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,mMiinmuiLmMMIVMll&ll , V.' r IV The Commoner. VOLUME 11, NUMBER 23 PS"' r 4 ' 1 I H tor S tf KV j Sf r ;.v '' RfcHT f. i P. Ropp's New Calculator and Short-Cut Arithmetic ItMVISKD BNLAHGI2D AND IMPROVED (100 l'nKcn, SUe 0fcx3) Tho correct nuxwer ItiNtnntly found to till practical problcniN thnt occur In the Store, Shop, Farm, llnnk or OlIIcc. Una more than twice the capacity of former cdHlonn, Will Prevent Mi talccM, relieve the jnlnil, nave labor, time, money anil do your flouring in the twinkling of an eye. Am handy and UNcful an a watch; alwayn ready and reliable. Thlfl is unquestionably tho most completes and convcnlont work on figure, for practical unc, ovor publlshod. It contains nearly all tho Mhort cut known. Hundrods of wimple rules and original method for "Easy and Rapid Calculation," and millions of accurate nnnwcra to business examples and practical problems. 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If you aro a subscribor now, your dato of expiration will bo advanced two years. Book and paper sent to different ad drosses If desired. This offer sent to as many addresses as doslrcd at 50 cents 'ach. THIfl AMERICAN HOMESTEAD, Lincoln, Neb. I SEND THIS COUPON TODAY The American Homestead, Lincoln, Neb. Gontlomon: Enclosed find GOc to pay for Tho American Homestead for two years, and a copy of Ropp's Now Commercial Calculator, Free nnd postpaid. Namo P. O.. GF :cr MrilMMpMMI4BMrtaWff? , , ' ! n ""Z1 vAltym ; xjyq s yr VII ; 4s'jU"CA1 . ""- -X . s-rf ..' liftvl j&.if-- , tw trrrfWkL-11 -lr L.W cS. . ' Mrs. J. A. Wayland was killed and her husband seriously Injured in an automobile accident near Girard, Kan. Mr. Wayland is editor of the socialist paper, "Appeal to Reason." Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas temperance worker, died at her home near Leavenworth. She has been sick for several months. The famous old Kalt house at Louisville, Ky., which cost originally $1,000,000 and was one of tho fa mous hotels in history, sold recently for $81,000. Dr. William M. Davidson, superin tendent of schools in Omaha, has been made superintendent of schools for the District of Columbia. Sixty-three' persons were killed and seventy-flve wounded as the result of an earthquake in the City of Mexico. avoiding services of subpoenas and by apparent efforts to suppress evi dence all of which will be properly dealt with at the earliest possible moment.' " Maurice Rouvier twice premier of France, is dead. An Associated Press dispatch de clared that Roosevelt had told Presi dent Taft that he favored Mr. Taft'a renomination. Mr. Roosevelt denies that he made the statement, but does not otherwise commit himself. Representative Owen J. Evans, of Canton, O., a member of the legisla ture, appeared before Judge Kinkead of the criminal court and pleaded guilty to tho charge of soliciting a bribe of $100. This will be made tho basis of an extensive inquiry into boodling in the Ohio legislature. (Thin Coupon Rood for 20 dnyn only) EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE COUNTRY SHOULD READ THE SERIES OP ARTICLES ON THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES FOR 1012, NOW RUNNING IN fSla-tional Monthly NORMAN E. MACK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. In order that the readers of Tho Commoner may have this series complete the May number, containing the first article will be included and will bo made a part of the following very liberal offer: SEND $1 TODAY TO NATIONAL MONTHLY, BUFFALO, N. Y.t SAY YOU ARE A READER OF THE COMMONER AND NATIONAL MONTHLY WILL BE MAILED TO YOU UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE 1012 CAMPAIGN. HERE IS A CHANCE TO GET THIS GREAT BIG DEMOCRATIC MAGAZINE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AT THE REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION PRICE FOR ONE YEAR. National Monthly is engaged in a big educational work in the interest of tho democratic party incidental to the 1912 campaign. 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ADDRESS NATIONAL MONTHLY, 204 MAIN ST., BUFFALO, N. Y A Columbus, O., dispatch says: "Three members of the general as sembly and an attache were indicted on bribery charges by the grand jury which adjourned for an indefinite period, subject to call. Its investi gation of legislative bribery is not complete, but it will not be resumed for the present. "Those indicted include: "Senator Thomas A. Dean, demo crat, Sandusky county, whose name nas oeen attached to practically all the liquor Dills in the last three ses sions of the assembly. "Representative Frank M. Calvey, republican, Cuyahoga county, mem ber of the house first calendaT com mittee. "Representative George B. Nye, democrat, Pike county, also a mem ber of the calendar committee and already under three indictments for bribe solicitation. "Stanley F. Harrison, Cuyahoga county, assistant sergeant-at-arms of the senate. "All were indicted twice and fur nished $5,000 bond in each case. "Though the confession of Repre sentative Owen J. Evans of Stark county, this week, was expected to re sult in many indictments there are only two of the bills traceable to the confession, those against Represen tative Calvey, his colleague on the calendar committee. "New indictments were returned against Dr. Nye charging him with solicitation of $700 and 'certain mon ies from Albert Corrodi, a real estate agent; J. H. Bradford and J. H. Smith, local merchants.to prevent the passage of a bill to protect game birds. Harrison was indicted for act ing as intermediary. "Calvey was indicted for soliciting $200 from Mortimer H. Lowdend of Cleveland and an unknown amount from W. R. Hopkins of Cleveland in connection with the Edwards under ground railway bill. The Dean in dictments go back three years to a time when the senator was not In the assembly. In January, 1908, ie is alleged to have offered bribes to two of the then members of the senate. John A. Drake of Erie county and W, L. Atwell of DIcking county to have them, as members of the senate temperance committee, vote adverse ly on the Rose county option bill. "In its report the grand jury said in part: " 'Your investigation has been hampered by the reluctance of im portant witnesses to testify; by per jury of witnesses called, by witnesses In his charge to tho grand jury at Greensboro, N. C, District Judge James Boyd declared that agencies of combinations are a; part and parcel of the combination and are equally guilty of the violation of the crimi nal law. General Madero was given a great reception when he reached the Mexi can capital. Among those who paid him tribute were many of his old enemies. MaTquis Emillio de Ojeda, former Spanish ambassador at the Vatican and minister at Washington for four years, died in Biarritz, France. John Dillon, a nationalist member of parliament for East Mayo, was seriously injured in an automobile accident near Dundalk. The campaign against state-wido prohibition in Texas was opened with a rally at Forth Forth. The elec tion will be held July 22. The United States investigation of the so-called "lumber trust" was be gun in Chicago before a special grand jury. Tho Christian Science mother church of Boston, elected Judge Clifford P. Smith of that city, president. At a meeting of the Interstate board of the different state Perry's victory centennial .commissions in Cleveland, arrangements for the erec tion of the memorial and other build ings for the celebration to bo held at Put-in-Bay were placed in the hands of Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Henry Wat terson and George H. Worthington. The celebration of Cardinal Gib bons' twenty-fifth anniversary to tho cardinalate and the fiftieth anniver sary of his entering the priesthood of the Catholic church took place in Baltimore. Many notables, among them President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt attended. John Bigelow, a noted democrat and author, is seriously ill at his homo in Highland Falls, N. Y. ' QUICKLY PROVED , ; "Theorists are fools." . ' "Is that your theory?" "Yes." "Then we will let it go at that."r-H Milwaukee Sentinel. : : ' r i" r" hijAij