The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-09
Those in Charge of Rumanian
Special Hopeful That Series
Of Chickering's and Contr0-
versies Are at an End-Ma.
jOr Washburn Is Still With
Party

Queen Marie's Train, En- Route to
Denver, Colo, Nov. 9--(F)-Pcrhaps
the most important expected event on
Queen Marie's program today was the
planned meeting Of the Queen Of Ru-
mania and the United States first
woman governor, Nellie Taylor Ross
OF Wyoming.
Governor Ross, chief executive of
state nearly as large as Rumania,
has accepted Marie.s personal invita-
ton to join her party and be her
guest from Casper to Denver. She
was to board the train shortly after
noon.
The special train pushed iowa rd
the wyoming lnc~-c early today with
those in charge hopeful that there
would be no more Of the series Of
chickering's and controversies that
started before Marie left Bucharest.
Trouble Started in New York
The first flarcup came ut New York
soon after Marie's arrival, when
prominent patrons Of a benefit per
formance, which the qeen attended
withdrew their support when it was
learned that Loie Fuller, dancer, was
TO receive half the proceeds. Miss
Fuller, close friend Of Marie, Joined
the train with the Hill party.
Tho first expulsion from the party
came in New York when Frederick
Moore. acting rs chairman of the
Maryhill Museum committee, was
dropped on order Of Colonel John II.
Carroll, in charge of the tour, who
objected to Moore giving interviews,
which, when they were printed, des-
ignatPd him as in charge of the tour,
The continental journey had not
progressed far before Colonel Carroll
had differences with Ira Nelson Nor
ris, Rumanian consul general at Chi
cago and In charge Of entertainment
programs at cities where the special
train stopped. These differences
have continued at intervals and have
become allied with minor splits be-
tween the official Rumanian party and
Colonel Carroll and Major Stanley
Washburn, Marie's special aide.
Controversies increased at Spokane
with the arrival Of Samuel Hill,
wealthy mining man and his party,
including Miss Fuller and her press
agent. Miss May Birkhead, and Miss
Gabrielle Bloch, Miss Fuller's secre-
tary.
Although it was expected Mr.. Hill
would be in charge Of ceremonies at
the Maryhill dedication only, he as
sumed command of the tour through
out the entire northwest in disagree
ment with Washburn and Carroll.
Storm Breaks at Seattle
The storm thus aroused broke at
Seattle on the return trip. After a
conference with Queen Marie. Colonel
Carroll and Miss Fuller, Hill agreed
to quit the train there. It was un-
dersto0d that he was conforming to
the wishes of the queen who had re-
quested Washburn to remain with the
party.
At Seattle another expulsion took J.
B. Ayres, representative Of the Ford
Motor company, off the train. He
was dismissed following publication
of q news story quoting him as saying
Ford's money was being used to de-
fray incidental expenses Of the
queens journey.
The next development came at Spo-
kane, where Colonel Carroll cross ex-
amined Miss Birkhead concerning her
interest in the Hill party. She suf-
fered nervous collapse yesterday
when it was announced that she and
Miss Fuller would leave the train
within few days.
N When the party stopped at Great
Falls, Mont, last night, >the eity's
mayor, Harry B. Mitchell, became irri-
tated over incidents occurring while
he and Colonel Carroll were escorting
the queen. The mayor declared later
that, "youtcan say for me that after
riding for an hour in an automobile
with Colonel Carroll, that my sympa-
thies are all with Samuel HILL"