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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-15
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
GAS AND ELECTRIC SERVICE
IN THE STATE OF NEVADA

The Public Service commission of
the state of Nevada has adopted a
number of rules and regulations for
Gas and Electric service in the state
The rules governing the electric
service read as follows:
Rule T. No electric meter, which
registers upon 'no-load" shall be
placed in service or allowed to re-
main in service.
Rule Is. No electric meter shall
be placed in service or allowed to
remain in service which has an
error of registration in excess of ,
per cent on load of one-tenth the
rated capacity of the meter.
Rule 16. Such electric service me-
ter shall be tested and adjusted for
accuracy at the time a is Ia
stallation.
Rule II Each electric service
meter shall be tested at least once
year; the test to be made by
comparing the meter while connected
in its place of service with suitable
standards, ON normal operating load,
and on 10 per cent of its rated ca
pacity.
Rule is. A complete record shall
be kept of all tests made on cleo
tric meters.
Rule 10. Each company supplying
electric energy shall provide itself
with suitable equipment for the
testing of meters and shall employ
such methods as are approved by
the public service commission.
Rule 20. Each company supply
ing electric energy shall make a
test of the accuracy of meter up
on request for d consumer, pro-
yided each consumer does not make
a request for tests more frequently
than once in six months. Such tests
shall be made in the presence of
consumer with meter connected in
its place of service, and such me-
ter shall not be uncovered for adj
justment until settlement of COM
plant is made. A report giving
the result of such tests shall be
made to the consumer and a COM
plete record of the same shall be
forwarded to the public service COM
mission.
Rule u. Upon formal application
of any consumer to the public serv-
ice commission, test shall be made
upon the consumers meter by an
inspector employed by the commits
sion, such test to be made as soon
as practicable after the receipt of
the application For such test a
fee of one and one-half dollars shall
be paid by the consumer making APP
plication for the test if the meter
is found to be slow or correct with
in the allowable limit, and by the
company owning the meter if the
meter is found to be fast beyond
the allowable limit
Rule %. Each company supplying
electrical energy shall maintain a
record Of all Interruptions of service
over the major division of it's sys-
TEN, and include in such record
time, duration and cause of each
interruption.
Rule %. Each company supplying
electrical energy on constant or po-
tential systems shall adopt and
maintain standard average voltage
as measured at any consumers cut
out, which shall remain constant
from day to day, and vary during
any one day by an amount of not
more than 6 per cent of the mini
mum value.
Rule "a. Each company supplying
electrical energy for incandescent il
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-15
LONG AND SHORT
HAUL CLAUSE is
DECLARED VALID
COMMERCE COURT UPHOLDS
RULING AND SETTLES LONG
FOUGHT ISSUE.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. ID
A majority opinion of the commerce
court handed down yesterday in
the transcontinental rate cases, holds
that the long and short haul provi-
sion of interstate commerce is con-
stitutional.
Judge A. Archibald concurs in the
issuance of a temporary injunction
against orders of the interstate COM
merce commission, but in an opinion
not dissenting holds that the long
and short haul provision to be in
valid.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-15
CONSOLIDATED AFRO COMPANY.

Carving United States mail and
express makes daily trips from
ronopah to Manhattan and Round
.dountian Cars leave Tonopah
daily on arrival of mail and leave
Manhattan at 2:3O p. m.
w C. HARDING. agent.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-15

ED WHEECE-K Keeps all kinds of
clear and common lumber, hay and
grain. The best Rock Springs and
coal. 11-2-1m
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

change in the feast days of precept. The
demands o. modern business and the in
creasing cost of the necessaries Of life
make 1t desirable that those who get
their living by their own efforts may
not be too often interrupted. What a far
cry from the days of the craft and trade
guilds, when the feast days were numer-
Gus and fitted so well into the daily life
of those who toiled. The twentieth CEN
tury Socialist who tells us about the de-
lights of the earthly paradise which he
intends to provide might do worse than
look back to the days when the working
men were really happy. OF course. there
were no breakfast foods packed in card
board boxes, ready to serve, or moving
pictures, or porcelain bathtubs, or rapid
transit facilities to distract or uplIft the
workingman of the thirteenth century or
the fourteenth. But he managed to get
good deal out OF life and to stamp the
impress of the individuality on stone and
bronze and painted glass. He found time
to take an active interest in theatricals,
he was a prolific producer of mystery and
miracle plays. and in England did much
toward the paving of the way for the
mighty dramatists who were the chief
glory of Eliza abeth's reign. AS far as we
have any standards of measuring, he was
as happy as his Acknowledgment of
to-day. He went to bed earlier and his
clothes were rather coarse, but he did
not seem to mind; in fact, he was freer
to give his best thought to his daily
work That is why Americans go over
to Europe and bring back Giotos Tower
or the Bargello and put them up IN the
air and call them by modern name
That is why modern churchmen are hap
py when able to say that our church
building is a replica of some French or
German or English cathedral
Moderns are paying daily and uncon-
scious tribute to the workingmen of the
Middle Ages. They reveled in the feast
days that unsympathetic and prejudiced
writer's are inclined to sneer at: but all
must admit that their work days were
prolific in masterpieces that will live as
long as the world admires beauty.
Since there has been talk OF organic
union-some time or other-between the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, some
vehemently democratic members Of the
former have been at pains to declare
that one thing at least in the Southern
church they would never endure in any
union-that is, the veto power of the
bishops over the acts of the general
conference These critice have de-
noUnced all that as something quite too
monarchical for them. But as this
Southern peCuliarity becomes better
understood other Methodists up North
have come to wonder whether II is not
a pretty useful democratic device after
all. For it appears on full explanation
that the bishops veto in Southern Meth
odism is not an absolute obstruction,
but really only a basis for a referendum.
II the bishops think the general con-
ference has violated the constitution Of
the church, they may hold up its legis-
lation until the subject matter has been
voted on by the annual conferences. II
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES
AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS

Widespread interest Is being mani
tested in regard to the first regular
annual meeting of the Aloysius Truth
Society of Washington, which will be
held at the society's headquarters,
Georgetown University. in the early
part of October. Recognizing the in
estimable value of the society as a
means of defense for the church as
well as of spreading the truth of her
doctrine. the ablest Catholic leaders
among the clergy and laity have be-
come associated with the organization.
and indications point to a great re-
vival of missionary energy following
the important meeting soon to be an
nounced by the president. The follow
ing is, in part, a statement issued by
the Aloysius Truth Society:
I'VE appeal to all the Catholics of
Washington to assist in this great
work. 1t needs but little experience
to see that the one instrument most
widely used by the enemies of all re-
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

a majority of the latter approve. then
the law of the general conference holds
good no matter what the opinion OF the
bishops But il a majority disapprove.
the questioned statute is annulled.
In the other and larger Meathodist
body there is no such check. II the
general conference exceeds the consti-
tuition, there Is no power on earth to
call II to account. So many think the
Southern plan could we'll be appropri-
atea, and an increasing number appear
to be in favor OF taking it over bodily
right away without waiting for union
or else establishing a supreme court en-
powered to Judge the constitutionality
Of general conference acts.
The Rev. DR.. F. p. Haggard. of the
American Baptist Foreign Mission So
ciety. the work of which extends into
several provinces of China, reports that
the campaign FOR feet of natural size is
well under way among Chinese women
even of the better classes. Anu-foot-
binding societies have done much TO
change public opinion, and the imperial
government has added its influence for
the reform.
At Hanyang. in Central China, where
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
THE COATESVILLE TRAGEDY
WAS 1T TYPICAL OR ABNORMAL?

Fresh from a nine months sojourn in
Asia, where he has been studying and
reporting religious and political condi-
ticns, the first serious assignment on the
home field given William T. Ellis, vet
eran newspaper writer of Philadelphia
and now of the Continent editorial staff,
was the Coatesville lynching of August
13. His story in yesterdays issue OF
that enterprising church periodical Is
not alone a clever bit Of work on the
part of religious newspaper" but is
an indictment of SO serious a nature as
to command the thoughtful attention OF
a nation.
Characterizing this atrocious lynchins
in Pennsylvania as another evidence OF
civilizations failure" Mr.. Ellis pre-
sents Il first-hand study Of the town OF
Coatesville, a town said to be conspicu-
GUS for its religious activities and its
distinctive american character. In part,
he writes:
There are about 5000 white American
born citizens in Coatesville. The mob.
which was made up of men, and young
men at that, numbered at least 1000
The criminals were Americans-sons and
grandsons OF Americans-with, II is true,
an active minority of the floating Amerl-
can population that drifts from steel
town to steel town What proportion Of
Coatesville's respectable and church
going folk witnessed the lynching?
This was not a race riot Probably
the murderer of Policeman Rice would
not have been killed by a mob had he
been a white man. I suspect, though.
that the principal item in the race feel
ing of the leaders of this crowd was the
fact that the negro pugilist had defeated
a white champion. This fact looms large
in the text and pictures of the sporting
extras, and in the talk of the young
men idling away their evenings on the
curbstones. The negroes of Coatesville,
although notoriously bad and gun-toters,'
showed self-restraint when the mob
spirit was abroad There was never a
symptom of rioting among them.
THE foregoing has been leading the
investigation up to the door of the
churches. Coatesville is a more than
ordinary religious town. That fact Is
written not in cynicism. but in SINGER
ity. There is n strong and real spiritual
life here said one person 10 me. Thanks
largely to the work of William II. Ridg
way, the town is especially active along
Sunday school lines. one mans Bible
class has 200 members; another 100; two
others 50 each. These men have been
studing jeremiah this month-and prac-
ticing Zedekiah In evangelstic work
the town is notable. 1t is the home OF
the Huston brothers, both of whom were
absent on Black Sunday. There are
seven Protestant churches, and one Ro-
man Catholic in the boroush. In the
hour of trial, they all failed. With deep
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

there is a Baptist mission, some Chinese
women continued to bandage their feet
during the past few months, in spite Of
appeals against the custom. Recently
wives of two missionaries, one an Ameri-
can, the other Chinese, called a meeting
and before those who assembled began
operations upon the feet of twelve
women who signified their willingness for
the reform. One acting as model, the
other as demonstratOr. those present
were shown how to enlarge the shrunken
feet, filing up spaces with wool, and
enabling the women to stand alone.
1t was significant OF the new order Of
things that women consented to wear
the larger and broader shoe. A week
later the twelve women came again look
ing happy and contented. strutting up
and down the platform to show that
they could walk nearly as well as Ameri-
can women. The Rev. DR.. Hagsard re-
ports from information coming from his
society's workers in China, that the
number of women, especially young
women, who are ready to join in the
reform steadily increases.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

might have spent the night shelterless.
thoughtful writer, in commenting
upon the circumstance, says 1t is
curious that in a nation like our own,
which more than any other has re-
suited from a blending of white races.
the antipathies toward others should
be ingrained and so intense. This con-
ference between so-called black and
so-called colored people, though first
proposed by an American, finds 1t
natural to meet in another country.
TT would seem as though this inter-
mingling with a view to better under
standing of material and Intellectual
differences may contribute greatly to
the progress of humanity Comments
upon the outcome of this parliament
of the races seem to indicate that it
Is another distinct step in the realiza-
tion of the universally of Christian
brotherhood"
Fast Work in Texas.
Down in Texas, in the little town
of Waco, they do things with whirl.
Recently a whole church building was
begun and finished in one working day
of nine hours. Fifty men are said
to have worked together on the struc-
ture. The ground was bare even of
material at s a. m. At p. m. the pas
tor began the dedication, with the
builders occupying front seats Even
the walls had been neatly papered and
all the electric lights were in place
properly wired. OF course 1t is not
very big church, but it is big enough
for the suburban congregation. Who
says the church is slow?
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Calls It Civilizations Failure.

There was not enough vital
Christian force within the COM
munity to withhold the majority
of the American citizens from
asserting to a most horrible viO-
lntiOn of the commandment,
"Thou shalt not KILL" There In
blood on the doorsteps of Coates
viile's churches and schools and
homes. .--
Inv failed In CoatesviIle. Our
boasted American self-Eovern-
ment collapsed completely when
put to the test. The changing
Japanese, Hindoo, Turkish, Euro
pean, and British editors who
comment upon this terrible traE-
edy as proof of the breakdown
of the American systen, cannot
easily be gainsaid.
WILLIAM r. ELLIS,
Editor Afield of the Continent.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

sorrow II must be written of Coatesville
as doubtless of hundreds of other small
cities in like condition. but there was
not enough vital Christian force within
the community to withhold the majority
of the American citizen from asserting
to n most horrible violation of the COM
mandment, Thou shalt not kill There
Is blood on the door steps of Coates
villes churches and schools and homes
Grim and CHASTITY" continued Mr.. Ellis,
here Is a symptomatic condition for
the preachers of the Gospel; for the
Men and Religion Forward Movement, and
for the organized adult Bible classes;
for the Young Mems Christian Associav
ton tthe Coatesville association has 4Oe
members, and a $4,000 building), for
Christian Endeavor, for the Presbyte-
rian evangelistic committee. and for the
American home to ponder. The situation
calls for a season of fasting rather than
for a picnic, or for the despicable ma
neuverings of practical politicians. Be It
remembered, Coatesville Is a representa-
tive American community OF even
higher type than ordinary. That omi-
nous fact is what makes this study of
conditions worth writing. I do not rail
at this respectable, prosperous old Penn
sylvania town. 1 regard 1t merely as
Exhibit A in a study Of American
life.''
Mr.. Ellis concludes his two page re-
view of conditions in Coatsville with
this summary:
The crime Of August 13 strikes its
roots back into the present American
character. 1t was due partly to lack
OF conviction and character: of essen
tial religion: partly to riyolous-ninded-
ness: the old Athenian lust for new
sensation: partly to the corner-loahnS
habit; partly in its beginning to intem-
perance: partly to lack Of the church
going habit (the gathering OF a mob
synchronized with the evening church
services): partly to the enervating In
fuence Of local politics of the Pennsyl-
vania brand. small-souled officials who
were politicians first, and executors OF
the law afterward; partly to that pro-
vincialism which makes man incapable
to consider consequences beyond their
own village: partly and primarily to the
absence of TIE great conceptions OF
loyalty to Gods law, and TO mans law
In a word, II was the social, political.
religious. and moral collapse on the part
of a community that is no worse than
most Of its neighbors and better than
some
This is a fearful indictment. Is 1t de-
served? Is CoatesviIle typical, or is 1t
abnormal? Does 1t bear out the affir-
nation of a Chicago preacher that 'the
Church is the abiding unit in the Chris
tian religion, and the cause Of religion
never rises in any community higher
than that represented by the church"
What do you say, reader?
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

times thoroughly aired the hoax which
these people perpetrate now and again
upon the unsuspecting and gullible.
One of the recent exploded claims was
that of prayer which has been falsely
attributed to the Episcopalian Bishop
OF Massachusetts,, DR.. Lawrence. Now.
a new one, alleged to have been COM
posed by the Pope in 1888 or 1896, has
been started, 1t seems. 1t is promised
that they who repeat this prayer
or have it about them shall never
die a sudden death, nor be drowned
nor be burned, nor shall they fall
into the hands of enemies, nor shall
they be overpowered in any bat
tie" 1t is suggested that this ap-
peal to superstition smacks of the
same general spirit as that back of
the so-called Bishop Lawrence prayer
and that common origin ,, is sus-
pected. If every reasonable person re-
ceiving a communication of this ma
ture will break the chain on the spot
these official passings may be stopped.
Surely a silly fabrication like this
ought to be killed.
A Church Secretary.
At the University of Pennsylvania
the Young Mems Christian Association
has a church secretary, whose business
1t is to see that students are attend
ing in Philadelphia services of the
various denominations with which
their families are identified at home.
1t seems that the ordinary means of
enlisting this interest when a student
goes to a university are not sufficient.
So difficult has the problem become
that the great denominations are
rapidly providing university preachers,
who are giving themselves wholly to
the problem of ministering to the stu
dents of their denomination who at
tend the great universities. 1t was
this problem which led Rev. Lloyd c.
Douglass to resign the pastorate in
Luther Place Memorial Church and ac-
cept the religious work dictatorship OF
the Young Mems Christian Association
in the University Of Illinois. In Phila-
delphia, ministers OF the congregations
are advised OF the names of students
belonging to thei: communions and so
far as possible personal introductions
are effected The Y. NJ. c. A, in pro-
viding for these services, is obviating
the criticism which often is leveled at
II to the effect that II monopolizes the
student in his religious activities so
completely that the church has no
chance at him. and he soon gets out
of touch with the church. 1t is a prob
lem which is commanding the atten-
tfon and counsel of the most thought
full of our religious leaders, and the
experiment at Philadelphia. the Uni
versity of Illinois, and the University
of Michigan will be watched with in
terest by the leaders during the COM
ing year.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

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Fast Work in Texas.
Yale's School of Religion.

DR.. Charles Reynolds Brown, author
of The Social Message of the Modern
Pulpit" and recently lecturer before
the teachers college Of Columbia Uni
versity on Modern mans religion"
has just been appointed dean of the
Yale Divinity School to succeed the
late DR.. Fisher. This appointment is
noted as the last step in widening the
horizon of the divinity school, and in
making it a veritable school of re-
ligion rather than a school of
theology. Only five years ago Yale
pioneered the new movement in chang
ing the standards of theological
schools by making Hebrew optional
and by offering number of courses
in subjects much more practical and
helpful as related to the calling of
the modern minister, such as sociology.
political economy, psychology. and
history Laboratory work of a prac-
tical character corresponding to the
actual practice method of the modern
school of medicine has been made a
larger part of the programme Of the
divinity students preparation. Year
by year the scope of the institution
has broadened. and the new dean will
bring to the situation just the leader
ship needed. He is still under fifty,
having first come into prominence as
a Congregational minister in Oakland,
Cal, and as a leader in relief work in
the San Francisco earthquake. He has
lectured for six years on ethics at
Leland Stanford University, and was a
popular preacher at the University of
California. His Lyman Beecher lee
lures at Yale in 1906 brought him into
the national view, and his recent
declination of the presidency of Bos-
ton University was made in the belief
that the Yale Divinity School. under
its larger charter, offered a unique op-
portunity for usefulness in the cause
of Christianity in the church. The
Washington alumni of Yale Divinity
School have expressed great satisfac-
ton over the appointment of DR..
Brown.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
More Chain Prayer Ficnds.

Never despair" is the motto of
small group of people in the United
States who may be called, for the lack
of a better term. 'chain prayer
fiends.'' Newspapers have at different
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

Human trcplors, white Indians with red haif
and blue eyes. have been discovered by . British
scientist along the frontier Of Brazil and Bolivia.