The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-16
TO live like
KING FOR DAY
ECCaEtTlC Pennsylvania Travels
In Special Train
PLANS ONE GLORIOUS Time

"Eutch' McOevitt, Who Received
S2,5cG to Withdraw From County
Ticket, Decides to, Blow Entire
Amount In Trip From WiIkesbarre
to New York-Will Trust to Luck
to Get Back Home-Engages Negro
VALLEY" as Companion.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan. 12.-Headed
for the Waldorf, which is New York
TO him, John ]. McDevitt. or Butch"
as he is known locally, is speeding
eastward ON special train, In an
effort to spend the $2,500 which he
received for withdrawing from the
Democratic ticket after he had got a
primary nomination for county treas
nrsr. His one great object is to be
able to say tonight: "At least have
lived one day"
He says he Is going to breeze into
the Waldorf lobby this evening with
exactly s33 of the S2,5OO. He has
now left the $33 plus $3.50 which is
get back here he says he doesn't
know or care.
Butch and Abe Moody, his valet,
or as Butch says, his valley chair
car, q baggage car to hold Butch's
suitcase, Dr.. L. A. Sweeney, Butch's
physician, and Johnny Lenahan, a
clerk of the hotel Reddington, all
will slam into New York together
just before the dinner hour tonight.
In addition to the two cars mention
ed, the railroad folks also will add
two or three day coaches as ballast
Johnny Lenahan goes along as sec.
retary to Butch.
And what are you going to dc
when you get back here?" was asked
Butch at luncheon at the Reddington
81 haven't the slightest idea" an
swered Butch, as he lighted another
cigar. Maybe I'll just stick around
waiting to run for office again. But
put this down, kid-I'm not going to
work; it's too late to begin that
stuff now"
Butch has the distinction of hav
ing run for five offices on five tick
cts, all at the same election, and OF
| having been elected to four of the
| five. He once was arrested for hav
| ing fofmaldehyde in milk while run
ming milkery here, and of nearing
his case called while he was doin&
! Jury duty, and Of being impaneled tt
serve as foreman Of the jury which
was to try his own case. The othel
II jurors decided to convict him
Butch says and Butch says he hell
for a long time for acquit,al, bu
finally had to give in and came intt
court to say in a clear voice, You
honor, we find the defendant guilty.
Spends Half For Tips.
~ can live on 81 a week." salt
Butch ~ need that much because
always for every cent 1 spend civ,
away the same amount in tins.
could live on So week if it weren'
for the tips"
MIR. McDevitt received a long tele
gram from Leo Stevens, the aero
naut. asking McDevitt whether h
will make a fight in Wright ma
chine with Aviator Beatty at th
throttle Hammeratein's is telephoI
ing that they will give Butch 500
week Conan & Harris are sendin
werd that Press Agent Eddie Dun
will hurry up from Baltimore t
meet Butch at Bethlehem and escor
him straight to the little millionair
show
Il don't like all this stuff" Butte
complained. What I wanted to d
was to just take quiet little unos
tentatious trip to New York in a spe
cial train, eat something at the Wa
dorf, about S33 worth, and trust t
God to get back home. | wouldn
take $1,000 week to go on the val
deviiie stage. 1t would break fail
er's heart. No, I'm on the level
would burst him all up to know tina
had got low enough to become a
actor. He's great old man, m
father. The first thing he says
you is, Are you Democrat or
Protestant"