Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1928, Page 26

26 “HAWES PRESENTS . FLODD AID IDEAS Asks President to Give Civil-| ians Equal Representa- tion on Board. Br the Associated P President Coolidge was urgnd to piace THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FEBRUARY 19. 1928—PART 1. mmed reports yesterday of an un- 2 hours spent by the home-loving ((\lk‘ of Burleith Friday night while firemen and policemen pried into the | dark recesses of the manholes in the cicinity of Thirty-fifth and S streets in search of a mysterious noise coming from the undersurface. which, it was said, sounded lke discordant notes from a steam calliope. The firemen and the policemen, who | had been called out by the nervous ! and excited Burleithians, looked in vain for the origin of the strange noise, and were still searching when Maj. Wil ge Tones Mystxfy Burleith Until Ma] Covell Arrives on Scene Officials of the District Government | which connects the Georgetown reser- voir with the MeMillan Park reservoir. Attaches of the United States Engi- neers’ office earlier in the day had un- watered the tunnel to make an inspec- | tion preparatory to awarding a contract ! for repairs. and when the water was| turned back into the tunnel it rushed in with such force, it was explained, that it .overloaded the relief valve at Thirty-fifth and S streets, which caused | it to whistle as the air escaped. The water was released in the tunnel Friday for the first time in 17 vears. ‘The.repairs that are contemplated will | cause it to be out of service for 45| DUGE T0 CHASTEN SARDINIA ISLAND By the Associated Press ROME, February |a~r‘rcmm‘ Musso- Clean-Up Order Fo|lows Pa- cification of Mafia in Sicily. 1924, show that the number of crimes per 100,000 inhabitants was then only 1,523 in Sicily, while Sardinia’s rate was 3,172, Once Sardinia is chastened, as was -which is likely to be no easy job est soldlers—observers of the premiers NN In Appreciation to our many friends and patrons who responded to onr Anniversary Sale we wish to extend our thanks. Our aim is to satisfy and campaign are wondering when he will tackle the region of Calabria, comprising three provinces in the famous Italian abria in 1924 showed 3.285 | since that island produces Italy’s hardi- ‘ crimes per 100,000, the murder rate be- i ing 22 and the theft rate 741. The total crimes committed were 33522, with 19- |541_convietions. “Ordinary delinquencirs had a ruds setback, particularly in Sicily, but there COST vs. in the care of the fecth. cost shou Alth 00 Come to Dr. Frmnt & Staff of Ex S is yet something to be done in Sardinia” the premier said. “particularly in centers where there are remnants of bans which must be destroged at no mat what cost. The Carabinieri alread: zre weil trained in this work and they will finich it HEALTH 14,00t even he eansidered. inasmnch as ane urices are amazingls 1w Guaranteed $20.00 $10.00 pert, Carflm] & Skilled Dentists ual representation between civilian liam E. R. Covell, senior assistant Engi- The Army Engincers now. it is rously a B . B e | e ieins ehens {nnersicon. ave fvorking (oilLiadDianit| &/t o2 o) L S we will continue to do so. Terms of commission created to handle the Mis- | and dispelled all foars. get water temporarily to the McMillan | fjERtaiad FIOGER 1) o8y re- REece sissippi Valley flood problem. by SCnator | ypaj Covell, himself a rosident of TATK reservoir. | cent anti-Mafia_prosecutions and con- il Hawes Democrat, Misouri, dUMiNg | Burleith. and. of course, deeply con- Sy | victions. The decision was_announced SH AH OP I l‘ Al ‘ 0 N S A0S “éxl-h‘cmvf;&::uf,‘ xshC ::3;“;1\(1“;‘(;\“\« Jie ;“";m over “}‘P welfare of the com- Sapphires from Montana mines have | today to officers of the Carabinieri rnm{ . GRADE A INCCONSTANT { his views on the proposed flood legisia- tion. which he said he presented to the President, He declared he told Mr. . (uiye ESaBCE e 5 Teabtl . : LUANLINESS 1S ONE OF 0UR STRISG FE e e o \ho fiaod | Ve _on_the old Levdecker tunncl. cxcept those from Cevlon. 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