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Show i the (tore suddenly opened lit flood f;nte and began to work as energetieml. v aa if the etore had beta on fire, r'or twenty minute the device sprinkled war, while the watchman raced about looking for a stopcock. The sprinkler waa gauged to go into action at 143 decrees de-crees or higher, while the temperature on the afreet level reached a maximum of only 101 degrees. HEAT PUT AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS TO WORK CHICAGO. June 1". Perhaps the moat curious freak of the record breaking break-ing performance of the mercury yee-terdav yee-terdav occurred. in n big downtown department de-partment atore just before closing time. The atitomstie sprinkler system |