The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-20
tFrOm sunday Advertiser. J

(From Sunday Adyertiser.)
Among the world s leading voleanol
ogists who are already on, the way "a
tho district of the recent disaster in
Southern japan "a Prof. Thomas Al
Jaggar, Of Hawaii, who arrived yes
terday from IIilo ON the first lap. Of
his journey towards Kagoshima. He
viii 60 as the representative Of the Ha.
waiian Association for Volcano Re.
search, the directors Of which. will meet
tomorrow to officially voice the desire
they have individuality expressed that
Hawaii should do everything possible
to assist the Japanese scientists and
TO gather data IN the stricken district
for the Information Of the world.
Professor 7. Omori, probably the
greatest Of the voleanologists Of the
world, is already on the ground and
Professor Jaggar looks forward TO col
laboratlng with him again. Professor
OmOri personally designed aud made
the Instruments being used at the
Technology Station at Kilauea aud has
IN many ways assisted IN the research
work here. 1t IL very fitting; then. that
the scientists from the Kilauea station
should be among the first to sail for
Japan to assist the celebrated japanese
scientist.
Expects Eruptions 10 Continue.
1.-THE reports from Kagoshhma indi.
cate that the eruption Of Salura q
Following very closely the phenomena
observed during the eruption of Mt.
felee ON Martinique, y said Professor
u IN. -
eruptions will continue for probably
several weeks, at least, and that / will
pc there before the main activities arc
over Il =. 4ep
The eruption Of osialRra Is un.
doubtedly a great onessnEhis volcano,
In Osumi Province, the seutheTnmost In
Japan, must not be confused with ON.
take. volcano over 10000 feet high
in Central Nippon. sakura lies near
the north end Of the long chain Of ac-
tive volcanoes Of the Luehu Islands.
and rises 1906 feet high, making an
island in Kagoshfma bay. on which is
the village Of Take. Kagoshfna Is re.
corded by Murray as having a popula-
tion OF $1,000 and appears on the man
70 be about six miles from the central
crater of Sakura, This Relationship
makes Sakura one Of the dangerous
volcanoes of tho worlb ,yasa
Last Eruptionqh 177o.
rThe last great erhpei66 Of Sakura
y sard TO have taken place in 177D, aud
TO have been eommemorated at the is
land by a monthly festival. This should
interest us in Hawaii, where -. last
great explosive eruption Of KiiS..sa
took place in 1870; and il will be re-
membered that prior to the terrific
earthquake Of 1905 at Messina no such
Disaster had been known there since
1888 Il.
s' Sakura has two craters, northwest
and southeast respectively, the south.
east one, on the side remote from Ka.
goshima, being by reason Of its hot
Foliataras the one most probably in ac-
tion IN The present eruption There Is
line Of important active 4poIoanosSl
extending north from salura into
No Response in HaIemaumau.
kilauea is yery active just now.
Jays Professor Iaggar, but its activity
~ OF an unusual nature, shown by the
heavy smoke clouds. There aas boen
nothing unusual in Halemaumnu 10
show any "sympathyv with the NJ. |
cent eruptiOns in the New HebriIss
and Japan. f- Y r-~f |
The only connection between tha
eruptions ia the New Hebrides ana m
Japan, the earthquakes in Chill and
the seismic disturbances reported from
Italy Is that they all came along IN |
time, Just after the winter eolistiee, |
when we expect such things, 2, he said |
yesterday. II had been watchina
Mama Loa carefully, expecting a pos
sible outbreak, because Kilauea las
been more qdiescent than the perlod |
would lead one 10 expect. However.
there are no indications that there win |
he any immediate lava flow from
Manna Loa, nor anything in the way of 4
great activity at Kilauea. / feel /
quite justified, therefore, in<leayinR The
station here for the time being. Mr.
Wood, my associate win be in chargdb
Of the observatory. .
Experienced in the Work.
Professor JagPar goes TO Kago.
shima weI equipped il knowledge and
expc-ienee for the wori; ct assisting i,
the REIMBURSEMENT that will be neces,
sary on the part of the AEJapanese
anthorities. He was sent By. Harvard
University 10 Martiniqua in 1902 and
TO Yesuvius in 1906. The Massaehu.
sett Institute Of Technology sent him to
the Aleutian Islands in 1907. The
next year he went to Japan for the
Institute 70 study the activities Of the
volcanoes in Northern Japan and IN
1910, on an expedition financed by the
United Fruit Company, he visited
Costa Rico. l.
He has also been associated with
Professor Ferret and Professor Omori,
both az Mcssina and at San Fraacisco.
Professor Jaggar will travel on
funds subscribed in Hawaii independ. !
'nt Of the regular funds Of the research