Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1931, Page 17

STATION PROPOSED TOUTILITIES BODY New York Financial Group Discusses Tentative Plan for Big Terminal. WOULD BE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN AREA Operators of Virginia Trolley and Coach Lines Approached by Promoters of Project. A group of lawyers and agents for New York financial interests has just consulted with the Public Utilities Com- mission concerning a proposed develop- ment of & central bus terminal for Washington, it was revealed today. ile the new plan is said to be in but.w:l :enut,lve n:u at this time, the discussion has revived consideration here of the problem which at various times in the past had aroused wide teresv. in_r;‘e agents of the New York interests, who consulted yesterday with Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman, and Har- leigh Hartman of the Utilitles Com- mission, were optimistic about the financing and successful operation of union bus terminal, to be located downtown Washington, it was reported. Virginia Lines Included. This , it was learned today, also Jaid m:’l’oump ition before Robert L. May, owner of the Mount Vernon, Alex- andria, Washington street car line and the Washington - Bareroft - Alexandria bus line, and before Leon Arnold, head of the ofiiefk:‘ul’l\ne entering Washing- ton from Virginia. Interested omclllb" say that m::gl:: two-score proposals from some of & union bus terminal have been made during the past few years, but none yet have been carried to fruition, a number of bus depots now being scat- tered about downtown Washington. ‘Commissioner Hartman said today that as 2 member of the Utilities Commission he is deeply interested in seeing a sat- isfactory solution of the bus terminal problem. Control Routes Only. The commission in the past has been advised that it could not compel all bus companies having lines entering ‘Washington to become a party to a union terminal operation, though the commission does have control over the Toutes of the bus companies operating here. The May, the Arnold and certain Interstate busses now operate from the United Bus Terminal, gt the corner of Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue. This property lies in the site of the new Federal buildings to be erected in the Mall triangle south of Pennsyl- vania avenue, and this building is to be razed in the future. The tracks of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington street car company also_are to be removed from the Pederal fridngld but Mr. May is making arrangements to continge and to expand the May company bus serv- | ioe to this eity, regardiess of the street car question. ‘Would Relieve Traffic. Mr. May $aid today (hl: h;hld f:on;‘ sulted with promoters of the newes for & bus terminal, but that he was not financially interested in the pro- i @he ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1931 NEW CENTRAL BUS COUNGIL EXTENDS | DR. ECKENER HERE ocahontas Becomes Brid NDIANS MARRY HERE IN FULL REGALIA. OCAHONTAS was married here today. y Not the Pocahontas of history book fame, however, but another of her race. And though the bride and bridegroom wore the tradi- tional garb of their tribes, the ceremony ‘was performed by a Christian minister and one of the witnesses was a “pale- face.” Dewey Custalow, at right in picture, v, 28 years old, of the Chickahominy Tribe, were the principals. Wearing the kind of costumes usu- ally seen only in “Wild West” movies, Dewey and Pocahontas, accompanied by the former cousin, O. T. Custalow,, ssistant chief of the Mattaponis, were trudging the streets of Washington, —Star Sfaff Photo. looking for the Marriage License Bu- reau, when they met G. E.. Wynkey, 511 'Third street. Wynkey helped the Indians obtain the necessary permit and escorted them to the home of Rev. John E. Briggs, pastor_of the Fifth Baptist Church. With Wynkey and the assistant chief of the Mattaponis as witnesses, Dewey and Pocahontas were pronounced man and wife in the parlor of the minister's Tesidence at 623 F street southwest. Following the ceremony the newly- weds left for the Mattaponi reservation in King William County, Va. Until to- day the bride made her home on the Chickahominy reservation in New Kent County, Va. The bridegroom's’ uncle, George F. Custalow, is chief of the Mat- taponis. The couple met four years ago. CREDTORS IVEN SKNONTHS TOFLE | Director of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Proceedings Explains Ruling. posed development. 1f such a bus ter- minal is not erected, he said, his bus service could be continued by merely having the busses make a loop at a point in the city and then 3 on the return trip. City and utility commission- ers are interested in the bus terminal idea as & means of providing a definite designated place where patrons of all intercity busses could make connections and as & means of removing waiting busses from heavily congested down- town streets to avoid traffic jams. NAVAL RESERVISTS MAY SEE BERMUDA Policy Makes Ocean - Isle Possible Port of Call for Training Ship. { New ‘Washington's Naval Reservists may cruise to Bermuda this Summer. ‘The Navy Department today said the Naval Reserves from this city will make cruises aboard the destroyed Hamil- ton, the first from June 20 to July 4: the second from July 11 to July 25 and the third from July 25 to Au- st 3. . ‘\Nlnl officials said that one division from the fifth naval district, with head- quarters at Norfolk, Va., will be in- on each cr of the Wash- ingtonians. Baltimore is in the Afth . Others in the fifth naval dis- triet will go in the fourth and fifth cruises from August 15 to Septem- ber 19. In announcing the possibility of for- eign cruises for the Reservists, depart- | Shi ing from the policy prevalling hereto- fore, the department said: ““The department has notified the service that Bermuda will be the port available for visits by members of the Reserves from Philadelphia and Norfolk naval districts and from the District of Columbia.” FAVOR CONVENTION HERE Several Quota vlub Branches Are Ready to Accept Invitation. Recent invitations extenced to more than a hundred irdividual branches of the national organization of business women, the Quota Ciub, for the holding of their 1931 convention in this city have brought favorable letters from sev- eral, Dorsey W. Hyde, jr, secr-tary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, announced today. ‘The Quota Club holds its annual con- vention in June. CAPPER CHANGES SEAT Fred J. Eden, referee in bankruptey, who 15 in charge of the Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey bankruptcy proceed- ings, announced today that creditors of the concern have six months in which to file their claims, beginning with the date of the application in bankruptey, which was January 26. According to Mr. Eden, claims may be presented at the meeting of creditors to Be held at the Court House Saturda: March 14, but they ma riod with him in his ofice in the Wilkins Bullding. clalms may do 50, he stated, by present- ing them to him in his office, and it is not necessary to attend the meeting Saturday simply for that purpose. ‘The principal item of business to come befcre Saturday's meeting will be the election of a trustee, or trustees, but that only those creditors will have & voice in the selection of such trustees who have previously proved their claims. He further stated that forms for proving claims in bankruptcy pro- ceedings are for sale at stationery stores handling legal blanks, but that he has a limited supply in his office for the use of creditors, and they may be had upon application to him. WIFE OF MORRIS CAFRITZ ASKS U. S. CITIZENSHIP Mrs. Gwendolyn Cafritz, 21, Hun- garian wife of Morris Cafritz, Ambas- sador Hotel, today applied to the District Supreme Court for American_citizen- ip. Before Mrs. Helen T. McGraw, naturalization clerk, she made oath of her intention for forswear allegiance to the “present government of Hungary.” In ‘her application she says she had been visiting in this country prior Jo her marriage to Cafritz, but gives her legal entrance as the date of the return from her European honeymoon. She arrived at New York on August 20, 1929. She was accompanied to the clerk’s office by her witnesses, Mrs. Helen Pets- man, 3004 Thirty-second street, and cob Roberts, 3001 Connecticut avenue. Hearing on her application is scheduled for July 7. at any time within the six-month pe- | g 480 OEM WIDENING OF E ST, FAVORED BY CROUP Co-ordinating Committee Ad- vocate Plan as Thorough- fare to Downtown Area. The Co-ordinating Committee, which embraces in its membership interested Federal and District Government agehcies, favors the widening of E street from Fifth to North Capitol street as a main thoroughfare from Union Station plaza to the downtown section of the city. The committce’s recommendation is that E street be widened from 45 to 56 feet, but before any definite program is laid down, its chairman, Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr. engineer of the National | Capital Park and Planning Commis- | sion, said today, the study will be con- | office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, of which G. E. Clark, head of Creditors simply desiring to file their | the suryeying and drafting section of the Engineering Division, is chairman, ‘The committee recommends the wide- ning of Upton street to 120 feet, in the area adjoining Wisconsin avenue, near the Home . for Incurables. Likewise, it is in favor of reducing the width of Tilden street from 120 feet to 90 feet, on the highway plan as it now exists. On Connecticut avenue, south of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, the com- mittee urges that the center parking be rearranged and that a 60-foot width between curbs, centering on the present bridge center line, be put in force. Capt. Chisholm explained that there are still a number of trafic problems, such as the question of lights, to be ironed out in this vicinity. Disapproval was registered by the committee on the proposal to have fives point intersection at Tilden and Forty- ninth streets, as it believes this program 1‘: inadvisable in view of traffic condi- onis. At Sheridan Circle and Massachusetts avenue the committee said a program should be inapgurated whereby the traffic island should be reshaped to afford better visibility for motorists. CAPT. MORGAN TO SPEAK Capt. Sidney Morgan, secretary of the Crime Commission, who represented the United States on a recent mission to Spain, will address the Spanish Club of George Washington University to- night. The talk will center around the his- torical background of the Spanish lan- guage. The meeting will be in building K of the university. A facetious lettey to the District Com- XKansas Senator t6 Have First Desk in Front Row Next Session. Senator Arthur Capper of Kansss, chairman of the District Committee, will have the first seat in the front Tow on the Republican side of the Sen- ate in the new Congress. In the last Co u;stxned to Se: this seat was nator Ph:rpl Republican, ol , Wwho retired voluntarily from the Senate. For & number of years it was occupled by the late Sen- ator Robert M. La Follette, father of the present Wisconsin Senator, missioners from Willlam McK. Clay: ton, urging them to “have a heart’ and “put the Citizens’ Advisory Coun- cil to work” was made public today. Mr. Clayton is one of those delegates to the Federation of Citizens' clation who have sought the abolish- ment of the Citizens’ Advisory Coun- cil. In referring to the very efective work of the Commissioners in reliev- ing the “pitiable plight of the un- employed,” Mr. Clayton reminds them that those whose business it is to give advice to the Commissioners “in all pathic and homeopathic doses, as the Commizsioners may elect.” have been out of & job since last June. Asso- | corrod ADVISORY COUNCIL WORK ASKED IN FACETIOUS CLAYTON LETTER District Commissioners Urged to End Prevailing “Uriem- ployment” of Citizens’ Organization. “Have a heart, Mr. Commissioners, » and put the Citizens’ Advisory Coun- cil to work,” he urged. “If not on full | time, then half time, or even an odd | job now and then might intercept the dust of idleness, may retard the deadly paralysis now slowly but so surely creeping on to its ‘journey’s end’ vithin this forlorn group of unem- rloyed advice specialists.” Park Committee of the) | APPLICATION TIME ON CLEAN-UP J0BS Committee on Employment Begins 4-Day Enrolling of Work Seekers. PERSONA: INTERVIEW TO REASSURE HIRERS Artisans, Laborers, Maids and Housemen Are Among Many Classes Sought. ‘The District of Columbia Committee on Employment today began a four- day enrollment of men and women out of work in anticipation of placing them in jobs during the two weeks ‘clean- up” campaign commencing April 20. Applicants will be interviewed be- tween 9 am. and noon in room 507 of the District Building, each day dur- ing the remainder of the week, includ- ing Saturday. It had been planned originaily only to devote two days to the initial enroliment, but as few people evidently are aware of the plans, 1t was decided to extend the interviews two additional days. The enrollment will be followed by others during suc- ceeding weeks, to be announced later. ‘Will Fill Many Jobs. ‘The committee is sponsoring the 1931 clean-up campaign in Washington so that the activity incident to cleaning up this year may be co-ordinated with the giving of employment. It is the de- sire of the eo‘mngtue to have available for prospective employers during the campaign a number of competent men and women trained as bricklayers, car- penters, decorators, gardeners, handy men, housemalids, housemen, laborers, masons, painters, plasterers, plumbers, roofers, seamstresses, tinners and up- holsterer. Persons who present themselves at the office will be accorded personal inter- views, their qualifications being noted and their names filed. The committee also said it would investigate such ref- erences as are presented. By this method the committee will have con- fidence in the ability of persons placed at work during the clean-up campaign, and employers also may have confidence in the ability of the persons whom they hire through the committee. Interviews Sought. There has been some inquiry as to | why the committee has not taken the| names of prospective workers from the files of the Public Employment Service at 480 Louisiana avenue, where are kept the records of last year’s unemployment census, In answer the committee stated that & personal interview with each appli- cant for work was desired. Since it is impossible to guarantee work to the applicant during the campaign, the committee hesitated to summon any one for an interview. Instead, it is taking the names of those who voluntarily present themselves at the office in the hofin of finding work during the cam- Ppaign. SATURDAY HOLIDAYS | COUNTED AS FULL DAY | | District Heads Rule Employes Tak- | ing Mornings Off Will Lose Full Day From Leave. ! 1 | The District Commissioners, it was learned today, ruled that employes who take leave on Saturday mornings here- after 50 as to have a whole-day holiday will have a full day deducted from their annual or sick leave. This is in ac- cordance, it was said, with the ruling made by the Treasury last week. The rule will have the effect of dis- couraging those employes who seek a full day's absence under the Saturcay half-holiday law, which is effective the year round. A good many employes, it {15 understood, applied for leave last | Saturday morning instead of working until 1 o'clock. which is the regular hour of dismissal under the new law. The Commissioners’ action is based on the statement in the law that four hours on Saturday constitutes a full day's work. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon made the ruling, which the Commissioners have adopted, applicable to all employes in the Treasury, . TRIAL OF TWO POLICEMEN POSTPONED FOR WEEK | Showalter and Rogers Ask and Are Granted Continuance of Liquor Charges. Charges of being under the influence of liquor were continued until next week before the Police #rial Board today when pleas for additional time were entered by the defendants, Cecil E. Showalter, pay roll clerk of the depart- ment for the last 15 years, and Olin D. Rogers, assistant property clerk. Following their arrest Sunday by Maryland authorities, they were suspend- ed by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin- 'Alnde‘nri of police, pending the outcome of trial. ‘The Trial Board met at Police Head- quarters, FLETCHER MA—DvD_(J;DIES ON CALIFORNIA VISIT {Father of Mrs. H. 8 Dulin of Washington Was Former Inter- nal Revenue Solicitor. Fletcher Maddox, former solicitor of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and father of Mrs. Harry 8. Dulin of this city, died yesterday in National City, ! Calif., where he was visiting his son, Coburn Maddox, fish and game com- i missioner of California, according to word received here. He was 67 years old. His death was ascribed to pneu- monia. Mr. Maddox was solicitor for the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue during the Roosevelt and Taft administrations. He had long been active in politics, in past years having been closely associated with Prank H. Hitchcock in Republican presidential campaigns. A resident of Great. Falls, Mont., Mr. Maddox had practiced law in Mon- tana since his service with the Gov- Clayton expressed the opinion that|ernment. ‘members of the council have “all ands and varieties of advice on tap ready for dispensing,” but deplored the fact that no market evidently cffers for their wares and no buyer responds o their cries Mrs. Dulin left for National City #ev- eral days ago when informed of her father’s jllness. Mr. Maddox is sur- vived by his widow, son and daughter. Puneral services are to be conducted in National City tomorrow. Begin Razing Old Pepco Buildings WORKMEN MAKING WAY FOR NEW DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STRUCTURE. Power Co. to make PHOTO shows the beginning of the work of tearing down the old buildings formerly occupied by the Pctomac Electric | h: for the new Department of Labor and its adjoining building in the two-square area bounded by Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, Constitution avenue (formerly B | cial street) and Ohio avenue and C street was tackled by the wreckers tcday. It is a former warehouse of the electric | complet Government auditorium. The first company. The concern, which still occupies an office building in the area, is expected to move soon to its new location, at Tenth and E streets. The new Labor Department building will be erected at Fourteenth street and Constitu- tion avenue. The auditorium will join it on the east, facing Constituticn avenue, —Star Staff Photo. RITES SETFRIDAY INBRIDGE SUICIDE Mrs. Clara P. Rice Will Be Buried at Ashland, Virginia. The body of Mrs. Clara P. Rice, who jumped from the Connecticut Avenue Eridge over Rock Creek Park yesterday and was injured fatally, will be burled in Ashland, Va, on Friday morning. The body is at the Schippert funeral home, 2008 I street. No inquest will be held in the death of the woman, who lived for several hours after being found, still conscious, following the leap. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt said this morning that a certifi- cate of suicide has been issued. Had Note on Sleeve. ‘The mother of two children. Mrs. Rice, 28 years old, who lived at 3138 O street, was found with a note pinned to her sleeve ting that she was taking her life because she couldn't “keep on being such a responsibility.” She landed on the concrete roadway 140 feet beneath the span. Two other similar suicidal leaps from approxi- mately the same point on the bridge have resulted in instant death, records show. Barrier Held Upeless. It was said the woman had been brooding over the necessity of going to a sanitarium and wished to relieve her husband of the financial burden. Asked today if he planned to recom- mend any precautionary measures at this bridge and similar spans, Coroner Nevitt said he believed such action would be unavailing. “If people are determined to take their lives nothing which we could erect would them,” the coroner 3aid. “The bridges are safe as they can be made now and accidental plunges of the nature are| practically impossibls HAVANA ACTS TO END STUDENT PROBLEMS Commission Formed After Police Raid Discloses Alleged Plot Against Machado. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, March 10.—Gloom that has hung heavily over chances for early settlement of Cuba’s student problem was partially dispelled this evening. The naming of & “University Com- mission,” composed of two represent- atives of each school in the University of Havana, which was cl in_De- cember by presidential decree, offered the brightest ray of hope. The commis- sion will treat with the rnment for reopening of the university. Members of the student directory an- nounced themselves in accord with the plan. One. youth was shot in the leg and 10 persons were placed under arrest when secret police raided a meeting of students here last night. The wounded youth, Gustayo San- chez Hernandez, 20, was a bystander. Curious at the sound of commotion, he rushed to the scene of the disturbance, only to be shot. Police said the students had gath- ered secretly at the home of Senora Leonora Borjas Gonzales. Senor Gon- zalez and her daughter were among the 10 arrested, the eight others being students, The woman’s husband, from whom she is separated, was formerly one of two government censors W) served during the imposition of cen- sorship last Fall Several shots were fired when the students, it was , resisted the po- lice. An unconfirméd report said that papers confiscated at the meeting con- tained evidences of plans for an up- rising, to be initiated in Santiago de Cuba, to overthrow the Machado gov- ernment. FILES ANNULMENT PLEA Woman Charges Husband Had ‘Wife at Time of Marriage. Josephine Latterner, 20, residing at 2138 the District Supreme Court to an to Roy C. Hall, an employe of r girl's mother, Mrs. Blanche L. Stevens, through Attorneys Carter B. Keene and Harlan Wood. The charge is made that at the tim~ | he went thmu’h the marrisge ceremony Hall had a wife living from had not been divorced. deter | ho | {llustrated the | | | MRS. CLARA P. RICE. One Severely Beaten by Trio. Veteran Loses $85 of Bonus Near Home. Beaten three robbers, one man was robbed of $60 and a World War veteran facing a bandit's gun was relieved of the re- maining $85 of his soldier's bonus last night. William E. Waddell, 35, street, is under treatment at Emer- gency Hospital for facial cuts and bruises and a possible fracture of the jawbone. He told police he was set upon in South Washington by three colored men last night. They beat him about the head, Wad- dell said, and left him helpless in the street. The injured man was picked up and taken to Emergency Hospital by Jack Taliaferro, a taxi driver, living at_Hyattsville, Md. How an armed white man got what remasined of his bonus was related by John A. Smith of Amsterdam, Ohio. Smith, who gave his temporary ad- dress as 1321 L street, said he en- countered the bandit about 11:30 o'clock at Thirteenth and L streets, Smith handed over his $85 without resistance, he . He described his assailant as a stocky man, smooth shaven and recalled that he wore a diamond pin in his cravat. TELEVISION SHOWN Editor Demonstrates Experiments for Electrical Engineers. Progress in experimental television was demonstrated by Dr. J. O. Perrine, associate editor of the Beil System ‘Technical Jo‘l’llmll,hml'l:: nllht‘ ‘nt lol'nfi ing of the Wasl n_sectiou An‘zenun"ggmnmu olmltectricll Engi- neers in Cosmos Club. ‘The speaker said television remained to be per{le;ud '.}:‘:’:anlllud mnn Trastratod " the: operation of television lorming numerous ex- | of 132 C apparatus by aspects of the invention. TWO HEN ROBBED 52 BYBANDTS ERE & into semi-consciousness by | He|a periments. He.explained the technical | is RESPIRATORY ILLS RISE, NURSES SAY |Medical Aid Body Reports 1,518 More Patients Than for Last Year. Grippe, colds and respiratory dis- orders resulted in an increase of 1518 patients under the care of the In- structive Visiting Nurses’ Society during February, according to reports made at the organization’s monthly meeting yes- terday in The Star Building. The socfety’s nurses made 12,186 visits 10 5,038 patients during the past month, 3,194 more - visits and tle'nh than 'ell': recored for ol;bm:g ast year. The headquarters office the city in patients and visits with d and patlerits carried by each follow: South- east, 756 patients and 2,060 visits; Brightwood, 492 patients and 191 visits; , 487 patients and 927 visits; Anacostia, 556 patients and 1,336 visits, and Goldenberg Center, 907 patients and 1,805 visits. Those attending yesterday’s meeting included Mrs. Whitman Cross, presid- ing; Mrs. Block, Mrs. J. Davis. Miss Elizabeth Bryan, Mrs. lark, Mrs. Charles B. Craw- , John W. Davidge, Frank J. Frost, Miss Janet.B. Houtz, Miss Vir- Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, director. HOOVER WILL CONSIDER KNIGHTS TEMPLAR BID Committee of Grand Commandery Invites President to Attend Easter Morning Service. President Hoover has taken under consideration an invitation to attend the sunrise service of the Knights Tem- plar Grand Commandery of the District | of Columbia on Easter morning, 5, in the amphitheater in Arl National Cemetery. The invitation was personally extend- ed by a committee of the Grand Com- mandery headed by James H. Milans, fi“fl commander, and Eugene E. lompson, deputy grand command The sident was told that the occ: sion will be an unusual one. Invita- tions_have been sent to every member of the Masonic Order in this- city as well as the members of the Knights Templar. $50,000 DAMAGES ASKED Taxi Owners’ Association and Two Drivers. Sult to recover $50,000 damages was filed today in the District Supreme Court. by Ace Berry, 3930 Connecticut avenue, against the Independent Taxi Owners’ Association, Owen C. Chatter- ton, 413 A street south-ast, driver of & Diamond cab, and Sidney Brown, 1387 H street northeast, owner of a taxical b. ‘Through Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer the plaintiff says he sustained perma- injuries December 21 last while passenger in Brown's cab, in collision with Chatterton’s machine at Nineteenth and Q street. agal automobiles. SHILOH BAPTIST The half-holiday idea has invaded the Sunday school, it was learned to- day, when officers of the Shiloh Baptist Sunday school, 1500 Ninth street, an- nounced that instructors will be given nflseundly off at regular intervals here- after. The decision to give the teachers an cccasional holiday was made at a re | cent_meeting of the officers. It was | tors of the colored Sunday school be HALF-HOLIDAY IDEA INVADES SUNDAY SCHOOL Officers Decide Teachers Be Given One Sunday off Every Two Months. given one Sunday off every two mon! ‘The action was taken, it was , as a means of “following the example of tendencies in industry to give holi- days to workers.” The announcement continued: “The teachers are free to use their Sunday mornings any way they prefer. | will insure the con! and the bimonthly va ns of the whom he | unanimously decided that the Instruc- | regular instructors will redute the un- arrival of firemen, employment of the substitutes,” % 1,518 more | IN SUIT ON ACCIDENT & Ace Berry Files Papers Against|OrT] . N inst the afluflm the s | Police — PAGE B—1 10 DISCUSS PLANS WITH NAVY HEADS Goes Directly to Department to Confer With Capt. John H. Towers. HYBLA VALLEY SITE" NOT OBJECT OF VISIT Says He May Have Important An- nouncement Concerning Fa- ture Airship Operation. Dr. Hugo Eckener. commander of the Graf Zeppelin and leader of German airship activity, is in Washington today to discuss with Federal aviation officials Pplans for his proposed transatlantic air- ship service, the American terminal of which may be located near the anon:l Capital. Arriving in Washington b from New York this. morming. o Eckener went directly to the Navy De- ference partment, where he was in con! John H. Towers, assistant chier o1 Hhe of Navy Bureau of Aeronau- tcs. Following " the conference, Dr, Eckener said that he probably would ave an important announcement to make mrnmg the ‘Tuture ration following tion of 5’3’ mma:go hery o Hybla Site Not Invelved. Dr. Eckener made it plain tha visit here has nothing qudv vm: t’l‘:: consideration of the Hybla Valley site near Alexandria for the proposed American airship terininal. Selection of the site is expected to be made this month by officials of the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, which is acting in co-operation with, Dr. Eckener in planning for the proposed ocean service. ‘Will Remain Until Friday, Dr. Eckener will be in Washin, until Friday. ' He was a Juncheon (fx':-‘: today-at the Germsn embassy. He said that he has no fixed program during his stay here, but that he will visit & num- ber of Government next two days. Dr. panied by F. W. von ZEPPELIN SERVICE DELAYED. Goodyear Company Head Says Failure of Bill Defers Plan, AKRON, Ohio, March 11 (#).—Del for a year in the &nuugunuon’u):r kn:! atiantic Zeppelin passenger lines as a result .of failure of Congress to enact the McNary-Parker bill, was forecast yesterday by Paul W. Litchfield, presi- dent of the Goodyear Zeppelin Core T!:Tiupmvid gislati led operation olthed.!ra.‘bfuu m ized transportation of mail, which is n':ee-ryhulonmahluunhm , ld said, ‘on for the port of of the on the Atlantic -*ym' The announcement follo fe slon of the vist of Dr. e, ot commander e Graf Zeppelin, with ip. t was announced that ships be operated on the — :p.;:: atiantic route will be than any heretofore constructed. BANQUET FOE ECKENER. Noted German Is Expected o Visit Alexandris, Va.. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. Dr. Hugo Eckener, who recent! arrived il S o Gty v ANt e [y "’X":&"’ éuxn honor ; que! of Dr. Eckener will probably be Theld, lol.l:n;n -’l..n MRS. M. D."SHELTON DIES Body Is Found in Apartment Whex Friends Get Alarmed. ‘The funeral of Mrs. Maria D. Shel« ton, who was immfl dead in her apart- 9 o'clock. Interment will be at Gi Island, Nebr. ; Mrs. Shelton, who was in her seven- g-, resided uo?e Indu: ':rps;g:em and er body was foun: friends had become alarmed over not receiving telephone from her. the the apart- g, Who gained en- np-rm"m't‘ :mum- Ramsay Nevitt issued a cer- death due to cerebral - survived by Westerly, R. CAPT. DIEHL BURIED Given Military Honors at Arlington Cemetery. Military honors marked the burial in Arlington National Cemetery this after- noon of the body of Capr. Jokn R. W. Diehl, United States Cavairy, who died at his station in Philadelphia last Mon- Capt. Diehl was a native of Penn- sylvania and was graduated from the ‘West Point Military Academy in August, 1917, in time to serve in the World War as a captain of Cavalry. 4 3 Sul ently he was commirisoned the Coroner J. tificate of- Mrs. Shelton is s Nathan Shelton of I Cavalry Officer the Cavalry the funeral party to this city. o Business Women’s Dinner Held. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 11 (Spe- cial).—Business n's week was cele- brated with a public felations dinner last night at Central Y. M. C. A. by the Business and Professional Tindiey Sioan gave ie_nddress 24 joan gave Sara Roberta Getty was $2,000 Damage in Garage Fire. Mwe:w ::i automobile an in a fire in the garage of John liams, 218 Clarks court after 8 o'clock this morning. an inability to deter- mine the cause of the fire, which zained considerable headway before the Damage was esti- il vest, mated at $2,000. \