Evening star., 1913-12-07
"ButCh" McDevitt Breaks His
Long Silence With an Am
bilious Proposal.
COMING HERE, so HE SAYS,
IN SPECIAL TRAIN SOON
Declares He Will Be Accompanied
by a Band and Vocalists Who
Can Sing in Irish.
Special DiSpa tch to The Star.

Special DiSpa tch to The Star
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December g.
The most successful failure in the
world" will be the next candidate for a
place in Statuary Hall at Washington.
Butch" McDevitt. who was a million
aire for a day, and believes with all
his heart that money is only good for
what it will buy; who likes special
trains better than marriage, good fe-
lowship better than place and pelf-
Butch" John J. McDevitt, late of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. but now guest of
Countess Eugenia Hildegarde Won Boos
at Landsdowne, would plant his statue
beside that of famous men in the Ma
tional Capital the second week of Jan
uary next.
War clouds are hanging all over the
horizon. began Butch" tonieht, Just
coal strike a-goin OH. Two things
happened in that year, 1sI6I was
born and the Philadelphia centennial.
acted similar to other children until
the age of two. when it was observed
that l was not an ordinary child.
Ever since the day they gave ME
$4,000 to get off the ticket in Luzerne
county, and / took that little journey
to New York, my fame has been grow
ing. It's now at fever heat. the burst
ing point. you would say if it was a
pimple.
Here is the next great contribution
to the literature of the world.
Butch" pointed to the manuscripts
lying about him on the table, for. be
it known. he has sought the quiet of
Landsdowne in order to complete his
autobiography.
Here is the masterpiece that is going
to buy my next special train the second
week of January, when 1 take my statue
down to Washington and place 1t in the
hall of fame" He paused and read ex-
cerpts from his autobiography.
Where the Money Comes From.
You want to know how I'm going to
pay for that marble bust they're making
of me over there in New York and how
I'm going to pay for that special train,
the wine, the cigars, the band, the en-
gine and the cars. to say nothing of the
vocalists who will be instructed to sing
in all languages, especially Irish? I'll
tell you.
These" he said waving the manu-
scripts above his head, are already sold;
sold mind you, before they re finished.
Il guess We're going to pay that sculp-
tor and the railroad all right, aren't we,
he said, geefully. And what are We
going to do if they don't let us put the
statue in the hall of fame?
l. myself John Jay McDevitt, standing
before the committee on artistic furnish
inss of the National Capital and asking
permission to set up my statue. Imagine
the pompouS gentleman in the frock coat
explaining that it can't be done. What
will be the next move? How will l get
out of the National Capital without los
ing my self-respect and the last word in
the argument?
It's ali as clear dominoes to me.
have purchasing agents out look
ing even now for an island in the West
indian waters. just the size for my king
dom. I'm going to set myself up as a
dictator, oligarchy and b-e-l-o-n-a not
withstandins. And we will declare war
on the United States for the insult Of
fered to the King of Acre 1t is to be
just one acre in size, that island. And
I'm TO be king of Acre. With the war
clouds hanging all around the southern
end of the United States, as they are at
present | hardly think they will dare set
off our tinder. Now, honest InJun, do
you?'