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Show Risks Life on Capitol Roof to Fly Old Glory Flag Twice Blown From Staff Is Hung From Window Win-dow by Custodian. RESIDENTS of the more sheltered portions of the city evidently did not appreciate the strength of the .February breeze which raped around capitol hill yesterday. To them it was little short of treason that Old Glory was not flying as usual from the capitol flagstau, especially in view of the fact that it was Washington's birthday. In an effort to ward off the storm of patriotic protests, John H. Cook, custodian of the statehouse, narrowly escaped a tumble from the statehouse roof. Throughout the day Governor Simon Bamberger and other state officers who were taking advantage of the holiday to catch up with work at the. capitol were kept busy answering the queries of patriotic citizens as to why the national colors were not displayed from the statehouse flag pole. Early yesterday morning Custodian Cook ran up the flag, as usual. In ten minutes . or loss the strong wind, to which capitol hill was exposed, carried car-ried away the flag and tho pulleys and the ropes' by which it was attached to the pole. Mr. Cook then took up another flag and slipped and skidded around over the roof for half an hour before he finally succeeded in getting it tied to the flagstaff. t remained up even a shorter" time than the first flag; the ropes were snapped as though they had been so much string, and Old Glory was carried awav bv the breeze. Not to be denied in his patriotic pursuit, pur-suit, Mr. Cook took a third flag and fastened it from the balcony window on the fourth floor of the building. The flag remained there the rest of the day, but was whipped into shreds by the time the statehouse was closed for the night. |