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Show Sea Training Urges Him to Save Flag Chicngo. He was born on the Rhine and he sailed the seas in Dutch vessels ves-sels long before he braved the storms of Great Lakes navigation. On those watery highroads, James Haag learned the lessons in patriotism patriot-ism which sent him rowing in his little boat across Belmont harbor to rescue an American flag which waved above the burning yacht Scout. The boat, owned by William A: Hofnauer, caught fire In the engine room on the eve of a week-end cruise. The flagpole, which Haag has in his shanty on the edge of Belmont harbor, where he is employed as a watchman for Lincoln park tug No. 1, Is blistered almost to the top, and there are holes in the flag burned by sparks. The flagpole was almost ablaze when Haag jumped on deck, after every one had left the boat, and rescued it. Haag, who has as fine recommendations recommenda-tions as a first mate as any one could wish to hold, said he didn't think anything any-thing about the danger from the exploding ex-ploding gas tank that every one in the harbor was dashing to cover to avoid, but just that it would be a shameful thing and contrary to all his old sea training to see the flag go down in flames. He's keeping the flag now for the owner. Haag lives in a little- house that looks just like the houso of a sailing man, at 1744 Berry street. It's all freshly painted white and blue and a few trimmings of gray and a spot of red just like a Dutch ship. Haag puts new paint on the front of tils house just as often as he used to paint his boats, and there's a flag from the ridgepole on occasions, too. |