Evening star., 1928-10-18
GERMANS DUE HERE
EARLY TOMORROW
Program for Reception In.
complete Because of Un-
certainty as to Number.

Although DR.. Hugo Eckener, COM
mander of the dirigible Graf Zeppelin,
and officers of the huge ship, which
now is being conditioned at the Lake
hurst naval air station for tour of
the Eastern United States next week,
are due to arrive in this city at 7
o'clock tomorrow morning, the program
for their reception here has not yet
been completed because of uncertainty
as to the number who will come and
the time of their return to Lakehurst-
The Navy Department has been in
formed that the Germans had planned
tentatively to leave Washington tomor-
row night, but 1t now is considered
likely that they will remain in this
city until Saturday afternoon or Sat-
urday night so that they may accept
an invitation to be the luncheon guests
of the National Press Club here Sat-
urday.
Arrive at ! Tomorrow.
The party is to arrive at Union Sta
ton by railroad at O'Clock tomorrow
morning and will go Immediately to
the Carlton Hotel as the guests of Harry
Wardman and Clem w. Gerson, hotel
manager. DR.. Eckener and his officers
will be the guests of Mr.. Wardman dur
ing their stay in this city.
A press conference will be held by
Dr. Eckener at the Carlton Hotel from
7:15 am. tomorrow until time for him
to leave for the White House to attend
breakfast at 8 o'clock as the guest OF
President Coolidge.
Following the breakfast DR.. Eckener
and his officers will be taken sight
seeing by automobile and airplane and
will attend luncheon to be given in
their honor by the Assistant Secretaries
OF the War, Navy and Commerce De-
partments in charge of aeronautics.
DR.. Otto C.. Kiep, counselor OF the
German embassy and charge d'affaires
ad interim, will be host to his fellow
countrymen at a tea and reception at
the Carlton Hotel at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon and at dinner, also at the
Carlton, at 7:30 pm. Another recep-
ton will follow the dinner, closing the
days program.
Repairs in Progress.
The Navy Department has been IN
formed that the work of repairing the
damaged elevator and refueling of the
Graf Zeppelin was in progress all day
yesterday and was resumed today. More
than 100000 cubic feet Of fuel gas,
similar to the "Blau" gas used on the
westward trip, have been brought to
Lakehurst from Kentucky, where it was
produced especially for the occasion by
cracking gasoline. This fuel gas, hav-
ing about the same weight as air. will
be even superior to the famous "Blau"
gas, 1t is believed.
The Navy Department also has on
hand 357 900 cubic feet of hydrogen gas
especially procured for the German
ship. since helium is used exclusively
in the United States dirigibles. Ten
tons of high-test gasoline and three
and a half tons of lubricating oil also
will go into the zeppelin's tanks.
DR.. Eckener and his officers are In
Philadelphia today. where several func-
tions have been planned in their honor
The Zeppelin commander, it is under
stood, has been swamped with tele-
graphic requests from cities in the
Middle West that he fly over them
during the American tour The timer
ary of the trip, however, has not been
decided upon definitely. the Navy De-
partment has been informed.
ECKENER SEEKS S15,OOO,OOO.