The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-13
Yep IS 700 MILES West
OF AZORES, RUNNING fine
ON FLIGHT TO new YORK
Vessel, at Present Speed,
May Not Reach Goal
Until Late Sunday.
HEADING FOR BERMUDA
Many Ships Are in Touch
With Air Liner in Trip
Over Atlantic.
BIZ United Press

81 CHitcd Press
The great German dirigible,
Graf Zeppelin, carrying sixty
persons on an epochal trip be-
tween Germany and the United
States, approached Bermuda
today on a circuitous course
made necessary by storms be-
low the 45th parallel.
At the present rates of speed
between 65 and rs miles an hour
the vessel probably will not reach
its terminus at Lakehurst, N. j.,
until late Sunday night, although
DR.. Hugo Eckener announced he
expected to be over the United
States late Sunday morning.
At 8 o'clock today the Graf zep-
pelin was reported TOO miles west
of Fayal, Azores. and running we'll.
Earlier the Radio Marine Cor
poration station at East Moriches,
~ Y, intercepted a message today
from the steamer New York to the
dirigible Graf Zeppelin in which the
position "32 degrees north and So
degrees west" was mentioned.
The ship was sending to the dir
igible and messaged the position.
The Graf zeppelin's signals could
be heard but could not be read. It
was not known whether the posi-
ton mentioned was that of the Graf
Zeppelin. The New York was as
sumed to be far north of that posi-
ton.
Head for Bermuda
The position of 80 degrees north
and 36 degrees. west is about $40
miles southwest of the westernmost
tip of the Azores Islands.
1t is on a direct line from Ma
deira where the Graf Zeppelin last
was sighted. 1t is almost in di-
rect line with Bermuda.
Should the position be that of the
Graf Zeppelin the dirigible would
have been making steady progress
through the night, but at speed
much less than the seventy-fiye
miles an hour computed previously.
The message, intercepted by the
Radio Marine Corporation, came
shortly after a. IN.
Last direct advices from the Graf
Zeppelin concerning her position
were contained in a dispatch, in
tercepted by the Radio Marine Cor
poration. at Chatham from the S.
S. Republic, shortly after II p. m,
Friday. 1t read
Zeppelin reported making sixty
five miles an hour. Position 1925
north, 1900 west"
That position would be about 48O
miles south and west of the Azores
Islands, indicating the Graf Zep-
pelin veered far south from that is
land group in order to avoid storms/
forecast for that area.
Many Ships Hear Messages
No time was given in the dis
patch, but it was presumed to be
several hours before 10 O'Clock, as
transmission from that remote part
of the Atlantic is considerably de-
layed
But that the Graf Zeppelin slowly
is approaching the end of its long
journey to the United States-a
journey that will be in excess of.
5000 miles-was indicated by the
great number of messages inter-
cepted by the Radio Marine Cor
poration.
At 3 a. m. several steamers were
in constant communication with the
Graf Zeppelin.
Early Friday night the Chatham,
Mass. radio station. intercepted a
message from the Graf Zeppelin
which said the dirigible was pro-
ceeding at a rate of about eighty
five miles an hour, and added:
IF weather continues good we ex-
pect to arrive at Lakehurst, N. j.,
Sunday noon"
Several of the passengers aboard
the Graf Zeppelin are airsick, Fun
chal dispatches to the London Daily
FXOreSS said