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I August 10, -THE SACRAMENTO STAR- Page Nine Passage of Sweet Bill Is Boon To Disabled Veterans SACRAMENT TO HAVE PAGEANT Days of Gold to Be Re-enacted, With Events That Will Draw Thousand to City (Continued from Page 1) Another day will have as its big feature aquatic sports, with a pageant on the river at night, showIng the arrival of Sutter in Sacramento. The river will be nigh at time of year, and vesels will be brought from Mare Island for the day. Governors' Ball, Too The famous "Governor's Ball' will come- back. A governor's ball, true in every detail of costuming and program will be staged at the state armory, and will be one of the biggest events of the week. At Southside park an Indian village will lend a realistic touch to the city.

Real Indians will be brought down from the north and camped there. While these are the big events of the week, there will be countless smaller ones planned by individual stores, theaters and other businesses here. Moving picture producers are already planning to spend the week in Sacramento taking pic tures which they could not otherwise secure. The entire city in costume, and the reproductions of the old towns, camp, and fort will form unsurpassed scenes. In oddition all the moving picture news weeklies are to be here for pictures.

Idea The entire plan was devised by Arthur S. Dudley, secretary of the chamber of commerce, and was immediately, and enthusiastically by the business men of the city. Dudley is to go east this fall. and while he is there he will arrange with the general agents of every transcontinental railroad for special rates to California during that week. He is planning that a large lithographed poster of the pageant! shall be placed in every railway station in the U.

S. A prospectus telling about the festival, and giving pictures is to be printed at once and sent far and wide. Merchants Enthused Merchants of the city are going to underwrite the festival for $50. 000. A unique feature of the festival is the "money" to be used.

Visitors to the different conces-1 sions and attractions in the will not be able to buy their way in, with American money, or to spend regular dollars and cents. for whatever they may wish to buy at the pageant. The only thing they can buy with their actual money will be '49 and this 49 money will the coinage of the realm as long as the festival lasts. The 49 money is to be good in every store in Sacramento. can be spent for food, clothing.

hotel bills, or anything else. The only thing it won't buy is actual money. The committee of 100 appointed today to take general of the festival will hold a meeting at once to appoint a general manager and sub-committees. FOLSOM FOLSOM, Aug. 10.

Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Farmer has gone San Francisco on a month's vaca-1 tion.

G. H. Young has gone to 'Oakland, where he will join his wife and daughter for a two weeks' vacation. Miss Hattie Miller has gone to the mountains for two weeks. Mr.

and Mrs. Geo. Elliott and; son George are spending a few weeks' vacation at Mineral, Tehama-co. Miss Anita Lawson of San Francisco is the guest of her brother, E. H.

Lawson. R. P. Rawlins has resigned his position as principal of the Folsom grammar school, where he has taught for the past four years, and will go to Chico to reside. ELK GROVE ELK GROVE, Aug.

Waitman, wife and daughter, are spending a few days around Lake Tahoe. Chester and Frank Crump families are viewing the sights, in the Yosemite. J. T. Ramsey and M.

A. Powell and families, formerly of this, place, have returned from a vacation in the Yosemite. C. Martin and family have returned from Yosemite. S.

C. Markofer has returned from Santa Cruz. Mrs. Markofer and son will remain the, remainder of month. Carma Matson, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. C. Matson, is ill in Santa Cruz. They are returning from that place today. Rev.

McVay and family leave for the Yosemite Thursday. ISLAND PROBLEM CAN'T BE ENDED BEFORE SHOWDOWN William Philip Simons, "fa- MOUN aN a war correspondent and writer on international affairs, has made a personal sOrvey of conditions today in the Philippines for the Sacramento Star. His stories on the results this survey are especially valuable at this time when the commission, nppointed by Pres. Harding, is making a similar survey, to determine what course United States shall pursue with the islands. By WM.

PHILIP SIMMS Written Expressly for the Star. MANILA, Aug. am able to state on absolutely reliable authory that Japanese have recently been seen visiting Fuga, Bataan and other islands of the Philippines. That in some cases they carried surveying instruments and when questioned by the natives, replied they were "looking for gold." That the points visited by the Japanese were thinly populated and of little or no economic or political value. Fuga is between the Philippines land Formosa, belonging to What, constituted the real motive behind these visits can only be conjectured, but that the Japanese are intensely interested the islands' defenses and that they consider the Philippines the "American vanguard for whatever Far Eastern contingencies that may occur," is admitted.

Part of Armament Although Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, now in the Philippines, keeping his own counsel, there every reason to believe he has been made acquainted with these facts. Certain it is that he, in his turn, has visited the points where the Japanese were seen. This may or may not be a coincidence.

It is giving away no secrets say that military and naval circies consider the Philippines as much part of the armament of the U. S. as the Pacific fleet and until a general disarmament agreement can be arrived at among the great powers they must be studied with an eye both to offense and defense. would be a very poor medium who failed to get the impression that Gen. Wood and his aids' will neglect no opportuniti: while here.

Are Islands Peril? The strategic value of the Philippine islands to the U. S. the event of war with a Far Eastern power, is a mooted question out here. The two groups might be called the "scrappers" and the ists." The alarmists declare the ippines would be a source peril to the U. S.

in case of war. and whisper that it is already question of whether it would be a wise policy to announce the world that no attempt would be made to defend the islands against attack. This, they say, would guard against possible future embarrassment and loss of prestige. The best military minds brand such conversation as piffle. The Philippines would be the U.

if compelled to wage war in the orient. what Cologne, Coblenz and other Rhineland bridge-heads are to the allies dealing with- Germany. Fulcrum of Power In so far as they would America's advance post, the post nearest the fighting. they would naturally be in a position of danger, just as any salient jutting into enemy country is. Properly organized, and properly defended, military men generally agree, the islands woull be a source of strength, a point of d'appui, the fulcrum, for America's major operations in this part of the world.

The value of the islands in event of war, however, would evitably depend on the navy. If the American navy were lick ed, islands would be lost a matter of course. As long it remained on top of the sea, islands would be a valuable set. Alarmist View Alarmists say the islands would be impossible to defend. They assert a strong enemy could land a force at Lingayen, Dagupan and San Fabian, at the bottom of the Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, and march southward on Ma-1 nila, following the valley of the Ango river, and using the highways railroads.

A second force, they declare, might land south of Manila, or the Pacific coast, say at Lamon Bay, and, via railways and dirt roads, advance on the capital. Two such converging forces, they argue, might easily make Manila untenable. I have been on these roads. They are good roads. But they are through mountains and marsnes and would serve defenders even better than they would invaders.

If Manila Falls-? But the point scrappers always made was this: "Could you prevent an invasion?" I asked an American fighting man. "Certainly," he replied at once "There wouldn't be much danger las long as the navy remained GOLDSTEIN IS BURIED WED. Aged Resident Passes Away Tues. -Henry Lobner of Colfax Is Laid to Rest The remains of Samuel Goldstein were laid to rest in the Jewish cemetery Wednesday morning. Services were held at his late residence, 913 30th-st, at 10 a.

m. These and the interment, which was private, were supervised by (Miller Skelton, funeral directors Goldstein bad been a resident of Sacramento for the last 27 years and was well known among his people His death Tuesday was caused by hardening of the arteries, due to old age. He was born in Poland 72 years ago. Surviving him is his widow, Etta Goldstein, and his children, Mrs. Rose Penick, Mrs.

Annie Kubel, Esther Goldstein, Bert Goldstein and Reuben Goldstein, who is with the A. E. F. in Germany at the present time. Henry Lobner, resident of Colfax who died Monday, was laid to rest Wednesday following services at 2:30 p.

m. in his late home there. Geo. E. Andrews of Andrews Klumpp, funeral directors of city, had charge of the burial and services.

Lobner suffered from heart trouble and was taken seriously ill last Wednesday. A consultation was held over him Friday, but he succumbed the following Monday. He underwent an operation in this city last spring, and it is thought that the after effects of this might have added to the cause of his death. He was a native of this state. He leaves his widow, Mrs.

Lulu K. Lobner and his daughter, Lorene Lobner. NORTH SACRAMENTO NORTH SACRAMENTO, Aug. Mr. and Mrs.

J. Mento and son have returned from a vacation Santa Cruz, Monterey and the bay. Miss Helen Gardner of Los Angeles is visiting at the home Mr. and Mrs. Will Gardner.

Miss Helen is a cousin of Mrs. Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner with their guest motored to Strawberry for a vacation.

Judge Silas Orr, with a party of friends, has returned from deer hunting trip to Mendocinoco. They were successful in killing three deer. Mr. and Mrs. E.

C. Craft have! returned from a week -end trip Winters. Mr. and Mrs. W.

E. 'Woodard will leave this week for an extonded trip to Tacoma and So. attle and other points in Washington from where they will to Canada to visit relatives in several cities. Mr. and Mrs.

W. J. Billington with their little son have returned home from Stockton. Mr. and Mrs.

Vernon McComb of Los Angeles motored up from their home and were visitors the S. Pomerley home Monday on their way to Lake Tahoe. Mrs. R. K.

Ackerman has gone to San Francisco as a delegate to the Grand Council of Pocahontas. HAGGINWOOD HAGGINWOOD, Aug. and Mrs. C. M.

Agner and family, Mrs. Florence Miller and Miss Blanche Woodward Ethel and Elma Agner, of Hagginwood, accompanied by Mrs. T. M. Lash of Sacramento, made up a camping and spent the week-end in Riverton.

Wm. J. Head of West Berkeley is a guest at the home Cof Mr. and Mrs. F.

M. Washburn. J. Mitchell and family have re-' turned from a motor trip through Amador-co. Mrs.

Arthur A. Wintersteen of Omaha, is visiting at the home of Mrs. Chas. Walker. If You Are Going to PAINT Better Consider This BATTLESHIP PAINT Mixed with pure white lead, linseed oil and zinc $1.75 Per Gallon Will Soon Be Gone.

CAMERON HARDWARE CO. 410. Street Main 3397-W Drive Starts Soon to Aid Disabled Vets The biggest accomplishment of nation for the care of its disveterans of the world war became a reality yesterday when Harding signed the Sweet just passed by congress. This' a campaign the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars many others have been waging two years. The Sweet bill, as signed by the president, provides for consolidatall of the veteran relief agenunder one head and making head of the bureau accountto the president.

Much of its provisions were contained in the Wassom bill, the veto which was Pres. Wilson's last ofact, and other relief measures which failed to pass at the last congress session. After conferences in which Legion officials, Dawes and others participatthe bills were consolidated into which was introduced by Rep. Burton E. Sweet of Iowa.

The bill creates the veteran welfare bureau. It will be headed a director, appointed by the president. The bureau will be a consolidaof the bureau of war risk insurance, public health service and federal vocational board. Heretothese have operated separatewith overlapping authority, and accountable to a different in various governmental partments. Co-ordination of the bureaus will a big forward step, but the provision of the measure whereby the country can be divided into districts, like the federal reserve districts, and each district is empowto take final action in cases, the greatest step of all to relieve suffering among the ex-service men.

The bureau of war risk insurance, been the cause of most of the suffering of veterans, owing to the that, although one of the bigfinancial institutions in the world, it has been centralized so much that everything connected with its work had to be transacted through the Washington office. The bureau handles the insurance of veterans. Its forty billion dollars' worth of this business represents a total more than twice as big as the 19 largest old-line life insurance companies in the United States. In addition, it hapdles all allotments, insurance payments and payments of compensation to sick or disabled veterans. With all of this business central- 3 BOY BANDITS SENTENCED Philippines and Native Guards CHINA CANTON, (FORMOSA PACIFIC SIAM PINE ISLANDS YAP OCEAN 09 NEW CELEBES GUINEA A map of the Philippine Islands showing their close relation to far eastern powers, and a company of native island constabulary.

afloat and probably for some time after it ceased to be--if it ever ceased to be. "It's no secret to admit Phil. waters are almost perfect for mining purposes. Well, with the mines, the cruisers, destroyers, submarines and so on, to cooperate with the land forces, it would be a man's size job for an enemy to land. "Suppose, though, for sake of the argument, the U.

S. should be attacked suddenly and out warning. Suppose surprise landings should be made in the Philippine islands. Suppose even Manila should be taken before could strike back effectively. then? "It would be up to the navy.

"If the enemy won the sea fight the islands would remain in their hands, as a matter of course. "If we won, they would have to get out, equally as a matter of course. With all communications cut what else could they do but quit? "Dewey had the proper idea in 1898. Did he try to capture the Philippines by surprise landing parties? Never. He went after the Spanish fleet, and got it.

After that the rest was easy. "Any potential enemy of Unclal Sam today, if he wanted to do to the U. S. what the U. S.

did to Spain, would follow pretty closely the Dewey idea. He would go after the navy first." Pacific Conference Keen observers here agree 00 this: Pres. Harding cannot solve the Philippine problem until he obtains a showdown on the part of the big powers interested in the Pacific. As part of America's armament in the Pacific, the Philippines must be considered just as the navy is considered. A Pacific conference with the leading powers taking part, looking toward a settlement of the Chinese question and simultaneously a conference on disarmament, would go far towards clearing up the Philippines question.

Such onferences failing, the only other solution to the problem would ibe one at once satisfying the islanders' desire for independence with a protectorate and America's self-preservation needs at one and the same time. PAN In his next story Simms tells how the various factions in the Philippines stand on the question of independence. Bank of Italy Names an Advisory Board Here An advisory board, to assist in the conduct of the policies of the Sacramento branch of the Bank of Italy, has been selected, and i announced today by John S. Cham bers, vice president and of the local bank. Members of the advisory board follow: Mitchell W.

Nathan, of the Chas. P. Nathan man: John J. Monteverde, Dingley vice chairman; L. C.

Hunter, mgr. W. P. Fuller chairman finance committee; Dr. Fredk.

N. Scatena. physician; C. E. McLaughlin, Dennis Leary, fruit grower, Walnut Grove; J.

Garibaldi, Anchor Drug Frank E. Michel, Nathan and Michel, real estate; Chas. W. Godard, theater owner; Victor editor La Captale: J. F.

Elliott. fruit grower, Courtland; J. W. Gardner, banker, BIG CANNING CO. IS INCORPORATED TODAY The Alameda-co Canning Co.

filed articles of incorporation here, with a capital stock of $300,000. Directors are H. K. Snow, Vernon G. Peak, D.

M. Heagerty, J. Nessi and M. A. Lowry.

Sues to Attach Theater The Latourette-Fical co has filed suit to recover $206.89 said to be due for work done upon the Stone theater last year. The theater was altered for the E. Homer Stone stock company, which was forced to retire after a short and unsuccessful run. ized in one office," it has taken months, and in some cases years, to get action. Cases become mere numbers in such a huge institution.

and no matter how deserving the veteran's case may be or how much he is in need, nothing can be done until the big bureau, bound around with red tape, ponderously gets under way. The re-districting will allow the handling of California cases in San Francisco, with no loss of time. Sacramento will have one of the important branch offices of the reorganized soldier-sailor-marine relief agency, it is believed here. The city now has a good sized, active branch of the vocational board, and there is a public health service official here also, with a field representative of the insurance bureau. Coordinating these, with a certainty that quick action can be taken in cases, will result in rapidly rounding up all deserving cases in Northern California.

Rounding up of men entitled to benefits is the next big move. The director of the consolidated War Risk Bureau and Public Health service, Col. C. R. Forbes, himself a has inaugurated a nation "clean-up campaign" for the benefit of all disabled veterans, ex-army nurses and their dependents.

The 12th District, comprising California, Arizona and Nevada, represented by Maj. Louis T. Grant, district manager of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and Public Health service, and Elmer L. Shirrell, district vocational cer of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, will be the first to unite forces in putting this program into action. Co-operating with these three federal agencies, all volunteer veteran relief agencies will assist in making a thorough canvass of the district for the purpose of locating and assisting every disabled veteran and dependents in a speedy adjustment of their claims.

The following organizations will participate: The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, Disabled Veterans the World War, Military Order of World War, Red Cross, Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army, Y. M. C. and the Jewish Welfare Board. A publicity campaign will prepare the way for local agencies to get in touch with the disabled.

Aug. 15, two "clean-up squads" will leave San Francisco for extended Seventeen Year Old Boys Admit Stealing Autos; Arrested Near Ball Park Three boys, confessed auto robbers, were yesterday committed to the Preston Industrial school by Judge Malcolm Glenn, acting judge in the juvenile court. Geo. Moore, (Wm. Anderson and Wm.

Carr, each 17 years old. are the boys. They were arrested here recently by the police when Anderson and Carr were caught near the ball park in a stolen auto. They had with them a grip containing about $85 worth of articles which Moore, negro, is said to have taken from the auto of N. Suyfu.

Moore has a having served 30 days in the Stockton city jail for petty larceny, and he was convicted in Salt Lake of burglary. Anderson admitted to the judge he could remember having stolen 22 automobiles in various parts of the state. Young Carr assisted Anderson in some of the auto stealing. They also confessed having taken Tony Covin's car and abandoning it in Yolo-co. when the bearings burned out.

is 9. has at fact gest of a the go at tours throughout the three states. They will spend three days in Sacramento next month. The canvass will consume fully six weeks in which about forty towns and cities will be visited. With the assistance of local agencies, the disabled will be gathered into these centers on prearranged dates, transportation beting furnished government pense.

The veterans will then be given the benefit of personal contact with the examiners both physical and legal. Claims for dental, medical or surgical treatment will be settled on the spot and immediate provision made the needy veteran by the U. S. Public Health Service. Representatives of the vocational training board will immediately provide for the re-education of veterans who are so disabled that they are to follow their pre-war occupations.

Claims for compensation or pension will be passed upon by representatives of the War Risk Bureau with the party. These claims will then be forwarded to the district office in San Francisco for I approval. The final awards of these claims are made in Washington. to merchant and rancher, Isleton; Henry E. Diggles, care of Diggles lusic A.

J. Gilson, master! car repairer, Southern Pacific; Peter Carli, restaurant owner; F. B. Rossi, merchant and fruit grower, Roseville; R. Giorgi, of Giorgi Son, merchant tailors.

Selection of the board was made by Chambers and W. W. Douglas, vice president, and from the central bank at San Francisco, who has been here assisting in getting the local bank started. From the advisory board, the following have been selected as a finance committee: L. C.

Hunter, chairman; Frank E. Michel, J. F. Elliott, J. Garibaldi and Chas.

Godard. Mitchell W. Nathan and Johnn J. Monteverde are ex -officio members of the committee. Vote Sum For Exhibit Sacramento products are to be shown at the State fair in a permanent exhibit to be arranged by the industrial bureau of the chamber of commerce.

At a meeting Tuesday, the bureau voted to spend $1000 on the exhibit. Was To Visit This City Miss Ruth G. Hart of Pendleton, is believed to have been among those who lost their lives in the wreck of the steamer Alaska off Eureka. Miss Hart was coming to Sacramento to visit Mrs. A.

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