Evening star., 1926-11-08
WOMAN CO[LAPSES
0NMAR|E' TRAIN
Press Representative of
Dancer Has Nervous Break.
clown After Quizzing.
By the Associated Press.

QUEEN MARIE'S TRAIN, en- route
to Billings, Mont. November 8.-Miss
May Birkhead of New York and Paris,
press representative of Miss Loie Full
Ter. former dancer, and whose removal
from Queen Marie's special train is
being considered. suffered a nervous
collapse today. She was confined to
her compartment and was attended by
the Queens nurse.
Col. John H. Carroll. in charge of
the train. who has questioned Miss
Birkhead's activities aboard the spe-
Cial. said it was undecided whether
she would be left at hospital or con-
tinue on the train. Although Col
Carroll had said previously that Miss
Birkhead would be dropped during the
day. he was not certain what course
would he pursued
Miss Fuller. close friend of Queen
Marie and associated with Samuel
Hill in his Maryhill Museum venture,
also was placed in the nurses care.
She has been in poor health and was
said to have been deeply affected by
the departure of Mr.. Hill in Seattle
Saturday night.
Hill Sought Harmony.
Mr.. Hill. as host to her majesty on
the Far Western swing of the tour,
had a controversy with Maj Stanley
Washburn, special aide to the Queen.
and he agreed to quit the train in
the interest of harmony.
Conflicting reports spread about the
train today concerning the possibility
that J. B. Ayres, representative of the
Henry Ford company. would be taken
back on the train when it reaches
Denver. He was expelled from the
party when Col. Carroll took excep-
tion to a newspaper article quoting
Ayres saying Ford money was paying
some expenses of the tour. Col. Car
roll said circumstances would govern
his decision regarding taking Ayres
back, but he was still undecided this
morning.
Miss Birkhead Quizzed.
Miss Birkhead was questioned by
Col. Carroll concerning her statement
to others aboard the train that the
Queens dy-in-waiting. Nine. La Ho-
varie, is identified with Bucharest
political group not in sympathy with
the present government.
Miss Birkhead also was questioned
concerning her movements aboard the
train in Seattle Saturday night after
Hill, builder of the Mary Hill Museum.
which was dedicated by Marie last
week. had left the train.
Miss Birkhead. who, with Miss
Fuller and Miss Gabrielle Bloch. sec
retary to Miss Fuller, Joined the train
as members Of Hills group, told Col
| Carroll that she had repeated about
Nine La Hovarie only what she had
| heard in Paris and on the Queen S
ship coming over from France.
She was confronted also with re.
ports by the train police that she ha
| telephoned to Hill after he had lef'
the train. The coaches were placed
| under guard until it pulled out. at
| o'clock Sunday morning. Miss Birk
| head explained that she had telephon
| ed Hill on matters that had nothing
| to do with his leaving the train or
the royal party.
Although Miss Fuller has not said
how long she will remain with the
party. 1t was expected on the train
| that she would stay at least until
| Chicago Is reached on November 13
Mr.. Hill, at Seattle last night, denied
that dissens.on aboard the train pre-
! ceded his departure from 1t. He sale
"everything was lovely" and that the
| atmosphere was most amicable wheE
| Queen Marie dined at his home
| Saturday.