Show R U to K n oy 1 I 1 RING Is JUST I 1 A HUGE JCK F L CLEVER HUMORIST SENT IT TO MISS ELKINS ring was of plain gold and set with red glass and worth 1175 instead of pittsburg pa dec 1 1 just a hugo huge joke Is tho the affair of the ruby engagement ring said to have been hent by tho the duko duke of the abruzzi to miss katherine elkins Elk liis the romantic incident that stirred gossip in ili two hemispheres worrying royalty government I 1 officials society folk and everybody Is explained who the humorist Is has not been discovered dir covered As a matter of tact it was not a ruby ring at all it was not worth it sent by the duko duke of tho the abruzzi last 0 of o all alf it worth a all 11 tho the fuss made over it which was probably the reason tho the elkins sent in exchange a check for representing tho the governments int interest in tho the ring the ring Is valued allied at 1175 and it was mailed in a pasteboard box at turin italy on october 12 and addressed to A liss elkins tho the box was not delivered by tho the postmaster at elkins W va after ho he had examined it under his legal right and discovered a gem ile he hurried to pitts burg pa to consult customs officials wife who in turn sent the ring to new york cotona exports experts there pron pronounced olinc tho the ring plain gold with a setting ot of red glass giasso j 4 k |