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Show scientist fails to warn people Severe Criticism of Japanese Meteorological Chief Causes Him to Commit Harikari. Tokio. Japan, Jan. 16 The suicide today by harikari of the chief of the meteorological observatory at Kago Bhlma is announced in the newspapers here. The dispatches declare that the scientist committed suicide be cause he had been severely criticised for failing to warn the citizens ot Ka-goshima Ka-goshima of their danger from the eruption of the volcano Sakura-Jima. Kagoshlma, Jan. 16. The volcano ol Sakura-Jami was still smoking to-da to-da Dr. Fusakichi Olhori, professor of seismology at the Toklo imperial university, arrived at Kagoshima thij morning to begin an elaborate official in estigation of the disaster. The people of Kngoehlma. many of whom have returned to the ruined city only to find their houses destroy il, waited with wonderful faith re Prof. Omorl to elve his decision as to the possibility of further catastrophes Me declared this afternoon that there was no further danger. Many families were separated durum dur-um th,' panic w hli h followed the erup tion and the highways in the vicinity are fille 1 with sad people searching for relatives In the meantime the authorities are doing their utmost to re-establish or der. A number of newspaper correspondent correspond-ent today visited the island of Sa kura, on which the volcano is sltua ted. They found the surface of the earth too hot to walk on, while everywhere every-where the ground was full of danger mis holes Ashes lay drifted in thick heaps, md showers of stones weTe Btllj falling. oo |