The New York herald., 1920-01-28
Passenger Aboard the Maure-
tania Coming on Busi-
ness Errand.
OTHER NOTABLEs ABOARD
Lady Dcc1cs Here for Brief Visit with
Her Fanlly-Stage Also
Represented.

eSiS aitcE a voyage IrOfn SOuthRnpton OF
ok days, during which the fast steamship
ran through a succession Of gn.es some
OF which retarded her progress consid-
erably. From last Thursday noon in
twenty-four hours tho Mauretania COW
cred only 27s nautical miles From sattlr-
day noon TO Sunday noon her log showed
that she had covered $50 nautical miles
Hcr record is SIC nautical miles on the
westward voyage
Lady Decies, formerly Miss Vivien
Gould. was among those on board: She
said that she had come for brief stay
with her family, Lady Decies denied that
her coming was due to the settlement Of
any estate or was In any way connected
With financial matters.
Albert Slater. chairman and managing
director of the United Overseas Company,
Lmlted, of London, an export and i'm
port corporation which has offices in every
section of the world, including three in
the United States, arrived to attend a con-
ference Of the company's managers, who
will come from the Far East and the Far
North, to meet at the Commodore Hotel
Mr.. Slaters company controls whale oil
industries and timber forests in the North,
coffee and sugar plantations in Java and
the Far East, plywood factories in the
Scandinavian forests. oil pressing mills in
Brazil and cocoanut oil mills IN the Dutch
East Indies-
Mn. HunIoke Arrives.
Among those OF the Mauretanias voy-
ayers kho are prominent In the sporting
as well as social world were Mrs. Philip
dunlcke. who comes to act as judge at
the American Pekingese Club show to be
held in this city next Monday, and Brig
adler General p. D. Fitz Gerald. noted
American polo team with a view Of watch
British polo player, who will observe the
ing It's playing here before the team goes
10 England to challenge for the interna-
donal championship
Mrs Hun1oke won the Order OF the Brit
ish Empire by her work In the British
Red Cross from the day the war began in
1914. until the signing Of the armistice
and after. She is an enthusiastic breeder
OF polo ponies az well as Of Pekingese.
Major Richard Lloyd George. son OF the
British Premier. arrived with his wife and
his chum. Peredur Lloyd Daniel. for a
business visit Both men are directors in
Brown, McFarlane & Co., Ltd. ship
builders. with New York Offices at No.
10 Broadway Major George Is slen-
der but well set up young man. with a
keen eye He had little to say about his
vidt here or about his father. He said
that the signs Of the times pointed to a
closer understanding between the two
great English speaking nations
with the return Of moro normal con-
disiops the present unrest in the world
VIII die a natural DEATH" he said And
normal conditions are bound to como back
very soon 1t takes time, however. to
heal the wounds inflicted by the war.
economically as well as physically. and
It behooyes rs all TO be patient and hope
ful"
Mr.. Daniels father was close friend
Of Premier Lloyd George from his earliest
youth. Just as the young man who arrived
hsre yesterday Is friend OF Dick'-As
he called the young major.
Uruguay Diplomatists Arrive.
Accompanying Joan A. Buero. the For
eign Minister Of Uruguay. who was that
countrys chief delegate to the Peace Con-
ference and who returned with his wife
an route to Uruguay. was General Julian
Noguer1a. secretary OF the Uruguay dele
cation TO the conference, and George POLK
du Bose. who was the executive officer Of
the commission. The Uruguayan visitors
viii be the guests of the United States
government during their sojourn here. A
Eroup of Secret Service officers met the
Mauretania down the bay and took charge
of the diplomatic party Nine. Buero is
the sister of the President of Uruguay.
Her husband is considered one of the
greatest statesmen in South America.
John r. Little. Of Buffalo, returned from
a quick trip to England and France. as
well as Italy. He went to look over the
textile labor situation incidental to the re-
construction work overseas.
There were several of the theatrical pro-
fession on board, including Miss Marie
Fitzgerald, an American playwright who
has been away from the United States six
Years, and who devoted herself to doing
canteen work during the whole term OF
the war for British and American soldiers
in England. Miss Fitzgerald brought with
her her terrier, named Michelangelo Fitz-
gerald. Miss Bessie Clifford, an English
actress, also entertained soldiers in Eng
land. and comes here to entertain Ameri-
cans.
John III. McFadden, noted Philadelphia
cotton man and The founder Of research
Laboratories here and in England for dis
covering q cure for cancer. came home
much improved in health after a serious
illness abroad. He will go to California
for the rest Of the winter.
Major f.. Z. Ely, who left hero with
General Pershing at the beginning of
American participation in the war and
who he's spent thirty-three months in
France and later In Russia, came home
after his long war service. Another pas-
senger was A. II. Carroll, shipowner. of
Hong Kong, who is TO merge a number OF
big shipping concerns into one huye cor
poration while he is in ,he United States.