The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-12-13
MORE OUTBREAKS
ARE THREATENED
SAID BY SCIENTISTS THAT YES
UVIUS IS REAWAKENING AND
ERUPTION COMING.
Observations Have Been Completed ut
the Crater OF the Famous Volcano
And Results Given.

NAPLES, Italy, Dec 13.-Mount We.
suvious is rapidly reawakening to an
other of its periodic eruptions whic!
from the time of the destruction at its
base of the cities of Pompeii and Her
culaneum have never failed to exact a
heavy toll of life and property Within
the past six months scientific observa-
tions made in the crater by FIR, nch,
Italian and German scientists have
left no doubt as to the growing state
of activity. The last and most arduous
of these observations were made re-
Gently when Professor Malladra of the
Vesuvian observatory, and Professors
Max Stoltz and Paul jacob, two Mu-
mich scientists, descended into the
crater for distance of $40 meters the
greatest depth ever reached by numai
beings in the crater of any volcano
The result of the observations then
made have just been prepared for the
United Press by Professor Malladra as
follows:
By Prof. Alessandr0 MalIadra.
Director of the Mount Vesuvious OBJ
servatory
(Written for the United Press.)
The history of Mount Vesuvious
which we have been able accurately
to compile from the destruction of
Pompei and Herculaneum down show
that periods of activity have taken
place through all the centuries at more
eruption occurred in 1907. Another one
is not now due but from March Of the
present year we have been able TO
detect evidences of the gradual but
certain reawakening of the Volcano
In the decent into the crater which |
we made recently we followed the |
same route which | took in April when
made the first exploration of the
interior of the crater of Vesuvi ,us ever
made. The crater now has a depth
of 300 meters and we reached the bot
tom of this after more than an hours
hard work descending by neans of
ropes such as are used in mountain
The bottom of the crater resembles
very much hugh platform covered
with immense rocks and also perfor-
ated with fumarole from which gases,
and vapors are always being exhaled.
It was in this platform, following my
irst descent into the crater when |
'ound unmistakable signs OF tie re-
awakening of the volcano, that huge
opening was later found. 1t had a cir
of 100 meters and a depth
If TO- In the formation of this and in
he fire which poured out afterwards,
he flag 1 had planted at the bottom OF I
he crater on the occasion of my first
escent was completely DESTROYED.
This opening took place on May 10
nd for a month afterwards there was
OF only a constant pouring forth OF
times was emitted in gigantic
lasts of an appalling nature. On
ugust 5, however, there was & new
mixing in at the base of this opening
hich evidently filled up the channel
y which the gases and fire were COM
lg from inner regions of the volcan
nd so on the occasion of our last des
snt we were able to penetrate even
the bottom of this opening making
total descent from the top of the era NJ
r of $40 meters. pi
In making the final descent we fl
und the entire interior of the mot tr ia
crusted with formations which she " = 81
Enthusiastically that during the month T
July molten lava rose tc the very al
ere obliged to stop in our descent, as
forts to take the temperature deeper B
,wn proved futile The first time tn
ermomcter was lowered by means of til
cable wire, the thermometer disap ae
ared and the cable was pulled back hi
mpletely oxidized by the gases. The
cond attempt resulted even worse, ly
e cable coming back in a fused state HI
a result of the heat. an
After returning, however. to the plat ha
m which forms the bottom of the fri
ater, we were able to register in pa
e of the fumaroles a temperature of da
degrees centigrade while under the Hs
ks on the bottom there was an AL
erage temperature of so degrees CEN he
rade This intense heat shows the KIN
tain reawakening of the entire vol ce'
10. brt
Dur descent to the top of the crater
s made without incident and the faI
we made demonstrated at
lin most clearly the steady yress
yard reactivity. AS I stated above
channel leading down from the /
ter into the deeper regions of the WI