Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-13
LoW-PreSSure Area Causes
Tour Postponement Until
Tomorrow Night.
RUSSIA IS COOPERATING
IN WEATHER REPORTS
DR.. Eckener Expects Better Condi.
tions to Prevail When
Craft Sets Out.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Au.
gust 13.-Dr. Hugo Eckener, after 9
cabinet meeting" with his chief of.
f1cerS today, decided to postrone the
start OF the Graf Zeppelin for Toxic or
the second lap Of its round-the- worlc
flight until early morning hours OF
Thursday "wednesday night, Eastern
standard tine).
Weather reports received during the
night indicated a low pressure area over
Siberia, moving eastward more rapidly
than had appeared yesterday afternoon
With a days delay, there was still hope
that DR.. Eckener might be able to
choose the great circle route, west OF
the Bohemian Mountains to Koenigs-
berg into Russia. Even should this hope
be disappointed and he must, as yester-
day seemed inevitable, choose a route
along the Danube, the Zeppelin officers
are convinced another days wait will
prove advantageous.
II am quite pleased with the general
weather situation as revealed by the
latest reports" Capt. Hans Flemming,
in charge of navigation, told the AS
sociated Press. The main thing is that
there is. no general low area all over
Europe and Northern Asia. We know
now we can get through to the East
somewhere. whether by the northern or
southern route. and another days wait
can only improve the situation"
Russia Gives Aid.
According to Capt. Won Schiller, pilot,
the Russian government Is leaving no
stone unturned to supply the most
adequate weather service possible Ill
view of the rather scant number of sta
tions along the route.
These stations are chiefly located
on the northern coast and along the
railway line" he said. "All stations will
report to certain larger meteorological
stations, which in turn will forward all
data to IrkutSk, with which we will be
in touch as soon as We are beyond the
Urals. This side Of the Urals, of course.
we will depend on the marine weather
station at Hamburg for weather re-
ports.''
Capt. Won Schiller emphasized that
no matter where the Zeppelin may be
forced to fiy. it has permission for It's
passage Even Poland, which doesn't
over it, has issued us a permit. Like
wise we have permits from all the
border states such as Esthonia, Latvia,
Lithuania and Finland"
Prefers Circle Route.
Asked whether Moscow would be Wis
tied, he replied that this depended on
the weather. If the Zeppelin can fly
a straight route along the great circle,
it must regrettably leave Moscow to the
south. Our main purpose is to reach
Toxic as quickly as possible"
Sixty human beings will board the
Zeppelin on the Toxic flight, Capt. Won
Schiller stated. "Our crew will be only
40, instead of the usual Al, because
Ludwig Marx, our oldest mate, who was
in the late Count Zeppelin's service
and who was on special duty as helms
man and elevator man during the
America flights, is not well and cannot
risk the journey"
AS to stowaways, Capt. Won Schiller
said that this time the police were as
sisting the Zeppelin watchers night and
day to prevent any one smuggling
aboard.
THE police have orders to shoot
when they see anybody attempting to
steal onto the airship," he declared.