Evening star., 1926-11-18
Will Go Directly to New York
From Louisville, Giving
Up All Engagements.
ILLNESS OF FERDINAND
CAUSES SHIFT OF PLANS
Wire From Bucharest Alarms
Queen, Although Reports There
Say There Is No Danger.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, November 1S.--
Queen Marie will go direct to New
York when she leaves Louisville to-
night and will sail for home on the
first available steamer.
Marie called in her official family
just before she began a tour of Louis
vile and told of her wish to abandon
all features of the remainder of her
tour.
Princess Ileana will accompany the
Queen to New York while Prince
Nicolas is visiting Detroit and Cleve-
land during the next two days. Exact
been completed.
Cable advices, which were not made
public by Marie, were understood to
have recorded a serious development
in the Kings illness.
Immediately after she returned to
her train at Indianapolis Marie sum
moned Col. John II. Carroll in charge
Of the train.
Explains Bad News.
were tears in her eyes as she explain
ed that new cable adviceS had come
from Bucharest concerning the health
OF her husband and that the news was
not good. The exact nature of the mes
sage was not disclosed.
Marie and her party arrived here at
4:25 o'clock this morning. The royal
party was asleep and had issuer or
ders not to be disturbed until 10 am.
Yesterday the Queen cabled Prime
Minister AvareSco of Rumania seek
ing information of any changes in the
condition Of the King, who has been
i'll. She had been unable to decode
two cablegrams, but prior to her ut
terance last night little alarm over
the situation at home had been felt
among members Of her party.
The good nature with which the
royal encourage was greeted at In.
dianapolis stood out in her majesty 8
memory of q day crowded with Incl
dents, beginning with leave-takings
at Chicago and ending with the ban
quet which lasted SO late as to delay
10 minutes the departure for Louis
vile scheduled for 1890 this morning.
Party Is Reunited.
The royal party. divided yesterday,
WI IlIlCS 4NlCOlcS anu llNCSo 1iCd
ma motored to Indianapolis from Chi
cago, forsaking the royal train, was
reunited. The children played hockey
from the heavy dignity Of otficialdom
to indulge in eScapadeS which had
persons following the party somewhat
concerned over their safety for time.
Ileana had a minor accident at Grant
Park, ILL.,. stopped at RoSsville, H..
and transformed over muddy roads
Of Eastern Illinois and Western In.
diana in a mounting rainstorm. Her
whereabouts were unknown for a
few hours after her departure from
Rossville, but her d.bespattered
car, Scared by it's accident, finally
pulled into Indianapolis.
The machine the Princess was driv-
ing was sideswiped by a motor truck
and forced from the road. The auto
mobile, an open model presented her
by an Indianapolis concern, was only
slightly damaged.
Although shaken by the accident,
the Princess did not relinquish the
wheel until she had driven several
miles. Cold and a heavy snow.
storm induced her to stop driving.
Nicolas, while his trip was slightly
less eventful than his sisters, found
it sufficiently unpleasant to induce
him to relinquish the wheel of his au-
tomobile before the destination was
reached.
Officials Not Anxious.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, November
IS (R.-King Ferdinand's condition
causes no anxiety. Premier Avaresco
told Parliament last evening, but as
his malady is of long standing, the
cure is necessarily slow.
Ferdinands ailment has been desig-
mated as sigmoiditis, or Inflammation
of the large intestine.