' the fourth floor. Tho Mother Superior was mous ed soon lifter midnight by tho ornck llng of flumes nnd gavo tho alarm, ((induct I'iro Drill, Threo scoro women nnd children rouiluctcd tho flro drill In tholr night clothes. Ono Httlo girl, cooler than the others, bognn dressing when erouseri nnd enmo out fully dressed. rnvornblo wind spared St. Joseph's lospltal whero thoro was housed moro than 200 patients. S: 'I'llltKK XKOHOKS SAV TIIKV DID NOT ADMIT Ml'ltiunt Are Held at Providence, It. I., for Al- Ictitd Killing or Dr. Mohr at WKo'h instigation (nr AmocIUM Tina lo Cooi ray Tlmri. lMlOVlDBNCH, HI. I. Sopt. 4. Dcnlul that they had confessed to tho murder of Dr. C. Franklin Mohr was made to tlio Associated Press today by Georgo w. Healls, Honry Spoil man and c. Victor Hrown, negroes, who according to the police nuthorl Itles, previously declared thoy had hilled tho physician at tho Instiga tion of Mrs. Mohr. Xo Signed Confession Chief of Police Robins of Harring ton admitted that nono of tho threo men had signed a confession. Tho only statement signed of which ho had any knowledge, ho said, was ono In which ono man advanced a theory that robbery was tho motive of thu ciimo. M UP A BRIDGE HIUTISii THV XKW VSK OF Sl'H MARIXK HOAT Attempt not Kullrely Successful Hut Some Damage is Douo iiud 1 Ifly Asia' lal LONDON Bubniarliio Patch from "nusii submnrlno, after making way through tho Gulf of Isnild. land ed a party for the purpose, of dyna '"Iting a railroad bridge 3S miles southeast of Constantinople. Tho expedition was not entirely success R1 but tho British destroyed a por tion of tho brldgo nnd killed tho Turkish soldiers on guard. Chnn30 j,, Service.- III ARE RESCUED CONFESS ON i....i-u l.-in.wi a i.rnrin" was ulven Mr. and Mrs. ' conrnu iniKi"iBi, oi L-ai """"" , , - , . uaii.. ....n n.w ..u..v ... uu....Un 1",KS UI,kH, q, i SrtornooTbeforo Just-B They will make tholr homo In tho with tho eharactortlstle : ruso of of Ca,.niny,l( wIm B0HK,lt ,0 ,,rlllB MFMUCMhrTtw S,l00k t"18 "" .1 ,. . ... 'will.,, innrtmoiii. ami their many tho railroad men: "Nothing Is over .,,, ,.,,, ielW00ll the United , Sept. 4.-A novelty in ""aiid held for a hearing be- friends wish them success and Joy. cortal-ai..! wo get thoro when wo B,at0H ttIlll CalTIlll!Mlf 0um 8ald war is reported In a ills- .SlrPray si colal white slave Mr. Granby Is a sou of Mr. and Mrs. Bt there.' Ho oxpec Is o be hero ; r0l1108t0 c,UTUlml ,0 ,))a(.0 a Athens, u stated that .leV "KJarient of Jus- . H. Granby, of South Fourth St. - , ZZ , "" '""Vtrong patrol on the .Mexican bor- teEpl.coDalri.rrhnr.bindK.Mk.'rMa restaurant on Front street. -Aiionnnntn at eU tO nnta .!. nl,n.. I.. n.iilns 'roni 10 to li a. m. X BAKER LUMBER MILL X DESTROYED BY FIRE t X X IIIJ Anne l.llnl I'rrm lo Coin Par TlniM 1 X BAKER, Ore,, Sept, 4, X Fire early today de- X X strayed the W, H, Eccles X X Lumber Company mills X X and a part of its lumber X I witn a loss ot $iuu,uuu, i X Firemen and citizens X X fought for hours and fi- X - J t nally succeeded in pro- venting tho fire from S!,yu ' l,MUL ,u uuiau spreading to the South X X Baker lumber districts, X where plants valued at X t more than a million are X X located, A fire in the X X Baker White Pino Com- X X pany's plant was oxtin- X gUs,G( vvltll Small claill Ovl 000004 - T .Mil. AM) MRS. SHOOK CIIAHGKR with wiiiti: slavhrv ArioMcd This M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u Mao Ciiiili- lln, !!l, mid Airs. Hesslo lluell, 18, Complaining Witnesses cnitt.s Tiaii story Iloth Mao Conklln mid Hcs slo Huoll on tho witness stand luto this afternoon re told tho sumo story sot forth in their affidavits, accusing both Mr. mid Mrs. Shook of transporting them for Immor al purposes to California. Neither of tho dofondunts hnd u chanco to plead not guilty, though both make de nials. They nro being tried together. , l I V v 1 ! ! niinKfrixl iv l1i wlilln alnverv. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Shook, of tt.o John-1 son llooniliiff House. Second street, I wore arrested at olght o'clock this morning by Chlof Jack Carter and Jlen Fisher, special white slave of ficor. The roniplalnlng wltnessoi were Mao Conklln, aged 21 years and Mrs. HoebIu Huoll, agod 18 venrs. Shook was Just roleased from 'jail yesterday for using profauo and abusivo lnngtiago last Monday night I. ...- ...!. II.. "oioro muu v.un,v.... Most serious is tho ovldeuco against both Shook nnd his wife. Tho complaints of tho girls ehargo them with conducting a lax rooming liouso on Second street and Mao Conklln says that on August 1 1 they all started for tho Kalr In mi autoniobllo, bought by Shook on tho installment plan with $75 of her money. Stops wero nmilo at Handon and Gold Reach nnd outsldo of Kurekn tho imichlno broke down nnd tho girls wont on ahead of Shook and his wife, In a stage. WHed for Money. Tho girls o'nliu that tholr money was tnkou away from them and that In .Kureka thoy wero both loft with out enough funds to roturn homo M:io Conklln. according to hor he in e or ?lr, to buy a ' 1101 piiitiiis m.o iui v , steamship tlcKet to coos uuy. ou- camo back with Hesslo Huoll, who Is sopnrated Ironi nor uusuauu mm formerly was Miss Hesslo Mobley. Mao Conklln says that sho camo, 1 1.. 11110 n.iMi imp imrniita and I1UIU III 1 - ...... - that they engaged rooms with Shook and his wlfo, and that nftor her parents moved, Bho continued to re side thoro, working in Co city. Sho blames Shook for her downfall, say- ..... , i tmnro.w.r advances and this with tho knowledge of his wife. win fi.. to Portland. tlco In this district. Tho first nows of the caso was received by Chief Carter. Ho mado further investigations, questioned tho women, and then sent for Hon Fish er, who at that time was nt I.ake Bldo, and tho arrest of this morning followed, acting on advices from Frank Pray In Portland, Mrs. Huoll recently waited on tne .ura. '" ' . .,. lauies al mo vaiiiui. .uu.u --, .-- tables at the canton oouie lu.u, ...v Wltllfisn3 Plllll'll Tho defendants this afternoon TO GIRLS ' ... , .. I... .If . Mn-oliflLlrl VICU. IIU UUlllll UV 11 UU LIIU IIIIUMIIIII .,.,1,. ,,. .1,,. ,,.l, nt . ,,..,!., Its,:, ,. .,., .u(1.,n, wv s .....o llcl. to stop tno rams. INIK ROBBERS ESCAPE III AUTO Bandits Get Away After Tak ing $1350 From State Bank at Selah, Washington sin rnanr in rniiBin A KU .h H H n Officers Cannot Locate Car and Belief is Men Put on Women's Clothing CASHIER "iS HELD UP .Machlnei Is Seen Leaving IMaci at High Halo df Speed .hist Roforo t'.'.o ( Illens Discover That tho Theft Has Keen Committed IT AsrvlatM rival lo e-joi tlar Tlmri.) NOUTII YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. I. No trace was found up to noon of tho two bnudlts who hold up tho enshter and robbed tho Selah Statu Hank at Solah of $ I .t H 0 yesterday. Ufforts were fruitless to locate un automobile which was stolen a few minutes before the robbery and In which It Is believed tho robbers es caped, ' One explanation of t"..o escape Is that tho robbers put on women's clothes. Tho ear was driven at top speed out of Selah after tho rob bery was noted by tho citizens. :!TR&f S li CHARGE ADMIItAD CAI'ICHTON DKCIiAHKS MA It'll A li liAW IX HAITI Order Includes Port An Prlnco and Other Districts Controlled by tho Aiiierlcans ID AuocUti'I I'ren lo Cuoi I lay Tlinfi. POUT AU PRINCI3, Sept. 4.- Kcor Admiral Cnperton In ehargo of tho American expeditionary forces today nroclalnied martial law n Port An Prlnco and other districts occupied 'by tho Aniorlcan troops. The peoplo nro calm. Cannot Control Caporton's proclamation says tho prcsont govornmont In Haiti is uiv nblo to control tho situation. Mar tini law will not Intorforo with tho proceedings of tho Constitutional government nnd tho congress of Haiti. mitii IIAMAOI1 IS DOXK OX TDK FLORIDA COAST High Wrnds iU'd Water Cause Dig Property l.ixs Hut Xo Deaths Reported Uy AsaoiUlfel l'rwi lo LQ Uaj Twa I TAMPA.. Flu. Sept. 4. High wind and water wrought damage n'ong the Florida Coast north of Tampa. Quurter mllo of tho gout end of Koy Island opposite Clearwater, was washed away, carrying with It a fish ini? piiinii with all tho houses. No aged is considerable. A launch with ,,, ,.,., T,irn..M six peoinu i i-o.b .. ,. Springs. VOUXO COL'PM'J WKDDKD Charles Granby and Miss Solum Winkler mo Married At noon In tho Justice court Judgo C. h. Pcnnock united In marriage mi.. sninm winkler uued a2 voars. UIOQ wwit ? -w--- and Char.es j. urnn. y i ,. of ago. Tho groom Is janitor at tho l - & II. building and the brldo Is an ailoptou uuuguier 01 ..... ..u ...p. summoned Silvia Conklln, Kdward Pickett, Fred Glovor, Georgo Mur phy, Mary J. F.lrod and Mrs. II. II, Wilson aa witnesses in tholr bohair. Hoth Mr. mid Mrs. Shook con tend that they havo been guilty of no crlmo and that Co girls went with them as passengers and on their own solicitation. Shook says that Ma Conklln lived for threo years -- ' with him anu ms w. e mm i. uv .. . . . . ... ... ..... .... .i has never been anything wrong be- tween them. 000 CAUSES RUIN ? 40g t GARDNER WINS THE X X GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP X X i O t7 AMoi'Mlet rrpun lo Vmut lty Tlmfc X DETROIT, Mich,, Sept, X X 4, Robert A, Gardner, of X X Chicago, won tho National X X amateur golf champion- X X ship liere this afternoon X for the second time, Ho X X defeated John G, Ander- X son, of Mount Vernon, X X New York, In the final X X match of 36 holes, five up X four to play. $ .$ E coi,i.i:(.'i:s and rxivi:itsiTii:s I'ltlM'AKlNO I 'OK Ittr SHASO.V Only Two on Cimst Still Cling; In Itiighy Others lteturn to tbo Amei'ican Ciiino tn AianrlatM I'riM lo Com lla; TlniM 1 SAN KHANCISCO, Sept. I. Pre liminary practice for tho football season of l!ir is practically In fullj. swing among till tho colleges, schools, mid athletic elulm of thu Pacific Coast. With tho return this year of tho University of California, St. ! Mary's Coltogo of Oakland and tho Nevada University to tho American game of football, Stanford mid San ta Clara Collego aro tho only two institutions of nolo still clinging to 4. tho Hugby game. Tl.o change will , bring Washington mid California o . . . . . . . . . 1 Unlvorjltlos together in two tug games. TRUCK IS HURRIED 'STKKD TO DM LAID SOUTH Ol SIUSIAW IX !!( DAYS "Will llnlld in Now to Imlto Taken- Itch Karly October to See Halls to the Uuipiiiia Hrldgo Laying of rnlls across tho hrldgo at Sluslaw and south, 1". miles to tho trestllng on Lake Takenlteh will probably bo commenced wltMu tho next .'10 days, uccordlng to V, It. Fontalno, assistant engineer on the Willamette Pacific v:io arrived hero lust evening over tho lino. Ho wus accompanied by V. G. Illndmarsh, engineer in ehargo of rail laying north of Coos Hay to tho Unipuua. II. O. Hoy, In ehurgo of construc tion, Is expected In this evening frcm Kugeno on nn Inspection trip, As much rail laying ns possible , before tho rainy weather sots In Is tho aim of the engineers, accord- lug to Mr. Fontaine. Aa soon us Co trestllng a ong North l.ako Is completed, probably by October 1 or thereabouts, tho rack will bo shov ed forward as fur us tho Umpn.ua, Mudur tho supervision of Mr. lllud inai sh. Thoro still remains about ulno miles to connect up between thu end of the lino at this end and tho Uinpuua. As thu bridge at tho Umpiiia Is to bo the hibt link In tho construction, tho road will ho built In to It from both directions. Right now tho tug Flyer Is fo. Fontaine, waiting to get out w a largo pllo driver for tho Smltl River whero trestllng work Is to bo coninionced at once. With tho riiud complete u to l.ako Takenlteh fioin Kugeno, thoro will bo little delay In getting materials In for tho wort further to tho south and this Is Co main reason that tho ! track there h being hurrlod, Also M onsiruciion aneau 01 mo rains is much chinpor, said Mr. Foiitaluo. Kvades (Question Asked as to what date tho trains would bo ublo to glvo through sor- SALKM Rolatlves of .Mr. and Mrs. .John Kulser who lived In Sa lem for many years, havo boon un ablo to locuto them since tho flood at Galveston where thoy went to re side. COTTAGE GROVH For tho first, time In some years past rattlesnakes, havo been killed near Cottage Grovo, tho weathor conditions, It Is belloved driving them from tholr haunts. TC T 1Z iei E Uniformed Soldiers of Mexico and United States Clashing on International Border THIRTY II SLAIN Private of Cavalry Badly In jured But No Other Ameri can Casualties Reported RANGERS ARE ASSISTING Si'.ldlers I'Vom Corf, Drown Ale Kiished to Scene -Sheriffs ami Ai'tneil Cltlens Also Tnko I'aci lii Klghl Two .Mile I'Ynnt AMCHICAX SOI.DII0K IIAIMjV WOl'XDIID Special to Tin Times.) nUOWNSVIM.lC, Texas. Sept. 1. Tho battle extends along 11 two-mile front, .lohu Salvlnl, a private In Troop H, Third Cavalry, has been taken to Mission with a set'- Ions wound In thu .hip. No other Americana wero Injur- cd nt !! o'clock. Tho SO cavalrymen under Captnln .T. C. McCoy aro bo- !n asHlsted by a largo forco of Texas rangers, Sheriffs mid tinned elti.ens. O Lily AnaocIMM r-rt-M lo Coo nay Timn.1 IjUOWNSVII.I.K, Texas, Sopt. I. Hctwien 2H and 110 Mexicans wero killed this afternoon In a battle between Texns rnngors on tho Anior lcan side and Mexicans, believed to bo Curran.a soldiers, on tho Mex ican side of tho HIo Orando near Old llldnlgo, Texas. Tho battlo was otlll raging nt II p. in. No one on the American sldu had been kill ed at tho last roport. Thoro aro until to have boon over 10 Mexicans In tho original party. They fired across tho HIo Orando on a Texas ranchman near whero tho fighting Is being waged this afternoon. All available cavalry at iort Hrown was rushed to tho scene, Soldiers Meeting Tho fighting n'oug thu Mexican border' Is rapidly changing from hunting unorganized bandits to an armed clash botwoen uniformed boI- dleis of tho United States, and Moxlc0f Twelve .Mexicans, all wear- lug tho uniform of Cnrranza's army, crossed thu International lino at day light and encountered 11 detachment of Ameilcan troops near Madera. A h' ort battlo followed. Seven Are Killed. Soven Invaders wero killed before tho surviving five flud. Almost at tho sanio hour Mexhun soldiers fired ncroyH the boarder at a company of Texas rangers noar Cavuzos. Tho i angora fired buck mid It s believed Bomo Mexicans wore hit. Captain McCoy hurried from Mission with lolnforcoment of United Stutes cav alry, fearing thu Mexican soldluru lit ! un ttr.ilit ii 11 lit l.f.i'u iv ft 1 1 111 M I t i-itll nt In flMJ'VJttWI MMIIIIIHIH MWIIMI (. Vlb fc Invade again. There aro 110 Amor- lean casualties thus far. Houibs Art) Found. Soldiers and armed citizens con tinued tho search today for bandits opeiatlug north of Hrownsvlllo. No additional clashes are reported. A posse found two bombs left by ti.u Mexicans. Hlumo.s Kiifiiilt'H Tho Curraiizu Consul hero told Colonel Hiillurd, commanding tho - 1ordur patrol, that tho firing on au Aniorlcan neruplauo near here KIMi MKXIOAX ttUlh Stray Itullct Kills IUh- mid Mother is Wounded (Dr Ai.ocl.ll r-nt' to Uima Oar TlmK.l SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sopt. 4. A spoclal to tho Light says a posso of citizens, led by tho Sheriff shot and killed two Mexicans who rofus ed to halt nt tho Aguas Nogras ranch, A young daughter of a Mex- IM X SCHOONER LOUISE TO X X BE TOWED TO PORT X X X tf AaaorlalM lTcaa in Com tiny Tlmra. O X ABERDEEN, Washing- X X ton, Sep, 4 The sclioon- X er Louise, which was an- X cliored close to the north X X jetty last night and re- X X ported in danger of being X X wrecked, will be towed X X into port today, She is X in a safe position, X X Later Report X X This afternoon the life- X X saving crew at Westport X X is standing by the three- X X masted schooner Louise, X X whicli is anchored in a X X perilous position to the X X rocks of tho south jetty, X t A tug is making an effort X X to roach the schooner and X X pull her out into the deep X X water, X COISULTSjXPERTS KKCHKTAHV DAXIKI.S COXSIDKH- IX(3 SIXKIXO OC Kl'lt.MAItlNi: May he Possible Three Olhers 'Sanio Typo as K-l Aro Withdrawn of nr Aaaorlatoil Trcia lo Coot Hay Tlmra. WASHINGTON, I). C, Sept. I. Secretary Daniels Is consulting ox ports of tho Navy Department on tho Biihuiarlno K-l to determine whether three others ot thu snuio typo should ho withdrawn from ser vice. Tiie final report on tho sink ing of tho K-l cannot bo made un til thu Inspection now In progress Is completed. Thirteen bodies so far have been recovered from tho sub marine and tho others nro located. XKW TVPH OK OICItMAX vicssicri HAS ItKII.V SKJIITICI) Much Rigger Thau ny Provlously Used In War Confirms Re cently Deported Plans (nr Auorlalcil Vtnm (u fm H4J TlniM.) HIRtMN, (Wireless to Sayvlllo) Sopt. I. A dispatch from Christina states that a Gorman submarine of a now typo, far largor than any prev ious vcssol of this diameter, was ob served off tho southwestern coast of Norway. TIiIb 1b regarded In Her llu ns confirming the reports that Germany Is about to place In com mission super submarines, far excel ling tho best of hor Huhmorslliles used hlthertoforo. WRECK KILLS MANY TWO HUXDRKD DIM IX MKXIOAX Tit A IX ACCIDF.XT Women and niiliiren Included Among tho Victims AccordliiK To AdvlcHi Received Today IUr AalwIalM rr lo eona liLl Tlma.1 WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. I. Two hundred peoplo, Including many woiuon and children, woio kill oil In a truln wreck sovoral days ago 200 miles oust of Moxlco City, uc cordlng to Stuto Department advices today. Another train following with 4fi American refugees aboard was do. liiycd by tho wreck but reached Vera Cruz yesterday. HOVSPI.AV HAI.h West Cud Te.nn Defeali'il by South Marsbfield Xluo Tho South MaiBhfleld boys' base ball team won from West .MurBh fleld yesterday. Tho bcoio was a 8 to C. Tho South Murshflold boyH expect to pluy uuother gauio with tht boys from tho west end on Sopt. 11. The following woro tho pluyors: WoBt Marsbfield Johnson, Has com, Noble, Orlscoll, Anthony, Clarko, Mlrrasoul, and McGlnnls. South Marsbfield Kolloy, Hass. ford, Contors, Scbroedor, Graves, Yuko, Knight and Holmes. lean was killed by a stray bullet and tho niothor waB fatally wound ed. Yesterday a detachment of the Twolfth Cavalry arrested five Mex icans near Nebraska Stutlou and killed one who tried to escape on a mulo. LARGER lilllIE TEUTON TROOPS STILL ADVANCE Petrograd Admits That Rus sian Army Has Retired From Scene S Counter Attacks Made North of Vilna But Everywhere Else Germans Winning FIGHTING NOWMN FRANCE Intense Artillery Activity nt Front, Js Iteported to bo Continuing nnd Paris States 1-nst Kngagemcnt of Particular Violence til j AmoclKteJ rrrii to Cuui nay TImM.1 PHTHOOHAD, Sopt. 4. nussla admits tho retlromeut of tho Rus Blaim to the north bank of tho Dvlna In tho sector whoro n desperafo strugglo to protect Hlga nnd tlio road to Petrograd' Is In progress. North of Vllnu tho Husslans claim to havo gained ground In countor nttneks. Klsewlicro tho Teutonic trium phant ndvmico continues, l'lgbtlng In Frniico Intenso activity of tho artlllory continues to ho reported from tho fighting front In Frniico. Paris nl ludes to tho last engagement as of particular violence OIHtMAXS TAKK HRIDGKIIKAU NHAIt RIGA, RUSSIAN PORT Thlrtyseveii OfflrerH and Ovor Tlirco Thousmid Men Cnptuivd by Tho Victors ur AivlitM rina to Cooi lltj Tlmaa.J HKRIilN, Sopt. 4. Tho German army In battlo for. tho possession of the Russian port of Riga won anoth er Important victory, it Is officially announced today that tho capturo ot Hrldgohead nt Frledrlchstadt, on the Dvlna about 40 miles below Riga. The Germans captured 37 offlcerb and :i3ii5 men. TO I.KPIjV to xotk is now rkadv for dki.ivkrv Offli'.'iils In lin(bii Taking; Much In terest In the Peaco DIhcuhsIoU.s It In Reported 1 llr Aaauclati4 1'fna to Cooa lla TlmM. LONDON, Sopt. I. It Is nnnoS'n ccd officially at Nlsh that the final draft of Serbia's answer to tho noto of the Quadruple entente Is ready mid will be presented shortly. It Is presumed here tho roply on tjio whole will bo favoiublu In rogard to coucobbIouh to Bulgaria, but advlcos from Sofia Indicate that unless the whole of Macedonia is conceded thoro Is Httlo chance of tho reesjab llBhmunt of the Hnlkan league ' About Peaco Talk Although It has beau established rather definitely that London nil's no part In tho Initiation In tbofor iii)i I peace dseiiBslous it Is plain that official circles are Interested keenly In nows of activity lu this dlrcuaii, Thoro aro Btrawu In tho wind which Indicate that what are designated aa "Proper poaco ovorturoa" on the part of Germany would bo met with consideration. T STILL AFLOAT UXSF.h WIM.IAM T. IiKWIS ft RKPORTKD WATKHLOGOFD Owned In San Frime.Vfco and Said to lluvo Ikt'ii ToifitHloed by (iei'iuaus llr AulleJ Praaa to Cooa liar TlmM. LONDON, Sopt. 4. Word was re ceived by Lloyds today that tho Brit ish bark William T, Lewis, ownod In Sun Francisco, was still afloat, She 1.1 watterlogged and a report yester day said she was torpedoed. Times want ads bring remits. CLAIMS SOME 1 1 OTERGAIN 1 '