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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
WHY is RUSSELL H. CONWELL?
The Answer Can Be Found in the Formulation
of His Philosophy of Self-Help in
His Latest Book

WHOEVER wishes to discover the ex-
w PLANTATION of Russell II. Conwel!, one
OF Philadelphas most distinguished insti-
| tutions, will find useful data in his latest
book It's title is Observation: Every Man
ms own University and IL purports to
De an expansion of Doctor Conwel's lee
ture known as The Silver Crown" II Is
more than this, for it is a revelation of
'he mans methods and his philosophy His
phiiosophy Is not new and his methods are
simple. lie has applied the one and used
the other to such good purpose, however
that IT Is almost impossible to estimate the
NUMBER OF persons whose lives have been
influenced by him. More than hundred
thousand persons have studied in Temple
University. which he founded and has large
~ maintained. How many thousands have
heard his lecture acres of Diamonds" no
man knows. 1t has been delivered more
than 5000 times. Doctor Conwell explains
It's vitality in sentence or two in an auto
biographical chapter in the new book. when
he says that each time he has delivered it
he has attempted to impress on himself
the thought that here was an opportunity
TO do good TO some one and that he has
changed and modified the talk to fit the
local conditions. The lecture, therefore, is
not mere set speech. recited parrot-fash-
ion, but Is a living message delivered each
time as though no one had ever heard it be-
fore, and addressed directly to the audience
before the speaker.
Acres of Diamonds starts with story
from India. This book. likewise. begins
with the telling of the legend of dead
city of India and its famous king. The
story is allegorical. The royal line had run
out and 1t was necessary TO find new
king. The astrologers said that when
you find man whom the animals follow,
the sun serves. the waters obey, and man
kind love" this man would be one of the
royal line and entitled to the throne, no
matter who his ancestors were. Such a
man was found in the person Of a hunter in
the mountains whom the animals followed
because he had learned how to cure their
ills whom the sun served because he
had learned how to light fire with n
he had damned them in a mountain gorge
against the time of drought, and whom
mankind loved because he allowed the
waters to flow freely down into the valley
| In the dry season. This man was able to do
all these things because he had kept his
eyes open and his mind alert as he went
about his tasks. Then DR. Conwell drives
home his point. that such man Is ruler
OF his world. no matter what his ancestry
may have been. He approaches this propo-
sition from numerous angles and illustrates
il in various ways This is his philosophy
the philosophy of making the most of your
self and of your time. 1t is the same phil
osophy at bottom as that in Acres of Dia-
monds.'
1t is not a new philosophy. The wide
influence which DR.. Conwell has secured
in preaching it is due to his method For
example he says that there was a young
boy working in a coal mine in England in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01

is no more subtle way of appealing to the
ambition of youth in humble station. DR.
Conwell is a public speaker. He has won
his position by his ability to persuade men
and women. He reveals his methods by
indirection in his discussion of oratory. He
says that "oratory IL the great science of
successful speech" How are you to know
whether man is an orator" The answer
he finds is simple. II is: THE man VINO
gets what he pleads for is an orator, no
matter how he calls If YOU call a dog
ana he comes, that is oratOry. If he runs
away, that is elocution 80
Ihere is nothing new in this. but il eX-
plains why DR.. conwell is an orator and has
been able to move thousands. When he
stands before an audience he is continu-
ally watching its moods to discover whether
the dog is running away or coming. The
book in which he says these things Is likely
TO rank high among the many volumes on
self help. 1t should rank higher than most
FOR 1T is the product of IL man who has
applied successfully what he breaches and
can speak with authority.
OBSERVATION: Every Man His own Univer-
sitN. by Russell H. Conwcli. New York:
Harper Bros 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
The Rise of
David Levinsky
L.. kL NL
By Abraham, Cahan

so great is the illusion Of the
autobiography that ones feeling of
reading fiction is completely lost.
The Rise of David Levinsky' is more
than book of talent; in fact. it is a
book Of genius. ."-Boston Transcript.
This intensely interesting nara
tive might almost be called autobio-
graphic. SO closely does it hew to
the realities of life" - Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Post 500. SI.GO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
When a Child Is. Sleepy

Olive Roberts Barton, sister of Mary
Roberts Rinehart has written n book of
bedtime stories for little children that
ought to be as popular with the youngsters
as her sisters stories are with the adults.
She has little boy dream of the Sand
Man. not the Sand Man of conventional
nursery literature, but boy dressed all
in green. who goes sailing about the sky
In a cloud boat This Sand Man takes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
The High Heart
Ru Basil Kinu

What you have often thought about
Americas coming into the war and
her great responsibility you probably
have not been able to put into words.
So Basil King has written this book for
you, filled with your own hopes. your
own pride. In addition to this, the
author of THE Inner Shrine" tells a
splendid story of Newport and New
York. the romance of a girl loved by
two men, one an ardent patriot. the
other Indifferent.
Illustrated. $3.50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01

vein only two feet taick. of whom queen
Victoria said when she introduced him to
her son that he was the greatest man IN
all England. In this sentence he bridges
the years of Stevensons life that ran be-
tween the time he worked in colliery to
the time when his achievement as the In
ventor of the railway locomotive was uni
versally recognized and applauded. There
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01

the little boy TO the stars in which the
Mother Goose characters live They meet
Humpty Dumpty. little Jack Horner. Nthe
seven wives OF the man of st. Ives and
other interesting persons, and have surpris-
ing adventures. The book is illustrated by
Milo Winter Four of the pictures are In
colors and have the poetcal quality which
has made Mr. Winter distinguished among
illustrators.
CLOUD BOAT STORIES. by Olive Roberts
Barton. With illustrations by Milo Winter.
Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 81. so.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
Words for Music

Some gifted composer should take Burgess
Johnson's animal Rhymes" and set them
to fitting music for Kitty Cheatham to sing
There is musical Tilt and a naive imagna-
tion, leavened with a sophisticated humor,
that would make as strong an appeal to the
adult singing az to the child being sung
to. The poet tells, in a delightful manner
the pecularities of the different animals he
treats in his rhymes.
ANIMAL RHYMES. BY Burgess Johnson New
York: Thomas Y. Crowel Compan,. Fifty
can't
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
Everyman's
Chemistry
By ElLlUOOd Hendrick

A real chemistry book. giving a
popular view of modern progress in
field of peculiar importance at the
present time. Notwithstanding the
wide field which it covers, it is full of
anecdotes. of cheerful philosophy. and
of whimsical turns. The effects of
the Great War and the necessity for
chemical independence in this coun-
try are emphasized.
Diagrams. CrolcR SEQ. 5000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
An American in
In the Making
Rn III Il Rnr.nao
Bu. NJ. e. RaraQe

As interesting as the best OF novels
is this story of actual experience-a
dramatic narrative Of the transfor-
nation of an alien boy into an Amer
lean. The humor and the romance
of readjustment: the toilsome hard
ships. the stirring adventure. the
inner struggles of the soul all are
brilliantly depicted in his career.
Post SEQ. $40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
Mark TWain's
Letters
Arranged With Comment
By Albert BigelOU Paine

For more than ten years the biog-
rapher Of Mark Twain has been at
work gathering together these won
derful letters which the great humor-
ist wrote to his friends in every part
of the world. The result is probably
the most important. certainly the
most fascinating. book of the year.
1t is issued in three editions of two
volumes each-at four, FIVE and ten
dollars. You cannot afford not to
have it in your library.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
HARPER & BROTHERS. BOOKS
That Are Being ShOvn at the
BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR EXHIBIT
Diplomatic Days
RU Edith O'Sh0u0I,npsSU

lou cannot have failed to hear OF
"A Diplomats Wife in Mexico" even
if you are SO unfortunate as to have
missed reading it. Now comes this
new book by its author. just as de-
lightful. Again in these pages she
takes the reader into her intimate
confidence as she tells of men and
women who have played their parts
in changing the course of the world
history.
Illustrated. $500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
THE OTHER BROWN

A fascinating, battling mystery
story-one of the kind that
uncles. fathers and big brothers
like. Illustrated. $l.35.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
MRS. FISKE
By Alexander Woollcott

Wherein the most interesting
woman OH the American stage
sets forth her views on plays.
players and playing.
Illustrated. 500.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE SERVED ON
FEDERALOFFICERS.
! John H. McInerney Seeks
Possession of Brew
erys Books

An order to show cause and re-
,turnable on Jan. at Grand Forks
has been served upon Stephen ].
Doyle. United States marshal, ]. A.
Montgomery, federal clerk Of court.
and M. A. Hildreth, district attorney,
to produce the. books, records and
papers OF the East Grand Forks
Brewing company of East Grand
Forks. MINI.
The petition is made by John H.
McInerney. head Of the brewery con-
Germ.
The order to show cause was issued
by w. J. Kneeshaw, judge of the
Seventh district, acting for Judge
Charles NJ Cooley Of the First dis
trfct. s. J. Doyle and j. A. Montgom-
cry will make affldavit to the effect
that they, or neither OF them, has any
books, papers or records belonging to
the defendants.
Attorney M. A. Hildreth admitted
that an order to show cause had been
served upon him and that the matter
will be referred to William A. Lang
er, attorney general of North Dakota.
Attorney Hildreth stated this after
noon that the books were in Mr..
hangers possession and that they
are in Grand Forks.
Following the raid on the brewery
last summer, the sheriff of Polk
county brought the books of the COM
pany to Crookston, and they were
brought to Fargo by automobile. They
were delivered at the federal building
in Fargo and later taken to Grand
Forks when the case Of the govern
ment against the brewery was tried
several weeks ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
MoorheQd News
NO CALL FOR
DRAFT QUOTA
until FEB. IS

No more formal calls for deferred
percentages OF the present draft
quota will be made before Feb. is, ac-
cording to official announcement,
ceived from Provost Marshal r. III.
Crowder by Adjt. Gen. w. #. Rhinow.
The message from General Crowder
states that the date of the call is an
nounced "for the sake of composing
the public mind and for the convent
ence of registrants".
OF the 21s men to constitute Clay
countys quota under the hrst call,
eighty have already been sent to the
training camps - thirty to Camp
Dodge and fifty to Fort Scott, Cal.
Seventy-eight Are Classified.
The local board of Clay county is
busy with the missionaries return
ed by registrants, and a total of sew
enty-eight have been classifleu. %
those classified Twenty-Five are in
class i, single men without depend
emit relatives, and these will be the
first called into service. Acting under
orders from Provost Marshal General
Crowder, the local board has refused
of Battery r for exemption, and the
following statement was issued by
the board:
"This local board CLASHES the reg
istrant as shown on the cover sheet
hereof because 1t finds that he is not
listment in Battery r, Second Mime
sofa Field artillery, said battery not
having been drafted into the military
service Of the United States"
Twelve Are Delinquents.
OF the first $40 registered men mott
fed, twelve have failed to return the
within the specified
time and are classed as deliHquents.
are the names certified to
Sheriff Dan w. Mcdonald with in
to endeavor to locate the
deainquents and bring them before
the board:
John r.. Murley, Averill.
Casper p. Kuehne, GAINESVILLE.
Frank Angeles, Promise, s. ID.
Crestos Pehotis, Tagus, N. d.
Emil III. Anderson, Moorhead.
Albin Peterson, Georgetown.
John v. Pappandrew, Hawley.
John Flatekval, Concordia college,
Louis A. Nitz, Lake Park.
Glen z. linus, Chicago, III.
Henry ]. Bindel, Laatonia, Ky.
Hans p. o. Jorgenson, Comstock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
BUSINESS MEN
TO HEAR TRUTH
ABOUT FITNESS
Physical Section Sunday Is
Arranged at Fargo
"Y" For Sunday

Reasons why business men should
take up physical training to fit them
selves for the heavy grind promised
them before the present war Is over,
and the connection between physical
fitness and patriotism will be ex-
pounded at a mass meeting for busi-
ness men to be held In the Fargo
Z. M. @. A. auditorium at O'clock
Sunday afternoon in place of the
usual mems mass meeting. It will
be known as physical section Sun
day.
Atty. v. r. Lowell viii talk on
exercise and efficiency.
F. L. Anders, Fargo city engineer,
will talk on exercise and health.
Emil Chaser, physical director Of
the association, viii talk on physl-
cal training.
WIN MagilI will sing.
We are asking every business
man to come out to the meeting.
said Mr.. Chaser today. There will
be no frills or fuss, but just plain
meeting for business men.
Business men over the country
are beginning to realize that physi-
cal fitness is essential IL they expect
to carry the extra burden of work
imposed by the war, and we are look
ing for q good attendance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
GUAUDSMENMOUEHEALTHY.
DRAFTED men Are LESS 50
Weekly Report Shows Fewer Deaths
From Disease In Guard, But
More In National Army.

Washington, Dec. 2s.-Deaths from
disease in the national army during
the week ending, Dec. 81 numbered
11S against 81 the week before and
in the national guard 40 against 165
as shown in a summary OF army
health conditions made public today
by the war department. OF the ma
tional army deaths, "a were due to
pneumonia and Of those in the ma
tional guard 81.
THE non-effective rate Of the en-
tire national guard for the week" /,
says the report, was 47.S per thous-
and against 4S.6 for the preceding
week; the admission rate for disease
was Bill per thousand against 32.6.
The nom effective rate for the ma
tional army was 41.s per thousand
against 40.4; the admission rate for
disease was S4.3 against BAT.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
NAVY STATION
TO Be MOVED

MAKE arrangements as soon as
possible to move sub-station at Far
20 into some outside building other
than the postoffice. Make all neces-
sary arrangements and notify re-
cruiting Inspector.
s The foregoing orders were received
at the United States navy RECRUITING
station Thursday afternoon. Acting
accordingly, Recruiting Officer Ben
jamin has taken rental space in the
Woodman building, just north of the
postoffice, and will move the recruit
ing station the first OF the year.
The recent clash between the navy
officers and the postal officers is re-
garded as the cause for the order to
move.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
US. Engineer Killed.

With the American Army in
France, Thursday, Dec. GA cor
poraI OF American engineers was
killed and ons private was wounded
Christmas eve, when a German shell
dropped near a party OF American
engineers working i'm trenches on q
section OF the French front. The
engineers for several weeks had been
working the front with veteran
French engineers for purposes Of in
struction.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
SAYS PACKERS ARE AFTER
THE RETAIL NEAT TRADE

NV AsgocIated Press. !

Boston, Dec. 2s.-John Glennie, wit
ness. at the federal trade commission
hearing of the packing business
charged today that packers were es-
tabIishing big meat stores in various
cities for the purpose OF driving re-
taileFs out OF business, The Mohican
company which operates a chain OF
stores IN New England, was one Of
these Concerns, he said. The packers,
he stated, set retail prices at these
stores 80 low that independent stores
could not compete and many went out
of business.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
CLAY Has ADDED
1900 NAMES TO
THE MEMBERSHIP

In complete returns from the Red
Cross Christmas membership drive
in Clay county show an increase to
date of Oil adult members and indi-
Gates total of 1000 for Moorhead
chapter. This will mean an increase
of over so per cent as the member
ship of the chapter and branches be-
fore the drive was 2,09S.
Nearly 400 new members were
added to the Moorhead chapter and
the branches have all made splendid
increases. Ulen leads with 169 new
members; Buffalo river added II;
Georgetown, 43; Dilworth. So; FELTON,,
AZ: Comstock, 81, and Oak Mound,
SO.
No reports have been received
from the following branches: Haw-
ley, Glyndon, CIearview, Rustad,
Keene and Viding. In addition to
these there will be number added
by the branches that have already
made partial reports,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
name HARDY DIRECTOR
OF SERVICE RESERVE
viii Have Charge Of Registry OF
Men Who Wish 20 Serve GovoFBs
nent-lnstruetions Coming.

J. p. Hardy, secretary OF the Far
go Commercial club, has been named
federal state director of the United
States public service reserve of the
department of labor, and will have
charge of the registry of men who
wish to serve the government in
some capacity different from their
present activities, according to a
telegram received from w. E. Hall,
Washington, d. c., national director.
Formal notification OF appoint
ment, credentials and instructions
are coming by mail.
A salary OF 81 year goes with the
appointment.
Milk customers wanted. Southside,
Phone 3615-J-AdVt
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28

A prosperous farmer Of the old
school had made a proud boast That
he hadn't drunk a. glass OF water for
twenty years. whilst on q journey
one day, the train was wrecked while
crossing a bridge and plunged into
the river.
They pulled the farmer out with 8
boat-hook, and when they got him
on shore one OF his friends rushed
up. crying. Are you hurt7@
MOI the farmer snorted. Never
swallowed a darned dr0pl"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
Chief WARNS
auto SPEEDERS

Several narrow escapes from acci-
dents due to speeding and reckless
driving, resulted in Chief OF Police
Louis Dahlgren sounding a geAeral
warning to automobile drivers this
morning -
1--WE are going TO enforce the speed
ordinances to the limit In an effort
to stop the wild driving" said the Of
ficer. with the slippery condition
of the pavement, 1t is almost impos-
sible for a driver to have control OF
his machine when he insists on
speeding"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
BROTHER
CANNOT LIVE

Hugh e. Taylor. I'd. brother of ].
@. Taylor, OF the Fargo branch of
the SfanNard Oil Co.. was injured in
an automobile accident near Lewis
town, Mont, his home, Christmas day
and cannot live, according to tele-
gram received by Mr.. Taylor this
morning.
Mrs. Taylor, the mother, is in a
hospital at Rochester, MINI.
Hugh T.. Taylor was well known in
Fargo, having visited here on num-
erous occasions, and only recently
moved with his parents from Minot
to Lewistown. He was married sew
eral months ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
MADE $73,OS5 PROFIT

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 2s.-The Min.
nesota State fair returned a profit OF
$73,035 in 1917 according to the am
field.
"The 1917 fair was q notable suca
cess" said Mr.. Garfield, especially
from educational and financial View
points"
The value placed on the fair plant
is $1,743,699.1S, of which Ss40,196 is in
land, $73S,291 in buildings. and s65,212
in personal property. Receipts for
1917 totaled $355,264 and disburse-
ments, 1895, 800.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL BUYS BONDS.

Steele N. d, Dec. zB.--At Q mIscEI-
Ianeous program given Christmas eve
as a beneft for the Armenian and
Syrian relief work, $135 was raised
for the fund, making a total OF $685.
which has been contributed by the
First Presbyterian church Of this city
for this work.
The Sunday school owns $195.64
worth of federal war certificates and
will continue to purchase them at the
rate of SO each month, this fund lat
er to be used to help build a new
church. sydney A. Weiker is the local
unstor
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
SACK PRICES STILL
CLIMBING; NOW 70 CENTS

The price of potato sacks is still
soaring skyward and the latest quo
tation, wholesale, is $zlO.5O per l,OV0
IN Minneapolis, With freight added,
this means % cents per sack. or II
cents a busheI additional for spuds
sacked. Scarcity of jute is given as
the reason for the big raise In prices.
The advance Is about so per cent
over the prices Of year ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
Bomb Found
Near Railroad
Power House

= Chicago, Dec. Kidnapped IN a
greasy cloth, q bomb, two and a half
feet ID length and three inches IN
diameter was found in q passaEeway
between the Illinois Central railroad
poWerhouse and the Adams Express
CO. building at Indiana avenue and
East Thirteenth street today. Bomb
experts, after a preliminary examina-
ton, said the device contained SUM-
cient explosives wreck the build
ingE.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28

the purposes for which the allies are
lighting is essential 10 the future
freedom and peace Of mankind" said
Premier Lloyd George in a letter
which he sent today 70 the labor
congress. The Premier's statement is
regarded as the British reply TO the
German peace offer.
The Premier said that a statement
on war aims could only be made In
agreement with Great BEitain's allies.
The question Of issuing fresh Joint
declaration, he added, WIS being
constantly kept in view by the en-
tente allied governments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-28
Name Committee
To Watch Club
Expenditures

John Bathrick is chairman, and G.
e. Nugent and G. o. Follett members
OF q committee named by the Fargo
Commercial club to pass on unusual
expenditures incident TO the maints-
nance OF war activities, IL was an
nounced by ]. p. Hardy. secretary, to-
day. The committee is to be known
as a special finance committee.
The committee viii also pass on
requests for funds made on the club.
Its term of service will be for the
of the war,