Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-08-04 | Page 3 | Declines to Carry out Father's Will

DECLINES TO CARRY OUT FATHER'S WILL PATERSON. N. Aug 4 The late Dr. Joklchi Takamine, famous Japanese chemist, suggested in his, will two means of disposing of his body but neither will be carried out. First, he desired that his. body be . ' offered to Dr Malcolm Harris, of i Chicago, "for research and exarnlna- tion. particularly with regard to my I liver, which was operated on "i 0 years ago." Should Dr. Harris not want tho body, the chemist requested that I It be cremated, and some of the ashes burled here and the rest in Japan. I Dr Harris hns decline, to accept the body. It was learned today from Joklchi Takamine. Jr., ami it will not , be cremated, because six wo'Va before be-fore his recent demise. Ir Takamine was baptized into the Catholic church which is opposed to cremation. The Will w-as drawn up a year arro. The younger Takamine declined t discuss the matter further than t sn v that his father's remains have been buried ln Woodlawn cemetery.