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Show SifflA-Jll IS I STILL TIHTEilG I American Scientist Givet Re- j'J suits of Personal Ofe.iftrva- tions Made During Climb. CENTURY LIKE ONE DAY I Locality Furnishes Fertile Field for Investigation by Noted Vollcanist. 'M ) TOKIO, April 11. Tho Sakura- ,IH Jima volcano, whose eruption in Jnnu- 'll ary caused great devastation, is likel; to show still furthor activity, accord- lH ing to Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, professor rH of geology at the Massachusetts insti- ''H tute of Technology and director of tho jH Hawaiian volcano obsorvatory. Dr. '1 Jaggar, who has just ascended Sakura- t'H Jima, mado the following statement con- cernini: his observations: rjl Owing to the closuro of the ilH eastern passage around the island, t'H the averago tide level iu Kngo- ilH bhima bay hus risen two feet. Jn ll the short space of 1000 years rc- markablc changes may tnkc placu ''IH iu the topography of tho Gulf of i'H Kagoshima. To preserve tho nlH symmetry of its volcanic cone i!H Sakura-Jima is likely to erupt onco Ll or twico on the northern side iu lll tho future, and if tho lava elected '-M wero to equal the amount thrown fl out this year, it might easily cut off the northern part of the gulf, fl thus forming a lake. Then tho rl water lovel would rise, and finally ll this water would becomo fresh, so Ll that a large lagoon may possibly bo formed and the present villages I'l on tho northern shores in timo bo '1 submerged, just us tho temples of Philas were covered by tho Nilo uftcr the completion of tho As- souan dam in Egypt. H Face Ash Shower. 'H Wo climbed two-thirds of tho way to the summit in an ash H shower. Lava was still flowing, fl though less ' copiously, and tho ' average height of tho bed was '200 feet. A phenomenon difficult to cx- I plain was the presence of round r pits four feet deep aud ten feet ! wide on tho western side iu dc- vnstated areas. I am not willing ll to accept the Japaucso hypothesis that they wore caused bv lightning j'l bolts. They were probably due to '1 tho impact of falling stones or to 'H tho explosion of hot substancu buried by their fall in tho moist ,H The new island which recently iH sprung up near the Bonin group 'H off Jnpnn has been visited by a H party from the stcamor Chefoo, who describe it ns a mass of lava covered with pumico stone and H white ash. Tho Chefoo locates 'H tho island at latitude north 24. do-grces do-grces 17 minutes and longitude cast 141 degrees 29 - minutes. When the steamer approached the island appeared puro white, with blackish cliffs rising about 200 feet. For a radius of three miles the sea was filled with jH floating pumice. The land party IH found it exceedingly dangerous to i'H row near tho cliffs, as thoy were 'H constantly breaking away and fall- 'H ing into the sea to join tho already great mass of puniicc. Also, on H account of the very soft naturo of ) the surface, no attempt was made to t'H journey inland. J Hardships in Plenty. jH The main crater was located to 'H the southwest, being a quarter of a inilo wido. It oinittod enormous clouds of smoke, obscuring tho sun. i At night thero was a red glow and ! occasional tongues of fin in o. On , the eastern side a small crater ' which discharged poisonous fumes ' mado an approach impossiblo. Tho '1 water was auout warm. ( Tho captain of tho Chefoo thinks tho . whole island will gradually ' cliff off until only tho solid central mass of lava remains. , HH Professor Frank A. Perret, tho i IH American volcanist, who ro- ' cently arrived from Italy to study 1 M volcanic phenomena in Japan, rc- H ceived an urgent request upon nr- rival to examine tho volcano on Mt. Unzcu. nenr Nagasaki. Tho , residents of tho district had heard , many rumblings, aud woro in groat H fear that the mountain was about to orupt like Sakum-Jima, Pro- fessor Perret found "no couse for 1 alarm," but the emission of hot 1 gases indicated that a rovival of 1 volcanic activity in some part of il tho peninsula was always a possi- '1 bilitv. Ho found the hot springs district in a normal condition, with 1 little or no hydrochloric acid, tho presence of which would indicuto H greater activity. Experiments with an electric microphone for H hearing subterranean sonnda 'H showed normal conditions and less B internal rumbling than at tho H well-known "Solfatara," near 1 Naples. |