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STYLES JAPANESE
"HUNS OF THE EAST"
Senator Phelan Urges Exclu-
sion in Bitter Affock.
Special Despatch to The sus.

wAsHrNorrN, June 2o.-Descrtbins
the japanese as Huns Of the East"
ind asserting that 'they are part of tho
Mexican Carranza machine Just as they
we're a part Of the world wide pro-Ger-
man machine" Senator Phelan (Cal.),
Democrat. appeared to-day before the
House Committee on immigration to
urge an absolute Japanese exclusion act
The Japanese are not to be comprom-
ised with" he urged. They should be
driven out like a plague Of locusts.
which they equal in economic dcstruc-
tiyeness.
The Huns of the East have come
he exclaimed. The Huns of the East
are here"
Senator Phelan told the committee that
Japanese syndicate had attempted to
purchase 100000 acres for colonization
purposes In Lower California and had
been halted as a result OF his represen-
tations to the State Department This
incident he referred to as showing the
connection between Japan and the anti
American attitude of the Carranza Gov
erhment in Mexico.
THE sore spot OF the world Is the
watched. Our future wars will be on
the Pacific. The allegiance of the jap
anese OF California Is to the Mikado.
Tho State Is rapidly becoming a Jap
anese colony. In case OF war with Japan
we should face an attack In the front
and another In the rear"
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QUITS PRISON; REARRESTED.


Frank Thompson, alias Charles Cher
rie, who says he Is a broker and has no
home. was discharged from Dannemora
Prison yesterday after serving three
years and four months of Ave year
sentence for grand larceny. Detective
Paul Martin of the West Forty-seventh
street station was waiting for him in
the warden's office with bench warrant
issued here January 8, 1916. also charg.
ing grand larceny. Thompson was
brought to town last night and locked
up at Police Headquarters.
The complainant is Harry Gallant
pawnbroker OF st. Louis. who says that
in 1916 q well dressed stranger induced
him to come to New York 10 clean up
some easy money. He was taken to
house in West Forty-seventh street
which was represented TO be a private
club, and introduced to Thompson, who
was said to be its manager.
According to Gallant he played faro
there for two nights, dropping SSS,OQ0'
Gallant says he went back to 81. Louis.
but returned TO New York again little
later to try and recoup. This time he had
better luck and lost but $4,000, accord
Ing to the police.
There Is another complainant, tho po-
lice say. Archie Lowry OF Chicago. who
was robbed of $31. 600 at the same house
January 5, 1916. The same crooked faro
layout was used. they assert.
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JERSEY DEATH TOLD
AT LUNDCREN TRIAL
Doctor Who Attended Pris.
onsrs Brother Testifies.

LAWRENCE. Mass. June 20.-The cause
Of the death Of Albert ]. H. Wilkins Of
Bayonne on July Z, 1918, was given in
the death certificate as Inflammation Of
the stomach by DR.. George H. Sexsmith,
the attending physician. according to
his testimony to-day in the trial OF Mrs
Bessie NJ. tSkeels) Lundgren for the
murder of Miss Florence w. Gay.
wilkins was brother OF Mrs. Lundgren,
who nursed him in his last illness.
DR.. Sexsmith was called to the stand
after counsel for the defense had with
drawn their objection to the introduce
ton OF evidence in an effort to connect
the two deaths for which Mrs. Lund-
gren Is under indictment for murder.
DR.. Sexsmith will be Called for further
cross-examination tomorrow.
He said he first treated the patient for
rheumatism. but there was something
about the case that baffied him. Until
two days before the death, he testified,
he thought wilkins would recover, but
Mrs. Lundgren repeatedly told him she
dad not believe that he would.
After the autopsy, the witness said.
that he could understand the reason for
the pains In the abdomen and legs. He
did not explain further. He said he had
treated Wilkins previously for alcohol
ism.
The physician testified Mrs Lundgren
had shown him a picture of a house
which she said she owned in Massachu-
sets. She told him she would be living
there but for her having come to Bay
onne to attend her brother.
The witness failed to Identify the MIC
ture as one of the Gay home in Andoyer.
DR.. Sexsmith will be followed on the
stand tomorrow by Medical Examiner
Haskings Of Hudson county, ". J., who
performed tho autopsy on the body OF
Wilkins.
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QUENEL MARRIAGE ANNULLEp.
Miss Piercy and Wife No. L to
Charge Bigamy.

Justice Greenbaum In Supreme Court
annulled yesterday the marriage of
Madeline NJ. Piercy to Robert George
Cuenel. whose father for many years
was pastor OF the Protestant Eplscopal
Church OF the Ascension, at Tenth street
and Fifth avenue. The marriage was
celebrated last fall at the home OF Miss
Piercy's parents In Belleville, y. J.. and
was the elimination OF a long courtship
After the marriage the plaintiff, who
was prominent in church and social
circles In Belleville, ascertained that
Quenel was a married man.
Witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff
Included the mother and three sisters OF
ouenel. who told OF their surprise when
he brought the former Miss Piercy to
their home. at 1873 West Eleventh street
and introduced her as his wife. They
Immediately told the young woman that
as he had wife she had been duped
Miss Piercy at once left Quenel and re-
turned to the home OF her parents, In
stituting proceedings for the annulment
OF the marriage within three days after
the ceremony.
Queners first wife was also a witness
against the defendant She told OF the
alleged desertion OF herself by Ouenel
and OF her. refusal to divorce him be-
cause she is a Catholic
II was stated yesterday by the attor-
ney who represented the plaintiff during
the proceedings that Quenel could not be
located In New York State, as his legal
wife and Miss Piercy are prepared TO
charge him with bigamy.
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ACTRESSES SUIT GOES OVER.
$4,000 Claim of Louise Dresser e
BE Heard In October.

After Louise Dresser. the comedienne,
spent several hours on the witness
stand In Justice Gavegan's part of the
Supreme Court. yesterday. relating de-
tails OF an accident OF which she was
the victim on the stage OF the Liberty
Theatre in February. 1917. there was a
conference between attorneys represent
ing the plaintiff and the defendants and
Justice Gavegan consented to the with
drawal of a Juror The trial OF the
action then automatically went over I'M
I'll the October term of the court.
Kiaw & Erlanger. owners of the the
atre. and Henry w. Savage. producer
of Have a Heart" the musical comedy
in which Miss Dresser was appearing
when injured. are named as codefend-
ants. 1t was agreed between the at
torneys that only one should face re-
sponsibility. The withdrawal of a Juror
brought the case to an end and the COM
plant will be amended In Special Term
of Supreme Court.
Miss Dresser is suing for $4,000 dam
ages, alleging n fall which she says
was due to a carpet being effectively
placed on the stage. The accident
caused her to lose engagements which
would have brought her nearly $4,000.
The remainder OF the damages is asked
for physical sufferings which brought
on a nervous breakdown.
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WILL OF MRS. GREER FILED
Family Share Estate of Widow Of
Bishop.

The will OF Mrs. Caroline A. Greer.
widow OF the Right Rev. David n
Greer. Bishop OF the Episcopal diocese
of New York. was fled for probats
yesterday in the Office OF the Surrogates
Court Mrs. Greer died on june IL
a month after the death OF Bishop
Greer. The will which bears the date
of June 10. 1918. disposes OF an estate
valued at more than $4,000 in personal
property" according TO the petition &C
companying the document.
A specific legacy OF S25 900 in seeuri'
ties is given to the unmarried daughter
OF the testator. Miss Jean Greer, VINO
resided with her parents at the Bishops
house. Amsterdam avenue and llV'n
street. The residuary estate is divided
into four equal parts, the benehci"F'.
being Jean Greer. William Gree o.
1l55 Park avenue. and Lawrence Gree,
or l26 East Fifty-siXth street, sons, ana
second DAUGHTER Mary Greer Mcl.ane
of ~ East Eightieth street.
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RUSSIANS BUY q. s. FOOD.
Cooperatists Sign S16.00O,OO
Pact With Baker.

WASHINGTON, June 20. - Secretary
Baker to-day signed contracts with rep
resentatives OF the Russian Cooperative
Societies covering the sale of $4,000
900 worth Of surplus army foodstuffs
to the societies.
Tho organization Is composed of a
number OF cooperative unions OF heads Of
families, representing. according 20 the
delegation which saw Mr. Baker to-day
10000. 900 members.
In greeting the delegation Mr.. Baker
spoke OF the sincere desire Of the people
OF the United States TO be of any pos
sible assistance to the people of Russia
and explained tho hope that when Rus
sia had reestablished Its Government the
ancient bond OF friendship between the
two nations would be found strength
ened."
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TROUBLE FOR US.
SEEN IN COVENANT
League Robs America of In.
dependence, Says Judge
Bonniweil.

Embodiment Of America In the trou-
bies Of half the world" II the Leaxue
of Nations is accepted was predicted in
an address made by Judge Eugene c.
Bonniwell, former Democratic nominee
for Governor Of Pennsylvania, before q
fremen's convntion at Bethlehem, Pa,
1T Is not a partisan issue at ALL"
said Judge Bonniweli. "It is nation
against information. II Is democratic
America versus hodgepodge. It is a
proposition to abandon the Independence
Of the United States and to submit the
honorable fair dealing of America to tho
of other peoples. II could
not prevent war II cannot to-day, po-
tentially existing In the shape of a
great council Of Allies fortified by mil
lions OF armed men. bring peace even at
this hour to war-torn Europe. Twenty
or more wars even now rage over that
continent
This league can do what the Allied
Council already has done. 1t can en-
bitter and destroy the good will among
the Allies. 1t can set UP within our own
councils the spectre of treachery and
division. II can serve to embrou Ameri-
ca with half the world and to require
Of us uncounted expenditures In life and
wealth."
Judge Bonniwell said In case the
league becomes effective sharp issues
will be raised when American foreign
trade gets into full swing. So far. he
said. tho freedom OF the seas has been
as meaning that britannia
rules the waves" The rights Of Ameri-
ca in this conflict have reached the
point, he said. where we arc to be per-
mitted to feed the world and to police
the most savage portions of It as q part
Of our association and service.
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shrouded In fog. there being not one
clear night, and on that voyage Capt.
Morgan virtually did without sleeping,
having the responsibility Of navigating
the great vessel with officers and men
quite unused to the ship.
Going over they had Commodore
Thomas Kcir and twenty officers, mostly
engineers of the Hamburg American
line. to advise In the operation OF the
German machinery. but they dropped the
Germans at Brcst and got along very
we'll without them on the trim back
This. except for the rescue Of the Brazil
ians, was quite uneventful, a succession
u fair days over perfectly smooth seas.
The Imperstor leaves for Brest once
more on June a..
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Ex-New York Alderman Hurt

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, June 2o,-FEeo'
erick Fleck OF New York city. a former
Alderman. is in a hospital here win =
fractured collar bone and other injuries
received when an automobile driven .!
Mrs. Fleck and containing 1--WE persons
skidded and went through fence :"
Thompsonville. Conn. and plunged do"h
small reservoir this afternoon, All ~
the party were thrown into the wath
but Mr.. Fleck was the only one seriously
injured.
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BANDITS BIND GIRL TELLER
Frightened Away with $500 Be
fore Reaching $4,000 in Vault

TOLEDO. June 20.-Two bandits are,
binding Miss Tessie Trudeau teller ana
cashier of the Ironville branch OF tne
Peoples State Savings Bank, East 10
ledo, this afternoon escaped with ''Vv
IN cash.
Depositors entering the bank tr'sh',,
ened the bandits away before they coulu
open the vault in which was $4,000 u
currency. Tho robbers escaped IN In au'
tomobile
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PORTSMOUTH,, NJ H.. June 2o.-Two
hundred and eighty-seven men at the
naval prison here will be released dur
Ing the next few days. II was learned to-
day. the Navy Department having APP
proved the recommendation of Lieuten-
ant-Commander Thomas Mott Osborne,
in charge q the prison. Seventy of the
prisoners will be restored to full duty
and 2l7 dishonorably discharged from
service. The departure OF these men
will leave approximately 1900 prisomN.
here
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Eight Hour Day for French Miner,

PARIS. June 20.-Ths bill of Deputy
Durafour. applying the eight hour day 10
the coal mining industry. was adopted
unanimously to-day by the Chamber Of
Deputies. The rejection two weeks ago
by the Chamber OF the same bill, whlch
was due TO AZ Misunderstanding, resulted
In q general strike OF the miners.
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Senate Passes Park Measure.

WAsHINoroN. June 20--Thc sno"
bill establ' shing Zion Nauoral Pai,
comprising $1,000 acres IN Utah, pas'7N
the Senate and was sent 10 the HousA
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Praised by Van WICK.

During his political fiier Devery used
this reference to Mayor Low:
Mayor Low has been taking In so
many swell dinners OF late and mixing
in where the corks fly out OF bottles of
sizzling ruby royal that he might have
been mixed up when he said that ne
couldn't tell whether he was 10, the
poor Indian or Low. the Mayor. 1t may
have bnen either mixed ale or cham
payne that he may have been weighed
down with. and could not explain the
position away. II he keeps on the way
he is headed II will not be 10. the poor
Indian. but Low, the poor Mayor"
And Charles F. Murphy used to re-
ceive this one:
Charlie Murphy reminds me of one
OF them new arnusements they have got
down to Rockaway-a crooks cylinder
dark as pocket inside and very smooth.
They call 1t the Down and Out"
Hundreds OF Devery's say ings about
others were quoted for a day and for
gotten. but one thing that was said about
MIN survived and always comes to mind
when his name Is mentioned. 1t was
The best Chief OF Police New York
ever had" This superlative was be-
slowed by Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck
on February l. 1901. The Mayor was
talking at City Hall with Capt. Taylor.
Commander Cowles and Chaplain Chad
wick of the Navy. When they finished
their business they chatted OF other mat
tiers. Including the city's reception 20 Ad-
miral Dewey, Capt. Taylor remarked
upon the excellence OF the police ar
rangements:
Yes. sir" said the Mayor. william
8. Devery is tho hest Chief of Police
New York ever had"
Devery had been pounded for some
time because of disclosures brought
about by vice crusade by tho Park
hurst society. and q good many persons
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vestigation by the Mazet COMMITTEES,
when II was claimed that II had be-
longed to n noted gambler who operI
ated in Devery's district.
In 1908 he abandoned all political am
billions and developed liking for So
ciety. To this end he moved into a
$4,000 home in SAT West End avenue,
but two years later he gave that up to
move to Far Rockaway, where for some
years he had maintained a country
home This was the reason he gave:
Take It from me, I like II better
down here at Rockaway. with the crabs
and the Gods, than shut UP in a brick
box In society. We found that West
End house too small. No chance to ex-
pand. Down here the ocean Is the limit.
/ never was any society gent, anyway.
There's nothing in the kid glove game,
and as a man gets older he gets moro
and more tired OF the glad rags"
The faculty of originating slang words
and expressions was one Of Devery's
most picturesque characteristics. He
was the author of many sayings which
are used even now. despite the influx
OF new slang into the language, and sew
eral OF his linguistic creations have
crept into the standard dictionaries. A
good example Of this Is the word
"chesty." which Is defined in the STAN
dard Dictionary as ''manifesting ag-
gressive self-conceit, bumptiousness. az
fected pretensions." The exact origin
of this word. or the circumstances OF its
birth. are not known. 1t came from
that mill OF new words which big Bill"
used to run in Mulberry street. He had
reduced Capt. George McCluskey and
setn him from the head OF the detective
bureau to the Twenty-fifth precinct
Asked the reason. Devery replied:
"Oh, he's too chesty!"
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Grammar Meant Nothing to Him.


Devery never made any attempt to
talk grammatical English. He said what
first occurred to him in the way that II
happened to come out of his mouth. He
used to say that he wasn't trying to
make a language or write a dictionary.
but that he talked plain American like
the plain man talked. One OF his most
famous saying was "touchin' on an ap-
pertainin' to-" which he used a great
deal during the time he was In the Po-
lice Department. His Characterization Of
Tammany Hall Triumvirate as Sport.
Two Spot and joke" also created much
amusement. as did his statement dur
ing this Mayoralty campaign that he
was "goin to take the middle name out
of ]. Sergeant Cram and feed 1t to my
dog Pump"
Devery once told a policeman that he
ought TO be carrying a hod instead OF a
nlghtstick and I'm goin' to break you
so you can go get one" and on another
occasion he informed a group of patrol
men that when you get caught with
the goods on you you don't want to
know nothing" Another typical utter
ance OF his had Gen. Greene. then Po-
lice Commissioner. as its subject
Gen. Green Is a flower pot General,
and the pot Is cracked" He used to
refer to Mayor Low as Little Eva, the
silk upholstered Mayor" and when he
referred In a speech to the toasted
marshmallow" the faithful OF the old
Ninth district always knew he meant
the head OF the city government. One
time when William Travers Jerome
made a trip to New York from Lake
Vile TO do some political work against
Mayor Low Devery said this:
1T certainly is shame Little Eva
had all her best clothes on an was
sittin' on the edge of her chair waitin'
for the angels to come an find her, an
then that nawsty Lakeville Topsy had
to come into town an wipe axle grease
all over the rufrles. 1t certainly Is a
shame"
One OF the things he promised In his
campaign for Mayor was: There will
be a cleaning up that will remind you
of moving day in hell"
Cleveland County herald., 1919-10-16
LEGION ID MEET
 IN HELENA NEXT
EX-SERVlCE MEN SELECT JAMES j. HARRISON OF LITTLE
 ROCK AS CHAIRMAN
OPPOSE ADDITIONAL BONUS
Large Number of Resolutions Adopt ed-Approve Action of Helena Pest of Legion in Supporting
 Law and Order.

Little Rock.-After selecting off cers for the ensuing year and select ing Helena for the 1920 convention the Arkansas braach, American Le zion, adjourned
 The officers elected are:
 Chairman, James J. Harrison, Lit tie Rock; first vice chairman, repre- senting the army, Philip B. Sisney Hot Springs; second vice chairman representing the navy, Chas. w. Xiii lion, Monticello; third vice chairman representing marines, E. H. Bonder en- Helena; secretary, Granville M Purrow, Little Rock; treasurer James Keith, Little Rock.
 Delegates to the national conven tion, which meets at Minneapolis:
 James J. Harrison, G. M. Burrow A. w. Dobyns, Tom Jackson, F. B, Nelson, Sam W. Trtmble, Chester Cunningham, Sam H. Mann, Jr., He Ter Mclaughlin, M. P. Watkins, Floyd Rainer, Floyd Ringo, Ross Matris,. c. D. James, Scott Hamilton, V. M. Miles, w A. Robertson, J. s. Harris, s. D. Crawford, Sam Sevier, Tom Poe, w. c. Alexander, Cooper 1hweat, E. F. MeFadden, R. H. Mott, Chester Green.
 The convention spent much time considering the constitution, which was finally adopted
 A large number of resolutions were adopted including opposition to the paying by the government of ad- ditional bonuses to discharged sol diers; providing the theory of state rights in determining the methods of recognition and the organization of negro posts by the national conven- ton, leaving the matter entirely with local posts; commenting the Richard l.. Kitchens Post, Helena, for exem- plary action in voluntary services o1 its members in assisting the civil authorities of Phillips County in the suppression of recent civil disturb ances in that community; and com mend the citizens of Phillips county and especially of he city and com r.unity of Helena, TOT their sane ant patriotic insistence upon due enforce ment of the laws this state by Its constituted authorities in dealing with notorious crimes recently com mitted in Phillips county; and pledge that as a body and as individuals to lend every possible assistance to the civil authorities of our several com munities and of this state in enforc ing the laws of the state, and to op rose In every way possible. any movement of any citizens of any community in this state which seeks tc precede, set aside or in any way interfere with the due operation oi the law of this state in dealing with env crima of any character whatso ever
Cleveland County herald., 1919-10-16
HALEYs COMET 61 YEARS AGO
That Has Appeared Down the Ages.

The world was up all night Septem- Der 12, 1910. Haley's comet blazed across the roof of the world This. great comet" whose revolution Oc- cupied 292 years, was first seen in Aug ust. 1858, by a gentleman in Altoona, but Haley's comet, named after the astronomer who calculated its prog reSS, is the same terrific wanderer in depths of space that has appeared down the ages, and to which success sive names have been given-Bela's. comet, Donati's comet, etc From the. records of history it seems that the, comet appears to foretell some world disaster. It appeared before the fall of Jerusalem under Titus; in the reign of Louis the Debonair, S37, and the king died shortly after; it appeared before the death of Caesar, 43 B. O. Again it appeared three years after the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, 1456 It appeared in 1861, just before the Civil war, and in 1910, be- fore the great war
 What is comet? It Is a member. of the solar republic-a hirsute star- a vagabond orb, that travels at almost incalculable speed, whose tail is fifty five million miles long-who approach es the sun, not to be consumed In 1t, but to draw from that radiant Source the energy necessary for it's future travels in the unknown abyss of the Armament It has it's own orbit which it follows. What mind dare follow thof0
Cleveland County herald., 1919-10-16

Helena.-7Part of the forces of the federal troops stationed here ana at Elaine as a. result of the racial dis orders in the southern part of Phil lips county have returned to Camp Pike. A sufficient number of troops were left to preserve order and handle any emergency. The situa- ton following the negro uprising has become virtually featureless.