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The mirror., 1922-02-02

The natives are agriculturists, and as long
as their land produces all that they require,
why should they work for foreigners at
uncongenial occupations? 1t is difficult to
see how the problem can ever be solved in
our generation. The climate is too hot for
field labor by Europeans, while the islands
are too remote from markets to compete
with produce grown by cheap labor in
tropical countries nearer to Europe.
The mirror., 1922-02-02
AUTOMOBILE IGNITION
By Mr.. L. B.

~ NE of the most important subjects
that prospective purchaser of a
motor car, truck or tractor should
inform himself on, is the ignition system"
He should look into and know the advan-
tages and disadvantages of both magnetic
and battery systems. Because car has a
starting and lighting system with generator
is no reason that the battery should be re-
quired to furnish the current for igniting
the charges in the combustion chambers of
the engine. believe that if the automo-
bile buying public were more fully in
formed as to the merits and advantages
to be gained by having magnetic equipped
motor under the hood of their car, the
manufacturers of cars would be compelled
to so equip their cars in order to sell their
product.
/ will endeavor to explain why the
magnetic is better and more reliable
method of ignition for internal combustion
engines than battery: First the battery
when full charged will give hot spark,
but, it is necessary to run the car in order
to have the generator keep the charge up
to standard. When there is much use of
the self-starter and when the lights are on
for long periods of time, and the car is
not being run in proportion to the amount
of current used in order to keep the bat
terry al iull charge it will decrease in
power and fail to give as hot spark as
when it contains full charge.
And again at this time of year the
drain on the battery is great deal more
severe than in summer for the average
car is housed in cold garage and when
the owner or driver goes to start it, the
amount of current it takes to start cold
motor reduces the charge in the battery to
such an extent that it only takes few
efforts, at the most, to deplete the charge
SO that there is not current enough to give
a hot enough spark to ignite the charge in
the cylinders; it must be borne in mind
that cold motor requires hotter spark
than a warm one.
Take magnetic equipped motor and you
have not to be dependent on your battery
for anything save current for the lights
and self-starter, and as most magnetos
used today are known as high tension
magnetos, they, therefore, give higher
current and hotter spark than the best
battery used in cars today. In most cases
only one use of the starter is necessary
with the magnetic equipped motor; this
not only saves the battery for lights and
future use of the starter but also saves
time and money.
In order to settle an argument during
the cold wave of February, 1919, two cars
were left out in the cold for two hours
without any protection of any kind; one
was an old E. Nj. ESQ, equipped with a
Bosh high-tension magnetic, and the other
was popular make with battery equip
ment; both cars. were to be started with
out priming. The E. M. F. motor had
Just been overhauled and was in good
mechanical condition. The battery in the
other car tested three-fourths full charge.
The results were that the magnetic
equipped motor was started in two min
utes but we had to spin it, while after
five minutes with the starter the battery
equipped motor was dead page 4, Col. ~
The mirror., 1922-02-02
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
Selected

N lecture on Problems of the Pacific,
Mr.. Basil Thompson remarks that the
South Sea Islands cover an area of
about 1000 miles from east to west, and
5000 miles from north to south. Their
physical conformation is infinitely varied.
Many of the smaller islands are built of
coral, either as atolls elevated but a few
feet above high-water mark and enclosing
lagoon, or as elevated plateaux of dead
coral heaved eighty feet above the sea.
The formation of all these archipelagoes
may be traced directly or indirectly to vol
canic agency, perhaps at not very remote
geological period. In certain islands there
are active volcanoes, while hot springs
are found in Fiji and elsewhere. Changes
of level have taken place in historical
times.
Detachable coral barriers, like the As
trolabe and indispensable Reefs, stretch
ing like nets across the path of shipping,
have destroyed many vessels; for at night
there is nothing to warn the approaching
ship of her danger, except the sound of
the breakers, inaudible in heavy weather,
or, when the wind is in the right direction,
the smell of the reef itself. In coral seas,
however, there is compensation for the
dangers of sunken reefs in the multitude
of safe harbors to which the reef forms
natural breakwater. It is the popularity of
coral that it cannot build in sea diluted
with fresh water; consequently, there is
break in the reef opposite the mouth of
every stream, and through these openings
vessels can pass to safe anchorage and
find fresh water to replenish their casks
close to their moorings.
The scenery of the islands is of extra
ordinary beauty and variety. When the
volcanic islands are of any size, they are
heavily timbered, on the windward side
almost to the highest peak, and the rain
fall is sufficient to feed cascades and
streams of limpid water even in the driest
season. On the lee side, the slopes are
clothed with grass and dotted with clumps
of timber like an English park. The
course of the mountains streams here
dashing in cascades from rock to rock and
filling deep pools so clear that every
rounded pebble on the bottom may be
counted; there, foaming through a deep
ravine, arched with branches and dappled
with shafts of sunshine, is fairy land.
Great vines trail from the leafy vault or
twine about the smooth columns of the
dakua trees, tree-ferns rear their coronets
in every glade, feathery bamboos sway
nesting in the breeze. AT break in the
foliage, there is a glimpse of the ocean
and the undulating line of the barrier
reef white with foam.
Nature is not always in sunny mood.
There are days when the rain descends in
cataracts, and the mountain masses are
yelled in cloud and sodden with water.
Then the tinkling stream is transformed
into roaring torrent; water-worn boul-
ders are torn from their beds and washed
down the channel; the large rivers over
flow all the low-lying lands in their deltas
and deposit their sediment over the roots
of the mangroves, converting the swamps
into dry and very fertile land.
The rainfall in the islands is high, but
high annual rainfall does not connote
The mirror., 1922-02-02
Pushing New York Out to Sea

If you stand on the Battery in New York
and look south toward Staten Island, your
eye passes over basin of water some six
or seven miles long and from two to five
miles wide-the upper bay. The bay is
busy place and would be an excellent
roadstead if there were not so much ira
Ahc passing through it; but in that particu-
lar spot land is more valuable than water,
and so it is proposed to fill in great part
of the bay and to build new city on the
six square miles of land that would thus
be created.
The plan is imposing, but from an en-
gineering point of view not difficult. The
water is nowhere much more than seventy
feet deep, and generally no more than
half that Concrete cofferdams could be
built, the water could be pumped out, and
stone and earth poured into the place. The
job would take years and be enormously
expensive, but the land SO made would be
extremely valuable. 1t has been estimated
that the sale of it would not only pay for
the cost of construction but discharge the
debt of the city as well.
The plan includes a city that should be
model for commercial purposes. The
docks would be of the latest and most con-
venient kind, the buildings would be sub
stantial, and each one would occupy an
entire square block. There would be tran
sit facilities on several levels, for subways,
for railway trains, for trucks, for light
vehicles, for foot passengers. There would
be tunnels connecting the new city with
Staten Island and Jersey City and
Brooklyn through which railway trains
could run and so bring freight and pas
sengers into the heart of the new city. The
building of the great entetot to the me-
tropolis-for that is what it would become
would give expanding business so much
room that the northward march of COM
merce up narrow Manhattan Island would
be arrested indefinitely 1t would make
Staten Island convenient residential dis
trict instead of an inconvenient one and
would turn urban growth in that direc-
ton.
Congress has passed bill permitting
New York City to undertake that treat
ment of its navigable waters if it wishes
to do so. 1t remains to be seen what the
city will do about it. The first expense
will be one weighty argument against it;
the inconvenience to navigation while the
work is going on is another 1t is pro-
posed to leave channel more than mile
wide on the Jersey side of the extension;
the main ship channel, however, does not
now pass through that water, but directly
through the heart of the proposed new
city. There are interests that will oppose
the change, and there is no question but
that it would tend to congest harbor traf-
fc to considerable degree. The plan
may never be carried out, but it is not in
itself impracticable.-Ex
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
URGES RIGHT TO STRIKE
. Be CAREFULLY DEFINED
Priest Suggests Special Stat
utes on labor's Jurisdiction
in Protests.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

By Associated Press TO Every Evening.
Providence, R. l., June 24.-EXisting
State and federal laws governing strikes
of labor unions leave too much liberty
10 the opinions and estimates of the
individual Judge and should be clarified
by specific statutes, Rev. John A. Ryan
OF Washington, D. c., director OF the
: ional Catholic Welfare Council, said
touAy in an address before the National
Conference on Social Work here
while it is now a settled principle OF
our laws that a strike is not IN itself
unlawful, there IS considerable diversity
of opinion and practice in the courts
concerning the legality OF strikes for
certain unusual objects" DR.. Ryan
said. For example most OF the judges
that have passed upon the question
have pronounced illegal strike for the
enforcement of the closed shop. The
Supreme Court OF Massachusetts sus-
tanned an injunction against a strike
which sought 10 compel an employer
to deal collectively with the union.
About the My mprehenslye principle
which the courts recognize for their
guidance is that a combination 10 cease
work is an illegal conspiracy when the
injury done to the employer is direct,
primary and intentional, and when
the benefit TO the strikers is remote,
trivial or indefinite.
Since the United States Supreme
Court in its decision on the Coronado
case declared labor unions to be suable
even though not Incorporated there
would seem TO be no good reason re-
naming for continued opposition by
the labor unions to incorporat ion, Dr.
Ryan said. 1t was probable, however
that the ordinary laws Of incorporation
were not suitable to labor organizations
"A special form of Incorporation Law
seems TO he necessary, said DR.. Ryan
Nor is there anything unique in this
assumption Men who wish TO organ
ize cooperative enterprises have found
the general corporation laws unsuited
to their purpose and have obtained 6
special form of incorporation.
To impose upon labor unions the stan
dard form of incorporation, unmodiheC
to suit their peculiar nature and purpose
would be- to insist upon an arbitrary
and unjust kind of equality"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
MRS. TAFT AND QUEEN
ARE QUITE S|STERLY
Wife of Former President Thor
oughIy Enjoying Her Stay
in<london.
Wv Associated Press 20 Every Eve

by Associated Press 20 Every Evening.
London. June 24-iMrs. William
Howard Taft. has had a busier social
countered as mistress of the White
House. What with three audiences
with the King and Queen. an endless
round OF complimentary luncheons.
teas and dinners. visite to charity fairs
and occa sional shopping tours. every
minute has been occupied.
The King and Queen have shown the
Tafts unusual attention and hospl-
tality. At each OF the court functions
they have taken the American Chief
Justice and his wife aside and chatted
with them intimately.
They have been Just lovely 10 us,
Mrs. Taft told the correspondent
The Queen talked TO me quite sisterly
and famillarly and the King exchanR
es funny stories with Mr.. Taft They
gave us little court all to ourselves
America and Americans and asket
us many questions that showed the in
terest with which they are followlns
events In the United States"
Mrs. Taft is thoroughly enjoying he
stay In London, but finds prices her
much higher than at homo. and she 4
limiting her purchases accordingly
To her friends. che has remarked par
ticularly the high prices demanded b.
the hair dressers. mentioning as in
stances n charge OF three dollars 70
shampoo and n like amount to hav
the feathers adjusted in her hair 8
she c2Db4 be presented at court.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
MISS NJ. {. NJ 'CARTNEY
TO WE'D J. F. D0LAN
Marriage Will Take Place in St.
Patrick's Church Next We'd
nesday Morning.

A wedding OF interest will be solem-
nized in st. Patrick's Church next
Wednesday morning at s o'clock. with
a nuptial mass. when Miss Margaret
f. Mccartney, daughter of Mrs. Anna
NJ. Mccartney. OF 625 Concord avenue
will become the bride OF James f.
Dolan. Rev. James Quigley. the pas
tor. will pereform the ceremony.
The bride, who will wear a gown OF
white gergette. with picture hat to
match, will be attended by Miss Mar
garet Dolan, sister of the groom. She
will carry a shower bouquet OF Bride
roses and lilies OF the valley, and the
maid OF honor will carry pink roses.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast will be served at the brides
home. The bride and groom will leave
later for an extended tour Of the mid
die Atlantic states. They will reside
in this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
SPINKEN ACCUSES WIFE.
Alleges She Is Also Married 70
Another Man.


4 new angie developed II Jhe case ot
Frank Spinken who was leld under
81, 900 bail II . hearing before Mays
trate Stradley, last night, t0r appear
ance n upper court 10 answer charge
OF smuggling drugs 20 his wife IN JAe
county workhouse, when the man swoTe
out warrant for hls vile, charging her
with bigamy. Splnken alleges that h-s
wife Is also married 70 man named
John Fletcher Of Holmesburg. Pa. Bota
marriages were performed by the
same preacher n Elkton, Md. .r .
alleged
The man was arrested THURSDAY a.,
the instance Of Warden ". : Plummer,
Recently he visited his wife at the county
prison, where she had been committed
by Judge Hastings Of the Municipal
Court as drug addict Following rs
visit members Of the women honor
committee noticed SpinAens vile act
ing strangely, apparently from me
effects of a drug The facts we're re-
ported 70 Warden Piummer, who had The
man arrested.
At the time Of the Splnken woman =
commital 10 the workhouse she alleged
that her husband forced her to use dope.
She had been in court before On the same
charge and Judge Hastings ID sentencing
her sternly ccnSured the husband, warm
ing hun TO stop giving his wife the drugs
The local authorities are invest ga--s
Spnken's charges against hls Wife.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
BOARD Of HEALTH TO
ACT ON COMPLAINTS
Special Meeting to Consider
Situation at Wilmington
Ice company's Plant.

Residents in the vicinity Of Fifth
and Harrison streets who have
been making vigorous comp laints gainst
the Wilmington Ice Co.'S plant, from
which, they allege, crnsnate smoke and
SCOT, doing much damage to their
properties and causing them consider
able annoyance, are promised some
relief from these conditions, for on
Wednesday morning the members Of
the Board OF Health are going 10 have
special meeting to consider the situation
there and TO take steps to abate the
nuisance, if they are satisfied one exists.
DR.. G. NJ. Handy, president Of the
board, stated this morning, that II all
the other members are in the city on
that day he intends 10 call this special
session. He made a personal lnspec-
ton Of the ice plant in question, the
general neighborhood and the condi-
tions at Fifth and Harrison streets yes
terday afternoon and he said today he
could not blame the residents for pro-
testing. He described the smoke com
ing from the ice plant az something
awful and said he believed il was a
condition that should not exist
! Complaint was made this morning TO
the Board of Health by some people
in the neighborhood Of the plant about
the smoke coming from there, filing
their homes and causing them go much
trouble that the houses had to be kept
closed. This is the same thing Dr..
Handy said he found yesterday and he
declared today such thing should not
be permitted, al Il o Ugh il is unfortunate
for the ice company to be compelled 70
take steps 10 sbate this nuisance even
If their plant has 70 be closed.
Should the members Of the Board Of
' Health be satisfied on Wednesday that
there is q nuisance, it is understood they
will order it abated Should the COM
pany fail or refuse TO comply with this
order the health department may resort
to the courts 70 enforce their mandates
In this event the defendant has open u
him an appeal to the upper courts anC
pending this appeal the plant may con
tinue 70 operate, unlef- someone shoul'
. seek an injunction, in which event,
, granted, the plant would have TO close
until the court had made It's final r1llini
for or against q permanent injunction
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
FINANCIAL NOTES.

improvement is the keyword which
best summarizes the general business
situation of the last four weeks says
the Irving National Bank OF New York.
improvement in diStributlye trade. IN
basic industries. in wholesale commodity
prices. in weather IN the crop outlook.
and. 10 "a slight extent. even N collections.
These facts are cheerful Offsets 10 the un-
settling influence of tariff uncertainty. 20
the continuing danger that the soldier
bonus will mulct the public purse of vast
sums and 20 the news that no lO.us viii
be granted TO Germany
"It is time to raise very seriously the
question whether the railways are nos
approaching another period OF congestion
of traffic and shortage of cars. says
the Railway Age "On May 81 tho
number OF Idle freight cars was 5O4 7O2.
This does not indicate any danger OF a
shortage Of equipment. But let US con
slider some other facts. The number of
cars loaded with freight ia the week ended
May rs was s2l. l2l. The number load
ed with coal was 74.24l less shan IN the
same week Of 1921 and So 242 Tess than IN
the same week Of 1920. II coal loading s
had been normal the total number Of
cars loaded would have been approx
! ulAtely 9o0.0oQ."
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
ROTAR|ANS ARE
GUESTS OF DOVER CLUB
Largo Delegation Motored to
Capital and Are Royalty
Entertained.

Members OF the Wilmington Rotary
Club and their wives. numbering in all
about 65, last night motored to Dover
to attend Ladies' Night celebration
OF the Rotary Club OF that city. The
affair was held in the Capitol Hotel,
about $50 persons being in attendance.
Representatives were present from
the Easton and Salisbury. Md. clubs.
In addition to the Wilmington dele
gates.
Rev. r. w. Trapnell. rector of st.
Andrews Church, this city, was the
speaker of the evening. He explain
ed what the ideals of the Rotary Club
are and described the duties and obli-
cations that membership imposed. He
spoke Of cooperation as the most inn
portant step in realizing Rotary ideals
Addresses were also made by the
presidents Of the four, clubs represent
ed. William b. Foster, Of the Whining
ton Club expressed the pleasure which
the delegation from this city felt al
being guests OF the new club Of Do
yer. He predicted much success 70,
the Dover Rotarians.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
RIG VERDICT REVERSED.
Appeal Brings Rejection OF s3o,ooo
Verdict In Federal Court Case.

A verdict for the defendant was re-
turned in the suit of Russodania Com
pany against the United Transporta-
ton Company by jury in the Fed
eral District Court yesterday after
noon. after being locked up for five
hours in the effort to come to an
agreement.
This was the second time the case
has been heard. The former jury gave
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$35, 900. which amount was also claim
ed in this case. An appeal from this
award as not sustained by evidence,
was made and allowed. resulting In
the present trial which reVerses the
other verdict and gives the Russo
dania Company nothing, not even the
$50 900 advanced to bind the bargain.
The contract. which was made In
August, 1920, was in evidence and
provided for the delivery OF 5000 tons
Of coal in Stockholm, Sweden, on con-
dition that the funds for payment
should be remitted to New York i'm
mediately" after signing the contract
The udge's charge put upon the
! Jury the burden OF deciding from the
! testimony whether or not this was
| done.
Numerous exceptions were taken tc
rulings OF the court, during the prog
ress of the case.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
SHERIFF At HERRlN
is CENSURED FOR
MINERS MASSACRE
Continued from page 1.

Another matter TO be looked into was
why numerous requests from the Gov
ernor for information after the trouble
started were ignored by county au-
thorities. and why. when he was re-
ceiving scores Of kilograms from priv
ate citizens telling of the outrages.
he was continually informed by the
authorities that the situation was
we'll in hand" and that the troops
were not needed.
There was little doubt that General
Foreman and his board would not re-
Ninety per cent Of miners in popula-
cordiality from the county a. a whole.
Ninety per cent OF miners in populav
ton and 100 per cent unionized, Will
hanson county has shown a decided
disinclination to welcome any outside
interference in the massacre. which
is looked on as a personal affair which
should be ignored by the rest OF the
world. Persons on the street have been
heard repeatedly 10 remark that X
the troops had been sent their guns
would have been taken away from
them.
Comment on the streets expressed
resentment over the sending OF the
military board. although officials said
they would gladly cooperate with It.
Sheriff Thaxton and Mr.. Duty both
promised cooperation. The situation
in the county was made considerably
more tense for short time last night
when scores Of care takers guarding
the mines during the strike through
agreement between owners and
unions quit work under threats from
groups OF miners. Shortly afterwards
Hughes willis. district board member
OF the union, and other officials per
suaded them to return after mine
guards had been stationed to protect
them. Had the men remained away
millions OF dollars worth OF mines
would have been ruined through hood-
| ing.
These caretakers are not mine union
men. The fact that the men were
being coerced into quitting came TO
the attention Of Colonel Hunter yes
! terday afternoon. With county and
union officials. he Immediately con-
Quoted an investigation which verified
the reports He then telegraphed Ad-
tutant- General Black, Of the situation
stating that II the mines were un-
guarded he expected trouble with
which the local authorities could not
cope Mr.. Willis and Colonel Hunter
assisted by the sheriff and the State S
attorney, worked until early this
morning 10 assure the mines OF pro-
lection.
The men have gone back to work
and they Will stay back under the
protection o: the mine unions" said
Mr.. Willis today. Threats made tc
them were by irresponsible individuals
and not by any union officially"
Search for bodies continued today
at some points in the county. although
the searching parties were few. Twen'
ty-two bodies had been recovered and
II was considered certain that man!
more still could be found.