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-ft To rml STOI THE CAPITAL TIMES SET LIMIT ON SUMS TO BE SPENT FOR WAR John R. Commons Gives Views on Terms of Peace by Wilson IN REVIEW OF REVIEWS Must Have Method of Knowing That Each Nation Obeys the Mandate "When these nations get together to stop this war and settle the terms of peace, they should after disposing of existing armaments, set a limit on the amount of money that each one shall appropriate or spend for war purposes. This means future limitation of armaments." Prof. John R. Commons of the University of Wisconsin advances this view in an article in the Review of Reviews this month.

"But this is not enough," continued Prof. Commons. "We cannot be sure that each nation will i i itself to the amount allowed. And we know that conditions will change so that the next year, or the year after, or years ahead, different limits will have to be set. know, too, that when the nations once separiite after terms of peace are settled each nation can go ahead as it pleases and no nation ca'n be called down unless the others frame up an alliance.

Meet Once a Year "So, before these a i separate, they should stipulate, as one of the terms of pence, that they shall all meet again once each year, and shall each year agree on the new limits of money for that year which each shall be allowed to appropriate or spend for purposes." At the outset of his article Prof. Commons discusses President Wilson's peace message. "President Wilson's fourteen essentials of peace are democracy demand for a new i of' balance of power. Xo secret diplomacy; a i a armaments reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety; an association of nations to a a the independence and territory of great and small states alike--these three are the Constitution of Permanent Peace. The other eleven are legislative statutes to dispose, of the immediate issues of the present world war.

"Compare this new constitution with the old one. The was Balance of Power by competitive' armaments, by secrecy and by sudd'en- conquest. The new is Balance of Power by Disarmament, by Publicity a Parliament of Nations. Question for Statesmen "What shall be the powers and authority granted to this a i a of Shall it be a sovereign power that levies taxes and supports an army and navy, or shall it be a balance of power that protects the sovereignty of each of its members? "To answer this puzzling question is to draw up the i i for the new parliament of a What shall be its powers and its a i Every democracy must know how far we intend to go and to what shall commit ourselves through our delegates to the coming peace congress--The Vienna Congress of the twentieth century. "Upon the present time the constitution of this new parliamont has been an academic question.

Wilson has made it the vital question for the statesmen of the world." SNOODLES--He Has an Eye for Color By HUNGEUF DAT Alfo PGfcG JCNE "TbREP LIFE'S-LITTLE JOKES--NUMBER-THREE Copyright, 1917. by E. A. Eumely. ByGOLDB -To KIAM csp NiouJ, Uvz.v Aiofc t-US COCO UJfXS LA Mb, -Tfre ALL- Go -HOST A SOAJ OF -me RICH Mts-vee.

FCTCB, TVe -StRfNMCSC NKTURt UOI.LL IS PETEY DINK--Yes, What He Needs Is More Exercise By A. VOIC COFFEE GAMBLING ORDEREDJTOPPED Food 'Administrator Hoover Says Practices Must be Discontinued -T- AHO IT LOOKS MKE. OO You A COT OP sooo Vou COOK KUM 5OWM (By the Associated WASHINGTON, Feb. in green coffee on the New York coffee and sugar exchange was ordered discontinued today by Food Administrator Hoover. The i i i is effected by bidding dealing in green coffee on the exchange at a price above cents pound for type No.

1 on spot months. The food administration's action was taken after a conference with bers of the New York coffee and sugar exchange in which dealers volunteered to take the necessary stepii to eiimi- nata coffee speculation. DAIRY FARMERS GET BIG CHECKS Patrons of Middleton Conden- sery Receive as High as $800 in One Month DONAGHEY SAYS $175 A MILE WILL MAINTAIN Highway Engineer Tells Road School Sum of $875,000 is Available 3,000 I Money From Automobile Licenses Used to Keep Trunk Lines in Repair Of tho farmers in the vicinity of Middleton who are hauling- milk to the Valencia Evaporated Milk Company, eighty-eight received' checks for $200 tr move for the month of December, 1917. The largest check, was given to the Arnold brothers, and fifteen other checks for more than $400 were paid to the following patrons: Harvey Koepcke, William CugHi, J. Charles S512.53; Jasper Kt.ller,- A.

Frisdli, A. Gorfoot, S4H8.58; J. Norsmun, 3. Ort, Emil Engel, W. Crawford, John Kruse, F.

Goth, A. Bronner, and AVillmm Lomcke, $401.03. A WAR SAVER is a Life SAVER! Buy War-tiiivinga Stamps! About $175 a. mile wUl be spent in Wisconsin this yep.r for the maintenance of the 5,000 miles of trunk i highway system. This was the statement of J.

T. Donaghey at Rood roads convention. He pointed out that the financial provision for the maintenance of the line highway system is made through automobile lir-ense fees. "The law provides that a i a shall be carried out by the courties under the supervision of the state highway commission," said Mr. Donaghey.

"The greatest weakness jf the state highway work, as previously done, has been inadequate maintenance. Establish Maintenance Plan. "It is the intention to establish a maintenance system under the; new law as adequate as the financial pro- vision therefor will permit. The Commission is now making a study the best methods of accomplishing, this result, and it may be said that it is the intention to improve a large mileage of roads by blade grader work and to keep these roads in passable condition as as this 'can be done l-y systematic "Surface roads will be maintained by the method appropriate to c-ach rarticular type. The work will be uone by a combination of the gang and patrol systems; where the work ia of such a nature as t5 require more than one or two men, a force equipped u-ith proper machinery will be placed in the work; whore reasonably pos- oihlo the maintenance work will be by one patrolman with additional assistance only when necessary through some unusual condition.

$875,000 la Available "The best estimates which can be made at this time indicate that there will be available about $875,000 for i-his work in 1918, which provid.es $176 for each mile on the trunk highway system. The seventh annual road school of the Wisconsin highway commission today devoted itself to a consideration of the problem of how the roads of the state may be maintained. J. Kt. Mullen, chief engineer of Iowa, spent the morning discussing technical problems and answering the many questions raised by the audience, F.

M. Balsley spoke on the mainlining of stone and gravel roada and H. J. Kualking on maintaining sand roads. Don't be a SPENDER, BE A SAVER! 3uy War-Savings Stamps! Don't Wait.

DO IT NOW. Buy War- Savings Stamps. State News APPLETON MAN APPLETON, Feb. Moser forty-five, of this city, was drownec Tuesday while working at the canal of the Interlake Pulp and Paper company, shoving logs. Three other workmen were with Moser at the time'but did not notice his disappearance until they saw his body floating in the canal.

How Moser fell is not known. He leaves a wife and four children. CHURCH WORKER DIES STEVENS POINT, Feb. 7--Mrs. Barbara Ambrose, prominent social and church worker, died at the home of her daughter near here Monday night.

She leaves three sons and two daughters. AGED CITIZEN SUCCUMBS PLAINFIELD, Feb. J. W. Royce was called to Grand Rapids to attend the funeral of her father, Job Margeson, aged eighty-one, a resident of that city for more than sixty years.

NAMED AS MIDSHIPMAN KENOSHA, Feb. Chalfant Head, son of former Mayor Dan Head, has been named by Congressman H. A. Cooper as a midshipman at Annapolis. He is now a student at Northwestern Military academy at Lake Geneva.

MARINETTE SOLDIER WOUNDED MARINETTE, Feb. 7--Edmund Me- Gillis, lately with the Canadian forces France, is in a military hospital at Qualicum, B. C. He was wounded in he battle of the Somme arid has just iad the last of thirty-two pieces of shrapnel taken from his hip. In a letter to his father he says he will reenlist in the American forces as soon as he is fit for duty.

$112,000 CLAIMS ARE PASSED ON High School Notes $50,000 of School Budget Will Be Turned Over Claims aggregating $.112,000 were passed on by the claims committee of the council last night. Of this amount $50,000 will be turned over to the board of education as a part of its budget appropriation. The tsreet committee is meeting this afternoon and the finance and ordinance committees will meet tonight. WOULD CHECK DISEASE Health Board President Will Have Schools Cleaned To prevent any chance of an epidemic in the schools owing to the fact that two teachers have been takei. to the isolation hospital with sci'rlet Alderman Frank Alford, president of tho board of health, urges that some of the school buildings be given a thorough cleaning with biccloridc of mercury.

Mr. Alford yesterday took the matter up with Maoyr Sayle of guarding against any possible spread of the By Clarence Williams Today marks the opening of the second semester. School will call at 8:30, and from that on eight tsn-minute periods will be rftn through. Teachers mark report cards for the old semester. School will call at 1:15 in the afternoon and will dismiss at 2:40.

In the afternoon the second semester program will be run through and conflicts vyil be noted. There will be but five- minute periods and no warning bells will be given. After the afternoon session the pupils will assemble in their respective session rooms and receive The office announces 46 boys have signed the farm enlisting blanks. These will be able to finish their semester in April. It also announced that all boys will be classified this summer as to the exact work which they will do so they will be available by the State County of Defense.

The Girls' Debating club will hold a debate Thursday evening. The question will be, "Resolved, That Granting the Willingness of Cuba, the Annexation of Cuba to the United States Would be for the Interest of the United States." The affirmative team is composed of M. Crummy, K. Scheraer, C. Hubbard, and the negative team consists of F.

Hupple, G. Nicholas and G. Hicks. Members of the Art club were notified that those who want pins must sign up before Thursday evening. Don't be a SPENDER, BE A SAVER! Buy War-Savings Stamps! SHIP PROGRAM CAUSES NEED OF IORE MEN Statement on Work to be Done by Shipyard Volunteers is Issued I A Work Ahead Shows Local Men Who Respond Will be Kept Busy The following statement regarding the drive for shipyard volunteers was given out today by the StatSb Council of Defense: "The work of the State Councils of Defense and of agents of Public Service Keserve in enrolling skilled workers for the U.

S. shipyards volunteers is of paramount importance in the early winning of this war. For on earnest labor depends the early construction of our merchant, fleets. "Within sixty days three huge government yards will be completed soon' thereafter more than 60,000 workmen will be required to furnish for them the three eight-hour shifts necessary if these yards are to turn out their ships according to schedule "The Shipping Board now lias 716 ship-ways, 302 are for wooden ships, 414 are for steel The yaids in which they are ost; are working only one per day six days a week. If we arc to keep al tho submarine we must run shifts per day fifty-two weeks year.

"Our program calls for struction in 1918 of eight f.n tonnage delivered in ISHii at of more than a i i a Shipping Board has tho no yards, the material, ami All that ia lacking is the Nation, that i send juar. million American a i yards to give i best and in. cient work. "We all honor the men in and the same honor must be the men who go to work in Just as the navy is the first British Empire and as U' depends upon her a i America depend for victory up ship builders in the American POPE TO TELL OF SHIP BUILD Will Give Information (o ers Interested in Feder Aid P. E.

Pope, representing the board who is seeking recruit? i ranks of trades i to aid in ing ships to transport rope will be at Labor Hall 7:30 to 10 o'clock to talk i mo. wish to offer their services to rnment. A WAR HAVER is a Life PA' 3uy War-Savings Stamps'. iv-''-- A I SWSPAPERI.