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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17
CARDINAL MERCER
FUND ANNOUNCED


ment reads. In part, as follows:
From many authoritative sources
we learn constantly of the extremely
miserable conditions OF Belgium
Millions Of men, women and children
are in abject poverty. Hundreds Of
thousands OF families heretofore
wealthy or at least In comfortable
circumstances have lost everything
Included among these are owners oil
destroyed or idle factories and stores
business men, professors, tGachers
and artists. Many Of them haze gen
crously contributed Of their own
money to their less fortunate coun-
tiyuen, but. owing to the long dura-
ton OF the war. they are nov, in their
turn. compelled to neck assistance.
And besides these individuals. many
most popular educational lnslitu-
tons. chaitdble organizations, orphan
asylumG. day nurseries and societies
FOR the protection Of young girls,
which rendered immense services, are
a, present powcrlcss to render their
usual services. for lack OF sustenunce.
From such institutions, organl-
zations and individuals without num-
Der, desperate appeals reach Cardl-
nal MERCER every day. because he is
the principal iigure in authority now
remaining in Belgium. to whom the
suffering people can confidently APP
peal for aid"
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BY a Committee Including Sew
eral Americans for Relief
of BelgianS.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA new
fund In the interests OF the dis
tressed people OF Belgium. to be
known as the Cardinal Mercier
Fund" is announced by n committee
which includes u number Of promi-
nent American women, who have
been stirred by the fact that the suf-
fering in Belgium Is spreading among
hundreds OF thousands OF families
heretofore wealthy" and TO eiuca-
tional and charitable organizations
whose work Is being abandoned or
curtailed because their formerly
wealthy Belgian patrons are unable
10 render their usual aid.
The committee OF patrOncsses in
cludes Mrs. Gerald Borden, Mrs. C. 6.
K. Billings, Mrs. Joseph II. Choate.
Mrs. Edwin Gould. Mrs. Il. II. Harri-
man, Mrs. Otto H. Kahn. Mrs i. p.
Morgan, and number of other we'll
known women. Headquarters have
been established at the Belgian bu-
reau. 10 Bridge street. New York.
where the work will be directed.
The announcement says the fund
will be formed under auspices of the
Belgian minister at Washington.
Emmanuel Havenith, the Belgian
minister of state. Louis de Sadeleer,
who is in New York. and the Bel
gian consul general at New York.
uierre Mali. The committees state
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thrills she chose a field where the cam.
era cannot help her. Take the scene on
this page which shows her leupinG
from the roof Of station 10 he speed.
ing limited train. A fraction Of sec.
ond's miscGiculation and Miss Gibson
would have been tossed through tho
space between the trains 10 the tracks
below. As ii was. the shock OF landing
atop the train severely bruised the
plucky girl, and Il was with difficulty
that she chung TO the flying surface.
Slim pretty and triae hashful, Hell.
en- Gibson imrrcsscs you as the sort Of
girl who would climb atop a six foot
bookcase should an Innocent little
mouse poke his nose out Of Il hole in
the corner. Perhaps she would, but Il
is pretty certain that II the scenario
said, Stand unhlnchingly,' that's
what she would do. In fact, We put
the question 10 her:
els there anything you would not do
II you thought It would provide a
thrill for the scFeen:r
Perhaps" she replied laughlngly
az haven't met 1t yet, but | suppose
that some day a wildly imaginative
author may think Of something that
viii balk at. A friend told me once
that 1 was the girl with nine lives!
He's only partly right. must have
had at least ninety-nlne lives when
started in motion pictures, but I an
pretty certain that ninety-eight o
them have been lost by this time
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well, want girl to pursue run
away engine in an automobile and
then leap from the machine TO the en-
gine and stop the train. But, then, you
can't do it anyway. You don't know
how TO run an engine"
oh, yes | do The little known
slrl was gradually gaining confidence.
~ can handle the throttle with any
one. Give me the chance"
A few more questions brought out
the fact that the girl was Helen Glib
son, the daughter Of a railroad engi-
nccr and telegraph operator before
entering the film world. 1t was the
railroad series that inspired her with
the ambition to lie n photo play star.
She had been quietly hiding her time,
waiting for the opportunity that she
was sure would come. because of her
thorough knowledge OF railroads and
her daring spirit.
The directors despairinc search for a
'girl with nerve" gave Helen the OPP
portunity, and she was made as a star
from that time. So daring were the ex.
PLOTS which she performed in each
succeeding picture that they became
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had to go over an open drawbridge on
handcar into river thirty feet be.
low. ! came ut u terrible speed down
a hill just before reaching the bridge,
and for moment, as looked across
the yawning space into which the car
was to be hurtled, felt n wish that
had remained scdentary telegraph
operator, without aspirations for a
career of fame on the screen. It's
weird, all the things that you can
think of in few seconds OF danger
like that. But above all other things
l could hear dozens of my friends say.
ing dolefully, 4 told you So You see,
my friends were never enthusiastic
over the career l had chosen.
There wasn't anything left for me
to do but to hang on, though, and keep
pumping Mt the handles of the hand.
car. Then suddenly reached the edge
of the river; the next second the water
seemed to rise up to meet me. I know
that l was not frightened, for I had
presence OF mind enough to jump cleal
Of the handcar. To carry out the &C
ton OF the story had to swim hur
riedly ashore and rush to the switch t.
prevent box car from taking the
same disastrous fier into the liver.
Another unusually thrilling expert
ence had came in n story that called
for me to leap from n handcar to til,
cowcatcher of locomotive that wal
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T'NHE photo play fans know her as
the girl who won't take n
Il dare." Helen Rose Gibson Is
her name, and, judging by the
photographs shown on this page, she Is
fully deserving of her sobrlquet. Once
a day, six times n week, over 800 times
a year, this eichteen.year-old miss grits
her teeth, mutters an involuntary DO
or die" and then for many long min
utes stands on the brink Of death
Just that you photo play fans may have
the sensations YOU crave.
But no common daredevil is Helen
Gibson. She describes herself rs IA
specialist in thrills with railroad haz-
ards the particular specially. Helen
rides on a private road that boasts of
its official report Of IAN accident q
day." The reason for the boast IS that
all the accidents are carefully planned
beforehand: they are evolved by a
scenario writer in the .ecurity of an
Office, prepared for by motion picture
director and then, when the danger
comes, executed by the girl who won't
take dare"
Photo play followers are frequently
Of the opinion that thrills and sensa.
tons of the screen are faxed by vari'
Gus camera tricks. 1t is true that many
daredevil feats may be secured through
camera receptions, but when Helen
Gibson decided to specialize In railroad
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pursuing me. 1t had all been care
fully planned and timed, but believe
me, there is no pleasure in seeing a
locomotive bearing down upon you.
At the right moment l leaped for the
cOwcatcher, and then something seem.
ed to go wrong. We had expected the
handcSr to be tossed aside, but when
the locomotive struck 1t the car seem.
ed TO climb up after me, and was
very close to losing my slim grasp on
the cowcatcher. Then the next Sec
ond was safe, for when the full force
Of the impact hit the handcar 1t was
smashed to splinters."
Struggles with rnfiians on top Of rae
ing trains, the feat of letting herself
down from the top of n passenger
coach through one of the car windows,
allowing herself to be placed In bag
and snatched from mail crane like
sack OF mail by flying train, these are
among the many ordinary events in
days work for Helen of the Screen"
Is 1t any wonder that she was recently
named official mascot at the last con
vention of the International Brother
hood OF Trainmen, token Of the ad-
miraton felt by the workers of the
rails for the red blooded girl who typi-
ties their work so well?
The film company's officials are I'm
usually proud of the fact that with
all the risk of the work OF producing
the Hazards" the records show not q
serious accident occurring to any Of the
players in the films. In order that the
! playing company at work on this Sc.
rics may be provided with every facil.
: ity for staging the pictures, the spur
; of n California railroad has been
: leased outright and a studio erected
in the switchboard. This studio has all
: the facilities of an up to date produc.
ing plant, but Is devoted solely to the
, staging OF the tales of the rails. Here
} the director and his players breathe
: continually the atmosphere of railroad
E life, which accounts for the realistic
r grip OF the pictures. And IL you want
' to see some fur fly just suggest in tbs
! hearing of member Of the company
r or one of the railroad men at the near
: by roundhouse that you have a thrill
: ing incident for the motion picture
o screen IL you could only find CIR
e nervy enough to perform the darins
deed.
+ Come right this way" they'll tel
d you. I'VE have the girl who won
e take dare II Helen won't do 1t, ther
s 1t can't be done"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17
GREAT HOLD
ON THE TRADE
HAVE BRITISH
So Far as Norway is Concerned
as Country is Dependent on
Them for Coal.

Correspondence Of the Associated Pre- 81
CHRISTIANlA. Norway. Dec. If
Since Norway is n, present depend
ent upon England for It's supply o.
coke and coal, that country has d
great hold on Norwegian trad.
Dealers in coal and coke are told BY
their English business connections
that If they sell bunkeS TO steamer
destined for Germany or with 60 so
supposed to find It's way to Germany,
they will no longer be furnished with
English coal.
The other day the American
freight steamer Maumec of New
York. had to leave the place however
without coal rs all the dcolerB veg"
warned by British authorities that
II this steamer with aupplics alleged
TO be destined for Germany. by way
OF Sweden. got bunkers by them,
English coal sellers at once would
stop trade connections with them.
England also has threatened to
stop the great import to Norway OF
olive oil from Italy and Spain and
sheet metal used in the canning in
dustry, unless the Norwegian import.
ers guarantee that no canned prod
ucta to which such oil or tin Is used
shall be exported 10 any of England X
oGewias and nany canning plants
had TO yield to this.
Ihe country Is I'LL Of mercantile
spies, keeping watch OF the export
and import. reporting through tneir
embassies or consulates or directly
home to the foreign Office. II hap
pens that old Norwegian firms. who
for years have been trading in Eng
land. get letters from their English
business connections that they have
assisted German trawlers" - or
something like that. even though the
report can he proved to have been
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has warned the British authorities
against this trade policy, toward the
Scandlnavians and also says that
when Great Britain is neutral itself
the Briton always is the first to claim
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17

the right for neutrals to do business
with each other and with belligerents
and always has protected against an
extension of the contraband list to
provisions and raw materials"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17

" egian trade and industry and -
Norwegian business men against
selling their right OF independence
to England.
Even the English paper Economist
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without any foundation.
The Norwegian press, commenting
on this, calls the attention of the
Norwegian government to tho way
England is trying to control Nor
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17

The per capita wealth OF our coun-
try. says one Of the unquencha BILE
stattstIcIans. was $3Os in 1850 and is
now $1o65.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
Fire Trespass On
National Forest Lands

Portland, Or, Dec. 17.-During tae
past fire season on tae National forests
Of Oregon and Washington, there were
the usual number of fire trespass cases
but the Wenatchee National forest in
southern Washington took the prize
for the number Of convictions-seven
in all. Four of the cases were the re.
suit of burning without a permit, and
the other three were due to leaving
camp fires burning.
In the ease Of the Nickles brothers,
a fire was started in slashing without
q permit and got away from the men,
covering over 60 acres and jumping
across the Wenatchee river. The men
were arrested, admitted their guilt,
and were given the minimum fine and
costs II. b. Smith, Of Mettitt, also
burned his slashing without permit,
was arrested anda paid his fine
OF the camp fires left, the most seri,
GUS of the three cases was that caused
by bov MEMBER of surveying party.
The boy was left alone for while, and
built camp fire to get warm. When
ho left, he threw something over the
fire TO smother it, but us it was in
rather deep humus, this was the worst
thing he could %. In day it had dc.
veloped into bad fire and burned
over 40 acres. The boys responsible.
ity was SHOWN, he was arrested, con
fessed, and was fined $40 and cots,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
San Francisco Chinks
Will Back Revolution

San Francisco, Dec. 17.--BOund to.
gether by the common cause OF fight.
ing the ascendency to the Chinese
throne Of Yuan Shi Kai, the various
tongs in San Francisco's Chinatown
have buried the hatchet and are united
In pushing campaign for revolution
funds.
Members of tougs which have been
threatening outbreaks will gather Sun.
day, when definite steps will be taken
toward raising money to finance the
Chinese rebel army now mobilizlng.
II was understood along the water
front that when the liner Chiyo Maru
sailed today for the Orient two dole.
gates were aboard representing local
Chinese with q large sum Of money to
aid the rovoluhonists. The Chinese
consul here was unable to confirm the
report.
II Is also understood that whom the
revolution breaks hundreds Of tong gun.
men will leave America TO join the
fighters
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
DRINK MORE WATER
IF KISNEYS BOTHER
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts
For BackaChe or Bladder
TrOuble---Neutralizes
Acids

Uric acid in meat excites the kidneys,
they become overworked; get sluggish,
ache, and feel like humps Of lead The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is ir-
ritated and you may be obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night When the kidneys clog you
must help them flush off the body IS
urnous waste or you III be a real sick
person shortly. At first you feel a
dull misery in the kidney region, you
suffer from backache, sick headache,
dizziness, stomach gets sour, tongue
coated and you feel rheumatic twinges
when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take q tablespoon
full in glass of water before break
fast for few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations to clean
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity, also to neutralize the
acids,in urine, so it no longer is source
of irritation, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
iure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia. water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while it is only trouble.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
Fourteen Chinese
Struggled In, Caught

Seattle, Wash. Dec. 17.-Fourteen
Chinese are being held at the Smith
Cove immigration detention station
here today and government officials are
sweeping the sound with patrol boats,
searching for the launch which last
night brought them from Canada, and
which disappeared Immediately after
landing them.
; Immigration officials have in their
possession $50 five tael tins of opium
worth $4,000 which was captured with
the Chinese.
The launch loaded with Cinnamon,
left Vancouver, B. c., Tuesday.
A landing was made at the foot Of
Harrison street here. An automobile
was summoned and the Chinese loaded
in, three and four deep. The launch,
which the Cinnamon say was manned by
two Indians, then backed away and
made its escape
Immigration inspectors were patrol.
ling the water front in an automobile,
prepared for the expected invasion,
when the automobile in which the
Chinese were loaded was seen rushing
up town. The watchers intercepted
them and the automobile was brought
to halt with drawn revolvers Of the
inspectors.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
THE NEWEST REMEDY FOR
BACKACHE, RHEUMA ATISM AND DROPSY

Pierce for Kidney trouble and back
ache. Neglected kidney trouble is re-
sponsible for many deaths, and in
surance company examining doctors al
ways test the water of an applicant
before a policy will be issued. Have
you ever set aside a bottle of water
for twenty-four hoursl A heavy sedi-
ment or settling sometimes indicates
kidney trouble. The true nature and
character of diseases, especially those
of the kidneys and urinary organs, can
often be determined by careful chem
ical analysis and microscOpical exam
inatiOn-this is done by expert chem
lists of the Medical Staff of the Inva-
lids Hotel. If you wish to know your
condition send sample of your water
to Doctor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y, and describe your SYM
ptoms. 1t will be examined without
any expense to you, and Doctor Pierce
or his Staff of Assisting Physicians
will inform you truthfully.-Adv.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
MANY TROUBLES DUE
TO WEAK KIDNEYS

at is no use advertising a medicine
unless the medicine itself is good
enough to back up the claims you make
for it. On the other hand it is a pleas
ure for druggists to sell a medicine
when customers come in after-ward
and tell how much good it has done
them. And that is why druggists like
to sell and recommend Solvax tne great
kidney remedy. Ever since we first
introduced SOlvax drug clerks nave
been so busy selling it that it is some
times hard to keep a sufficient stock
on hand. Moreover Solvax is always
sold on positive guarantee of relief
to the kidney sufferer or money back.
This may seem rash but users have
said so many good words in favor of
Solvax that it is not expected that
many packages will be returned"
This shows great faith in Solvax. 1t
really is o most unusual medicine be-
cause it overcomes the worst cases of
kidney complaints by removing the
cause. 1t goes straight to the seat of
the trouble. 1t soaks right in and
cleans out the kidneys and makes them
pass off all the uric acid and poison.
GUS waste matter that lodges in the
joints and muscles, causing rheuma-
tic pains; soothes and heals the blad
der and quickly ends all such troubles.
Nothing is more uncomfortable or
hurts a person rs perfect enjoyment Of
life more than troublesome kidneys
and their attending evils. Use Solvax
and begin to get your full measure of
benefit out of life. Sold by Daniel j..
Fry and other leading druggists in this
vicinity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
Santa Claus In Charge
Of Salem POStOGCe

Business at the postoffice is now
taking on the holiday rush and the
man at the stamp and weighing win.
dow has no time to dream Of tne good
old summer time. Postmaster Huckes
tein is preparing for the grand rush
Of next week by calling in several sub.
stitutes and preparing racks for the
handling Of packages,
Early next week, or sooner If the
business iustifies, man will be placed
In the lobby whose only duty will be
to weigh packages and mark on each
the amount of postage necessary. BY
this means, the work will be greatly
facilitated and all comers taken care
Of without waiting. In the meantime,
the department wishes to remind tae
public that fancy tinsel cards get no.
whore, az the Washington authorities
have ruled against them. Send your
Christmas cards and greetings early
and enclose the pretty tinsel ones in
an envelope, attached to two cent
stamp.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
BASEBALL WORLD MAY
REACH PEACE TERMS
Leaders Think Conference
Today VIII Bring End
to the War

New York, Dec. 17.-With the chief
moguls of organized and Independent
baseball in New York for the peace
conference this afternoon tranquility
in the baseball world appeared to be
only a matter of hours.
Another definite step toward secur.
ing peace was taken when President
John X. Tener and National league
owners went into session to name com.
mittee which will confer with Amer.
lean, International and Federal league
club owners this afternoon.
While the feeling is general that
some definite action will be taken
baseball followers anticipate wrang.
hngS over details. With American
league holding the whip hand in the
matter, considerable uncertainty exists
among Federal and National owners as
TO powers of the American league com.
mittee.
As Harry F. Sinclair, one of the
chief financial hackers Of the independ.
ents, reiterated his declaration that
Federal players must be taken care of
it appeared that the conference will be
prolonged as organized owners have
expressed doubt as to the status of
players who jumped.
Ban Johnson, who arrived this
morning from Chicago at the head of
the American league, beamed with op.
timism, and expressed the belief that
the outcome of the conference would
be satisfactory.
Johnsons attitude that there will be
little objection to Federal league own.
ers buying into the National league is
expected to greatly facilitate the peace
plans.
With the minor leaguers meeting this
afternoon at the Waldorf, it appears
certain that the little fellows will be
cared for in the general peace confer.
ence which will follow.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-17
Americas Reply To Austria
Will Be An UltiInatum
Continued from page one.)

NSOhJAhuNA AAOh PoBV OAOsg
meekly with the strict American de.
mands without anv show Of refusal or
disapproval, such compliance would
have met with popular denunciation
and would have cost the government
some prestige among its subjects. For
this reason, it is hinted Vienna took
the course it did.
"Having maintained a dignified po'
sition, Austria can gracefully yield in
a subsequent note, " said German
official today.
The Austrian position Of seeking fur
ther light on the case is generally ap'
proved here. AS to the Vienna press
it is refraining from defiant editorials
at the government s suggestion, and
this is taken here as confirmatory of q
belief that Austria does not intend
there snail be an ultimate break. In
general, the Vienna papers state that
Austria desires to maintain friendly
relations with America, and that the
government is willing to accept the
American viewpoint if the United
States administration will submit the
proofs Of her contentious.
The Cologne Gazette halls the Aus
trian reply as "being much more sub
tie and therefore more effective thar
the American note.
The Volks Zeitung says Count Bu
rian has used the "trenchant weapon
of biting irony,' while the Lokal An
zeiger speaks Of President Wilson Z
"big rule words,' which it holds in
sufficient without the proofs that Aus
tria asks. Other Berlin papers EN-
phasize the polished manner Of the
Austrian reply.