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Show 1NI1 VIEW VOLCANO Visitors to .awaii to Get Rare Sight HllarO. Island of Hawaii. T. II . JunV -Noblaa of tha Myatlo efihrlna who pardrlpata tn tne Juna pllgrlmaga to Hawaii following tha annual cone lava of tha organisation In Han Francisco, probably will hava an opportunity of viewing tha volcano Kllauea In tha midst of on of Ita rara terrifying spectacular spec-tacular displays, according to present Indications as Interpreted by volcanolo-gtsta volcanolo-gtsta at the observatory on the brink of the crater. The arrival of the Bhrlnere will coincide: coin-cide: with the beg In I ng of tha summer sol tic In tha third week of June, which brings Invariably a great Increase In-crease In volcanic activity because of the unusual atreasea placed upon the earth, the voice nolo 1st a said. At Kllauea particularly the vast mass of aemlmolten rock and lava rises and falls according to the strains of the seasonal periods, and high levels of lava are almost Invariably found at the equlnoxra and the June and December De-cember solstices, th scientists aald. The last violent eruption at Kllauea occurred In March. 121. ConaUlerable Jn tares t was manifested thla year In the steady rise of th lava during- the month of February, bee a uaa of laat year'a eruption and th possibility thru It would be repeated In March. The equinox passed, however, with tha lava column about 100 feet below the rim of the crater. Ordinarily the lava would drop considerably con-siderably on the passing of tho equinox, equi-nox, hut It continued to riae without caseation since, with more pronounced action, until the level waa lesa than thirty feet below th rim In tha third week nf May. Gigantic crags, the eummlt of the lava column, crah'l their way upward through th lakes and towered threateningly mora than 100 fet above th lake and more than seventy feet abov th rim lvl. At night tha aky haa been crimsoned by the glare of the white hot molten lakes. The lava ahould continue to rise until un-til tha June solstice, the volcanologlsts said. (.rat and apectacular overflows at the aolatlc aeem almost certain, they added, and It la probable that tit lava will break through the side of the mountain and overwhelm the deeert country toward th sea, as It haa done many times before, plunging lts molten mass Into the ocean. |