The New York herald., 1922-01-04
U. S. Diplomats and
Consular Officials
Among Seagoers
Rabbi Kornfeld, New Minister
to Persia, Sails Aboard
the America.

An unusually large group OF American
diplomatic and consular officials sailed
yesterday by the America of the United
States Lines for Cherbourg, Plymouth
and Bremen. A stop will be made at
| Queenst town to set down number OF
| Irish seagoers. The steamship was q
little late in getting away. and the de-
lay was fortunate for Rabbi Joseph s.
kornfeld of Columbus. Ohio. the new
Minister to Persia, who arrived just In
time to go UP the second gangplank, the
first having been already drawn in. He
said his hardness was due to his taxicab
driver having taken him to Jersey City
| instead of Hoboken.
| Another tardy diplomat who arrived
barely in time to catch the ship was the
| Rev. Solomon r. Hood, pastor OF the
African Methodist Episcopal Church at
Trenton, n. j., and new American Min
! lister to Liberia, President Harding
asked the negroes of New Jersey TO
recommend one of their race for the
| post. and a general conference or New
Jersey negroes selected the Rev. Mr..
Hood. Mr.. Hood was formerly secretary
to the American Legation at Port au
Prince, Haiti He Is graduate OF
Lincoln University.
Consular officers on the America were
Messrs. Thomas II. Chiffon, who Is to
be Vice-Consul at Barcelona, Spain; A.
| p. Cruger, Vice Consul at Marseilles
Robert Y. Jarvis. vice-Consul at War
saw and Edwin A! Pitt, Vice-Consul at
Sofia, Bulgaria.
| The Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland
America Line will get away to-day with
10 first cabin passengers and nearly
that number In the other cabins. Her
l
Everwijn. Minister OF the Netherlands
to the United States. His fellow pas
sengers will include DR.. II. A. van
Karnebeek. president OF the assembly
of the League OF Nations and chairman
of the delegation of the Netherlands
to the armament conference, and Mrs.
van Karnebeek. Mrs. Rutherfurd
Stuyvesant also will SAIL bringing her
short visit to New York to an end.
Capt. Philip M Lydig also win be on
board. OtheT passengers will includ e
Mr.. Henry Bleecl1er. Mr. Barclay Boyd.
Mr.. James Albert Caldwell Sd, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Z. Chapman. DR.. and Mrs.
| Charles Chetwood, Mrs. NJ. j. Dods-
worth the Misses Gertrude and Lucy
Dodsworth. the Misses Hester and
Margaret Emmet. Mr.. Frederick w.
Kaufman. Mr.. Robert Grant and Mr..
Carl van Bernuth.
The Araguaya Of the Royal Mail
| Steam Packet Company and one of the
most luxurious vessels in the Bermuda
| service, will sail to-day with a large
| passenger list.
Among the passengers who sailed yes
terday by the Frederik VIII. OF the
Observation-Disclosures Line were Miss
Esther II. Anderson, Gen. vladimir
Besobrasow. Baroness Alma Dahlerup
Miss Idagro Dahlerup, Mr.. Carl Jorgen-
sen. Mr.. and Mrs. Adolf Krabbe, Mr.
Olof Werner Olson and Mr.. Stuart
Hampton de Pue. assistant secretary of
the American Consulate at Copenhagen
Yesterdays incoming passengers by
the Touraine of the French Line in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Coles Neidecker
The latter was Miss Sybil Kosminsli,
Daughter OF the late general passenger
director of the French Line. They were
married In the American church in
Paris October 10 last. They are on their
way to Florida for the winter. They
will return to Europe In the spring. Mr.
Neidecker is in the banking business in
Paris and Berlin.