New-York tribune., 1922-04-24
Countess i'm
Steerage Held
At Ellis Isle
Handsomely Cowned and Be-
.icwclcd Woman, With Her
Titled Sou, Says She l.
Wife Of Danish Diplomat
Here on a Social Visit
Declares She Was to BE
Guest of the Ise!ins Here
and o IA e i Notables

In the etceragc Of the new Steamship
Rcsolute Of the United American Lines.
! which arrived here yesterday from
Hamburg, was woman wearing costly
gowns and an abundance Of jewelry,
who said she was the wife Of one Of
the Danish delegates to the Genoa CON
ference.
She vas listed on the steerare mani
lest rs the Countess Christine de Ros-
enkrantz and was accompanied BY her
nineteen year-old son, Baron Holcer
! Julian Fredorik de Rosenkrantz, and
Miss Elizabeth Petersen, The young
baron had littlo or nothing to say but
the women Of the party were a puzzle
to the immigration officials.
Planned Social Visits Here
When the Rcsolutc docked the
countess appeared before the boarding
inspectors ard, in excellent English,
asked that she be permitted to 60
ashore with the American citizens, She
said she had come here on q social trip
and vas to visit some well known per
sons in the United States, among them
bcing Mrs. Nathaniel Thaycr, Of rhla-
dclphia. Miss Petersen said she was
| booked for social visit Will, the
'1sellns Of New York.
Whom she boarded the Rcsolute at
! Hamburg the countess called deck
steward and ordered three deck chairs
to be set out on tho promenade deck.
! The costly gowns of the woman and
her display of jewels brought prompt
attention, but when it was found that
she was steerage passenger the
countess was informed that she could
not have the chairs.
No reason for their travelling third
class could be obtained from either
the countess or her son, The Countess
had a passport issued by the Danish
Minister of Foreign Affairs and let
ter requesting that the usual courtesies
: Of the port be accorded the couple.
! The Countess, her son and Miss
Peterson were returned to the ship
where they spent the night Their
case was laid before Danish Consul
General BecH, and it is expected thai it
viii be thoroughly gone over ot Ellis
| Island to-day.
The distinguished stccraee passenger
said that she was born the Countess
Wcdell, Of Tydsland, of Denmark. and
! her husband was Count Rosenkran1
! orc of the Danish delegates 20 the
| Genoa conference.
Baron dc Mum,n Arrives
! Another traveller on the vessel was
! the Baron Walter de Mumm, who once
owned tho Mumm champagne vineyards
| Of France. He came here on business
trip and Will visit the parents of his
! late wife, who before her marriage was
| Miss Frances Scoville By an act of
! Congress she regained her American
citizenship after the war started, but
died later In France.
| Among others on board were the
| Baroness Mary Won Leut~itz, formerly
! Miss Mary Carey, of Cleyelsnd William,
| Coffin United States Consul General in
| Berlin; Heinrich Hagenbach, the animal
! dealer: Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Doyle and
! Professor August F. Carrier.
The Resoiutc, which is the first Of
two big, luxurious steamships to be
added to the fleet Of the United Ameri-
can Lines, was handicapped in making
| good time on her maiden run because
water had been pumped into her oil fuel
| tanks.
She was greeted down the Bay by 3
delegation of the lines officials. includ
| ing ". Averell Hartman.