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Indicating that Seat Tation has increased fast September, 5.000 more _ &ehool children than reported Mast year are expected (o begin School in overcrowded buildings “a 8 & m. Tuesday, Seperin fendent Frank B. Cooper an- “mounced Monday. Doubdie shifts will be necessary in @ oF 50 class rooms, Supt. Cooper e's popu 000 since shift in the morning, the other n afternoon. These will be of "GEN. PERSHING ~SHILS FOR HOME Commander Leaves > France for America BREST, Sept. 1 —{United 2 Gen. Pershing sailed for United Siates on the Levia- at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Foch had arrived at Brest and was to escort the Ameri an commander to the pier Clemenceau, Foreign Min Pichon and Capt. Andre Tantieu ) Int station yesterday to bid farewell. A military escort him to the station. with Pershing are his . and his brother, James » Chicago. succEsSs whe meets with much travel some rough takes great strength to ‘push alens ‘earry heavy loads. that fears the bee sting mever get the honey. the same in daily life success or money. that great ambition we cam save you mere mew SUIT, COAT, DRESS Second and Union. EC Cc Cc IN DOUBLE to Accommodate the overflow among those who gathered at! HAT, Be peoknsce UPSTAIRS SHIFTS yfour hour tinue until ol board com rtable build rction. tes the er ome 300 carpenters have yed by the board prac summ Supt. Cooper eased slowly on obtaining said, work has pr account of difficulty In lumber and other material Rush Buildings A contracting firm which agreed |to furnish the portables was unable to deliver more than five weekly, he said, When it became apparent that the firm couldn't do the work the | board took it up. | Building ts now being rushed as fast as the board is able to get men jand materials, Cooper said, with the result that 15 portables are now in place and 24 more will be ready about Sept. 8 Others will follow rapidty thereafter until a sufficient number shifts nq, longer necessary in any classrooms. 200 New Teachers Otherwise the school Cooper said, | work at high speed at the tap of the bell Tuesday morning. The increased number of children has made it nec seary for the board to add nearty 00 more members to the teaching | stage, now totaling more than 1,500. Teachers wound up institute week Saturday with a meeting at tt | Moore theater, then went to their | respective classrooms to receive final instructions and put their deaks in order to get down to busi ness, |Germany’s Envoys Not Yet Appointed BERLIN, Aug. 20—(Delayed— No appointmenta of German ambas- | sadors been made yet, it was stated by offi- cials of the foreign office today. White a special committee is study jing the situation, it was pointed out |that Germany could not send am- | bassadors abroad unless other coun- tries named envoys of that rank to serve In Berlin. If they appoint charges d'affaires to represent them here, Germany will give her diplo- matio representatives a similar rank. Let's go buy Boldi’s French pas- try. Uptowns, 1414 3d Ave.; down. town, 913 2d Ave. have been put up to make double! | machinery is geared up to commence | to foreign countries have| THE SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1919 Something Ought to Happen NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Mrs. Henry P. Davison, wife of one of J. P. Morgan’s partners, has invited |ployers of labor to her country home next Saturday ifor the week-end to confer on means of ending social unrest. Charles M. Schwab has been asked to preside. | STEAMER SINKS WILSON TO CALL OFF CALIFORNIA) LABOR, CAPITAL Industrial Conference Is to | Unimak Sent Down in Col- Convene This Fall | — lision; No Casualties | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 1—| 00 ——--——-__- 8 | ota’, Press.)~The Union Lumber | | Continued From Page One! Jcompany steamer Unimak met, in| %}—————————--———-—-® | collision earty today with the Helen | had strong hopes that the conference P. Drew off Duxbury reef, accerd-|to be called by the president “will ling to the Marine department of the | result in substantial agreements be San Francisco Chamber of Com-| ing reached, not only on the direct | sperve. relations between capital and labor, | The marine department reported) but upon practical means of combat lehat 10 persons were on board theling the hight cost of living.” }Unimak, and that they were ree cued from the sea by the Helen P. lows. Drew. There were no casualties re} “I am encouraged and gratified by | ported the progress which is being made in Cc. R. Johnson, p dent of the/ controlling the cost of living. ‘The Union Lumber company, may have|support of the movement is wide been on board the Unimak read and 1 mfidently look for Mra. Johnson re@ived first Infor. | substantial results, altho I must mation of the wreck from the United Press, She did not know the where une such resulta will not come abouts of her husband, and said it] Instantly or without team work was possible he was on board the Let me again emphasize my ap veawel, |peal to every citizen of the country | ‘The Unimak, she believed, was|to continue to give his personal sup | making its trial trip, bat she waa| Port in this matter, and to make it not sure of this, She said ahe be.|as active as possible. Let him not Meved there were very few passen-|Only refrain from doing anything which at the moment might tend to a linerease the cost of living, but let |him do afl in his power to increase | WIDOW Is FINED that, let him at the same time him | self carefully economize in the mat LONDON, Sept. 1.—Mra. Gertrude | tar of consumption. Francis, a widow, was fined $25 for| “py common ac! |disobeying an order to clean a flat/tion we shall overcome she owned at Eastbourne. In order! greater than the danger of war, We that the neighbors’ health might not | wil) hold steady a situation which ins |wuffer, the corporation cleaned the |fraught with possibilities of hard jrooms, Mire. Francis was fined for a/ship and suffering to a large part | similar offense four months ago. | of our population; we will enable the RED CROSS NURSE RETURNS Processes of production to overtake | Returning from several months’! we will speed the reatoration of an service an a Red Cross nurse in Italy,|/adequate purchasing power for | Mrs. Katherine Bresnan, professional | nurse of Seattle, ts visiting friends jin Port Blakeley. Mrs. Bresnan ex-| resume her profession gers on board, if any ion in this diree wages Labor Men Help “I am particularly gratified at the }mupport which the government's pol pects to shortly. IGL a package before the war a package during the war and a package NOW THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! UNITED pos sara} icy has received from the representa tives of organized labor, and I earn, ently hope that the workers gener ally will emphatically indorse the po altion of their leaders and thereby move with the government Instead of against It in the solution of this | great damentic problem. “I am calling for a» early a date aa possible a conference in which au thoritative representatives of labor jand those who direct labor will dis | Cuse fundamental means of bettering |the whole relationship of capital and \labor and putting the whole question | of wages upon another footing. |(Signed) “WOODROW WILSON.” | It waa generally believed thai the preaident’s statements would give labor leaders great support in gain workers thruout the country. With such a conference pending it was felt that the threatened steel strike | might now certainly be averted, that |gain an immediate conference with jthe steel corporation's officials, which they were demanding, they | are assured of a hearing in the gen leral conference the president will | call, Sees Labor Unrest | In addition to the renewed appeal president recognized the unrest | the mans of labor, Pointing out that {the country ia facing @ gréater menace than war he expressed the hope that workers will endorse the ponition of their leaders, “and there- by move with the goternment in stead of against It.” * No intimation as to the plans the president has in mind were forth coming today, It is assumed the names of thoxe to be Invited to the conference will be made public in a subsequent announcement fixing the date. The belief ia that such plans as may be adopted may be the outgrowth of the exchange of ideas about the “round table” rather than the approval of any preconceived program. The railroad men were | with the announcement they will urge adoption of the |Piumb plan in presenting their case, This will bring the nationalization and democratization of industries equarely before repre sentatives of big interests for open | discussion with the men backing the | plan. Indicating the serious situation in the stee] industry, the president had before him today a telegram charg. killed at Breckenridge, Pa. by |guarda of the Allegheny &t |The telegram was made public by | Secretary Morrison, of the Federa |tion of Labor, who announced he would seek a congressional investiga tion of the charges. Workers in the Breckenridge region are on strike, and charges of “deputies” firing upon | United Mine Workers. | Groom Vanishes as | WESTFIELD, N. J., Sept. 1- Mrs. Laura Watson, a widow from | Toronto, is prostrate under the care jot a physician, due to failure of the groom to appear at a wedding yes |terday, when she was to have been | married to William J. Anderson, said |to be a wealthy Californian Mrs, Watson, with her two daugh- ters and son, waited an hour for Anderson to appear for the wedding ceremony yerter , then cancelled arrangements, She believes Ander: son, who left his hotel yesterday in recently purchased automobile, has met with an accident. Berea, 0., has the largest stone factory in the world, nity |bor Day plenic in South Park p | there, and most of Wilson's Labor Day mexsage fol-| ' uneel patience as well ax Vigilance, ; nouncement that he will « a danger! the processes of consumption; and/ | justments. \ing acceptance of their program of | moderation by the rank and file of} while the steel workers might not} VERCROWDED SCHOOLS WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY OLD SOL WARMING UP AS LABOR DAY BEGINS , and wilt con /@ number of labor leaders, economic experts and em-| Most folks snoozed tate Monday, playfield program later or | pre ring for a hard tum with Labor Day announcement pr grams, including picnics, fleld sports | Shipyard workers held a jazx pic nic for the benefit of Theodora Home Jand dancing jst Fortuna pa Boats were jes O14 Hol did his bit. He got up| ing Lesehi park every half hour, Jearly and saw to it that all was ideal| Woodland park was the scene of for a perfect holiday anot! icnle--a basket dinner af | Band concerts, ball games, fair u aus of the Sent ming contents and three legged Labor council, Alki Beach attracted were on the program. The grand| ma Modern Woodmen of Amert |windup was scheduled as a ball Injen left the city early for a lodge Dreamland, | pic Hall's lake. The fifth annual Community La concerts were scheduled an y- | fol | field was apparently a main attrac-| Adama’ band, at Alki, from 2:30 | ton. It #tarted at 10 a. mm. and every |to 5 o'clock kid in Christendom wanted to be| Wagner's band, at Woodland, from ‘em were. A ball game, band concert and other games and races were on the SENATORS OKEH (BUILDERS READ} - WILSON’S PLAN TO GO ON STRIKE 2:30 to 5 Kirebner’s about 6:30. band, at South park |Approve Idea of Labor and, Deadlock to Result in Walk- Capital Meeting out Tuesday | WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—4United) | Continued From Page One Press) —~ President Wilson's an J 4 cs ” @ cor nan, said, f wir nferen | bers of the house of representatives |i Potty = be meoeing ¥ i | today The committee ia com | | tion, directing the president to call | an industrial conference will be con | Labor union mén, as well as their! S. Rooker, chairman, A | leaders, also indorsed the move C. C. Cawsey, Arthur Gert Senator Kenyon, Iowa, suggested | Filten, P. A. Harrington, | that representative farmers should | Baker, Hang Pederson, 1. J be invited C. D. Brady Warwic I am very strongly in favor of the | R. Aldrich conference, and have been for some) Union teaders declare that th | me.” Kenyon said today, “But I) are many builders in the elty who would go further, and invite agricul | do not belc the association and tural leaders also. They are as much | who ha emseives to pay concerned in the question as are la-| the incre lation offict j bor and capital.” answer th bullding Is A npecial joint seanion of the houre | ing done t were of the associa- and renate labor commitice already | tion and that the combined strike jan been announced for Thuraday,| and lockout will tie construction up when the Kelly-Poindexter row tight Will Pay New Wage The unions asking for incres | sidered contro! ge ookabe «te ce Senator Kenyon, chairman of the Se ak dae iiding Trades Council, and as they senate labor committer, raid that the president's announcement would not ange the plan for action on the resolution at the earliest moment Approves Wilson Pian are exsential nd the to building opera council has ing: anda, the members of th high den also go o president has in mind the approval! of congress, it was explained. the new wage will be maid Secretary John Scott of the rail way department of the American| © | ‘ “ Federation of Labor. “An under.| Following the decision of the Car standing must be reached between | Peters’ District council employes and employers in all indus-| tries if the present industrial unrest in to be quieted. The government! should ure ita infinence to emphasize to be held daily in some schoo ell Fr for lees previous than the wage they basis must be adopted for wage ad. Tribunals should be net tp in all communities to promote | industrial harmony.” |Kidnaper af Baby “The firet duty of the proposed con ference should be to apply the right of collective bargaining to kovern-| ment employes,” maid President Gil| At a late hour Monday pol bert Hyatt of the postoffice clerks’ | failed to locate a man, whow union, “Postoffice clerks are now de-|!# known and who lived, up until nied the right to confer with officials | Sunday, at the Atwood hotel, First every day during the strike ference.” | Tacoma | for cooperation by every one in the! fight on the high coat of living, the! pleased | today, ax) idea of | jing that a man and woman had been | Power. {men and women are made by the; | Nuptials Approach} a i ae PR | Accordin the |left hurriedly, leavt as to where he was going. of the kidnaping furnished the police over long ® Were meager. Po | The man wanted is described as |tall and sler Four-Cent Boost Seems to “"" *' Be Meeting Favor WASHINGTON, Sept |liee do ne now whether the dis appearance of the child is due to a family row or a criminal act r. He is wearing black buttoned shoes. 1.—(United | Prenn Preside Wilson’: Ons se vce merece of tous comeca || Co hour pending reduction in Nving ave Li) ye STOPPED railway shopmen now taking a strike vote it is indicated in ea celved at the A. F. of L. For Over 50 Years returns re DR. KLINE’S EPILEPTIC | WeMeor: It is a rational and remarte- “About onethird of the 7,000 ouccenstul treatment for locals have voted and reported,” said |] Werveel Decnnteecnn tet ee tt Secretary John Scott of the railway |] atany drug stor department, “There seema to be a strong sentiment against strike ac tion now, especially on the part of those me who walked out last month and lost several days. Several locals in Chicago voted strongly to accept the pr The largest airplane engine in the world, just tested tn England, weighs less than a ton, and has 1,000 horse. Pacific Coast League RAINIER PARK BASEBALL LABOR DAY DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY SALT LAKE vs. M SEATTLE FIRST GAME CALLED AT oP, M, Reserved Seats on Sale at Brewster's Cigar Store L. ©. Smith Bldg, MAIN 3601 Take Fourth Avenue Car TT TT OT AT (a Ie I I NOW HERE A Comedy-Drama— Happy and Human “BETTER j TIMES” ool board has 20 portable! Adoption of the resolution would ach e merely give the conference which the S under construc and > Ww Santmyer, of the} “The president's plan for a national | P*!d in to get the work | ference peers on axeatlont one | finished. Until these buildings are finished, double sessions will have} Thursday | night and the Building Trades coun-| y night to refuse to work | had} the carpen-| to employers that none can refuse to| "| da strike call Saturday | “ afternoon, The strike will become recognize the right of workers to or i effective Tuesday rning. The ganize and bargain collectively. The president is right In declaring a new (SX°CUtive board of the District |Counctl of Carpenters will meet econd and Positively ast Week— Ends Fr a. - NO ADVANCE IN PRICES Adults 25c Children 11c Inclading It will leave you happler—not for the moment, but for months. 4 “BETTER | TIMES” ii HARP SOLO “Waltz Caprice”..—.Cheshire Played by MR. HERBERT GRAF i Guterson's Orchestra ONE-STOP AIR TRIP PLANNED Transatlantic Service Now Contemplated Evades Searchers} had} name | In determining wages and working | *®v° ar st wanted for kid conditions. If thie ts granted, the | 1%monthsold baby from} clerks’ union will approve the con-|@. D. 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