For the First Business Saturday of the New Year VENICE GREATLY CHANGED BY WAR Broad Lagoons and Canals Have Air of Martial and Naval Preparation FEW GONDOLAS ARE USED Bomb Raids Have Terrorized and Damaged Quaint Old City (Correspondence of Associated Press.) Venice, Dec. 23. Take a gondola for a trip through the Grand Canal during these war days, and one sees many changes In the center of inter est well known to travelers and read ers—the war-dress o fthe homes of Lord Byron and the composer Wag ner, of the poet Browning and the American writer W. D. Howells, the romantic palace where Desdemona waited for Othello, and further along, In the market quarter near the Rlulto bridge, the house ot' Shylock, the quaint building standing there un changed to-day, but now used as a butcher's shop where a lusty Italian butcher exacts Shylock war prices of 90 cents a kilo for the pounds of flesh dealt over the counter. Starting from the quay San Marco, Hie broad lagoons entering the Grand Canal have an air of martial and naval preparation rather than the usual car nival aspect which marks this center. The quays are lined with soldiers and 1 sailors, and the gondolas are carrying 1 great loads of war supplies back and forth, and transporting troops and marines from point to point while the ! launches from the warships dart in) and out among the gondolas. Ordinarily there are 2,600 gondolas I In regular service—tiOO private and 1 2,000 public—but only a very few of these remain in use owing to the terror ; inspired by the bomb raids. Most of ] the wealthy residents have hurriedly! left for the South, and there are no ! tourists to make use of the public gon dolas. Only one flrst-class hotel re-j mains open, and half of It is given over to a hospital for the wounded brought In from the nearby lighting lines. All In War Trappings Entering the Grand Canal, the great domes of Santa Maria delia Salute! stand out on the left, but always with I their war trappings, for here is located ! the headquarters of the army Red j Cross, where most of the work of the j field hospitals is regulated. The pal ace Venier next to the church is simi larly used for army hospital adminis tration. and the Red Cross flags are flying everywhere, as a warning of immunity from bomb raids. Further up the canal on the right is the house of| I'esdemona. Just what Desdemona did in her day is a matter of tradition and Shakesperian romance. Now the old palace is occupied by a rich mer chant family who have fled to the South; the curtaine are drawn, the lower windows guarded by steel shut ters, and the gardens neglected. On the left of the Canal is a row of palaces often occupied by prominent American families. Two of these, the palace Balbi—Valier and the Polignac —are closed and closely shuttered, while most of the others in the quarter are partially abandoned. Opposite this group is the palace Fallier, where W. B. Howells lived while he wrote liis scenes from Venetian life. It is one of the ten places still showing life and activity, and the well-kept gar dens are full of flowers which hang into the canals flanking it in front and along one side. Just across the Grand Canal is the palace Itezzonico where Robert Browning lived and died. Usually this is a very gay quarter, with crowds of gondolas passing, and the palaces alive with brilliant entertain ment. But now all is silent and lugu brious, and the few gondolas creep along like Indian canoes on a deserted river. Artists Give Touch One touch of life has been given to this quarter by some American ar tists who have pulled down an old pal ace and built a very showy front, reaching down to the water. The bright yellow and red are in marked contrast with the somber palaces all around. The military escort accom panying the party pointed out an aban doned garden with a tine old palace built only to the first story. "There is a story there," said the military escort. "That palace was be gun by a son of one of the Doges. But the son got to gambling, lost all his money, and mortgaged the palace yet unfinished. And so the old Doge or dered that all work on the palace should be stopped, and never again started, as an everlasting warning against gambling. And there it stands to-day, after four hundred years, just as it stood when work was stopped, still giving it warning." Further along on the left, is the gray stone building used as the Austrian Embassy until Italy declared war against Austria. The flagstaff which used to bear the Austrian colors, ftretches over the canal, but the place is deserted. Up a side canal is the former German Embassy, also desert ed. They were two of the most active j centers of entertainment and official! exchange during peace times. In front of the German em- j bassy dredges are now at work clean ing out the side canals. This Is a 1 mammoth work, done every 200 years in the Grand Canal, and every 20 years in the side canals. The present ab sence of traffic has given opportunity for this scouring. Great masses of black mud are brought up and car ried out to sea. All the sewage of Ven ice empties into these canals, but the tides of the Adriatic sweep out the sewage and keep the city in a reason- j ably healthy condition. In the market section of the city the Grand Canal shows its usual ac- j tivlty, with the fish and vegetable' markets surrounded by boats and j crowded with customers. Venice has * recently finished a veritable palace for its fish market, and the military escort told how this has come about. "The queen came here about five' years ago." said he. "She 'was shown the beauties o'f the Grand Canal, and admired them greatly—all except the old fish market. She declared that was a blot and a scandal. And so the city decided to spend a million francs for a new market. And yet, the queen has never since come here to see this build ing erected to meet her taste, and Venice is beginning to ask whether it was really worth while to spend so much money to meet a woman's whim." The Rialto bridge is the very heart of the busy merchant quarter. This famous bridge is the only one known to have been made stronger by increas ing Its weight. It began to crack at the outset, and the architect said add| more weight. FRIDAY EVENING, , HARRDSBUHG TELEGRAPH TANUARY 7 1916 STATE PROBING . j ALL DISMISSALS! Pittsburgh Incidents Will Be Taken Up by the Compen sation Board Soon James W. Leech, of the State Com pensation Board, and Commissioner John Price Jackson, of the State De partment of Labor and Industry, are probing the case Of employes dis charged by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., because they were bad risks under the new workmen's compen sation act, Referee T. J. Dunn an nounced at Pittsburgh yesterday, and added that the matter is now out of his handa Referee Dunn said: "The State De partment, as I understand its plans, wants to see this law operated justly and fairly, but without conflicts. It is recognized that much depends upon the decision, as there will likely be a number of similar cases crop out under the act." The discharges brought out a num- I ber of interesting questions, under the act, Mr. Dunn said. He said the State j would object, for instance, to exempt | ing a company from carrying work- I men's compensation insurance In pri vate companies or the State fund which would assume all risks, and then permit a company applying Its own Insurance to discriminate in the t risks it assumes. "Either undef the act or by not coming under it, an employe cannot release his employer from paying damages in case of accident," said the referee. "All employes come under the workmen's compensation act un less they apply to Harris burg for exemption before an acci dent occurs. It is highly improb able that a company which accepts the act would engage an employe who did not, but even then the employe could not waive damages. He would fall back on the com mon law, in which case, should an ac cident happen, his employer would be deprived of the old common law de fenses, and the employe could readily recover damages if he were injured." Farm Prices Will Be Given a Study Officials of the State Department of Apriculture are planning to make some studies to find out why prices for the staple agricultural products differ so widely In various sections of the State and it is likely that the inquiry will result in some suggestions for the farm advisors who have been preach ing co-operative marketing, buying and selling methods to the farmers. In the last year the State officials have paid close attention to the prices se cured for the most Important crops and the range has been surprising. Potatoes, for instance, were sold at an average of sl.lO per bushel in Cameron county and at from 95 cents to .*1 in northern tier counties, while in industrial Allegheny county the price was 94 cents and in Adams and j Fulton and other southern tier conn- | ties some farmers sold at about sixty I cents and the average was 63. The] wheat crop in Montgomery and other eastern counties was anywhere from $1.05 to $1.14 and in some counties farmers took as low as sl, although the average was better than that. An-' other wide range was noticed in the! apple crop. In the Adams county i apple belt the price was down to 58 cents a bushel, while in Warren conn- I ty, which is up near the country | where they specialize in grapes the j price was an average of $1.05. In! other counties in the northwest the HAS ROOM FOR TRAMPS Special to the Telegraph Marietta, Jan. 7. Henry Heft, a farmer, residing on the Adamstown pike, for many years has kept tally on the number of tramps he has fed and lodged, and during the past year, he entertained nearly 600 of them. He has a separate room in his barn, in which he lodges them, and is never bothered with losing anything. Many do work for him, and stay for several days at a time. He has never been abused in any manner. BOWMAN-SCHOLL NUPTIALS Special to the Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Jan. 7.—Miss Myrtle Freda Scholl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin P. Scholl, of Halifax town ship, and Clayton Sylvester Bowman, of Berrysburg, were quietly married yesterday afternoon at the parsonage of the Reformed Salem Church, Har rlsburg, by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer, who used the ring ceremony. Shirts Tango Plaited FORMERLY sl, $1.50 and $2 n ° w 50c THOSE very attractive patterns you see worn by well-dressed men. French cuffs (stiff and soft). Not soiled and shop-worn stock, but absolute advertised val ues. Sizes range from 14 to 16 in a variety of figures. Men, here's a rare oppor tunity to stock up with some mighty dressy shirts. But you must act early. J. N. Kinnard —Haberdasher— OPEN EVENINGS 1116-1118 N. Third St. TROUT PLANTED IN STATE CREEKS Large Number Put Out in the Month of November by the Fisheries Men The Pennsylvania Department of Fisheries distributed during the month of November trout to the number of 217,000, these trout being planted in various parts of tlieCommonwealth and reports of the condition in which they were received were very flattering and encouraging. * The work demonstrates that the distribution of trout in the yearling stage is the most practical way to get results. Commissioner Bul ler is very much encouraged with the reports. The Erie hatchery sent to the Union City hatchery during November 21,- 4 40,000 white fish eggs to be hatched and 505,000 herring eggs. Other fish distributed were: Tadpoles, 24,000; adult catfish, 700; yearling sunflsh, 18,000; yearling catfish, 100; adult sunfish, 300; river minnows. 2,000; yearling yellow perch, 765, and 5 adult sturgeon. ) Commlsisoner Buller Is using every available man on the pollution work and now has twelve men making sur veys of the various streams and send ing in reports to the Department daily. Prints are sent to the manufacturer and the Department expects to get the entire State covered before Spring and at that time the work of installing I the filter system will be Btarted under Jthe direction of the Department's men. BRAI'CHKR—LAND IS Special to the Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Jan. 7.—John Braucher, of North Bend Pa., and Abigail Landis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lan dis, of this place, were quietly married at Elkton, Md., on Wednesday after noon. They have already gone to housekeeping In their newly furnished home at North Bend, at which place the groom is employed in the Pennsyl vania Railroad freight office. WHY WE NEED Tin-: NAVAL EXPERIMENT STATION Experimental or developments work ' is necessarily expensive, but our ex- i perience In the past would seem to warrant us in believing that it is better to si nd money in trying out and perfecting devices for naval ser vice rather than to depend upon the natural course of events during which developments take place slowly through other sources, and in the end individ uals or other nations get the benefits that might accrue to this Government. We have only to cite two recent cases of importance—the submarine and the aeroplane—to realize that the Ameri can navy would have been far more advanced had the Government taken up through its own physical station the early inventions of Holland and the Wrights. It is work of this kind that can best be done through a large and well equipped physical laboratory un j| Third and Broad Streets Kobinson'sJxinaaAy C£eaAci/iiC6 & ale; X 2 Price Remnant Sale A SALE that would crowd the aisles and | Men's Furnishings Here's a true, old-fashioned Rummage Sale. Everything nr t ll: ,llv rlpm tin ill winter rn*>rrViDnrlicA . in piece goods you can think of. These remnants have been tH.lUd.liy Clean up dll Winter mertnantlise 50c BLUE CHAMBRAY WORK SHIRTS —Men s heavy weight laid aside and hoarded up for months In preparation for this mtict cnmn KJrr nnVa Work Shirts, in all sizes from 14 % to 17. Full Cut, OQ r sale. muSi na\ e some mignty Dig price inauce- very well made; Clearance Sale Price ONE-HALF PRICE OR LESS IS THE ments. We have always realized that and 39 <" BLUE CHAMBRAV WORK SHIRTS— Men s 29c CLEARANCE SALE RULE this year, more than ever, have seen to it I ioc MEN'S CANVAS GLOVES; 5c I ' 1 TXT 10c outing Fiannei . ... v 19c Sale of Enamel Ware 7c Unbleached Shaker Flannel 5o " White and white ware; also gray enamel ware; 6-qt. Lip -25c 10-4 Unbleached Sheeting 17c SI.OO Cotton $2.69 Woolnap QO ped Saucepans. 10-qt. Basins, Potato Boilers, with lids; 8c and 10c Dress Ginghams 5c Blankets at i• «7O Pudding Pans, Mixing Bowls, etc.; 25c to 39c values. SI.OO Lace and Scrim Curtains 59c Blankew ' „ . £ $1.50 Spreads, extra size $1.19 Extra large size, in grays, Largest size wool finish oale Ot xLnamei Ware 10c Absorbent Toweling; 1,000 yds. for this clearance sale, tans and white; some mill , . ' Large Palls, 8-qt. Berlin Kettles and Saucepans with 25c Table Oil Cloth, 45 inches wide; in neat patterns.. .12 %0 Price 75c Clearance Sale Price, $1.98 and gray enamel pieces that originally sold up to 50c. January Clearing of. All Winter UnderWCclX Clearance of Shoes Coats and Suits I 50c LADIES' PANTS—AnkIe longth, fleece lined OC c i $3.00 tO $5.00 Shoes $2.45 S2O SUITS (h*7 HAI Pantß: small 8,5563 only: Clearance Prlce Extra high cut tan and black Shoes; also about . ( / I i $12.50 COATS ... if* *"7 Ef f\ SLSO LADIES' PANTS—AII wool, ankle length, QO. four dozen cloth top Shoes; both colored and black; Z3 SUItS lor WO- w -11 «n / odd s'zes. Clearance Price with gun metal and patent leather vamps, button men and misses were formerly Fine satin belt- f• • w and lace; also three different styles of Gypsy Cut ■ , ' , , , . . , . . . , Boots In neat kid and vicl; all sizes. Clearance sls to $20 — late winter models. Ed models and plain tailored y IT j Sale Price $3.45 $25 suits .... d»i o j-rk effects. Mens Underwear Cft Q , Broadcloth and $ 1 Z«DU $3.50 Shoes $1.95 poplin suits -—many fur trim- $25.00 PLUSH (tiy gQ ISS «£& med —in all the wanted colors. COATS V* • sizes. Clearance Sale Price soles . Both button and lace; all sizes. Clearance $3 75 Genuine "Salt's Plush" hand- "'1 " ''' V '' btylisn cneCKS I V somely lined. fleece lined Underwear, brown color— all OQ r $2.00 tO $3.50 Evening Slippers .. 750 and zibelines. sizes. Clearance Sale Price Black and fancy colored suede and satin evening . _ mmv _ . Slippers, with and without straps and ornaments. C-l- jft/r. nn t - u/-' I. 25c CHILDREN'S HOSIERY—Fine ribbed Hose; In VIC&rSUICC uftl6 Ol women S Waists most all sizes. Clearance $1.25 and $1.50 Xmas Slippers ... 98^ 50c Percale Waists, 9Q r $1.25 and $1.50 White fifir 25c CHILDREN'S GLOVES—Fleece lined Gloves, in Our yearly after Xmas sale of Slippers clears up colored stripes " Lingerie Waists OOv. gray, brown and navy; small sizes. ■» Q . nearly everything at this one price 98c a jH o c°ow annel Wa,BtS ' 50c $3.50 and $3.98 crepe de Chine and Clearance Price $1.50 Boys' Heavy Work Shoes 980 solid color Georgette Crope Waists, white, flesh, SI.OO LADIES' GLOVES—SI.OO Cape Gloves, in tan ' ' ' V SI.OO to $1.50 White Linen CA/< tfray, blue; Clearance <6l QQ only; also ladies" light weight Kid Oloves, In From slaes 3to only—made of heavy black Waists, stiff collar Sale Price wx»S7O black, white and tan. Clearance Price ' kangaroo leather —heavy stitched soles. Young Widow Receives $3,000,000 Left by Actor teili £-A W m'WJ w Mpff Joseph j New York, Jan. 7. The thirty* I two year old widow of Joseph L. | Murphy, the famous comedian of ! "Kerry Gow" fame who died last week will probably Inherit the $3,- 000.000 fortune left by the actor. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy had been married but seven years. The actor was seventy-seven when he died and his widow Is thirty-two. She was his leading woman when he fell in love with her and married her. Their home life had been a model of domes tic happiness despite the difference in their ages. der the control of the Government. The man who has had more experience in this line than any other and has achieved a greater success is undoubt edly Mr. Edison. The proposed plan for this research station is his. His great est work has been acquired through research and experiment. Before he invented the storage battery he tried more than ten thousand experiments, always aiming at a certain result, which he finally achieved. The General Electric Company have found it of the utmost value to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in research work. It has paid to do it, and why should we hesitate to follow the same lines in, protecting and strengthening the great est and richest of nations. The pro posed physical research laboratory, even at the maximum figures placed by Mr. Edison—five million dollars, repre sents only about one-third the cost of a large battle ship. Is it not best to first make sure that we are building this ship right, and In advance of the practice of other nations, rather than plunge forward at large expense and in the end discover costly mistakes? America has long been the birth place of the greatest inventions. Let us utilize this creative force in increasing the safety, strength and efficiency of the nation.—W. L. Saunders, in the Engineering Magazine for November. FAIR ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS Perry County Agricultural As sociation Holds Meeting in Newport Newport, Pa., Jan. 7. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Perry County Agricultural Society was held in the borough building yester day morning. After hearing the var ious reports the officers for the en suing years were elected as follows: President, T. H. Butturf, Newport; vice-presidents. Dr. F. A. Gutshall, Blaln; H. B. Rhinesmltli, Bloomfleld; William .. Kumler, Buffalo; J. M. McKee, Center; W. J. Harter, Green wood; John R. DeckArd, Howe; Clark M. Bower, Jackson; T. W. Tressler. Juniata; Steve Shuler, Liverpool; James A. Wright, Liverpool township; W. C. Garber, Madison; E. B. Leibv, Marysvllle; N. Graham, Newport; J. M. Barrlck, Oliver; Fred Smith, Penn; Samuel Arnold, Sandy Hill; John A. Barnes, Saville; John A. Bower, Broad Street With additional floor space, giving you greater variety and fresher and better goods, without the usual conges tion of the morning's market and consequently better service to you and more satisfactory attention. Open Saturday Evening From 4 to 10 P. M. Morning market conducted as usual, but doors are closed from 1 2 noon until 4 P. M. to re-stock with a fresh supply of produce, meats, etc. Harrisburg Market House Company Spring; Thomas Kreamer, Tuscarora; Samuel Ebert, Tyrone; Mrs. S. R. Zeigler, Wheatfleld; secretary, J. C. F. Stephens, Newport: treasurer. J. Km ery Flelsher; managers. M. I* Rltter, S. D. Myers, J. W. Sunday. William G. Loy, W. W. Potter and Dr. J. H. McCulloeh; auditors. Gilbert H. Frank, George P. Bistline and Charles F. Hoke; member of State Board of Agri- K & E Blouse For Boys I I4alt's a manly garment—every boy who < wears It dresses himself. There's no need . J to bother father or worry mother; ho ■ trjE/P 1 takes caro of himself while dressing, MB| And wear? Every garment is inspected -w—, H separate times for flaws—is guaran t BHv teed against imperfections. Variety of i | colors and patterns 50C Consylman & Co. 1117-1119 N. Third St. - * culture, Clark M. Bower, Blain; assist ant manager of farmers - Institute John L. Snyder, Newport! delegates te State College, the Rev. William Dot* wart, T. H. Butturff and John A, Bower, I,andlsl>urg; delegates to tttt meeting of the State Board of Agri culture, Abram Bower, New Blootn fleld: John A. Bower, Ijandlsburg, anal Isaiah E. Mitchell, Newport* Third and Broad Streets 11