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County News appears first in the Republican-Jour- nal. The Journal' gives complete, and accurate coverage of all news of .St., •Lawrence'county and- it gives it first.. t.. Weather \ ; Snow flurries and colder today. Sat- Jurday £lo.udy. . . .; ..._... Republican Estamisnecl 1830. Journal Established 1856 OGDENSBURG, N. Y.- FRIDAY, DE£. 21, 1928. PRICE i CENTS KELLOGG TREATY ANP CRUISERS COME UP AFTER HOLIDAYS Judge Threatened And Witnessed Disappear In Ranieri MAIL DIES IN PLANE CRASH Falls in Heart of Village During Storm—Body.De* capitated —- Mail Burns in- Fire After Explosion tV3B.DK O., Dec. 20—(AP)—Lea J. McGinn, of Maywood, HI., pilot of the National Air Transport plane carrying the night.air mail from Cleveland to Chicago, lost his life early tonight when his plane fell in the heart Of the Tillage of Huron during a Heavy snow storm. Buffeted about, by a 50*mile wind, the; plane, which McGinn apparent- ly could, no longer keep aloft \der scended With a rush through, the top ot an apple tree in the yard of Charles ^arnke. Then it bounded into a barn on the adjoining prop- erty of Wright M. Stein, Kurpn un- dertaker. r • McGinn's, body was fhrown clear Of the .cockpit as the crash came and an explosion followed which enveldped \bbth the ship ~ and \the\ barn and reduced both to a heapipt ashes and twisted metal., Th», plane's, mail cargo was consumed in the' flames. The body of the pilot was decapi- tated .when »JIcGinn was lurched from; the cockpit , The late afternoon sky was . fore- boding-as the pilot hopped off on the- westward flight* It prophesied such a storm as that which struck Ohio about a month ago and swept dbwn two mail planes-and a .comr rtnercial passenger ship with a toll of five lives; McGinn was identified by his 'pi* lptfs jicensa found in the pocket of his flying coaL IS RECOVERING LONDON, Dec, 20—CAP)—Doc- tors who have been attending King, George today took the British peo- ple into their confidence and told the* nation that it might entertain good hopes ot the slow recovery of, the,king. 'They issued a lengthy, cjominunlcrition/in ;the afternoon after a medical consultation at .the palace. • \That is the best Christmas card we'could haye,\ remarked'one man as lie read./the bulletin- when it was posted in front of the palace. Germany Meets All Payments . Due On Time BERLIN, Dec. 20—(AP)—Com- missioners' and trustees of the, ag-. ent general for reparations sub- mitted reports today for the fourth annuity year indicating that* all payments due have v been- met promptly by Germany. • The commissioner of. the Reichs- bank summarizes his' review, with the remark that .there have been far-reaching reorganization and rationalization of Germany's in- dustrial system, that the'standard of Irving among the- poorest-. has risen appreciably, and'' that in the case of the greatest par of the working classes., it has reached or surpassed the pre-war level. , 15 Year Old Boy. Imprisoned For Life In Slaying STANTON, Mich., Dec. 20—(A P)—Jimmy Deacon, 15-year-old confessed slayer of Miss Flossie Carter, Sheridan school teacher, was sentenced today -to life im- prisonment in the state prison at Jackson. The sentence was pass- ed by-Judge Rojral A. Hawley, af- ter he had fixed tfca crime at first degree murder, for which the life sentence is mandatory. Smith Carried Rhode Island By 1,451 Votes PROVIDENCE,\ R. T., Dec. 20.— (AF)-^-The state returning board <spmpleted the officjaj count of tie Novem-be* 6 election to'd^y and •fp.u#<\ that Governor \Alfred E. Smith of New York, had won the state from Herbert 1 Hoover by a margin of 1,451 votes. \ 1 The vote was: Smith 118,973; Hoover 117,522, \Ink\ Shipment Proves To Be Cuban Alcohol 'NEW YORK, Dec. 20—(AP) —Alcohol billed as \Ink\ valued at |232,500 and shipped into this country from Cuba, was seized today by agents of the customs enforcement bureau, the alcohol was in 155 100-gallon containers. Ninety-nine of the drums were *taken' from a Brooklyn pier and 56-from-an,East river pier in Manhattan. Federal officials said the liquor, after being re- distilled, would have been used in the manufacture of between* 30,000 and 45,000 gallons o£ liquor. A'tip that an attempt would ba made to smuggle alcohol from Cuba under the guise of \ink caused fedeir.l officials to place extra agents on piers to watch' ships coming in from southern ports. Yesterday these agents reported the landing of the 155 containers and samples were taken for analysis. ' FAMED HOTE IN NEW YORK TOBERAZED Waldorf-Astoria, Hostelry of Presidents and. Royal- ty to Be ReplacedJ>y Of- fice Building NEW YORK, Dec. 20—(AP)— The Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Fifth avenue, between 33rd and 34th •streets, which has housed several president^ of the Unite.d State? and visiting royalty on. their vists 16 New .York »nd hag been the scene of manyjiotcd ceremonial dinaers,- is to be torn down next summer and replaced -by a 50 story office structure.. ' '* Sale of the hotel to the Bethle- \hem Engineering corporation was announced tonight by Lucius M. Boomer, president.of the Waldorf- Astoria Realty corporation. The purchase price was not revealed but it was recently reported that the hotel was asking- more than $1,4,000,000 for the property. NAVAL RESERVE ENSIGN KILLED IN PLANE FALL SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 20—(A P)—Ensign F. »E. Hauck,, U. S. naval' reserve, was killed this af- ternoon when his plane crashed while flying near Camp Kearney. Military Staff Of Governor To Remain Intact * ii ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 20.—(AP) —Governor Franklin D. Roose- velt's' military staff will be com- posed of the same personnel as that of Governor Smith, Brigadier General Franklin W. Ward, Adju- tant General of the state, announc- ed tonight. Mr. Roosevelt has requested the adjutant general to issue an or- der as of January i, 1929, reap- pointing the seventeen officers of tlie national • guard or naval mlli- tai. The adjutant general's auto- matically, chief of the staff. BLASTS WRECK NEARLY MILE OFPAVEMENT London's Busy West End Suffers Damage Mount- ing Toward Million When Series of Explo- sipns Occur LONDON, Dec. 20—(AP)—Leap ing gas flames tonight Illuminated the wreckage of torn streets in London's busy west end where a series of violent explosions extend ing through the morning ripped up the pavement as though with a giant plow for nearly a mile. In perhaps a dozen streets the roadway was in ruins through an area, roughly, along Shaftesbury avenue, High Holborn, New Ox- ford street and Bloomsbury. Probably a score of persons were burned, bruised or affected by gas fumes. Two draft animals were killed, and vehicles and lamp posts overturned, and great chunks of paving- stones and manhole covers were hurled through , fronts and roofs £? buildings. The first explosjon occurred in the post office tunnel; others fol- lowed rapidly heaving up roadways and rocking the' entire 1 neighbor- hood so much that it was feared, momentarily London was experi- encing an earthquake. •Fires broke out in many of - th» broken gas mains. Tonight the. origin o£ the explo- sions was still undetermined, al- though one report, credited for awhile, had It that the first blast occurred when a 1 workman crawled into a tunnel with; a. blow-torch. Damage was estimated, -at from $500-000 to ft.000,000,, : , TO WORKERS WILL BE INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—(AP)— Health hazards in commercial use of radium, such as the work of painting luminous watch dials, were studied today by ,75 scientists and. industrial officials who recom- mended appointment ot committees to determine what the standard of robustness should be for a radium worker, and to codify and distrib- ute the information. The conference was called by Surgeon General Gumming of the public health service, to determine a program by which, his 'officers may attack this newest medical problem of industry. Durant Winners Selected But .Not Announced NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—(AP)— The two winners ot the ?30,00Q In prizes offered by W. G. Durant for the best plan to enforce the eigh- teenth amendment were selected today but their names will not be made public until Dec. 26, the Durant prize committee announc- ed. DR. KIERAN ELECTED HUNTER COLLEGE HEAD NEW YORK, Dec. 20—(AP)— Dr. James M. Kieran, acting presi- dent of Hunter college, was unan- imously elected president ot the board of trustees today. Ho suc- ceeds Dr. George B. Davis for 20 years head of the college. * Snell Asks For $50,000 To Provide Extra Alien Inspectors Along Border By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington • Correspondent for the Republican-Journal.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The department fc of labor appropriation bill which passed the house ot representatives late today carried a last minute rider, which will pro- vide \?50 for additional immi- gration officers on the Canadian- American border if the senate ac- cepts the bill as it stands. The amendment to the annual appropriation bill was offered on thei floor ot the house by repre- sentative Bertrand H. Snell of Potsdam, N.. Y., shortly before the passage of the measure and it was included in the general appropria- tions. The ntw funds are designed to provide ; additional officers partic- ularly with a view to extending the, hours of operation at inspec- tion offices which ate now open* only part time. In some cases it it said these offices are open only half a day when 12 to 18 hours op- eration is needed. \At Rouses Point •325.00C auto- mobiles cross each year and the force of inspectors is very meagre,\ said Mr. Snell during . debate in the house on his amendment to in- crease the additional immigration officers. \There are between 500 and 1,000 automobiles a day pass- ing over the border around Rous- es Point in an average day dur- ing the tourist season and fre- quently there is only one officer to handle them.\ He 01d of an officer having com- plained to him when after work- ing continuously for ,18 hours he still had 500 machines to exam- ine. The country te being flooded with Chinese immigrants simp!., because there are not enough im- migration inspectors along the borders to keep them out, he said. Senate Delays Action On Debated Measures Until After Recess Both' Proposals on Equal Footing After Senate Recon- venes January 3, Agreement of Legislative , Leaders WASHINGTON, Deo. 29— (OP)— Hie two majo* proposal* .ot Presi- dent Goolidge'a concluding pro- gram; the cruiser construction bill and the Kellogg treaty to renounce war, will share the attention of the senate after the Christmas recess under an agreement re«ched today. The agreement stipulate! that the senate, upon reconvening Jan- uary 3 from the holiday recess, shall consider both the Kellogg pact and the house bill to provide for 15 new cruisers the unfinished business, -with each, proposal on an equal footing. Chairman Borah ot the foreign relations committee, who is spon- soring the peace pact, submitted the double-barreled proposal. It received, the necessary unanlmou* consent after opponents of the na- val bill h|d successfully flilibuster- ed & second attempt by Chairman Hale .of. the naval commute to get the. cruiser measure up for imme- diate consideration. Confident that \they have the votes to push, the treaty to a vote •head of the naval construction measure, .Senator Borah and the treaty' advocates declared the com- promise ft victory. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, who with Senator Norris, Republi- can, Nebraska, forestalled the at- tempts ot Senator Hale to get the naval bill up, declared tonight he would move as soon as the senate resumes consideration of the pro- posals to give the treaty undisput- ed right o£ way. HOOYERMAKES LAST STOP AT RIO IN BRAZIL ABOARD U. S. S. UTAH, enroute to Rio de. Janeiro, Braill, Dec. 20— (AP)—Herbert Hoover today had practically completed preparations for his -visit to the capital ot Brasil, the last fit the South American na* Uons ot his goodwill tour, Ho will reach Rio de Janiiro tomorrqw and continuing to Florida. The president-elect will havo a busy time'during hl« itay in the Brazilian capital as the govern- ment has arranged an elaborate round of entertainments, lunch- eons, state dinner and. receptions. CONGREGATIONAL AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES MERGE NEW YORK, Dec. 20—(AP)— Complete merger ot the Congrega- tional and, Christian denominations was forecast In the recommenda- tions of a joint committee repre- senting the two churches, an- nounced tonight in a joint state- ment by the Rev. Dr. Frank Knight Sanders of Rockport, Mass., and the Rev. Dr. Frank G. Coffin o£ Columbus, chairmen, respectively, ot Congregational and Christian commissions. * \A new united national denomi- national organization, tho general council of the Congregational- Christian churches, will be formed, it is proposed, in October, 1929,\ the announcement said. \The mer- ger, if consummated, will bo the largest union of distinct denomina- tions in the United States. The Congregational churches number 5,548 with 928,558 members. The Christian churches number 950 with 114,136 members.\ Government Gets Distilling Plant Worth $1,250,000 BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 20-^J —A federal court jury after an hcur's deliberation tonight return- ed & verdict forfeiting to the Unit- ed States government property of the \Waterloo Distilling corporation of .'Waterloo valued at more than $1,250,000. The judgment ot the jury gave to the federal government the '28 acres of land on which the property stands, the distilling plant, the de- naturing plant and the bonded warehouse, together with 3,500 drums ot pure grain alcohol worth at bootleg prices more than $1,000,' 0J0, according to government ofll cials. DawesHostTo $ . Senate Page$ A!t Annual Dinner WASHINGTON, Dec 4 20—(AP) —Vice-President Dawes was; host to the pages and tt*ff ot the sen- ate at a banquet tonight in the senate restaurant. - 1% The dinner, an annual affair in which official 'decorum 'A shelved to provide a bit < t merriment for those who daily work in the sen- ate chamber, was in the nature of a farewell to the vice-president, who retires from office March i. ' Sheriff, When In Doubt, Delays Hanging Lewis MENDBNHALL, Miss., Dec. 30—(AP)—Doubt in a sheriff's mind over the legality of a \writ ot habeaua corpus today tempo- rarily saved Robert V. Lewis from hanging for slaying Jesse \Mlley his 72 year old step- father. The writ was granted yester- ,d&y by Chancellor T. Price Dale to prevent tho execution on the ground that one ol the Jurors was not a resident of Simpson county, where the trial was held. But Sheriff J. D. Smith also had orders, from the „ circuit: \\court\ tp* execute lewis \today. Perplexed by the conflict, he de- cided to play safe. The postponement means that Lewli will have at least 30 more days to live, Attorney Gen- eral Rush H. ICnox announced. YOUTH WHO SHOT WIDOW, 63, NOW INCWJNTYJAIL TOWANDA, Pa., Dec 20.—(AP) —Arthur Leonard, Bradford coun- ty youth charged with, \killing Mrs. Juanita Jones^ C3'year-old widow, in her home \at Herrlckville De- cember 4, was. in tho county jail here tonight, after having. been taken during the day to the scene of his alleged crime. Leonard, arrested in Buffalo, was returned by local officers today. He was taken from a Lehfgh val- ley train at East Waverly, N. Y.» where he pointed out to his cap- tors places he said he purchased liquor the day Mrs. Jones was slain. Melville Stone To Wed Bedford, New York, Girl NEW YORK. Dec. 20—(AP)— Mrs. John WiHard Lapsley of Bed- lord, N. X, announces the engage- ment ot her eldest daughter, Kath- arine Temple .Lapsley. to Melville E. Stone, 2nd, of Chicago. Miss I-apsley's father , was for many years the floor member ot the firm of E. & C. -Randolph, and a son of the late 'Howard Lap3ley, a famil- iar figure in W ; all street 30 years ago. Mr. Stone is the grandson ot Mel- ville E. Stone, for many years the active head of tho Associated Press and tor whom he was named. WILL ROGERS tjays- Special To The JtepubUcan-Journal NOW YORK, Dec, 2t— Well, they finally stopped us from send- ing Marines to every war we could hear of. They are having •one in- Afghanistan. * Tho thing will be ovefr before congress can pronounce It, much less flud out where it Is located. It seom3 the king over there thought ha was adopting modern ideas by limiting his subjects to cne wife per each. No wonder they threw him out Ho was just old fashioned and didn't know it He was just queer. Yours. WILL. . .(Copyright, 1928) KELLOGG SURE HOSTILITIES DANGER OVER Secretary Feels Agreement to Arbitrate Means No More Fighting Between Bolivia and Paraiguay WASHINGTON, Deo. 20.—(AP) —Although replies from Bolivia and Paraguay as to conditions un- der which they are willing to sub- mit their controversy to concilia- tion have not yet reached Washing- ton, Secretary of State Kellogg is confident that all danger of hos- tilities between them its over. Further steps in the conciliation proceedings \which the Pan-Ameri- can arbitration conference has undertaken are awaiting the an- swers of the two countries to a questionaire cabled tliiem yester- day. This communication asked their views as to the exact ques- tion in dispute and tlbeir desires as to the composition lof the court to adjudicate the controversy. Secretary Kellogg, however, feels that both nations already have shown their willingness to submit the matter to peaceful solu- tion by their acceptance of the good offices of the arbitration confer- ence and also by the instructions of the two countries to their forces on the frontier to avoid further activities which might lead them into clashes with one another. (MIDGE PUTS SIGNATURE 0 WASHINGTON/ Dew. 20.—(AP) President Coolldgs late today signed the $l,OOO,OOp,0Op treasury- post office appropriation bill wlilch created considerable debate in congress by tlie senate tacking on an amendment to Increase the ap- propriation fdr i>rohiblition enforce- ment from $13,500,000 to ?270,000,- 000. The big increase, liiowever, was stricken from the measure in con- ference and the bill was signed car- ries tlie $13,500,000 figure. Accuracy Of Vote Machines Is Established NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—(API— The accuracy of voting machines in the 10th assembly district, was es- tablished today in tests made on a court order obtained by Irving Dolan, Democratic candidate, who contested his twelve-vate defeat by Louis Lefkowitz, Republican, in the recent election. A cettttficate of lec- tion, lield up pending the examina- tion of the machines, immediately was issued to Lefkowiltz. Brewer Declares Hoover To Clhange Dry Law Stand CHICAGO, Dec. 20—(AP)—Hugh P. Fox, of New Yorlc, executive secretary of the limited States Brewers association to convention here today predicted that Presi- dent-elect Herbert Hoover \will be forced by the facfis and by the logic of his own reasoning to the conclusion that tte (prohibition) law must be modified.\ Moving Miners Out Of Region To,Give Relief LONDON, Dec.. 20—(AP)— Prime Minister Baldwin told the house of commons today that the policy ot mewing unemployed min- ers out of the distressed coal f.elds to more promising parts of the country undpfc government dit rection, if in the end successful, was the only means of affording permanent relief. 442 Influenza Cases In Town Of 450 People WASHINGTON, Dec, 20—(AP) —Out of a total population of 450 at Jloodah, Alaska, tbie coast guard cutter Bnalga reported today there were 424 cases; of infuenza. Her report also said that there were but one doctor,, ons nurse and one teacher to care for tha Alarkan village's suliterera. Man Loses Head, Cops Hear, Find Decapitated Body CLEVELAND, O., Dec 20.— (AP)—The decapitated body of an identified man was found by police late today in a Jiouse. on East 40th street. The police made the discovery in respons- ing to a call that \a man had lost ihis head\ at the address. The body was fully clothed. Thorough search of the ihouse and the premises,failed to reveal the missing Thea4. t WAR MINISTRY TELLS MAILS OF ENCOUNTER Commar1i3er of Paraguayan Fort's Statement of Wlrat Took Place Made Public by Officials ASUNCION, Paraguay, Dec. 20 —(AP)—In a detailed statement of military activities on the Para- guayan-Bolivian frontier the war ministry today .denounced . genial by Bolivian officials of attacks by the military of that country oai Forts General Genes and Valois Rivarola. The text of a communication from Commander Castagninp of Port Valois Blverpla is quoted; \Learning at a Bolivian cavalry attack against Fort Marsical Lopez I left Dec. 14 at 8 a. m. from Vaols Hivarola' with troops to protect Lieut BMS'O Padin. Lieut. Figari was killed in this oweratio/n. I maintained contact with the Boliv- ians until 6 p. m. when they pre- > t6nded : ^rrStlre liuttlie' same BigTit they moved against, F.od? General Ge&es cutting off the Toed id Valo\is Bivarola,\a.na capturing some ot my supplies. \The Bolivian 'cavalry confix ued its advance until Dec. 15 reaching to Wtthii^ 20 kilometers of Genes but it soon retired hur- riedly before our strong 1 counter ataack \which also.forced BoHvian. infantry to abandon Port Mariscal Lopez. Since that date the enemy cavalry has ceased its operations •and I'have reoccupied the posi- tions in Valois ( Rivarola. Beside? liiSut. Figari we lost six infantry- men and two cavalrymen. Bolivian losses were heavier.\ Question Mark In Texas After Seven Hour Trip MIDLAND, Texas, Dec. 20—(A .P)—Ihe Pokker army endurance place, \Question Mark,\ • Sccom panied by a Douglas G-l refuelling ship, landed here at 4:47 p: m. to- day after a seven and one half hour flight from Shreveport, La. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT . RATIFIES TREATIES VIENNA, Dec. 20.—(AP)-«-The. Aurtrian parliament today, ratified arbitration and conciliation trea- ties with the United States. Life of Judge- > Gehtzd Threatened by Slayers oJ Ole Scully and Kidnapei of Billy Ranieri • CHICAGO, .Dec. 20.—(AP)— A threat against the life of the trial judge and the disappearance ol ten state witnesses today contri- buted to. the terrorism iricludMj assassination of one witness thai has marked, the trial of three de fendants accused of kidnaping lit tie Billy Banierl and' whom the state seeks to send to tie electric chajr. Opening of the trial was delayed two hours when Judge Robert B Gentzel' received a letter similai to these threatening the Ranieri family and other state witnesses, Mike Divito, state witness, whe the prosecution charged has been marked for death, defied his en- emies by testifying that-one ot the defendants had blackmailed hire two yparg 'ago. Divito barely es caped assassination recently \vvhex Ole Scully was slain. His testi mony, given in the absence of the jury, lowever, was ruled out l)j the court. The State rested its case aftei failing to prfisen-t-Divito's story tc the jury and the defense present ed Andrew Cappelano, one of the three defendants • who declared he did not know Billy had been Idd-' naped when the boy was, broughi to hi$ home at Bourbonnais, Ills. by two men, one of whom he sait Was _T6ny ^Per-contini,\ and the oth er known £o hJm^ onjy .as Romano Cappelano said' the wen'told ME Romano was the boy's uncle but he. -aaekiOtte*^fflys*^roiSii«*' l Mr was not so. When-he-insisted h« did Tiot want \6 keep Billy, he sait th'ejf, threatpne/i. hijn 'with death Cappelano, his son, Today, 1G, ant 4Jigblo (Petitti.Vei'theidefendants : The disappearance ot the state's witnesses' was\reported sliortly before the. state \closed its cEtse ; when detectives hunting the men including relatives of Diyito and of file Scully* state witness whe was- killed Monday, said they were unable to find any trace of them,. The receipt of the death threat by Judge Gfentzell created a sensa- tion when it became known in the court room. Search For Couple Lost In Canyon To Follow Soat Clue GRAND CANTON, Ariz., Dec. 20 —(AP)—The,search for Mr. ana Mrs. Glenn Hyde.- venturesome Hansen, Idaho, 'couple, narrowed down today to an isolated portion of the Grand canyon of the Colo- rado river 13- mileS below the X)ia- mond \creek. . .Searching parties redoubled their efforts, following the discovery by army airplane observers of the homemade scow stranded on a jagged rock. It was in this boat that the. Hydes ha,d attempted • to shoot the rapids from Green River, trtah, to Needles, Calif, Girl Object Of Chase Across Country .; Now In San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. : (AP)—Declaring that she had from New York to escape the at- tentions of a wealthy suitor and physicians, Miss Ruth McGonnell, 26, the object of an exciting,, air- plane chase across half the con- tinent, arrived here today in ad- vance ot her pursuers and an- nounced -fchatjShe intended to live her own life in her; own way. As the mystery of her transcon- tinental journey by train and the urgent efforts Jo overtake lier be- gan to unfold the skepticism aroused in many newspaper offices because of the obvious movie scen- ario angles of the affair \gave way to .reflections that truth often is stranger than fiction.. Miss McConnell said she ha<i the east to avoid marrying Kenneth B. -Coulter, wealthy dairy owner of Clifton Springs, N. Y. The <|a}ry^ indn who represented himself to Rochester, N, Y. newspaper men today as her uncle, is \not relate^ to her, the girl said, and her stat«-' ment was borne but by \her moth- er, Mrs. Henry McConnell, in life dlanapolls. The mother described Coulter as a friend of the'family\ who was in- terested in the condition of Miss McConnell. A statement by the girl's father, Major Henry MeGon* nell, given out in Indianapolis said she had been in poor Ife'altb and highly nervous.', On .her. .atrxral here Miss McConnell exhibited distress over the publicity attending the affair. . The parti-beifig played by Dr. D. O. Meeker,.young medical student of Rochester, N. Y., who chartered an airplane at Omaha, Neb., .yester- day and. started an pursuit of Miss McCqnnell,' was <hot entirely clear but the gift's parents*said he had attended her in her illness and was .acting for relatives .in .attempting to pverfake her. . ' •']At Omaha Dr. Meeker intimated that he, was acting* for Coulter, but did not -explain; whether it was in the 1 role of a physician or a John Alden. . • ROCHESTER, -Nl Y., Dec. 20.— Kenneth B. Coultek,-wealthy broker •and dairy owner pf Clifton Springs, from, whose attentions Miss Ruth McConnell, -object of a crosp-con- tinent airplane phase, said she fled, today 'reiterated\ previous State- ments in which b« gfrwsed her highly .ie'rvous condition and her ''irresponsible interviews.\ \The st^Jement ttikl *Mfs. Mc- Connell Issued from Indianapolis is absolutely correct with the excep- tion, of a few minor details/' said Mr. Coulter from his invalid's chair in Uhe C'lUton .Seringa sanitarium.
