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uunut3333333333su:3:tittitrttt:mu ttit rDress -~ today, and The . U IOiN CBIEF PLANS LABOR CON[[R[NCE[ In Near Future to Discuss Industrial Disputes. MAY ASK FARlMERlS TO AlID Says Cooperation of Four Railroad Blrotherhoods Probably Will Be Sought. Washington, Oct. 24.-What may prove one of the greatest indlustrial battles in history was helieved by some observers here to be forecast by the announcement toda y by Samuel Gompers, presidlent of the A merican Federation of Labor that a conference of the heads of the 112 international unions aflil iated wvith the American Federation of Labor, would 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 C'anadla prob~ably wvill be sought, it was said, in furthering whatever program the union chiefs de cidle upon1. Mr. Gaompers's announcement wvas contained in a telegram to the Illi nois Federation of Labor at Peoria. Hlis messaige was ini repiy to onle in which the !i! inois orvaniizationI askedl that a spec ial c'onvention of the American Federation of I .abor be called to perfect an a)lliance of the& international unions of the United States and Canada and the ra ilroad brotherhoods "more effectively to fight out the life and death struggle of the workers nowv in progress." F"ederation officials also pointed out that the Illinois branch proposedl that the aid (If the farmers be enlisted and that assessnients aggregating one fourth of the net earnings of organ ized wvorkers he made "until the ob jects o fthis dIrive he accomplished." Decision to issue a call for a meet ing (It the international union chiefs was reached by the federation's ex excutive council Tu'esday night but th< announc!ement was withheld. At thal time lahor officials had become con. vincedi that the national industrial cor ference would be unable to r-each an3 basis for the establishmen~ts of indlus trial peace. .It was on the following clay tha Mr. Gompers, in withdlrawving organ izedl labor's representatives from thi conference, warned the employers group that when .they met in confer BET we have in stock s will be correct next And th Nw I ttttttttttttttt ittttttt nunion labor they would be glad to as] collective bargaining. Federation officials today 'I -line to go into details regarding the fort coming conference. They said subject to he discussed would rest with th union chiefs themselves and the tim of the meeting had not been edtei mined. Whether there was any connectio between the proposed conference an the notice given the railroad admin istration by Timothy Shea, of th firemen's brotherhood, that the rai road wvorkers would fight for gener; increases in pay before the goveri ment relinquished control of the roa< wvas not diisclosed. 'rhe brotherhoods are not aflliat< wvith the Americani Federation of L bor, but there has been close cooper: tion between the organizations. Lea ing offcials of the brotherhoods. r centlIy have held frequent conferene here with offeers o fthe federati< and announcement was madie a (lay4 two ago b~y the committee condiuctir the steel .strike that the brotherho< chies had given their consent to strike of railroad workers employ< in andl around steel mills irnvolved the present controversy mn the ste industry. -----o - RETURNING SOLDIEI F~ormer soldiers, sailors and marn who have incurred disabilities in li of duty which have necessitatedl m jor amputations, such as the lors a hand or foot, both hands or ho feet, or loss of sight of one or be eyes, and who are dlesirous of taki1 vocational training, can nowv ha their applications acted on within hours, according to a bulletin issu today b~y the Offee of the AssistantU the Secretary of War; Service a Information Branch. The Bulletin as followvs: "U~nder a newv policy just put in feet b ythe Federal Boardl for vo< tional Education, men who have 1 come disabled in the service of t Army or Navy, no matter wvhatt extent or nature of such disabili are enabled to have their applicatic for training actedl on much m< Iu ickly than formerly. Hieretof< all applications for training were: ferred from the District Vocatio1 Offie to the Federal Board at Wa: ington for action, thereby entaili much delay andi working neediless hr shins on the men making the appli, tions. U~nder the new system all these applications are actedl on traveling field representatives y have been sent out from Wash ingt These representatives cover the tire country andl visit each vocatio: board at least once every twvo wee at wvhich time all cases ready in District Offee are cleared up. '] only enans which such traengm r. TER i kged Men, M' ['he keen observ arge amounts or W'*orii o many suits of cloth year, or the year afte: ey do not cost as a dea C( u:rns:u:uuuumu?.uuu?4?mu:uuun ton are those involving courses for n period longer than two years. On these the Washington office will give a decision within ten (lays. "Men who have had major amputa. s Lions, such as the loss of a hand o e foot, or both hands or both feet, of e loss of one or both eyes, conic under a special class. Then applications wil he acted on by the District Vocatiofftt Officer, who has authority to approvt n courses up to and including foui years in length without referring them to Washington. Cases of thi: character should be cleared up withir e 24 hours. I- "The Federal Board for Vocationa Edncation has also adloptedl a dlefinit< policy regarding tuberculosis cases - Anly arrested case of tuberculosis wil s lbe considleredl as 25 per cent dlisabile< for a period of two years from dast dof arrest, andl the Bureau of Wa Risk Insurance has agreed1 that tile: ~ will consider arrestedl cases as 25 pe - cent disabled for the first six month I- and 10 per cent for the followin: eighteen. This decision enables th giving of tile necessary iiosnital nn s medienl treatment to men in thi 'a class." >r This bulletin has been Issued in ac g ordancee with adlvices received by th (War Depar'tmenit from the Federn Board. a ~W. C. Davis. d Chqirman Bureau for Returnin n Soldiers. eli 0 SAYS KAISER DID NOT CAR Paid No Attention to President Wi sson's Offer. ie Berlin, Oct. 23.-(By tile Associate -Press.).-President Wilson's peace o1 fer wvas a matter of little concern I th the German emperor, accordling to tU ig evidlence presented before the subcon ve mittee investigating thc war. Pul thlermore, h intervention of ti to United States apparently was not a< nd riously considered by the emperor. is Tile incidlent causedl a sensation ar occurredl during the exanmination a- Count Bernstorff, former ambassad< e- at Washington. The socialist depui he Dr. Sinsheimer, turned toward Vt heBernstorff, and saidI: ns "The kaiser's telegram to wvhich y< re refer (dated January 16, (1917) and al 'de(ressed to Herr Zimmerman (foreig ial secretary) says literally: hl- "His majesty instructs me to thar ng you for your k'ommunication. 11 'dmajesty- dloes not care, a bit abo of President Wilsons offer. If a brea< by with American can not be prevente ho it can not be helped, events are d n. veloping." ;al There was much excitement at t1 ks, hearing when the message was rea he pr. Karl Helfferich, former vice cha ecellor, whispered 'nonsense." orLE iddle Aged M and Child ,r notes that rich very fancy suits n h c r t es that never are o r. nuch money as the )mp an tMUS tstmtnuuuutsuusttturn mm peace conditions sent to President Wil son on January 28, 1917, which were said to be the same as those Germany offered on December 13, 1916, were really nothing like them. Every one present appeared as tounded at this statement and Count Von Bernstorff exclaimed excitedly "then I am told this today for the first time." > y ( AA$ nI kA 0 ut h dtO' PE] SS.M en, Young M ren. men are .not which will be < .ext year and cZ y any one who orrectly dressec s the rich man: vith a keeness ( espect than the he one of mod Ve think not. ut of style. They a freaks. 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