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kY, ". 23333333t3333333333333:33333333u833 Dres *U .I That is wh today, and The tuttuutittttuu:uui t:u:u:::::u::::1i UNION CHIEf PLANS LABOR CONF[RENCE In Near Future to Discuss Industrial Disputes. MAY ASK FARMERS 'IO Al) Says Cooperation of Four Railroad Brotherhoods Probably Will Be Sought. Washington, Oct. 04.-Whait may prove one of the greatest industrial battles in history was believed b~y some observers here to be forecast by the announcement today by Samuel Gompers, president of the Amierican Federation of Labor that a conference of the heads of the 112 international unions affiliated with the American 'Federation of Labor, wouldl be held in Washington in the near' future' to dis cuss present and impending disputes. Cooperation of the four big railroad brotherhoods and the farmers of the country as well as the labor organ izations of Canada probably will be sought, it was said, in furthering whatever program the union chiefs de cide upon. Mr. Gompers's announcement was9 contained in a telegram to the Illi nois Federation of Labor at Peoria. His message was in repiy to one in :which the !!!hn6is orvanizationi aske1I that a special convention of the American Federation of I aho/ he called to perfect an alliance of t he international unions of the United States and Canada and the railroad brotherhoods "more efreetively to fight out the life and death struggle of the workers now in progress." .Federation omeials also pointced out that the Illinois branch proposed that the aid of the farmers he enlisted andl that assessments aggregatinig one fourth of the net earnings of organ ized workers he made "unt il the ob jects o fthis drive hr accomplished." Decision to issue a call for a meet ing of the international union chiefs was reached by the fedlerat ion's ex excutive council Tfuesday night but the *asnnouncement was withheld. At that tlme labor omeiials had become1( con vinced that the national industrial con ference wvould be unable to reach any basis for the e'stablishments of indlus.. trial peace. It was on the followving day that Mr. Gompers, in withdrawving organ.. *izedl labor's representatives from the cr~rn-.,,,. -"-med thre emnlovers' mUUhmtuuuu flmrLuumumwmusuu BET .. If r y we have in stock sc will be correct next y And' the New IL union labor they would be glad to ask collective bargaining. Federation officials today declined to go into details regarding the forth coming conference. They said subjects to be discussed would rest with the union chiefs themselves and the time of the meeting had not been edter mined. Whether there was any connection between the proposed conference and the notice given the railroad admin istration by Timothy Shea, of the firemen's brotherhood, that the rail r ad workers wvould fight for general increases in pa~y before the govern mv nt relinw,'ished control of the roads was not dlisclosed. The brotherhoods are not affiliated with the American Federation of La bor, but there has been close coopera t ion betwveen the organizations. Lead ing officials of the brotherhoods re cently have held frequent conferences here with officers o fthe federation and announcement was made a (lay or two ago by the committee conducting the steel strike that the brotherhood (hies had given their consent to a strike of railroad workers employed in and around steel mills inivolved in the present controversy in the steel industrxy. OF lNT1El1ESTr TO DISABLED) lEUlNING SOLDIElRS Former soldiers, sailors and marines who have incurrpod disabilities in line of duty which have necessitated ma Jor amputations, such aos the loss of a hand or foot, hot h hands or both fedt, or loss of sight of one or bo0th eyes. and who are desirous of taking vocat ionial training, can nowv have their applications actedl on within 24 hours, according to a bulletin issued today by the Office of the Aspistant to the Secrtary of War; Service and Information Hranch. The Bulletin isg as follows: "Under a newv policy just put in ef fect b ythe Federal Boardl for voca tional Eduication, men who have be come dlisabledl in the service of. the Arn'ly or Navy, no matter what the extent or' nature of such dlisabil ity, are enabfled to have their applications' for trammig a('tedl on much more quickly than formerly. lIeretofore all applications for' traiing were re ferred from the District Vocational Office to. the Federal Boar~l at Wash igt on for action,, thereby (nt ai I ing e"'ch (da v and working needless hard Mhips on the men making the aippl ica - lions. Under the new system all of these ap~plications are acted on by trav'eling field representatives who ,have been sent out from Washington. T'hese representative-s cover the en tire country and visit each vocational hoard at least once every two weeks, at which time all cases ready in the' TER kged Men, N ['he keen observe arge amounts or q II many suits of cloth ear, or the year aftei y do not cost as i lea C ton are those involving courses for a period longer than two years. On these the Washington otfice will give a decision within ten days. "Men who have had major amputa tions, such as the loss of a hand or foot, or both hands or both feet, or loss of one or both eyes, come under a special class. Theri applications will be acted on by the District Vocational Officer, who has authority to approve courses up to and including four years in length without referring them to Washington. Cases of this character should be cleared up within 24 hours. "The Federal Board for Vocational Edneation has also adopted a definite policy regarding tuberculosis cases. Any arrestedl case of tuberculosis wvill be considlered as 25 per cent disabled for a niod0 of two years from date of arrest, and the Bureau of War Risk Insurance has agreed that they will considler arrestedl cases as 25 perV cent disabled for the first six monthis and~ 10 per cent for "the followving eighteen. This dlecision enables the giving of the necessary nosnital and miediecil treatment to men in this class." This bulletin has been issued in ac cordance wvith adlvices received by the War Department from the Federal Boardl. W. C. Davis. Ch'tirman Bureau for Returning Soldiers. SAYS J(AISERI ID NOT CARE Paid No Attention to President WiI son's Offer. Berlin, Oct. 23.-(By the Associated Press.)--President Wilson's peace of fer was a matter of little concern to the German emperor, according to the evidence presented before the subcom - mittee investigating the/war. Fur thermore, the intervention of the United States apparently was not s( riously considered by the emperor., The incident caused a sensation and occurredl during the examination of Count Bernstorff, former ambassador' at Washington. The socialist dleputy Dr. Sinsheimer, turned toward Von Bernstorff, andl saidl: "Tlhe kaiser's telegram to wHAk~ you *efer dated .January 16, (1917) and ad - dlressedl to IHerr Zimmerman' (foreign secretary) says literally: "His majesty instructs me to thanik you for your p'ommunication. Hi majesty dloes not care, a bit about President Wilsons offer. If a breach with American can not be preventedl, it can not be helped, events are de vel opi ng." Tfhere was much excitement at the hearing when the message was readl. Dr. Karl Iinifrich fomer- vice a 1 ViA~AIAAU5, ,7 V" ~. Por LE iddle Aged1 and. Chil< ar notes that ric very fancy suit ~: es that -never are nuch money as tl imanum StUUtt *UUtt uttttut:t:ttttttuuttt uttttst peace conditions sent to President Wil son on January 28, 1917, which were said to be the same as those Germany offered of December 13, 1916, were really nothing like them. Every one present nppeared as tounded at this statement and Count Von Bernstorff exclaimed excitedly "then I am told this today for the first time." A LAA PE41 SSM ten, Young 1M cren. h men are not s which, will be < next year and cc by any one who correctly dressed Is the rich man-i with a keeness c respect than the the one of mod( We think not. out of style., They Le freaks. MORRIS I Under cross examination Von Bern storff quoted the German emperor and Gen. Ludendorff on his (Bernstorff's return from Washington. 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