Ud-
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‘dstotslet'tthenockwood home
in an automobile. on a
trip. Thawerescoomvth‘
’ ’ When they reached the nasco creek
they left the boy to watch the
I: obile. Equipped tor clam axe-
they walk“ about three unar-
bfamileouttothecsssceutshapi
s'pnd bar. easily acoosdhie at low
' ' All three of the sisters were inti-
mly familiar with the vicinity
me they were to meet so sudden
togother. nee they '6"
ml girls. they sd been accustom-
‘. frequently. to take trip to the sand
fir to dig clams. ,
Tide Starts Rising-
fleme time after 8 o'clock. the tide
urted rising. lts turn was accom-
filed by a strong wind and
choppy waves started running over
Ille bar.
The Lockwood boy watched uneas-
fly as the water rose. Becoming
ifrklltened. he blew the automobile
men to warn his mother and aunts.
'J‘bey did not hear him. because of the
I'dlsectlon of the wind. nally. sens-
fln‘the da r of the t ree women.
Ibo boy jum from the car and
emitted running for home. He is said
m to have told anyone he pa-ed of
Oh mother's plight. He reached home
and breathlessly told his father. When
“her and son returned. the th‘ree
“men had drowned.
Secs “'omon’s Plight.
' ', Captain Fred Sherwood, sitting on
Ike front porch of his home near the
arbor road shore. saw the three wo-
m. about three quarters of a mile
anyway. at 3:30 o’clock. They were in
enter at that time up to their waists.
uni impressed Captain Sherwood as
being in swimming. They did not ap-
pear to be struggling. although the
vwafcher wondered vaguely why they
slldn't come ashore.
Falls Asleep.
After watching the three figures for
a short time, Captain Sherwood fell
“deep on a porch couch.
It is said that. had the three wo-
nmen walked along the bar. they could
inve reached shore by a roundabout
mic. Had they attempted. not real-
Ising how far in the tide had come. to
sdrike out direct for the Southport
‘ore by the shortest route. they
id have lwcn plunged in a dccp
lc in a heavy surf.
'No person saw the women strug-
‘Ilng in the water. nor did their cries
[or help reach the shore.
Woman Discovers Body.
The first body recovered was seen
about 7 o'clock by Mrs. Rogers of
Willow street. floating in the surf on
lb beach nearghcr home. She noti-
fied Captain William Sherwood. a
fighbor. and he and Captain Robert
Jeliife brought the body up on the
h. and notified Medical Examiner
ldson of F‘airfleid.
A little later. James O'Hara. em-
.byed by the H. R. Childs family.
Mllow street. was about to enter the
inter for a. swim. when he. was con-
.gonted by the second body. floating
stint 100 yards from where the first
.w found. lie summoned Captains
.erwood and Jclii'fe. and they
will. it. ashore. ‘
Floating near the surface of the
‘ner of! the White rock. the body
set the third sister was a short time
rafter located by Captain Sherwood. It
9—- wclghted down by a bag of round
sch-ls. tied about the waist. Two of
the bodies were badly cut and bruised
l-L being thrown against the rocks by
as waves.
’ >Deputy Sheriff Elwood of Fairfield
,1" notified of the triple tragedy and
is identified the victims.
Husbands Hysterical
Aaron Lockwood and George Calla-
reached the beach soon after the
Niel of their wives were rescovered.
M men collapsed into
’ Miter Marks had not been located
..powu
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‘i'
11" 3- ’1;
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oil-plated
3M and Mongolia.
' .. noes-m of the
1 mm a further interruption of five
- to late last night.
“a sought to notify hi of the
lug. Mra Aaron Lockwood. 8n.
'Ihen she viewed her daughter-in-
h‘s body. was so seriously shocked
‘e showed evidence of temporary
ntal dernvlgemcnt. The pitiful
a: on the beach. when the tw
., nds broke down over the bodle
d their wives. was witnessed by a
“to crowd of the morbidly curious.
may of them women.
Undertaker Fable took charge of
the bodies. and will make arrange-
mts today for a triple funeral.
“pennant nun/r BY CHINESE.
PIKING. .July 15. —'l‘he Peking-
“yuan railway financed and built by
m. has Just been completed. It
. regarded as a triumph of Chinese
mung skill as applied to railroad
It extends from the capital.
.8 miles through a rich but undevel-
“ motion. and its construction pre-
many difficult engineering pro-
and passing as it does through
7’ ‘ I administrative areas in two
' many poliicai obstacles had
.bo overcome as well.
Projected extensions and branch
will afford communication with
u Soilow River district on one hand
a with the Trans-Siberian system
{Ca (be other. and wil open up. when
the great hinterland of
m on the railway was begun in
0 I.“ when Yuan Bhih- Kai was serv-
gang as director general of railways.
the first section from Peking to
was opened for traffic in 1910.
that construction was upended
revolution until
3-. occurred during the European
’ Yet lung-cho. the recently retired
We! communications. finished
w. '7.” last winter. When linked
m the Trans-Siberian and with‘
m Peking-Canton line. it
-- - the longest continuous all.
n: Munication in the world.
_54fi; mums—#—
- the country is through with
tools.
i nails-1 in
hystericg, enced in “taking on."
:3
,e
“allT
El.
3
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ii
highest known water mark in June
floods. This is the only bridging of
the Colorado above Needles. Cal. sue
miles to the south by river «tress
you “step it oil" on the map—«Bantu
Chalmers Adams in National Geo
graphic Magazine.
WILL‘ BUILD “SACRED lull"
rnneo-o Idea for Munorisl is the
Fallen Soldiers of All Nations,
Is Beautiful.
The much have a happy instinct of
doing the right thing where saddled:
is concerned; they have a sense of
rigbtness in these'things where we
sometimes blunder. \Vherever one'gfns
in England there may be seen me-
morials of the Boer war that limo
much to be desired; perhaps that is
why the memorials of the great war
are so much better. And shunt fie
cenotsph has grown up. become
llshed. a custom that will lite: it is
rare to see s man pass that inlpressi'vo
monument in Whitehall withontrsiiing
his hat in token of respect. ‘ "
The members of the French and”
sign press met recently at ill“!!! also
otnces of the Bar le Duc forflllepult
pose of creating a committee of my sl-
lied press in connection wi
pose] to erect. in Bar is Doc.
ing point of the “Sacred Way." an are
de triomphe in memory of the obscure
soldiers of all nations and raci- who
died in the defense of right and
ty. The“8scredWsy" lsalongind
picturesuue route. starting it her is
One and aiding at Vedas. v”
is regarded as the route tllst gave
tory. the only one which rems 2'1...
and by which the Verdun non
kept supplied with food. guns and :-
nltions.
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Record A» most. _.
The longest commercial W
night in Canada was amplified I.
centiy when an airplane with pilot.
passenger. and mechanic. new from
Winnipeg. Man. to The Pas. em.
a distance of 478 miles. no flying
time for the trip was six hours twelve
minutes. says Popular Mechanics In}
nine. The long flight was made in-
out previous arrangements havingbe.
made for landing grounds.
etc. The landing at Hudson hay
Junction had to be made in a “m
keg." or swamp. there being no other
place. and great dinlculty was expert
This is the
rst machine to fly north of 53 “-
lly authorities grees latitude in Saskatchewan; Manl-
tuba, and Ontario. 011 its m ht
The Pas. tremendous excitement O-
sued and lndlsns from afar and by
the score to view the “Thunder Bird.“
as one old Cree Indian sputum-latch
named the machine.
-. I" 1’
.New Building nl'storlal.
An all-mineral substitute 'forfitiod.
composed of Portland cement. sand
and asbestos fiber. has been found
to serve excellently as a base forwslls.
iloors, etc.. as. being cellular in gone
ture, it takes nails easily and bola
them firmly. The new material. I"!
Popular Mechanics Linguine, has the
advantages over wood of being,nre
and warpproof. This latter. mam
makes it especially suitable for was
s snbnooring when composition floors
are used. as cracking of thsih‘l'et'is-
said to be eliminated.‘ Al 'itflial M
pm of holding nails well, interior
wood trimming and shingleaqnay-‘be
nailed directly to the new base mate-
rial. It is also said to possess good
insulath qualities.
Not Surprising. L": d 7
There was recently erected in.»-
western town an orthopedic hospml
the architectural features of whiclibe-
came the subject of dist-assumin-
twesn two members of a (lulu ale
me a physician and the other an
"allied. no ”.7
“thtdoyouthiukofltssahuild-
ingf" asked-3e medlco. a ..
The architect smiled. “Emu-nails."
he observed. “the design -is m
and internally the treatment-eta sue
what severe. as is usual lam
lit-L"
Alert Million. l/‘ir‘:
“nowdoyosflsmthsttlisnml
nstrisworthssmachasthclsm
as
'ftssvesyoumoney.!oadmltm
lmfl.m .
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madmurapromno"rasoamsososls '
. many years when rainfall ,is. quite
"‘It’s' the 117th Sale.
. , It has all the benefits of age and ex-
penence—and all the vigor and enthusiasm of
‘ oath. J
Every part of the store isin the Mill End
End Spirit. .
. - a
.1: Lu;
, . - II
'~
- a
Every “sort of merchandisehas a Mill End
price. I . .1 '
. Every man and woman who knows a bar-
gainywillbeatthesale.
\
‘ ‘ «TO FOLKS. WHO DON’T KNOWr—Tlle Mill End sale
a store-wide offering of dependable met-chemise at special
price. Its savings are great. I‘ts quantifies large. The store
.- ’ Has held it twice . a year for 23 years. We couldn’t do that.
1 could‘ we, if it were not worth your- coming to? I
Expect Bi. wgest L avings-
THE 'HowLaND DRY“ goons to.
Government . forecasts and would
rather beliexe in' the groundhog .ll'
spurious long-range forecasters.
However, that orecaats and warn
ings of the bores are of least import-
ance to the average pedestrian afraid
of, getting his hat wet_ or going on a
picnic; it isii‘a immense value to
marine interests and manifold busi-
ness enterprises throughout the coun-
try that pays many times Over for the
expenditures for the service.
The American people do not like to
give up certain wesmer proverbs d‘nd
We; it gives them something to
think and talk about. thoush they are
really intelligent enou¢h to know that
most of them are mere superstitions.
Kelly of the proverbs are partially true
and have W from some good
_ _ but frequently the
real value isdost for the sake of rhy-
tam.-
OONN. SILK INDUSTRY NEARLY
TRIPLE!) IN 5 YEARS AFTER 191‘
st. Swithin a Fraud Wheth-
er He Predicts Rain or
Drona. ‘ 23‘; S. .
Gonnnuedmmmm
dustry reported products made from
silk valued ‘at 89.07.870.000 in .1913
and 8‘1. 261. 000 in 1914.
Although New Jersey has the lug-
est number ot silk goods establish-
m‘ents. Pennsylvania reported 33.0 per
cent. of the total value of products for
the United States against 81. a per
cent. for New Jersey. followed by New
York with 11. 9 per cent. Connecticut
Annual Value of Product Jumps From for these
$24,803,000 to $67,516,000.
WASHINGTON, July 15.—The ag-
gregate value of silk products annual-
ly manufactured in Connecticut near-
ly tripled in the first five years after
the beginning of the World War. it
was shown in figures made'public to?-
day by the census bureau. The value
Jumped from 824. 893. 078 in 1914 to
867. 516. 708 in 1910. which latter fig-
ure was 9.8 per cent. of the total pro-
duction in the United States. yuued
at $688. 946. 000.
Connecticut stands fourth not only
in this respect but also in the number
of silk manufacturing establishments
operated in the state. Vin. forty-
one as against 188 in New York. I'll
in Pensylvanla and Its in New Jersey.
Rhode Island comes “Connecticut
century. However. there are a great
heavy and persistent. and cloudiness
and humidity excanVe didn‘t”.
period. more frequently than v-
conditions. as, normally. I and
August are the two months of the year
with heaviest Tamil. 5??
How remsm a rew
weeks le5 whether or not it
rained on that day. unlem it happens
that a few consecutive days with some
precipitation immediately foil". and
showery. unsettled weather perhaps
prev-discs udumrafewwseha
Then St. hithinisoonddesedagood‘
We should- thus be content to know
Today is at. 961mm Day inciden-
.wrong. An occasional mistake by the
tally.
bureau. especially if the weather ele-
ment interferes with certain plans or
pleasures. is always remembered. but
the is per cent. or so per cent. of the
.verined pmdietions is entirely forgot-
tell. The public is prejudiced against
._._.'_'1' ‘
Mia: Sheppard of Norwnikwas a
recea guest of Mr. Jud.” m
s 3 per cent:
cent. The combined val
As soon as the Nations!
of the Assym- “'0
pected that. it will elect
as President.
‘
)2.
nassachusettl. ‘ 9 V"
ue of mem
states is 96. 5 per cent. of the
total value of products for the silk
"a slot ’
goods ind tilt TY; ‘
M
at
:1
1
Heather PM but if conditions are that if .JM fluvius visits us on with “I. ll II‘ - f“ - -.
to the contrary of the supposed incl. rm 15 thatafim not rain some time Wm, ‘ffi‘gw‘fig. b’ In“. enact enter the cylinders. . . ; 1":
cations on July 15. he a cannery for- at for sol-tr consecutive dayai 41”., d, , v mm P * . '
gotten. _ , as it novice, «.3 before at any time of ‘ h!' "l E".
In the public mind at. "' pg, the .year. 8 it did it would be a taro-4
belief is a great deal like gull id" ‘ coincidence 8‘ I remarkable meter- I!!! mm!"
that the Weather Bureau fi' always phenomenon. ”this—Inks I“ prove ii
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