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Show RAISING OF FLAG CAUSESTUMULT SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., April 26 Telephones jangle in vain and employes em-ployes and patrons stand at attention for three mineB daily in one of the big I department stores here when an American flag is unfurled from a high balcony in plain sight, of all This ceremony cere-mony is followed by the. store's band of 30 pieces and chorus of 60 voices leading the "Star Spangled Banner," in which all present are asked to join. While the national anthem is being played and sung, no goods are sold. The ceremony occurs at noon sharp having been changed from 9 o'clock In the morning in order that as many patrons pa-trons of the store as possible might be given a chunce to participate. nn |