i:\Y MIN ERA I.S AWAKEN
INTEREST IN SAGHALIEN
TOKYO, Nov. 21. (AT* Japan's determination
ions for oil wells and coal mines in Northern Sag
halien. a determination which has proved the chief
stumbling block to the agreement in the Russo-Jap
anese negotiations at l'eking, is due to richer dis
coveries in fields near Saghalien than any of the
Japanese exploiters had hitherto been able to find,
according to several of the leading Japanese news
Japanese news dispatches assert that recently
engineers employed by the Japanese company lo
cated rich oil fields near the month of the Tym Riv
er, on the East Saghalien coast. Foreign oil ex
perts. however, are still skeptical about the value
of the Saghalien oil deposits.
The Hokushin-kai. the Japanese oil company,
first came into being five years ago as a joint Russo
Japanese enterprise Experience in such joint op
erations has held Japan’s army and navy officials to
regard favorably suggestions that the exploitation
be continued in partnership with Russia, in case
the Soviet refuses the exclusive concessions the Jap
anese are now asking.
ENGLAND may lav claim
TO RONES OF ST. PATRICK
LONDON, Nov. 21, (AT)- The skeleton of St.
Patrick is believed l>v some (o have been found in
Pembrokeshire, far from the sc^ne of his reptilian
labors. The search for the body of the saint was
started several months ago in the churchyard of
St. David's Cathedral, among the ruins of St. Pat
rick’s Chapel, a part of an older church.
The chapel floor was found ten feet under the
earth, and all the walls were eventually uncovered.
At the East end of the ruins was an altar, aud in
front of this altar was found a skeleton.
The excavators,, believing the body that of the
saint, sent for the Dean of the Chapter, who had
it removed to a place of honor in the Cathedral.
Here it will remain pending the establishment of its
identity. ,
The skeleton was in a perfect state of preserva
tion, except that some damage had been done to the
skull, probably by a falling stone.
The discovery so far has produced no comment
from the land of the saint’s labors, but it is ex
pected that efforts will be made to have the body
taken there should the experts decide the remains
arc genuine.
divorces vseless in Vienna
RECACSE or FLAT SHORTAGE
VIENNA. Nov. 21, (API—Vienna still struggles
with problems arising out of housing shortage, and
every now and then a new phase of the situation
draws public attention.
Just now it is the question of accommodations
for divorced persons. Apartments are so scarce
that in a great many cases divorced couples are
compelled to go on living under the same roof. A
man in such circumstances recently went to court
to compel his former wife to move away as he want
ed to marry again. The judge ruled she should go.
AIR FLIVVER’S ADVENT PREDICTED
GERSFELD. Germany. Nov. 21. fAP)- The ad
vent of the air flivver is predicted by experts study
ing lessons from the national air glider contests
held here. Sailplanes with auxiliary motorcycle en
gines of eight to twelve horsepower surpassed the
motorless gliders in every respect.
TRIKE IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
HAS CALENDAR ALL ITS OWN
MANILA. I^ov. 21, (AP)—The Ifugaos. an in
dustrious non-Christian tribe inhabiting the mount
ain provinces, have a calendar all their own. ac
cording to Dr. H. Otley Beyer, head of the depart
ment of anthropology of the University of the Phil
ippines. When an Ifugao wants to know what day
of the month it is, he does not consult an almanac,
out asks the ‘‘Tumunoh,” the clan astronomer, cal
endar keeper and model husbandman. There are
some 60 Ifugao clans and each has its ‘Tumunoh,”
who is considered the most important personage in
the tribe.
Their calendar has 13 months of 28 days each.
They know there is one day more in each year, and
this extra day Is called “Tungo,” the last day of
thei ryear. The Tumunoh cultivates certain plants
in an isolated spot where the temperature is rela
tively uniform and from the budding of these plants
he claims to tell the exact date of tile month or
year. He knows that 365 days a year is not exact
ly correct when a leap year comes around, but he
keeps silent and does not tell his people about the
extra day.
The Tumunoh advises the people of the date to
begin planting and the date to start the harvest.
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LAKE CHARLES. La.. Nov. 26. (AP)—Trad
ition having it that a burro once kicked up a
gold mine in the Rocky Mountains and that the
copper deposits in the southwest were found in a
similar manner, folks inthis section were not sur
prised when it developed that Louisiana's newest
oil field was discovered by a quail hunter.
W. W. Lemoine, a local business man who.
during the open season spends as much time in
t he fields as he does in his office, for years has
been an inveterate prospector for oil. and about
half his time on hunting trips was “wasted” ex-j
ploring the woods and marshes for traces of the j
“black gold."
Lamoine went hunting along Bagdad Bayou
near here one fine day three years ago and came
upon one Tillman, a negro recluse. The usual
topic of conversation with Lemoine was oil, and
he soon reached the subject. Tillman knew of
no oil. but he did know where there was gas. The
outcome was that Lemoine agreed to give Tillman
S1800 a year if he would show him where it was
and if anything came out of it.
Tillman led Lemoine straight across the country
to Indian Bayou, only a few miles from here, and
there, in the edge of the marsh was the negrop’s
•cas.' Lemoine touched a match to it and it
burned. Back to Lake Charles he hurried and
his first step was to take in his partner. H. M.
Henshaw. Then the two set out to get leases.
They tied up 4 000 acres of land without expend
ing a penny, agreeing to pay the owners from $2
to $3 an acre provided that they interested some
firm that would attempt exploration and develop
ment. Fellow citizens of the pair knew what
•y were about, but they did not set Lake Charles
afire with their enthusiasm, else thjr leases would
have been more difficult to obtain.
There followed a struggle to find some oil
concern to tackle the proposition. After geol
ogists and other experts had gone over the ground
a company became interested and agreed to test
the field throughout. The mdney to bind the
leases was in hand, and Lemoine and eHnshaw
were to get a forty-eighth royalty as their share
of what was produced.
Drilling began 18 months ago and still Lake
Charles sailed along on an eve n keel. Lock
Moore well No. 1 was a flivver: so was No. 2.
Then the company jumped 80 acres south and
started sinking the Miller well. There was a ru
mor that the 80 acre jump was made because the
question of title loomed in the intervening plot
of ground. Anyway, the drilling was resumed.
They had moved out of the pine woods, out of
what appeared to be a natural oil dome and en
tered the low marsh land. The first 3,000 feet
were easy. As the engineer said: "the pipe al
most went down of its own weight." Then came
gumbo, shale and sand for 900 feet and then—
the gusher!
The usual horde of proven oil field workers
wildcatters and what not has moved in. machin
ery and material for more wels and tanks are
being transported to the field by the trainload,
and Lemoine is oiling his shotgun and exercising
his dog preparatory to the opening of the hunting j
season.
IRISH QUIT LISTENING TO LONDON
BELFAST. Ireland. Nov. 20. (AP)—The new
radio broadcasting station here has increased the
number of Irish amateurs. Previously they had
to tune in on distant London; now Belfast gives
them nightly a program of Irish flavor, including
Irish music. Receiving sets find a ready market. j
BERLIN ADOPTING RADIO
BERLIN. Nov. 20. (AP)— Reduction of the
fee for installing radio-receiving sets from 60 gold
marks to 2 has resulted in an Increase in the num
ber of sets from 9.100 on April 1 to more than
200,000 on September 1. This growth is record
ed in the Berlin district alone.
HAPSBtUGS GATHER IN GERMANY
TO DISCUSS FAMILY FORTUNES
LINDAU, Germany. Nov. 21 (AP)—A gather
ing of nearly all the 60 living members of the Haps
burg family took place here recently, almost un
noticed by the world. Hapsburgers from many
countries assembled in a local hotel Archduke
Friedrich, former commander-ln-chief of the Aus
trian army, presided at the meeting
Friedrich, with his wife, son and six daughters
came from Budapest. Archduke Eug?n came from
Basle, and his sister Marie-Chrfrtine. mothr of
the King of Spain, from Madrid. She had vis
ited Ex-Empress Zita at Lequito, Spain before she
left to beseech Zita’s approval of the meeting. Ac
cording to the law' of the house of Hapsburg, to
which the family still adheres, Zita is the head of
the family and has authority over all its members.
The discussions of the members of this once
reigning family, it is declared, did not turn to
politics, but were virtually limited to consideration
of the family fortunes.
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By C Hoaaton Coadim
National Authority on Nutrition
PubBohor of Thu Forocaot—America ’» Loading Food Magarino
Everyone knows we are given to eating more than we
actually need, but when the table is heaped with good
food, “what’s a feller to do?”
Things are so tempting, and so palatable-? Why not
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But many a heavy meal which is hugely enjoyed
during the process of eating is far from enjoyable dur
ing the process of digestion?
Then it is that chewing gum comes to the rescue.
Dr. W. A. Evans, former commissioner of health in
Chicago, says in his book, “How to Keep Well”:
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people do not chew their food long enough to mix
saliva with it thoroughly. The chewing oS gum adds
some saliva to the stomach contents. It is of more
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contents. If one has overeaten and the stomach is
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