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OIL SHALE IN MANCHURIA.
The food supply is perhaps the gravest problem confronting Japan to-day. Next to that is the ques-
Sensational statements were made tion of satisfying her fuel needs. Mr. to-day at the resumed coroner's in- Inoue tells us in a recent issue of quiry concerning the mysterious the Jitsugyo no Nihon (Tokyo), death of Mr. Harry Pace, the that the amount of oil produced in the country is not enough to answer It appeared chas since the Forest of, Dean farmer.
The most dramatic moment came one-half of its requirements. More- Kelsey case, when Wong Hui Tong gave evidence to the effect that when Dr. Duprs, who had attended over the demand for oil has shown Kely had visited him in the early Mr. Pace during his illness and sudden increase. Importation of hours of that morning, at about 2 had certified that he died a natural oil into Japan is now very large.
We read
the cause
a.m., and the he had been in the death, was concluding his evidence. hatet of receiving visits from From what you know now, doc. Kelsey at that hour, the Police had tor," he was asked, "what, in suspected Wong of keeping a house your opinion, was for immoral purposes. At the pro- ceeding again Kelsey Wong strenuously denied a suggestion to that effect.
death
Poisoning by arsenic, was the dector's ready response. A court crowded with people, mostly wo
listened in intense silence.
Widow Hidden.
dead Mrs. Pace, the
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The Polies had "been watching" men, him since, but Wong had been shrewd or fucky enough to baffle them for quite a long time. How ever, his joss turned against him when Inspector Sharon paid an unexpected visit to Wong's pre-
"The production of oil in Japan
reached its record year in 1915, when
of it amounted to 2,600,000 koku (a koku is 48 gallons). Since then it has been steadily on the decline. In 1994, the figure stood at 1,500,000 koku, and in 1925 at 1,830,000 koku; it was only 1,450,000 in 1990. But of late, the demand for oil has man's gained steadily" with "the develop widow, pale and wan, was again ment of steamships, airplanes, and seated behind a screen which hid automotive vehicles. As a result, in her from the gaze of the public. 1995, the importation of oil into For the first time since the in- Japan rose to 2,170,000 koku. In mises in the carly hours of Sunday quest was opened legal, medical, other words, it was 600,000 more morning. There he found seven scientific, and police experts at than the country produced that Portuguese and two Englishmen tended the court in full strength. year. And it amounted in value making merry with three members Mr. G. R. Paling, a familiar to 63,400,000 yen (about $32,000,000). figure in cases conducted by the These figures do not include the of the red light" district.
Director of Public Prosecutions, oil imported by the Navy, which Wong was brought before Major C. Willson yesterday morning and apppeared on behalf of the Home amounted to at least 400,000 tons. Inspector, Shannon told the Court Office to assist in the examination Within ten years from now we
1,000,000 tons of oil."' that the Portuguese and English of the medical and scientific wit shall be compelled to import some
Manchuria's Possibilities. men found on the premises had adesses. On his right sat Professor
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It is a legitimate subject for dis-
Wong coolly told the Magistrate that he had nothing to say in an swer to the charge." He was order ed to pay a fine of $100 or in de fault to go to gaol for six mouths. The premiace was also ordered to be closed,
various synthetic fuels proposed by the chemists of the world, but he finds that the most promising quar- "ter to which Japan could turn for her fuel salvation lies in the direc- tion of the oil shale, not in Japan proper, but in Manchuria. He says:
ter, both of whom will give country is to End some substitute for oil. He reviews at length the evidence. Chief Inspector Cornish and Sergeant Campion, the Scot land-yard officers in charge of the investigations, were on his left.
Mr. Trevor Wellington, the solicitor who represents Mrs. Face, was not able to be present owing cross-examination of the witnesses and in the prefecture of Shimane, to a family bereavement, and the
In our country, in Hokkaido,
was allowed to stand over.
a small quantity of oil shale is Dr. Dupre, who attended Mr. TWO WOMEN IN LIBEL Pace from the end of May last found; but that is all. But at Fushan, Manchuria," the supply. year until his death on January is practically Hmitless. There is SUIT.
10th last, described the various symptoms he observed-internal 1,200,000,000 tons within 300 feet of the surface;,400,000,000 tons within pain, paralysis, the loss of sensa tion of touch, and loss of power. 1,000 feet, and 4,800,000,000 tons. It was on his advice that Mr. Facets oil content is from 9 to 10 per within 2,000 feet, it is estimated.
!' OSTRACISED FROM CLUBLAND."
PLAINTIFF'S SEVEN UNSUC-. CESSFUL ACTIONS,
was removed to Gloucester Hospi tal, where he remained for two months.
After his ratura, said the doctor, he improved gradually, but on Boxing Day there was a relapse, and when Dr. Dupre last saw him
In the King's Bench Division alive, at 10.30 p.m. on January before. Mr. Justice Swift and
oth, he was helpless and suffering; and complained of a burning pain special jury, Miss Kathleen Frances in the throat He died on the fol Mervin More, of Lancaster-street lowing morning, and the doctor W., sued, Miss Flors Gertrude one hat death was due to in- Weaver, of independent means, of Anenza, anuria, gastro-enteritis, Knightrider-street, EC., for damand peripheral neuritis ages for alleged libel,..
46 Arsenical Folsoning."-" Miss Moré, "who conducted her None of the medicine which 1 any shape or own case, alleged that Miss Weaver lent her £7,500 without interest in dispensed," said Dr. Dupre, on 1993 to enable her to buy the Vic-tained arsenic in toria Hotel, Kensington. But, she form. At the time of his death Weaver called in the loan with the peripheral neuritis, but I am now continued, three months later Miss Bericht know the origin of the
acnical poisoning. result that she (Mise More) was of opinion that the origin was ar Dr. Nanda, & coloured doctor, reduced to bankruptes.
The libel of which Miss More who was called in last August to complained were, she said, contain make an independent examinaties ed in letters Miss Weaver wrote to of Mr. Pace, said he agreed with her solicitors, which contained Dr. Dupre's diagnosis. -"I form- statements which meant, in effect,ed no opinion then," said Dr. that she was a fraudulent person Nanda, as to the origin of the and incompetent in business.
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cent. An average of 5 per cent. could be extracted from the shale by the Scotch dry distillation method, and about thirty-two pounds of sul- phate of ammonia to an English ton. If this be true, then, down to 1,000 fest there is in Fushun an oil re serve of 120,000,000 tons."
A Start Being Made. this particular enterprise, namely, The chief item of expenditure in
that of the mining operations, is practically nil, the writer points out, because the shale lies just above the coal bed at the famous Fushun mine,
and because a large section of the on the open-cut method. The oil coal-mining there is now conducted shale must first be removed before Manchuria Railway Company has the coal-bed is reached. The South
liminary experiments in connection completed, we are told, all the pre- with the distillation of oil from the shale, and about to establish`z plant in the near future. Coal-tor produced from low carbonation of coal is receiving a great deal of at- tention in Japan, the writer tells us; An average production of eigh- peripheral neuritis, but I am of teen gallons of liquid fuel to a Miss Mora said she was for 10 opinion that the origin was ar ton of coal is expected-and some
times as high as twenty-six gallons years the owner of a West End senical poisoning. club. Mies Weaver, who formerly Is it possible," asked Mr. under exceptional conditions. The boarded at the Victoria Hotel, lent Paling, to have forced through hydrogenation of naphthalene and sufficient quantity the production of liquid fuel from the vegetable and animal fats aro with which to purchase the hotel, of arsenic to and Tater forced her to sign a neuritis?!”
other phases of research command- payment on demand" mortgage."I have never heard of such a ing constant attention from Japan- Then Misa Weaver called in the case, replied the doctor. ese chemists. After a detailed des mortgage and eventually obtained: Dz Mather, resident physician cription of the method of production possession of the hotel Miss More at the Royal Infirmary, Gloucester, of a liquid fuel from the water gas, alleged that in consequence she had where Mr. Pace was a patient for similar to oil, Mr. Love thus
cussion whether the Bevised Version A CASE FOR THE MILITARY ber the money without interest the skin a cause peripheral
has advantages over the old tráns lation, but in popular favour the latter is easily first. For every
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and the whole body of the general day night, was reported in the The appearance of the Prime public. In the course of its exist- Daily Pres yesterday, was brought Minister at the annual May meet ence it has performed what is little before the Magistrate yesterday ing of the British and Foreign short of a miracle. It has annihilat maning. He was handed over to Bible Society in London provided ed frontiers and abolished Babel the Military Authorities. a welcome antidote to Mr. BENNETT. In the spiritual sphere ity, has Mr. Barbwin expressed the opinion helped to raise civilisation on to a of the vast majority of Christian higher plane, and that is the best, people when he paid a growing as it must be the ultimate; test of tribute to the Book and the mar | service. vellons part it has played in world
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complaint sa peripheral neuritis "Like A Wild Bronco " None of the medicine given to him contained arsenic. The doctor add- "I have been ostracized from ed that, he expected it would take clubland,” declared. Mies More, two years to cure Mr. Pace's com- and have been deprived of the plaint, but he did not expect the chance of earning my living. I man would die signed the mortgage under threats, Dr. Carson, who made the post- and that was my death-warrant for mortem examination, also gave it I had to repay the money within a as his opinion that the cause of
By this one gains the advantage of commanding almost an unlimited raw material which could be easily procured, like water-gas. And the comparatively low temperature needed in the process, my about 300 degrees, is another advantage till another is that it does not call for an extremely high pressure, "All
week death was arsenical poisoning, these combined should encourage
WEATHER - REPORT.
the establishment of this line of The only reason I am alive."
chemical industry. Moreover, so the added Ms/More, is that certain
raw material used does not contain women friends kept me, out of com Mr. Haynor Goddard: The Lord sulphur, the liquid fuel produced is Yesterday's weather report, fore- paesion.” de fot Chief Justice, in the Court of of excellent quality. For that reason, cast and remarks, sened by the Miss More aid the letters of Criminal Appeal, described the let a country like ours, which is suffer whith the complained had been ters you wrote about the solicitors ing under the constant threat of a Royal Observatory at 605 used against her when, at the Old as being groes libelaf-Yes, without lack of oil, should devote ita utmost
Bailey, the war hound over for an hearing my caLE
offorts to carry on this research and stated:
alleged libel against a solicitur. Mr. Justice Swift: You must not endeavouring to find it in the solu
Mr. Raynor Goddard, KC, for any that, because the Court had tion of her oil question." Miss Wearer Since this money fully dealt with your case The chemical laboratories of was called in you have commenced Mr. Raynor Goddard read a let- no fewer than seven action--Yea, ter written by Mi. More to kiss Agreeing that all the actions were Weaver, which contained the follow dismissed, Miss, More declared that ing sentericas: You stand on your "that was because of illegal proce- hind legs like a wild bronco and
dure adopted against her
bound me about the loan. (Continued at foot of next column.)
civilisation. Referring to its in- fluence on the destinies of the An additional health bulletin of British race, he was well within the
thin the Eastern ports, inued by the Dire A weak anti-cyclonic ares extends tor of Medical and Bantary Ser from South China across the Bonins truth in declaring that for cen
vices, records the following further grea
to the Pacific. Fressure in relative turies it has shaped tho lives ense: Plague, Suer 9, Aden 1
And -coloured the traditions of the (a death), Bassein 4 deaths, Buny low over the north part of the W TELESCOPE with TRIPOD, people, fashioned our literature, bay 1 death; Cholers, Bassein Chinn Ses A depression is still
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rate, cloudy. table experiences of childhood"
The hearing way adjourned
Japan are strenuously carrying on experiments with various synthetic or blended fuels, using alcohol as the principal ingredient, Mr. Troue tells us, but we learn that they are far from having solved many of the dimenities —— Far Eastern Review,
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