Show WEALTHY TEXAS MAN DECLARES DECLARE CHARGES fALSE l Millionaire ire Denies He Ever Contracted for Services Serviced of Olga Ralph or or Any Woman as Companion DENIES SUMMONS SUMMONS' IN ACTION Heavily Veiled Woman Who Sought Sought Him Him in N. N Y Hotel Believed to Be Resident of Iowa Town NEW ORLEANS La March 8 8 By U. U P. P P. U If any suit has been filed against me It Is a fake and groundless groundless ground ground- less John H. H Kirby y Houston louston Tex lumber magnate here t today dy Suit for back ack allowance has been instituted against the Texas millionaire millionaire millionaire mil mil- I by Olga Ralph who alleged that she traveled with Kirby as aa his daughter Kirby gave out the following statement statement state state- ment Two months ago whey when I was In New York rork and stopping at the Wal Wal- Astoria dorf I was informed that a a heavily veiled and otherwise disguised woman accompanied by a IS man of ot le legal legal le- le gal aspect and carrying a lawyers lawyer's portfolio had been waiting about the corridors of the hotel for some hours bours and nd had inquired of ot pages and elector ele ele- dc- dc vator ator operators as to the location of the he guest John H. H EXCITED CURIOSITY The man man manin In Its the case had hd even offered substantial financial reward to tony any ny of the emp yes who would point out ut to him this guest Iwas told The Information being communicated to tome tome me me excited my curiosity but made madeno no other a. a day l dayS a ab abo f 7 1 o'clock In n the evening a young man forced his way Into my room the door being un- un locked As he was being hastily ejected he dropped a paper on the floor loor This paper turned out te be a summons to answer the suit of one Olga Ralph the nature of which was not disclosed in the summons MAKES INVESTIGATION Knowing of ot no liability on my part to o a woman of ot that name and never havIng laving received a demand from anyone anyone anyone any any- one of that name to respond to any claim I 1 was Vias of ot course interested to know enow what It all aU meant meant and and I Instituted instituted I an Investigation I found that the plaintiff nUt In the case is known In Lowden Ia la a small smal village In which her mother now re resides resides resides re- re I sides as Trixie Knoop I 1 also learned that hat in the past ten years she has lived ived in St. St Louis Chicago and New NewYork NewYork York and also has been abroad I I never entered Into any agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment or understand with her or any person representing her to employ her heras heras heras as secretary or companion or In any other capacity I really have had bad no advice except what I learned through the newspapers that hat any suit had been ben Instituted but butI I will say that If It one has been In Instituted In- In It is a a. fake and groundless and evidently filed med by some lawyer I Iwho who has been Imposed upon as to the tho fates I |