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Show Scientist Fails I to Warn People I Severe Criticism Of Japanese Meteorological Meteor-ological Chief Causes Him To Commit Com-mit Harlkarl Toklo, Japan, Jan. 17 Tho suicide today by hnrlkarl of tho chief of the meteorological observatory at Kago-sliimn Kago-sliimn Is announced In tho newspapers here. The dispatches dcclaro that the scientist committed suicide, bo-causo bo-causo ho had been sovoroly criticised for falling to warn tho citizens of Kngoshtmn ot their dnngcr from the eruption of tho volcano Sakura JInia. KngoBhlmn, Jan. 17. Tho volcano o' Sakura Jlml wns still smoking. Dr. Kusnklchl Omorl, professor of seismology seismo-logy tit tho Toklo imperial university, nrrived nt Kagoshlma this morning to, begin an clabornto olllclal investigation investiga-tion of tho disaster. Tho people of Kagoshlma mwiy of whom hnvo returned to tho ruined ctty only to find their houses destroyed, destroy-ed, waited with wonderful fnlth for Prof. Omorl to give his decision its to tho possibility of further catastrophes. catastro-phes. Ho declared this nftornoon that thcro wns no further danger. Many fnmllles woro separated during dur-ing tho panic which followed tho crup- Ml. H tlon nnd tho highways In tho vicinity H nro filled with sad people searching M for relatives. M In tho meantime the authorities aro M doing their utmost to rc-cstnbllsli or- A number of newspaper corrcspon ' M dents today visited tho island ot Sa- M kurn, on which tho volcnno Is sltua- B ted. They found tho surfneo ot tho M earth too hot to walk on, while every M whero tho ground was full of danger- ' H cus holes. Ashes lay drifted In thick H heaps, and showers of stones wcro BBJ bbbI |
