The New York herald., 1922-08-04
DR.TAKAMINE'S WILL
AT ODDS WITH FAITH
Scientist Wanted to Be Gre
mated, but Remains Will Stay
in Consecrated Ground.

| Two requests made In the will of DR.
Jokichi Takanine, the japanese scientis
who made bloodless surgery possible
will not be carried out.
| One OF these was that his body bt
turned over to his good friend DR.. Nal
COIN Harris of Chicago for anatomical
examination and scientific research. anc
the other that in event the first request
we're not carried out for any reason, his
| body be cremated and one-half of his
ashes be buried In this country and the
other half In Japan.
DR. Harris has declined TO accept the
body of his friend for anatomical oi
other examination. DR.. Takamine died
Roman Catholic, and as such his body
could not riehtfully be cremated. The
will making the latter request was dated
before the eminent Japanese turned
toward the Roman church.
1t may be some time before the full
value of the estate left by DIR. Takamine
Is known. Roughly, 1t Is placed at more
than $1,000. 0o0 but persons in a. position
to know say that 1t will greatly exceed
this because of the huge royalties the
scientist received annually from his dis
coveries in the laboratory. Adrenalin,
his greatest achievement. probably will
be the source of wealth for years to
come.
Actual carrying out OF the will may
be delayed because of innumerable In
terjections both In English and Japanese
script Surrogate Frederic Begg of
Passaic county, New Jersey, told Judge
Joseph A. Delaney of the Passaic
County Orphans Court he would not
1T rl art-
fled.
Mrs. Takamine is to be sole execu-
trx in this country and will act with
Matasakia Shiohara Of Toxic. In Japan.
The will was made while DIR. and Mrs.
Takamine were in Biltmore. ". c. II
was on DIR. Takamine's return to the
North that Mgr. Thomas ]. Herman of
st. Nicholass Church, Passaic, per-
suaded the scientist to turn Catholic.
DIR. Takamine was a resident of New
Jersey. At Clinton. N. j.. also was his
principal enterprise, the Takamine
Labora tories. Inc. of whose stock Mrs
Takamine viii receive one-third. and the
scientists two sons and their wives one
sixth eacn. The estate at Merriewold
Park. Sho-Foo- Den. which consisted OF
twenty acres and an elaborate home OF
Japanese design. is TO goio the wife. An
other tract of 1i0 acres goes to Mr.. and
Mrs. Eben Takamine, and still another OF
twenty acres, on Florence Lake, Merrie-
wold Park, TO Mr.. and Mrs. Jikichi TAX
anime, Jr.
The house at 93 The Boulevard, Pas
sale. will go to the widow besides one
third the residuary estate. She also is
entitled to sell the home at 334 River
side Drive. for a price she considers fair
and use the proceeds TO liquidate indebt-
edness Of the Takamine Industries Com
pany of Japan to the sunni Tomo Bank
OF Toxic.
Two institutions received bequests
They were the Institute ofeTokio. $4,000
yen for physical and chemical research
work, and the Imperial Academy OF
Science. Toxic. $4,000 yen as a trust
fund for prizes to the students. Dr.
Takamine's insurance of 100000 IL to
90 70 the widow. His business affilia-
tions included the Takamine Fermen'
Company, Hooper Electro Chemical
Company, the headquarters OF which Is
at 25 Pine street, this city, and interest
in Parke, Davis & Co. the drug concern.
which prepared all Of his adrenalin. The
latter cost him 25 cents grain to pre-
pare and he sold more than $4,000 grains
annually to Japan alone at so cents q
grain. DR.. Takamlne was a member
OF numerous clubs and was a founder
Of the Nippon Club of New York, OF
which he possessed large amount oi
stocksN and bonds, all of which he left
to the club.
The bequests TO servants and friends
ranged from $500 to 5000 In America
and from 500 to 5000 yen for those In
Japan