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Russians Press
Their Triple Drive.

Turks on several instances have at
tempted TO assume the offensive against
the close pursuing Russians. but these
attempts have come 20 naught, accord
ing to Petrograd. The Russians are de-
termined to push their operations to
the bitter end and already are conf
IDENTIFY discussing their march on Con-
stantinopie. More than 500 miles must
yet be covered before the Russians get
in striking distance of the Turkish cap
ital but continued success may bring
about almost unbelievable achieve
ments.
While England and France have been
prone to declare the battle of Verdun
has come to halt, recent events
would Indicate that the Germans still
are bent on Selling the once great
stronghold. Their attacks are more
isolated. IL is true. but one fact cannot
be escaped-they continue.
The chief fighting on the western
front during the week just closed has
been progressing in the region of Dead
Mans hill and in the direction OF
cdmieres. The French assumed the Of
fensive early in the week, and Gen.
Ietains men We're able to wrest sew
eral hundred yards Of German trenches
from the enemy Germany admits but
slight gains. but. owing to the nature
OF German official reports, which al
ways are conservative when admitting
enemy success. if at all, the belief is
prevalent in various allied capitals
tina: the French have gained all that
they say they have in the recent fight
| ing.
Several German attacks in the region
/ of Dead Man have been repulsed, ac-
cording to the official reports from
Paris. The Germans, however. have
| been able TO gain some successes in the
vicinity of Haucourt. where a deter
mined offensive was launched follow
J ing terrible artillery bomba rdment
| French attacks In the vicinity of Fort
Douaumont are said to have Melted the
assailants some ground. although Ber-
| lin claims to have checked the enemy
in this region.
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Subject to Heated
Attacks a Week Ago.

the revolt in ireland and the govern
nents Introduction of bill in the
commons looking toward half-hearted
compulsory military service. were de-
handing that the Asquith regime be
called to book.
Today Tic British people seem fun
willing to abide by the government $
decisions, forgetting apparently past
rankings.
During the week just closed Premier
Asquith went before the house of COM
mons. forsook lis lonx-standing policy
of compulsion for single men until
they all had first been forced into the
army. thus fuiflling his pledge TO the
married men. He plainly told the
members OF the lower house of par
Lament that present recruiting meas
ures were not suficient to maintain
the British standard in the present
war. Out-and-out CONSUMPTION would
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he necessary for all classes. He showed
why this step was necessary, and then
followed the introduction of the gov
ernment's measure, now nearing final
passage. 1t was expected that the OPP
position from the laborites in par1ia-
ment would be strenuous and vindic-
tive in character. A few murmurs were
heard but it appears that the measure
eventually will become law of the
realm with comparatively little criti-
cism from those who have been threat
ening dire things to the government
ir case it ever forsook cherished Brit
ish traditions and adopted the policy
of colscription. Furthermore, it is
declared that laborites all over the
country are counseling their followers
to abide by the decision of the govern
ment. 1t is believed that the necessity
of the nation was further emphasized
by the kut-el-Amara affair, although
this event in itself is not considered
of vital Importance from a strictly mil
itary standpoint The event but welded
to greater degree the common loyalty
of the nation.
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Masses May Receive
Lenient Treatment.

s.ble for the present era Of discord il
Is believed II will be more lenient with
the masses who served under them
for. as one of these stated we were
not led badly, bu: We we're misied.-
England intends to forever Danish the
menace % further Sim Feln outbreaks,
at least during the course Of the pres
rrt Wa. aud IL IS rot at all improbable
that Ir-.and's SEPARATIONS will be grant
al when once the era of con fict ends
rope-a t.r1e when both the English
ard ir:sh can cool:y and in collected
fashion take up the various issues at
stake and settle them disps ssionately.
Only tune VIII unravel the present
tangled shein 20 closely knottcd about
The future cestinies of Ireland
Whatever may oe said to the gen
eral Character OF the present British
ministry, It's mistakes and shortcom-
tnEs. one salient fact stands forth
Premier Asquith has won a place as
one Of the greatest diplomats and
statesmen In tine history Of the empire
His administration has been buffetted
and tossed about, bitterly arraigued to
The point where its stepping down was
believed irninent. Premier Asquith has
confronted and answered his critics
has saved his ministry time and time
again. and no better illustration of his
genius in handling most delicate sit
uatIonS can be cited than mis- msniDu-
lation of the delicate conscription issue
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Things Not Clear
Cause Apprehension

~AfPASeSioA' causing the
gravest apprehensive speculation have
to do with the possible effect of the
uprising on the future of Ireland and
upon the British attitude toward things
Irish at the close of the war.
British hands may stretch across
smoldering ruins in the Irish capital
and grasp the hand of the Irish loyal
list The present trying situation never
of future continued discord and ill
feeling. This is the hope of the opti-
MYSTIC portion of the British and Irish
press. But there are declarations that
the crisis must always be felt when
the consideration of English and Irish
relations are under consideration.
The one big issue for decades and
decades in Ireland has been that of
home rule. Practically all factions or
truly loyal Irish people, notwithstand-
ing their civil discord. have been
agreed on the accomplishment of this
one goal. Through the instrumentality
OF her great leaders in parliament Ire
land has been able to obtain the gov
ernments promise that Ireland may in
the future guide her own affairs, even
though the execution of this pledge
was temporarily delayed by the out
break of the great European struggle
Much of Ireland now is apprehensive
lest the good work be upset by the
revolt which has done so little good
and wrought so much harm
The general opinion in Britain, how
ever, is that inasmuch as the Sim
Fem operations do not represent the
views of the mass of Irish people, it
would be right and thoroughly just TO
perpetuate the relations brought up to
such high degree of understanding
and promise previous to the outbreak
OF the The spirit of forgiveness
undoubtedly is buttressed in the Eng
Hsh mind by the gallant conduct of
Irish troops on the field of battle in
France and Flanders.
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People Eager for
the War to End.

People Eager for early conclusion
the War to End. the fact that al.
ready 100000 men are under arms.
The people of Great Britain, like those
of other belligerent nations. are eager
for an early end to the struggle which
is rending Europe. They have rec
onciled themselves to almost any
sacrifice and the acceptance of COM
plete and full CONSUMPTION is but one
of the ways of showing their sympathy
for the governments efforts to per-
feet and utilize the nations every re-
source to gain the given goal
Developments of the week have not
I'm any way caused interest to be
shifted from the regions OF Mesopo-
tamia and the whole near east The
surrender of Kut-el-Amara during the
possibilities in regard to the future
operations of the British in the Meso-
potamian regions. Britain, by faVor-
sity. must attempt to offset the favor
in behalf of the Turks throughout
Armenia. Persia and the regions close
ly bordering upon India Berlin re-
ports an immediate response among
the Mohammedan people ana uprising
against the British as the result. OF the
failure of Kut. Whether Britain VIII
be able to do her part in drawing the
wall across the near east against Ger
man and Turkish influence, as the
Russians have in the Armenian regions,
ia the subject of great conjecture in
various belligerent nations.
In considering the Mesopotamlan
situation one fact always must be borne
in mind-Gen. Townshend's ten-thou-
sand force at Kut formed but small
norton of the entire British army OPP
Grating in these regions. 1t is esti-
mated that the British have dispatched
more than 100000 men to the Tigris
section since the investment of kut be-
gan Although these have suffered con-
siderable losses since their effort to re-
Neve Townshend and his men started.
il cannot be said that they are so badly
crippled that they will not form force
to be reckoned with in future opera
tions-operations expected to begin as
soon as the foods in the TigriS region
abate The British still have armies
large enough to accomplish much from
a military standpoint once conditions
are more favorable. but the resistance
they will meet is sure to be of the most
strenuous sort. in view of the Turks
ability TO release additional thousands
of men heretofore engaged in keeping
watch on Gen. Townshend and his men
at kut.
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BY FRANK n. SIMONDS,
Author of THE Great War"
In Three Parm-Part III.

Copyright 1915 the Tribune Association (The
New York Trbune).
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Although the government intends at
the present juncture to deal firmly with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-07
ArdentIy Hoped Advancement
of Past Decade Will Not Be
Offset by Uprising.
BRITISH NOW STERNLY
DEALING WITH LEADERS
Several Have Faced Firing Squad.
Mercy May Be Shown to
Masses of Revolters.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

THE evidence is forthcoming that
over these ashes hands may be shaken.
new bonds of union may be forged
and new sources of strength and pros
perity brought to the country. l still
hope that some measure of good may
come out of this great evil
Thus did Augustine Birrell, retiring
first secretary for Ireland. the man
who is largely blamed throughout
Great Britain for the serious Sim Fem
outbreak in Ireland. express his wish
for the future.
And this hope is reflected in the
hearts of every Englishman and every
Irishman who at first were inclined to
see in the rebellion of Dublin only
evil threats to the future advancement
of the Emerald Isle-the lrdoing of
much of the advancement AMI over
comins of prejudice wrought in the
past twenty years.
The rebellion has been crushed by
the weight of British military strength
and the Stanch corporation of the
Irish nationalists WHO are declared to be
more bitter toward the Sim Feiners than
are the British. More than $4,000 900
property damage has been done to
Dublin: 1900 of the citys civilians and
IeNo!terS are IN hospitals recovering
from wounds sustained during the
fierce guerrilla fighting; Provisional
president Pearce and six of his CO.
horts have faced British firing
squad and have paid the extreme pen
atty for their alleged folly: more than
twenty Sim Feiners have been SEN
fenced to long terms of penal servi-
tude. and hundreds of others are held
prisoner by the British to answer un-
der martial law for their participation
IN the Dublin outburst. Many others
may De Obliged to spend many years
IN dingy prison cells, others may be
swiftly executed. but it is believed
thousands will be treated mercifulIv
ny the government. which has been
surrection.
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A Factory That Was.

We crossed the river and the canal
and stopped by the ruin of what had
once been a big factory or warehouse.
We crawled through an open she'll
made breach in the brick wall and stood
in the interior. The ashes were still
hot, and in corners there were smoking
fires. Two days ago, at just this time,
your guides told you, men had been
working here; making bread, I think
At the same time we had come to the
ruins-the same time of day that is
the Germans had dropped a half dozen
incendiary shells into the building and
it had burned in ten minutes. Most of
the men who had been there then were
still there, under the smoking mass of
wreckage; the smell of burned human
flesh was in the air.
A few steps away there was a little
house standing intact On the floor
there were stretched four rolls of white
cloth. The general and those with him
took off their hats as they entered.
He opened one of the packages and
you saw only charred black mass,
something that looked like a half
burned log taken from the fireplace.
But two days ago it had been a man.
and the metal disk of Identification
had already been found and had served
to disclose the victims name. These
were the first bodies that had been re-
n
The Fireman of Verdun.
Taking our cars again we drove back
and stopped before the Marie, and
passing under the arch entered the
The building had Jared bet
ter than most, but there were many
shell marks. In the courtyard were
four guns. Forty-six years before an
other German army had come down
from the north. another whirlwind of
artillery had struck the town and laid
it in ashes, but even under the ashes
the town had held out for three weeks.
Afterward the republic of France had
given these guns to the people of Yer
dun in recognition of their heroism.
In the courtyard I was presented to
a man wearing the uniform and helmet
of a fireman. He was the chief Of the
Verdun fire department. His mission.
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The Russians are continuing their
triple drive upon the towns of Baiburt.
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Citadel Is Not Defended.

But the truth is far different: even
tho old citidal Is but a deserted cave
its massive walls of natural rock resist
the shells as they would repulse an
avalanche; but the guns that were once
on it's parapets are gone. the garrison
is gone. gone far out on the trench
lines beyond the hills The Vauban
citadel is now a place where bread is
baked. where wounded men are occa-
sionally brought, where live the SOL
diers and officers whose important but
unromantic mission it is to keep the
roads through the town open. to police
the ashes of the city, to do what re-
mains of the work that once fell to the
lot of the civil authorities.
To glide swiftly to the shelter of this
rock from region in which a falling
shell has served to remind you of the
real meaning of Verdun of the moment,
to leave the automobile and plunge into
the welcome obscurity of this cavern
this was perhaps the most comfortable
personal incident of the day The mere
shadow of the rock gave a sense of
security; to penetrate it was to pass to
safety.
Headquarters in Rock.
Some moments of wandering by cor
ridors and stairways into the very
heart of the rock brought US to the
quarters of our host. Gen. Dubois; to
his kind attention l was to owe all my
good fortune in seeing his dying city;
to him, at the end. / was to owe the
ultimate evidence of courtesy, which !
shall never forget.
Unlike Petain or Joffre, Gen. Dubois
is 4 little man. possibly a trifle older
than-etthers A white.haired. bright.
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week ago the British press and
people. aroused BY tho surrender of
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These are the things that are known
at the present juncture Those which
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Premier Asquith has said that con-
scription is necessary if the war be
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FRENCH AND RUS
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eyed. vigorous soldier. who made his
real frame in Madagascar with Joffre and
with Gallieni. and when the storm
broke was sent to Verdun by these
men. who knew him. to do the difficult
work that there was to be performed
behind the battle line. There is about
Gen. Dubois a suggestion of the old as
well of the new of the French general
The private soldiers to whom he spoke
as he went his rounds responded with
"Oui. mon general" that had a note
of affection. as well as of discipline;
he was rather as one fancied were the
soldiers of the revolution, of the en-
pire. of the Algerian days of Pere Bu-
geaud. whose memory is still green.
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Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, and POI

Fun by the Ton the MIDWAY, Enormous Fer
derry-G Rounds, Motordrome and other Midway Atra
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NEW BUILDING TO Be
OPENED LABOR DAY
Exhibition Hall on Somerset Fair
Grounds Is 10 be Dedicated

The new Exhibition Hall at the
Somerset Fair Grounds is nearing
completion and will be ready for for
NAL opening. Labor Day, Monday
evening, September 4th. 1t was at
first proposed to lay a spruce floor
but later decided TO use hardwood and
this will give an excellent surface
of eight or nine thousand square feet
for dancing. OF course, after the
booths and counters are put in, dane
ing would not be very practical. but
this will be delayed, for the most part
until after the opening. Plans are
already on foot to employ one OF the
best orchestras in Maine and other
arrangements, somewhat after the
scheme of the Shoe Factory opening
CHE most successful event of its kind
the Kennebec Valley has ever SEEM -,
will be carried out
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Field Day at Lakewood the 10th

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Som
erset County Veterans Association
will hold their annual field day at
Lakewood, Wednesday, August 10th
with headquarters at the Renter cot
tage. A picnic dinner will be serv-
ed In the afternoon there will be
an entertainment in the theatre, con-
sisting of War Songs, solos, readings
and speaking A special invitation
is extended to all veterans and mem
bers of their families.
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Miss Annie Barbeau, a teacher in
Massachusetts, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. John Avore on Main st.
Miss Jessie Hodges of Portland is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Eaton.
She is the cousin of Mr.. Eaton.
Miss Lyle c. Stinchfeld and Miss
Beatrice Smiley returned to Skowhe-
gan yesterday after visiting relatives
in Reading, Mass.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Thomas, which was born early
this week, has been given the name
of Mabel Evelyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Everard Hender-
son arrived here last Friday and are
visiting with Mrs. Henderson's moth
er mother Mrs. Louis B. Haskell.
Garfield Chenery expects to leave
for Texas where he will establish a
line for the Western Union Tel. Co.
to be used in Government service.
Charles Russell and Paul LeFevre
who have been visiting the formers
brother E. F. Russell on Leavitt St,
returned to their homes in Maiden,
Mass, yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul D. Sargent of
Augusta spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Renne at Kilcare. Miss
Ruth Renne accompanied Mr.. and
Mrs. Sargent on their return to Au-
gusta, where she will be their guest
for a week.
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Herd Barker of Medford, Mass. is
visiting with Attorney Z. e. Butler at
Lakewood
Miss Izilda Cormier of Gardiner
has returned home after visiting at
]. H. Murrays.
Harry Day. of the Skowhegan Trust
Co. force, left Tuesday for a vacation
at Peaks Island.
Mrs. NJ. Hutchins of New York has
been visiting with Mrs. A. B. Plum
mer during the week.
Mrs. Robert E. Green and her faith
er Joseph II. Haskell are spending a
few days in Pittsfeld with relatives.
Mrs. Pauline Yale of Somerville,
Mass. returned home yesterday after
a visit at the home of Dr. F. S Bige-
low
Miss Ethelyn Lawrence of Water
vile returned home Tuesday after
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Albert Whorff
on Middle ST.
Mrs. H. c. Judkins of Clinton, who
has been the guest of her brother, At
torney Harold Phillips and family de-
parted Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hitchcock and
two sons of New Haven, Conn. and
Mr.. and Mrs F. Davis of Waterville
who have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. C. Clifford, departed on the after
noon train of Monday last.
Jack St Ledger and son Leo of
Dorchester, Mass, who have been
visiting with the family of the for
mers brother, Michael st. Ledger,
left yesterday for a visit in Pittsfield
before returning to their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gardner and
family of South Scion were in town
during the day Tuesday. Mrs. Gard
ner's mother, Mrs. E. C. Mclaughlin
was with them leaving on the midday
train for her home in Medford, Mass.
She was accompanied by her grand
son Bernard Gardner, who is to visit
her for a time.
A crew of men began to get Middle
Street ready to be macadamized last
Monday morning. Providing plenty
of rock can be readily obtained the
highway will be completed in about
one month. The sidewalk which is
also going to be rebuilt will not be
begun upon until the street is finish
ed. Road Commissioner p M. San
born stated Monday that the new
sidewalks had been completed on
East Leayitt, Poplar, Railroad, Hath
away, Factory and Beech SITS, also
between eleven and twelve hundred
feet of walk along Madison Ave. 1t
is expected that work on the continu-
alton of the State Road between here
and Canaan will be begun sometime
during the present month, the sum of
around 5000 to be expended on this
portion OF the highway.
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The hair must have nourishment-
dandruff should be destroyed and the
pores of the scalp kept open. There
is just one thing you need to keep
the hair follicles from becoming dis
eased-Nyal's Hirsutone,-G. r. Fogg
Druggist.