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Show THE GRANTSVILLE BEK1FF SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES TTACKS IN COUNTER-A- IN BATTLE OF FLANDERS. Captured German Office re Have Ape parently Abandoned Hope of In Weatem Theatre and Are Now Hoping for Peace. Another Amazing Intrigue of Teuton. Sue-cea- British Front In France. That phase of the battle of Flanders that occurred last week and which has been characterised as the battle of Menin road was on Sunday largely a matter of hlBtory. Hard local fighting was still In progress at a point west of Gheluvelt, known as Tower Hamlet, but, notwithstanding the determined efforts of the Germans to regain the ground they lost here, they were unable to dislodge the British troops. The enemy still clung to a few desirable posts on an elevation near Tower Hamlet, but their possession has Jii no way affected the general situation, as they were not vital points. Elsewhere ailong the front of the British offensive there has been no chunge In the situation. An Intense artillery duel continued, but the enemy had abandoned, at least temporarily, those futile and costly counterattacks which marked the first day's fighting. The German military code In the past lias taken little count of losses in men, if results could be achieved. In the present instance the German counter-attack- s have not only been costly, but useless, for the British artillery has In a majority of cases tom the advancing columns to bitR and driven the survivors buck In hasty retreat How great the Uerinun losses have been it is of course Impossible to estimate, but It can be stated definite-J- y that they were exceedingly severe. The buttle of Menin road has furnished further evidence of that deterioration in the fighting qualities which lias been going on in the German lines for some time. It must not be assumed from this statement that the Germans are in a demoralized state. During the last few days they have fought with great determination, and skillfully, but they are not so good as they were. It Is significant perhaps that the counter-attack- s delivered by tbe enemy on the first day were kicking the Inaltensity of previous counter-attackthough the Germans had known that tbe offensive was pending' and had time to prepare for eventualities. In this connection a change has been noted in the attitude of captured German officers. Apparently they no longer have faith In the future and have abandoned hope of success In the western theatre. The thing they are most Interested in now Is peace. On the other hand, the morale of the British troops has never been at so high a pitch as at present. Everywhere along the line one finds the muni-- feeling. The men are Imbued with the Idea that they have proved themselves stronger than their adversaries and they are filled with the determination to see the affair through to the finish. The arrival of the Aemrican troops in France has done much to 'make even stronger this confidence. s, NO DISCUSSION OF PEACE. Replies to Pope of Germany and Austria Without Effect in America. Washington. There will be no further discussion ' of peace at this time by tbe United States and the entente allies unless it Is forced by a fresh appeal from Pope Benedict. This was clearly indicated both at the state department and by allied diplomats Saturday, after publication of the unofficial texts of the replies of Germany and Austria to the papul appeal. There was nothing unexpected in either response, although the Austrian note aroused some interest because of its apparent sincerity. Officials believe that, heartened by the replies of the central powers, the pope will make a fresh attempt to bring the belligerents together at the pence table. TEXA8 GOVERNOR IMPEACHED. of Using 8tate Funds to 8ettle Personal Obligation Austin, Texas. Governor James E. imFerguson on September 22 was peached by the state senate, which Convicted - sustained ten of the t twenty-on- e charges In the bill of impeachment returned by the lower house committee of the whole. The vote on the first article that he used $5000 of state funds to settle a personal obligation was sufficient vote was to convict A The ballot wns;- Ayes, necessary. ; noes, four. twenty-seve- n two-thir- - CONGRESS PLAN Proof That Former Ambaoaador Bem-atorAsked Permission of Hio Government to 8pend $50,000 in Bribing Congressmen. ff that Washington. The revelation Count von Bernstorff, trusted adviser of Emperor William and ut present ambassador to Turkey, headed the Ger- man propaganda of bribery that sought to keep this country out of war when Germany entered uion her ruthless cumpuign of submarine warfare .exploded like shrapnel in Waahiugtou on Friday. officials Diplomats, congressmen, mid various propagandists were amazed. Congress immediately began to talk of investigation. Secretary of State Ijansing gave out a letter of Bernstnrff in which the HinbnHsudor UTAH. PLOTTED TO GORBUPT Secretary Lansing Discloses BRIBE NEWS, GRANT8VILLE, asked the kaiser for $50,-K- to "Influence congress. It seemed certuin that the Bern-storcommunication was forwarded through h neutral government. The state detriment refused to confirm tills or to Indicate whether its suspicions were directed to any nentrnl source. Tlie mystery of the society which Iternsrorff wns to use lincl Washington awake from one end of Pennsylvania avenue to the other. Tlie names mentionnl in connection with the German activities In propo-giind- a are already well known. They include scores of individuals whose records have been looked up by tlie department of justice and whose strange activities have been the basis of more than one quiet secret sendee ff Investigation. Opinion here seemed general that when Secretary Lansing made public this startling Bernstorff document, lie not only hud the goods on Bernstorff Imt on his ponnectious In tlie United States. Bemstorffs Duplicity Cleverly Seen. The communication made public by Secretary Lansing not only reveals Ambassador Bernstorff standing forth for tlie first time as the actual directing head of a bribery propaganda, but exiioses the efforts of Germany to use this country as a buffer while Teuton rutlilessness was employed In its most effective measures. While Count von Bernstorff has been exposed early In the year as passing a note from Foreign Minister Zimrner-manto Count von Eckliardt In Mexico to City drag Japan and Mexico into a war with this country, tlie German representative had not been shown to have any direction of the payment of money to finance intrigues, or us being the real head. Today he is set up as a shining example of German duplicity, Indicating his willingness to commit bribery while ttt tbe same time professing the most friendly relations witb this country. Wben the note was sent Great Britain wns crying for food; she wus crying for ships ; she was crying tor ammunition. France was in the same po- n ROBERT LANSING Se rotary Lansing Washington. made a startling revelation on September 21 in the briofeet but moot significant chapter of German intrigue the state department has yet disclosed. Hie statement follows: The secretary of state issues the following statement from Ambassador Bernstorff to tho Berlin foreign office dated January 22, 1917: I request authority to pay out $50,000 (fifty thousand dollars) in order, ae on former occasions, to influence congress through the organization you know of, which can perhaps prevent war. I am beginning in the meantime to act accordingly. In tho above circumstances, a public official Gorman declaration In favor of Ireland is highly desirable in order to gain tho support of Irish Influences here." This message was sent to the kaiser through the Berlin foreign office just prior to tho beginning of Germany's undersea campaign. Secretary Lansing said the government had proof that tho message was de- livered. xitlou. Italy was sending to this country a delegation to impress this Imperative necessity of ships, null and supplies for her army just about to enter its greatest offensive. Russia was turbulent. German influence thought it was about to reap Its coveted prize of a disrupted enejny In tlie east. The Russian armies were iVKrted on tlie point of revolt and Tlie people themselves were In a turmoil. Gennuny had pushed into the enemy country. Entrenched and fortified, she felt that Russias effectiveness us an ally was ended. Japan whs too fur away to lie of material, monetary aid. With tills situation before her, felt thut she could win through lier submarine campaign, which wus to lie pushed to extremities of inhumanity never before heurd of in warfare. Her propagandists in hls country liud been liurd at work when oil January 22 President Wilson sent his address to congress. lie appealed to the warring nations to enter into peace negotiations. He sought pence without victory." Then Count von Bernstorff scut his message. It was said today that It did not go direct from tlie German embassy here, but that it passed through some neutral nation. The possibility of Sweden having been used In this instance as she hud been In others was suggested, but no reply was forthcoming from the slate department officials. Secretary Lansing would not say when the United Stutes came Into possession of the messages, but tbe fact that the state department has hud it for some time and that It followed the others In which Sweden was Implicated led to a belief tbat there was a connection between this message and some Sewdish channel. i Bernstorff Had Been Suspected. Count von Bernstorff has been suspected before of influencing the German propaganda here. In the attempts to blow up ammunition plants throughout the country ; In the plot to destroy tlie Weelland canal nnd other schemes to hamper the allies work In this country, there was always the suspicion that tbe men higher up who were sought Included the ambassador. But the first time the ambassadors name was brought out wns when Albert Fay and his companion, Scholtz,were- arrested In Hoboken accused of attempting to blow up American ships that were carrying ammunition to the alre-trni- t. tier-man- y - lies. - The government secret service ugents seized several hundred pounds of high explosives. Fay sold he had Intended to blow off the rudders of the vessels, but it was shown that his Infernal machines would have taken off about forty feet of the vessels. Fay said that when he came here and he reported to Captain Boy-E- d Cnpt Frans von Pupen, attaches of the German embassy. He said they knew of his plans, but they bad given him no orders. Boy-E- d and von Papen were In con- stant touch with tlie ambassador and the government Investigators felt that It was inconceivable that the ambassa- dor was not fully aware of what was being done. Various Instances of destruction of sugar cargoes shipped to the allies were also traced buck to German influence In high circles. Department of Justice officials Intimated that the Investigations of the National Labor Peach council had led to evidence that possibly it was tbe organization you know of. This was broken up by tbe government and three of the ringleaders were sent to prison. Diamond Rings 1 Our diamond ringo win the hearts of tho ladles, 'and are prised above We have diamonds, ether thing small or largo, to auit any taate or fit any puree. Tho mark of PARK la a guarantee. BUCHARE8T REPORTS PLANTING AND MICEXPLO8IVE8 ROBES BY TEUTONS. BOYD PARK Protection of United 8tatee Shown te Have Been 8hamefully Exploited and Abused in Expoee by Secretary Lanaing. How Gennuny shameWashington. fully abused and exploited tlie protection of the United States by secreting lu tlie Gernmu legation ut Bucharest, after the American government lutd taken charge of Germany's affairs ut the Roumanian capital, quantities of jmwerful explosives for liomb plots and deadly microbes, with instructions for their use In destroying horses and cattle, was revealed on September 28 l)j Secretary Lansing. It wus another of tlie series of Mr. Lansing's disclosures of German intrigue, uuide public without comment in tlie same manner as the Von Lux-bur- g telegrams which have brought Argentina to the verge of war with Germany, the Von Eckliardt letter from Mexico City and tlie Von Itern-stortelegram asking the German foreign office for authorization to spend $50,000 In Influence congress. The latest story is told In n report to tlie state department from WillUun Whiting Andrews, secretory of the legation of Bucharest, uml a letter of from Foreign Minister Porumbnru Rounmniu. Suspicion Aroused. Parcels and boxes taken into Mie German consulate at Bucharest with dispiuy of great precaution aroused the suspicions of tlie Rouninniun government. On August 27, 1916. tlie evening prior to the dnte of Uonnmnlus declaration of war, some of the cases ware taken to the German legation, located in a different building from the consulate. Convinced thut tlie boxes were not token away from tlie legation by tlie German diplomatic mission qn its departure from Bucharest, the Roumanian authorities later ordered the police to find and examine their contents. The police communicated witli American Minister Vopicku, then In charge of German Interests, who reluctantly assigned Secretary Andrews to observe the search. The boxes were found buried in tlie garden of tbe German legation. ff makekTofjewelry SAIT miT MO MAM LAKE BARGAINS IN USED M wUaSI uS M M0S. CARS OMumMIm, nn-Bil- cb. Hra GaiiaUM term. leniac oo4illoB--M- r ritfc fufin. Writ In IttaiM Car Dm.. doe, Vid Wendell Dniid CITY nsS If C. Wk Al die br ul InW II WHEN FATHER TELLS Lifc CUr A JOKE-- . Mother Baca Nothing Funny In It an1 Daughter's Glance Is Expressive of Her Pity. When a man bean a Joke which Ma primitive sense of humor classifies the funniest thing he had aver heard he hurries home to bear the glad tidings to his wife. Father produces his great discovery, but mothers countenance remains untroubled by so much as a smile, observes the New York Evening' Sun. Nine wives out of ten will gaze blankly Into tbat Interesting emptiness to which womans eyes are continually traveling over her husband's shoulder. Tbe tenth and crudest creature will wither her spouse with a penetrating stare which registers: I see nothing absolutely nothing funny in that" Disgusted and baffled, the husband tells tiie same joke to his daughter. Her only Indication of amusement Is a pitying uplift of the eyebrows1 and a subsequent absorption In her knitting. With his finger on the last nnbroken string of hope father approaches his nearest masculine relative. At last success is his, for his son or his or his uncle roars, applauds and slaps him on the back. Father bows to lm-- 1 aginary audiences and compliments bis fellow man on bis perspicacity and his fortnnate possession of a sense of humor. He pities those women those son-in-la- w poor defective women. THAT EXTRA TEN MINUTER. It Is Goad Business to Be Willing to Give a Little Tima Over and Above Hours Paid For. She had been promoted three times within the year, and when I asked her what her secret waa aha laughed and ' said: Oh, I guess Its Just that extra tan minute I laughed too, for I knew what aha meant It was her mother's favorite bit of preachment Sell your time for all yon can get tor It my dear. But never hesitate to give an extra ten minute It la good Business to sell your time which means your brains and for all you can get tor them.1 But It la also good business to be will- -, ing to give ten minutes over and above tho hours yon are paid for, when your work requires It A few minutes overtime will often dear np your desk, leaving no odds and ends for next morning. It will, make a success of a Job that would, only Just scrape through If you quit on the dot It will prove both to yourself and1 to your employer that yon care for your work; that youd rather do It' welL net yon prefer to sacrifice a little for tbe sake of excellence. The successful employer Is usually the discriminating employer. Tour ti tra ten minutes may prove to bo your best Investment Exchange. : lag the disclosure was proof of tbe German government's efforts to divide Americans Into factions, by corrupt means If necessary. This ought to end forever any and every doubt In the mind of any American as to the Justice and necessity for tills war. It proves that the German government was seeking all along to split us Into factions, .by corrupt means if necessary, and possibly Imping In time to win the war In Europe and then to humiliate and subjugate us. He who la not now wlioleheurted for tlie war runs a grave risk of being suspected of getting part of the This is an honest congress $50,000. and all Its members will resent this Insult to its Intelligence and honor." Congress to Investigate. One and possibly two congressional investigations will follow tbe Count von Bernstorff disclosures. The bouse Is practically certain to conduct an Inquiry und senate lenders indicate that 0 the upper brunch would probe the fund Bernstorff yellow dog asked for from Berlin. Congressmen were denounced on the floor as sus$50,-00- picious. COUNT VON BERNSTORFF ; your-wor- How a Diamond Cuts Glas It has been ascertained by a aerieo of experiments that a diamond does but force not cut glass tbe particles apart so that a continuous crack is formed along the line of tbe intended cut The crack ones be--, gun, very small force Is necessary to; carry It through the glaso, and thus, the piece Is easily broken off. The'; superficial crack or cut need not be, deep; a depth, according to flna meae- nreraents, of a part of one Inch Is quite sufficient to accom- -' pUsh tbe purpose, so that tbe appH-- ? cotton of much force In using the dtaj mond only wears out the gem without doing the work any better. Numerous atones, such as quarts and other mln-- j erals, when ground into proper fora,( will cut glass like a diamond, but' they are not so valuable for that purpose, lacking the requisite hardness-ansoon losing tbe sharp edge necee-- j aary to make the operation a success. flle-fashl- th She Had Experlenc Marshall Voices General Resentment An applicant for a telephone Job at. Secretary Lansing has made public amformer von Count In resentment In tbe Bernstorff, voicing general Memphis, when asked If she had ever the text of a message sent by Count who ia bad any operating experience replied I von Bemetorff to Berlin laet January, congress over disclosures of Count von bassador from Germany, Bernstorff s message, Vice President charged with plot to bribe American Tes, I have had my adenoids iw, asking authority to use $50,000 to in- Marshall a declar- - congre semen. statement out Long lines Traffic Doing gnored." gave fluence congress. ( |