The Alamance gleaner
V0L. LIV. GRAHAM, N, C., THtJRSBAY MAY 24, 1928. ' NO. 16. 1
I DOINGS OF THE WEEK ~~1
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Signing of Flood Control
Bill Stimulates the Mis- '
sissippi Valley.
' By EDWARD W. PICKARD
pEOPLE of the lower Mississippi
* valley threw rfp their hats and
cheered when the news was flashed
over the country that President Cool
Idge had signed the flood control bill
and made It part of the law at the
land. Throughout the region especial
ly affected there were happy celebra
tions,' and New Orleans particularly
rejoiced, calling the day the greatest
since the end of the Civil war. That
city, relieved of fear of annual floods,
will go ahead with plans to' take her
place among the big cities of the coun
try and her industrial and real estate
, men already are out after new busi
ness. In lesser degree the whole vai
ley-up to the mouth of the Missouri
river is similarly stimulated, and the
railways running through the area are
expecting steadily increasing busi
ness.
Under the provisions of the act a
boqrd of three is to make recommenda
tions to the President in connection
with the adjustment of engineering
differences between the Jadwln plan
and the Mississippi river commission
plan for flood control. Major General
Jadwin, chief army engineer, and the
president of the river commission are"
two members of this board, and Mr.
Coolldge selected Carleton W. Sturte
yant of New York as the third mem
ber. Mr. Sturtevant is slxty-fOnr years
of age and was recommended by mem
bers of the American Society of Civil
Engineers. He graduated as a civil
engineer from the University of Mls
rourl In 1884. In his early years, Mr.
Sturtevant had charge of survey work
as a government engineer on the
Mississippi as a private engineer. He
was employed on the Panama canal
and had charge of engineering work
in South America and in Mexico.
The bill centers authority in the
hands of the President and the army
engineers. Actual construction work
will be handIM by tbe present Missis
sippi river commission under the di
rection of the secretary of war and
the supervision of the chief of engi
neers. ' An appropriation of about $25,
000,000 will be required for the' first
year. The act authorises a total ex
penditure of $325,000,000. hut the Pres
ident and General Jadwln believe.the
actual outlay during the next ten or
twelve years will be at least $500,000,
000. Mr. Coolidge's fears that a land
scandal would arise were allayed by a
provision that the government shall ac
quire flowage rights only on such land
as is not now subject to overflow.
TWO'more big pieces ef legislation
were put up ^o the President when
the senate adopted the conference re
ports on the fafm relief and merchant
marine bills. That the former, known
as the McNary-Haugen measure, was
certain to be vetoed b.v Mr. Coolidge
was generally admitted, and Its sup
porters were not sure they could mus
ter enough votes to pass- It over the
veto. The report on the merchant ma
rine bill was accepted only after a
filibuster conducted by radical sena
tors who attacked It as a sfilp sub
sidy meisure In disguise, the postal
subvention and constructlob loan fea
tures especially being denounced. Nine
Republicans nod eleven Democrats
voted In the negative. Though a ma
jority of the house rules committee are.
against the Roulder Dam bll(, the ex
tremely active lobby boosting that
treasure forced'the committee to put
It up to tbe house and a special rule
whs granted permitting Its tonsldera
# tlon with eight hours 6f debate. This
may prevent the planned adjournment
of congress at the end-of this week,
but It Is'unlikely that the filibuster
against tbe bill, announced by Senator
Ashurst can be broken down.
NOTHING happened last week to
Change the prediction of the
Hoover and Smith boosters that their
respective candidates would have
virtual walkaways In tbe Republican
and Democratic national conventions.
Indeed, these predictions were Strength
ened, for Hoover gained 21 and per
haps 29 delegates in New Jersey and
14 In Alabama, lyid Smith garnered
44, from New Jersey, Vermont and
Hon tana.
South Carolina Democrats In conven
tion elected 18 delegates to Houston
unlnstructtd but directed to vote for a
dry nominee and a dry platform. The
anti-Smith faction lost In the attempt
to Instruot the delegates to vote
against Smith "or other candidates of
similar views,".
Th'e Ne? Jork governor, according
to his supporters, already fe ashured
of 603% votes on the first ballot at
Houston, or within 30 of the necessary
two-thirds. Ills opponents dispute 79%
of these votes, but there are few bold
enough to dispute the claim that Smith
Is certain of qomlnatlon and that the
convention will be only a Democratic
love feast. Reports reached the sen
ate committee on campaign expendi
tures that the governor's campaign was
being financed by contractors who had
held fat contracts from the New York
state or city gdvernments; but these
wer^ denied by W. F. Kenny, one of the
contractors In question who has con
tributed $70,000 to the Smith fund. He
said he had done, In eleven years, not
more than $243,000 of tyislness with the
city and he added he was ready to
add to his contribution to the limit of
his ability to pay.' Other substantial
contributors made similar pledges.
Hoover's certainty of nomination Is
more ((perl to dlscuqslpn and Is espe
cially disputed by Lowden and his fol
lowers. The Hooverltes claim 382 In
structed and favorable votes and a
probable total of 467 on first ballot,
add give 226 to Lowden. But the
Lowden figures are: Hpover 329%;
Lowden, 258%; uncertain, 317.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
addressing the Pennsylvania delega
tion, created a sensation by giving
Hoover as his choice for the nomina
tion provided President Cooltdge could
not be persuaded to run again.
"Hoover seems to come closest to the
standards we have set for this high
office," he said, but at the same time
be urged the delegates to remain un
committed to any candidate until they
reached Kansas Cltpeaqd could de
termine In caucus what course was
best for the party and the country. To
reporters Mr. Mellon said afterwards:
"It Is not certain that Mr. Coolldge
will not c3hsent to the" use of his
name. The Pesldent may be a candi
date." In which opinion he agrees
with Charles D. Hilles of New York
and other Easterners. It was raid in
Philadelphia that Mr. ffellon's declara
tion concerning Hoover was prompted
by the knowledge that William Vare,
local Republican boss, was ready to
come out In favor of the secretary of
commerce. 'And this Vare did shortly
after the Mellon statement. Lowden
and Dawes partisans still insist that
some of the 79 Pennsylvania delegates
will be against Hoover.
1 .
CHIANG KAt-SHEK, leader or the
Chinese Nationalists, rejected Mar
shal Chang's proposed trace In the
civil war for the purpose ot uniting
against Japanese aggression, and both
the Southerners and their allies, the
forces tif 'Genergl Feng, renamed their
movement do Peking. Chang prepared
for the withdrawal of his troops and
himself to Manchuria but Feng inter
cepted him at Machang where there
was heavy fighting. Earl/ capture of
both Peking and Tiefltsin was fore
seen, and both American and British
forces In that region were made ready
to protect their nationals. - The Jap
anese. in full possession of Tslnan and
the zone along the Railway, decided to
send troops to Maaehurta tf necessary
to prevent disturbances there. The
American force In north China totals
4,400, most of whom are at Tientsin.
PREMIER BRATLANO of Rumania
defies his enemies, and has told
parliament that his cabinet haa no in
tention of resigning fr heeding other
of the demtnds of the peasants. Julia
Maniu, leader of the peasants, says
they will now boycott the government
completely find If that ijoesnt have
effect they will' resort tb attire re
sistance in nop payment of taxes.
Carol, former crown prince of Ru
mania. driven out of England, took
refuge In Bejgiom. where be was told
he might "remdtn so long as he be
haved himself. Friends have teased
far Carol and Ms companion. Magda
.4 ,
Lupescu, the magnificent Chateau
d'Ardennes, near DInant
n H. OUSTAV 8TRESEMANN, tori
elgn minister of Germany, lay al
most at the point of death most of last
week, but at latest reports his condi
tion showed a little Improvement His
Illness created great anxiety In Ger
many and bis political enemies, the
Nationalists, took advantage of It to
push their candidates In the general
election set for Sunday.
SECRETARY OF STATE KEL
L'OGG'8 anti-war treaty plan was
warmly Indorsed by the British
house of lords when It unanimously
adopted Lord Reading's resolution call
lng on the government for "prompt,
favorable consideration it these pro
posals." Premier Brae* of Australia ,
has given the proposals his hearty ap
proval, and Japan's reply Is expected
to be an acceptance of the principles
enunciated. It Is reported In Paris
that Ur. Kellogg will be given this
year's Nobel peace prize by the Nor
wegian parliament for his work in for
warding world peace. The award will
not be made until November.
REDS from sixteen countries, Includ
ing the United States, attended
a Communist convention at Cassel,
Germany, held under the auspices of
the Third International and presided
over by a nephew of Ityltoff, assistant
Russian commissar of foreign affairs.
The discussion was mainly concerning
means-of extending Communist activity
In the armies and navies of "capital
istic" nations and was extraordinarily
frank. Progress In this work In the
navies of England. France and Amer
lea was reported, but Moscow dele
gates were told the prospects of revo
lutlons In Europe were discouraging,
especially since the failure In Vienna
last year.
Announcement is,made by the
Falrchlld Aerial Camera corpora
tion that It haa built for the army air
corpe an aerial camera with a range
of eight miles, designed to photograph
areas as large as four square miles
Picture taking at heights of 30,000 feet
or more will be possible by devices
which Include an electrical heating
System to prevent the shutter from
freezing at temperatures as low as 00
degrees below zero. The machine has
complete automatic control and opera
tion, {Deluding a device to record the
time tne picture was taken, the alti
tude. the time of each exposure and
other useful data.
FASCISM'S new electoral law was
passed bj the Italian senate. It re
forms the chamber of deputies and
abolishes democratic'popular suffrage.
The new chamber will be made up
from a single list of 400 Mussolini
picked men, whom the people will ap
prove or reject In a special "yes" or
"no" plebiscite. No opposition list Is 1
to be presented.
UNCLE SAM la going Into th? busi
ness of manufacturing and dispos
ing of fixed nitrates and electric pow
er, If the Morln resolution adopted by
the house Is accepted by the senate In
lieu of a simitar resolution by Norris
already adopted by the upper house
and becomes law. The measure, re
lating to Muscle Shoals, may be vetoed
by the President. In addition to set
ting up a $10,000,000 corporation
for the operation of the obsolete
nitrate plants, and the disposal of
power, the bill authorizes expenditure
of sufficient funds to complete dam
No. 2. Estimates on the authorized
Improvements run as high as $40,000,
000. This will be In addition to the
$140,000,000 which the government has
already spent on the Muscle Shoals
project
GUILTY on two charges of Im
prudent and unmlnlsterlal con
diet and suspended permanently from
oxerdslng the functions of a bishop
was the verdict of the Methodist Epls
copal ecclesiastical court In the oh
of Bishop Anton Bast of Copenhagen,
tried during the general conference In
Kansas City. The court continued the*
Danish bishop In his membership and
ministry and recommended provision
for his support until the next meeting
of his conference. The charges against
Bishop Bast Involved misuse of charity
funds.
. $ ; ~
/ Reclaimed Land Mad?
to Yield Big Crop*
Hand embraced in federal reclama
lon projects, considered practically
f valueless 22 years ago, produced crops
ism year with a (roes ralue of flSS,
,97210, the highest amount realised
from this acreage atooe the war peak
, If lua.* r
, Itepoits and snrteys by the Depart
ment of the Interior show that the.
vtloe of stops grown daring the leal
ten yean en )iaad Irrigated treat
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work* ^constructed by the bureau of
reclamation amounts to mofarthan 11.
000,000,000.
la 1900, when the money returns
upon Irrigated land first began com
ing In. the total crop raise was $M4,
000. Lastjrear cotton alone grown on
the projectb was valued at $10,700,727.
Alfalfa led all crops on the project 1
last year from the standpoint of acre
age, being grown on 4S8.6T5 acres, or
81 per cent at,the total croflgt trams
of 1,481888 aaaaa This crag was fat
lowed by wheat, 188871 acres repre
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?ratine 13.3 per cent of the total acre
age, and cotton, 178375 acres which
accounted for 12.5' per cent. No other
crop occupied a* much aa 5 per cent
of the cropped acreage.
The bumper year on the reclama
tion projects was 1919. I*ast year's
figures crowd the returns registered
at that time rery closely. The crop
ralue In 1919 was S152.978.400. This
waa followed by a decline during the
deflation period to S83.flCrt.8B0 In 1922
alter Which valuee rose steadily to
8181384.780 in 1925. ^
FLANDERS MEMORIAL
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The American Memorial to the eol
dlora who fall In Flandara. Thla wIN
ba aractad In the Flandara American
cemetery, near Waereghem, Belgium,
aa part of the work of the American
commleeion.
True Spirit of j
Memorial Day^jl 1
j
Memorial day, which waa originally j
dedicated to the memory of the sol- t
dlers of the Union army In the Civil ]
war, without whose services and sao- ]
rlflce we should, as far as one can see, ^
have had no Union, has broadened ,
out In truth It Is not a war, but a ,
peace day, and ought to be so regard- |
ed. For It testifies to the spiritual, ,
as well as the material gains won for ,
us by the brave men who had laid ,
down their lives for the nation. While |
for many years the day has been ob
served rather as a holiday than a .
holy day?the present customs being
nothing new except perhaps as they
have been exaggerated?there bave al
ways been large numbers of our peo
ple, as there are today, who keep tbe
day, In thought at least, as there are
still those who fittingly observe It
It Is not likely that the people will
ever forget what they owe to the
brave men who fought their wars. The
important thing Is that they should
capture something of the spirit that
animated them, and show the same
devotion to the country, tbe same re
gard for Its honor and welfare. Wo
ueed an army of peace, need It sorely,
composed of men' and women who will
count nothing dear If only they may
do something to make righteousness
prevail In our national life?righteous
ness and true freedom.
The suggestion has been made that
Memorial day he observed on the last
Sunday In May. Thus It would be
possible to empharlze the religious sig
nificance of the day. We only suggest
that, If this Is done, the day following
be retained as a holiday. It has been
for so long observed as such that It
would he a pity to deprive the people
of It But whatever Is or Is not done
In this way, our people should endeav
or to draw some Inspiration from the
sacrifices that others have made, and
vow that a country which has cost so
much In blood shall he kept clean and
true.?Indianapolis News.
Viriting Graves of
Brave Men They% Led
The American lads lying beneath,
the crosaea in France received their
meaanre of commemoration In the ob
servance of Memorial day last year.
General Perahlng, tbelr commander,
Marahal Foch. Ambaaaador Herrlck,
high officials of the French govern
ment and representatives of the
American, French and British vet
erana' aocletlea Joined In honoring the
hero dead. .
A special service was held In the
American cathedral In Paris and sim
ilar ceremonies In -the American
churches In other cities and towns.
The French Joined with the Amer
icana In decking with flower* all the
American war cemeteries.
Photograph show* Harabal Foch
and General Pershing Inspecting
grares of American heme* la the
cemetery at 8arcane*.
Love's Tribute
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?rrea. flooay trafafag caap In immtmIm
Iruigeay.
To jroa who twl over mm aa4 mkm aur*
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eltorod or tmOU.
To yoo lode who Mil enhaieHoee and a
amoloeo fravo fa tfco ooeoa eal loaded sw
may fa Froaoo.
To tbeee who ore otJQ euffoHag froae woaade
tad yoo, ekell ehock aad dfaoaoo.
To theoe who died.
Our proyoro, our lovo aad oar faoro.
Memorials Call
Living to Duty
Tbli Is the season when God's acre,
o use a name favored by the Pilgrim
rathers, Is at Its loveliest. Nature Is
tlnd to even the meanest and most
teglected burying place, carpeting the
mnken grave with the softest green
ind glorifying the crumbling bead
itone with clinging vine and fragrant
>losaom. This Is the season when the
vell-kept cemeteries are bowers of
>eanty, and the Gracelands, the Green
roods, the Woodmeres, of the great
:ltleA are visited by musing multl- *
:udes who do not forget to remember.
All over this land of ours are pa
riots' graves. The heroes of Ave
wars rest In the soli of the country
lor which they died. Linked together
Inseparably Is the youngest who died
In the World war with the oldest who
rave his all In the War of the Bevo-"'
lutlon. Roses and lUles; fuchsias and
lilacs; flsgs and Insignia; songs of
thrush and cardinal; bugles sounding
taps; tbtn wavering line of the veter
ans of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic; strong, sturdy and youthful veter
ans of th# last great conflict?what
memories Memorial day brings, bow
costly Is a nation's achievements In
brain and brawn and blood I
It Is a good and wise thing to muse
amid the monuments and memorials
where sleep those who loved the na
tion well enough to defend Its prin
ciples nnd die for the preservation of
Its Integrity. A journey to Mount
Vernon just to stand five minutes be
fore the tomb of Washington Is worth
all that It costs In time, money, even
to those who live clear across the
country. A pilgrimage to Springfield
to dream by the hillside where the
dust of Lincoln rests amidst the
prairies that he loved and In the old
town where his children used to play.
Is an education for the heart What
lessons at the patriot's grave for those
of us who live?lessons of loyalty, sac
rifice, and high service 1
Yean Hat)4 Thinned
Ranlu of Grand Army
The rank* ot the 0. A. R. marcher*
on Memorial day are growing pitiably
thin. But the old uniform make* the
grizzled wearer throw back hi* *houl
LMt Of the Poet.
dera; rheumatlam la temporarily for
gotten, paley Ignored; there la a mar
tial atep; the throba of the drum,
the nerre-tightening, muacle-tautea
Ing notea of the Ante and life; the
thinning ranka march on to the final
reating place of the comradea. An
other Memorial dag la here and we
atop to honor the men who made the
new United 8tatea; who took the
broken plecea of an empire and put
them together again.
The Aftermath
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"Cauliflower Cloud" During Eruption of 8akur?Jima, Japan.
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(rraptria oj ?? ninoni umirwu??
Society. Washington. D. C7)
VOLCANIC eruptions and eartb
quakes, which for ages mun
believed to be tbe work of ma
lignant demons or wrathful
tods, are gradually yielding tbe secrets
>f their causes and processes to selen
itic Investigators. It Is In an effort
o extend still further science's abll
ty to understand these forces of na
;ure, aqd even to forecast tbeir ap
jearances, that tbe National Geo
rraphlc society Is sending an expedl
Jon this spring and summer to study
ntenatvely tbe conditions In one of
be world's greatest volcanic regions,
the smoking vents of the Alaskan
peninsula and tbe Aleutian Islands.
The studies will be conducted by
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who has lived
For many years In an observatory on
the brink of the crater of KUauea,
itudylng that mighty volcano's moods
is shown In tbe waxing and waning
if Its pits of molten lata. How It
las already been possible with present
knowledge to prophesy a volcanic
eruption and so to save thousands of
lives. Is seen In tbe circumstances sur
rounding the eruption of SakuraJIma,
Japan, In ldlA
This greatest eruption In the an
nals of the Island empire resulted In
the loss of only SS lives and some
millions of dollars In property. Scien
tific Investigation Is, In large measure,
to be credited with the relstlvely few
casualties, for It was through the
prediction of the Imminence of the
Saknrajlma outbreak that the Inhabi
tants of a populous district were en
abled to flee from the wrath about to
comq.
It was through a study of premoni
tory earthquakes lu their relation to
volcanic outbreaks that the Sakura
jlma eruption waa definitely predict
ed; cooTersely, It is hoped that, in
time, through exhaustive study of vol
canic activities, earthquakes may be
predicted with accuracy. The phe
nomena of the Sakurajlma eruption,
therefore, are proving of transcendent
Importance to the scientific world,
and the measures which were taken
to safeguard life at that time are
being eagerly studied anew.
The volcano of 8akurajlma, shaped
much like Vesuvius, rises to a height
of 8.M0 feet, directly opposite the city
of Kagoshlma, In Kagoshima bay?a
tongue of water extending some ho
miles Into the southern end of Kyu
shu, the most southerly of the four
main Islands of the Japanese achlpela
go. Growths of young pine trees mark
the course of old lava flows from the
two main craters of the summit.
Warning of Sakurajlma Outbreak.
Prior to the eruption of 1914,18 vil
lages, with an aggregate population of
22,000 Industrious farmers and fisher
folk, nestled on tip shores of this
small volcanic Island, which nearly
filled the bay between Kagoshlma and
the Osumt promontory. The channel
between the volcano and the dty was
barely two and one-half miles wide,
with a depth of from nineteen to
seventy fathoms, while that on the
Osuml side was only one-third of a
mile wide, with an average depth of
mbra than fifty fathoms Kagoshlma,
the thriving capital dty of the prov
ince, with a population of 70,000, la
the center of Satsnma pottery manu
facture and of a fertile tanning re
gion, producing tobacco, dtrus fruit,
and sugar cane.
Men of science had long known
what lay In store for Kagoshlma. Ex
perience had taught observers that
when "swarms" of earthquakes begin
In the vicinity of an active volcano,
the "underground dragon" la writhing
and preparing to make trouble. -
In 1800 and 1910 two writers pub
lished wantage that 8aknrajlma was
likely to erapt explosively after vio
lent prmnoBitoiy earthquakes.
RatataIL"durtag ink at Kagoshlma
had beaoxannsoaUy light, as had bees
the cseegty years andjweitay yean
,
uaviug liccii luuuncu ujr cvua? uvu<it/ .
In one or more of the volcanoes on
the Island of Kyushu. Violent erup
tions began In 1013, not at Sakurajl
ma, but on Klrlshlma, where these
were three outbursts, the last two be
ing on November 8 and December 9.
On SakuraJIma, however, earth
quakes began to occur In "swarms?*
and people began- to jump. Three
strong shocks were felt on the after
noon of January 10, followed In the
evening by two more. The next morn
ing there were three strong shocks,'
accompanied by rumblings, before sun
rise. The earthquakes now became In
creasingly alarming. Growling notese
preceded some and a roaring, as of -
escaping gas under pressure, fol
lowed others.
People Flee From Eruption.
Four hundred seventeen earthquakes
were recorded at Kagoshlma between
4 a. m., January 11, and 10 a. m?
January 12, after which the main
eruption of SakuraJIma began. Count
ing the shocks of the 19th, which had
begun about 1 p. m? there was Imme
diate forewarning In noises and
shakes for 45 hours prior to the ex
plosion.
These warnings were neeaeu. r.very
available sampan sculled with frantic
speed Back and forth across the chan
nel all day Sunday, January 11, mov
ing the natives of the Island, their
bedding, mats, rice bays, and canary
birds, to the mainland. By Monday
, the army, navy and other government
departments, railways and steamship
lines were all helping. Sunday after
noon, about two o'clock, during a pe
riod of violent quaking, a report came
from Tarumi, southeast of Sakurajima,
that white pmoke was seen rising from
the middle of the volcano. The Mon
dny period of seismic activity waa
strikingly terminated and relieved by
the volcanic outbreak of ten o'clock.1
The climax came at 10:05, when.
In the middle of the side of the moun
tain toward Kagoshlmn, the awe
stricken people saw the bard profile
of a swelling balloon of black smoke
rise majestically from the ground
where, an hour before, were orange
orchards, terraced fields of sugar
cane, and gardens of radishes. Ten
minutes after the first outbreak a sim
ilar cauliflower column rope from the
east flank of the volcano, but this was
dwarfed by the towering western shaft
with which It eventually merged.
With occasional lulls, but with ever
increasing violence, the booming con
cussions of the eruption grew more
and more terrible. Flashes of light
ning danced through the great billows
of smoke apd dust, and. in the lower
portion of the great black column,
vertical Unas of upward streaming
rocks, bombs, sand, and smoke, cart
ing as high as the mountain itself,
could be seen from time to time.
Fatalities In Kagoshlma.
The crista, which resulted in the
only loss gt Ufe during the disaster,
occurred at 6:29, when a terrific earth
quake threw down walls and buildings
at Kagoshlma, dislodged bowlders
from cliffs, and Interrupted railway
and telegraph services. Fugitives were
trapped in landslides, and a tidal
wave, with a tenfoot swing, caused
serious damage to small boats In the
harbor. Thirty-five persons were
crushed to death and 112 were Injured.
This quake Is to be classed as a
"world shaker," for it was recorded
on seismographs in Europe.
The lava flows from the volcano
bad begun and the gas explosions had
relieved the under earth of mllUoos of
tons of matter, so that this quake,
was probably the evidence of a deep
movement, or settling, that had begun
along the great chain of Byu-Kyu vol-'
canoes, extending from Kyushu to Tai-'
i wan (Formosa) in a string of islets;
. goo miles to the southwest
Simultaneously with the occurrence'
i of the big quake a sodden lava glow,
i was observed on the amoks coadag!
i frees the volcano. This lunftpssl tej
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