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TRUCE HALTED A BIG
AIR RAID ON BERLIN
Machines and Bombs Ready
for Trip Three Days Before
Armistice Was Signed.

Special Gable Despatch TO THE su> from the
London Times Service.
Copyright 1919 all Iohts rsserred
l,oSpoS, Jan. 2.-The report OF Major
Gen. Tranchard. commander OF tho In.
dependent Royal Air Force. reveals that
all preparations for attacking Berlin by
air were completed three days before
the armietice was signed.
THE seventh group was established
in England under the command OF Col.
Mullock. for the purpose Of bombing
Berlin and other centres" the report
says The group received machines
capable of carrying on the work only
at the end OF October and though all
ranks worked day and night IN order
to get the machines ready fo~ the at
tack ON Berlin. preparations were COM
pleted only three days before the sign
ing of the armistice."
The irdependent force. formed with
the object OF striking Germany's most
vital point and her sources OF supply,
consisted OF sixty machines. Instead OF
a continuous series OF attacks on one
industrial centre unit, II was destroyed
Gen. TrenChard decided TO attack as
many centres as II was possible "a reach
with the machines at his disposal. be-
cause the mora! effect would be greater.
with no town feeling safe. The moral
offcCt is twenty times greater than the
material
Il considered II probable" says Gen.
TrenChard, that by the spring Of 1919
half the force would be attacking enemy
airdromes while the other half would
be attacking long distance targets. Rail-
ways were OF first Importance. with
blast furnaces second. The radius OF
activity OF the squadron increased from
272 miles daily in June TO ago In Oc-
tober.
"In September and October day
bombing squadron had 10 fight practi-
cally from the front line to the objeC-
tive and home. In several cases II had
10 fight the whole way out and the
whole way back The most accurate
calculations of fuel were necessary
In one case there was a formatio
WITH fuel for five and half hours. II
was out all that time and barely man
aged TO get home. A mlscalculation OF
Ave minutes would have lost the whole
formation
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James Sinkler, Brentwood Ill. A. Yer
man. Sunnyside, Wash. Warren p.
Taught. East Liverpool, Ohio; w. An
derson. San Francisco John J. Brown.
Sheridan, la Morris Huppin. Spokane {:
E. Schellenburg. Altoona +. NJ. New
kirk. King CITY, Col. John f. Muir
ply. Ohio. Cal William l.. Lyons, Spo-
kane: Casius G. Smith, Victor, n. Y. ;
Raymond c. Mitchell, Tacoma James ].
Castle. bakersfield Cal; o. Overfeld.
Tacoma - Maston, owens. Cal. ;
Chester A. Cordell. Kansas city; Jake
Poole, Covene, Wash Miss Ruth w.
Wallen, North Portsmouth, Mass. Miss
Mary A. Murphy, Saylesville. II. l. Ser
seant David c. Begun. idaho Falls,
Idaho; Herman Cover, Mason City. W.
Va. Miss Mary 1. Elderkin, Sic Wash
ington avenue. Brooklyn; Marcus Sny-
der, Yakima, Wash. Lorene f. Forrest.
Spokane Joseph b. Jones, Akron, Ohio /;
Walter T. Tubs. Ann Arbor, Mich.
Quinton Pender Crate, Doty, Wash.
Philip !. Tomlin, Bangor Wash, Lee
Zieman. Aberdeen. Wash. Miss Roba A.
Brown. Providence, X. l.. ]. f, Shan
non, Seattle; George Laws, Los An
geles Edwin Barnes, spokane; John #.
Bush. Ellimburg, Wash. George b.
Roberts, Olympia, Wash. Corporal W.
~ stuttgart, w AMI LAW
renee Whalen, Seattle Edward Caufeld,
S76 Pearl street. Brooklyn; John J.
Shannon, Seattle; Albert Nordman.
Seattle; Joseph Waunch. Centralia.
Wash. Fred Meineker, Rensselaer,, n.
Y; Bryan Burdick. Forrest city, Pa. {;
II. Il. Wordsworth, Los Angeles Miss
Margaret l.. Evans. Providence Harry
w. Daniel, Ballingham. Wash. Cor
poral James r Pierce. oak county,
Washington; Miss Mary TAFT. Engle-
wood. n. j.: Ernest Paddlefort. North
Yakima. Wash. Sophus y. Erickson.
Redmond. Wash. Frank l.. Snodgrass,
Wilmington, ohio; Harold Schendenski.
Lewiston, Idaho Miss Rose Basso.
Providence Miss Nellie b. Rippin, New
London Miss Mary X. Mcintyre, Fall
River Lieut. Lee johnson. Jonesboro.
Ark. Lieut. NJ +. Doziar. Lower Peach
tree, Ala. Miss Anna J. Murphy, Prov
!dence; Miss Ethel f. Briggs, Brockton,
Mass. Miss Mae Bright. North Tverton.
II. L.; Miss Anna T. Degnan. Provi-
dence Miss Anna Boviert. Providence {;
Capt. Z. II. Riley, Los Angeles; Lieut.
Clay l.. Deterle. Los Angeles w. NJ.
Golmer, Grand Rapids; Willis Gregory,
Seattle Miss A. j.. Ullrch, Providence !;
Miss Ruth Porter, Providence. and Au-
gust Bricken. Waverly. Wash.
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gunners post above the upper plane.
Another unusual machine is IN ar
mored two scatter for machine cunning
trenches. II Is almost entirely OF metal.
the wings being OF corrugated steel.
while engine ana gasolere tank and both
the airmens seals are surrounded by
steel plates a quarter of an inch thick.
II has two machine guns pointing
straight down through the bottom OF the
fuselaSe. This junker airplane, as the
type Is called. must be "A clumsy thing
to ly Its armor probably would not
give absolute protection against bullets
at short range.
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IT Is then that the real work OF inter-
allied conference will begin. This will
rot be by any formal meeting around
the table at the outset, as compara-
lively few delegates will be in Paris at
that time. But the informal conferences
will be progressively important from
then on. as they will merge into the
formal inter-allied conference. and that
will gradually merge into the peace con-
gress,
1t is understood that n special COM
mittee will be designated to formulate
a plan for a society of nations, on which
the French member probably will be
Leon Bourgeois. and the English MEM
her Lord Robert Cecil, both Of whom
are believed to have their projects well
along toward completion.
Germany has not Yet submitted a list
of her probable reaCe delegates, so far
as the American q, legation knows.
The policy of The American delegation
regarding the Russian situation and I'M
rest in the Balkans has nor yet taken
.orm.
Fore ,gn Minister pichon s statement that
France favored defensive intervention
IN Russia IL not looked upon as Il new
declaration. as defensive interference al
ready exists and the process OF hemming
in Bolshevik Russia hy allied forces in
support OF the anti-GeIrnan Governments
in Russia has long been in progress
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Didn't Want whiskey.

To greet Private Gerhardt at tho
shore end Of the cable a Red Cross nurse
stood In water that swirled half way TO
her knees. The coast guards. jumping
high and grabbing the hawser. drew the
brooches buoy down to them and took
Gerhardt on their shoulders At him the
nurse thrust her tin cup.
Its whiskey; / never use IT," said
Gerhardt, waving 1t away. Gimme cot
fee, maam." He got both coffee and
warm clothes. AS he crossed the gap a
wave had reached UP and wetted both
his SPRAYING legs, as was true with
many Of the riders In the buoy. Oliver
Thompson. Seattle. also of the mortar
battery outfit, trlcked the ocean by re-
fusng 10 stick his legs through the
holes. He sat on the rim Of the basket
instead and came through in great style
smoking a cigarette
One OF those who go; wet was Chap
lain John Mahoney Of the First Division,
composed mainly " New York troops.
He wouldn't have cigarette" goes
douRhbOy's version OF what happened
but when the nurse offered the tin cup,
man, you oughta seen the reverend. He
buried his face In II, up 10 his ears"
one hastens TO add that complete in
vestigatlOn proved that the cup con-
tanned nothing but water with a dash of
aromatic spirits of ammonia,
While the brooches puoy was shooting
10 and fro the attention of the specta
tors was divSted to an Incident that
proved to be much more sensational II
was the wrccking OF a boatlOad OF sail
ors and their rescue after as thrilling n
half hour as Fire Island has ever seen.
the thirty-three foot dory had out out
from tho cruiser Columbia with six men
aboard who hoped to reach the Northern
Pacific. take some soldiers of and II
successful keep on dolns IT,
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NAMES OF PERSONS
BROUGHT ASHORE

The following Is a partial list of the
persons brought ashore from the trans
port:
Allen Cline, Midland Pa Fred War
mel, SO2I Third avenue, New York; ti,y;
G. l.. Richard, Santa Rosa. Cal Lieut.,
r. &, koDerts, Philadelphia CorparaI
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Surprise for Her Folks.

Among the nurses were their acting
chief. Gertrude Craig, Springfield. Ill. {;
Julia Murphy. Rose Basse, Anna Boviac,
Anna Bcgnan Mary Mcintyre, Nellie
Rippen. Maragret Evans. Ruth Wallen,
Rita Brown, Ethel Bridge and Anna VI
rich. all from Providence Mary L. Lar
kin. brooklyn. and Mary TAFT, Engle-
wood, n. j. These was also one whose
name Is suppressed at her request for
she said her relatives had no idea she
was on the Northern Pacific. and she
hoped no old newspaper would prevent
her from walking up the front stoop and
giving the folks a surprise party
To keep her headed properly the life
boat mad line from one end to the
beach and from the other end TO tho
ship. on her eleventh crossing she
made the ship all right. took on her
passengers. and was half way back when
slackening of the stern line and a
commensurate tnutening of the other
end held by coast Ruarders on the shore
caused the big dory to slew around into
the trough OF the sea. 1t happened to
be very deep trough, with very high
sides. The marines caught unaware.
and thinking they were being pulled
along all right. were not using their
oars. One prodlgious slap and over went
the boat with rs cargo OF Ave life savers
and twelve soldiers.
The white beard of Capt. Barker was
soon visible In the racing foam. lie
was swimming like an otter, Capt Bar
ker, 10 years old and all that, needed
no help thank you. But others were
tossing about throwing up their hands
oespairingly. and some seemed TO have
gone altogether Much more quickly
than this IL told the 260 men and women
on the beach rushed for the waterslde
most OF them only To- draw back as n
Needless wave splashed its outrunners
around their ankles.
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Among those landed were three Cap
tainS of the Eighth Division, who are
detailed to the General STAFF They are
George Egler. San Francisco; Lucien l..
Kahn, San Francisco. and William Wool
wine, Los Angeles. 1t is hoped that the
hospital ship Solace can be dashed along
side the transport this morning, and II
that is possible all the severely wounded
and seriously III soldiers will be trans
ferred to her.
4 bulletin from Capt. Connely OF the
transport last night said the Northern
Pacific WAS Resting easily. Weather
conditions favorable" Capt Connely
asked the cruiser and transport forces at
HCboken If three or four more lifeboatS
could not be used. Officers at Hoboken
said that the transport was In no i'm
rlediate danger Of going to pieces. but
they are anxious to get all the men of
as soon az possible,
Vice Admiral Gleaves Is In Washing
ton, but Is in constant communication
with his Office here. Discipline on board
the Northern Pacific is perfect When
the ship struck on Wednesday morning
many OF the men thought that they had
bumped into a pier at Hoboken. and
turning over in their beds remarked that
they Were home at last.
The men in the lifeboat that capsized
were Privates George a. Burn. Cen
trala, Wash. Lester Cooper, full
blooded Indian, Bellingham. Wash. Al
bert Mnrehouse, Everett. Wash Nor
man Bellyille and Jack Regan, Akron,
ohio. all of the Eighth Trench Mortar
Battery.
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NJ. Baruch. Admiral Benson and Vance
Mccormick. head of the War Board.
who Is on his way here

LoNpoN, Jan. Announcements rr.
Garding British delegates to the peacs
conference and officials who would adj.
wise them. which have appeared In som.
newspapers as being Of an official source
are unauthorized and inaccurate. Tho
Prime Minister and the Imperial War
Cabinet. the Associated Press lear
have not yet decided on, the composi'i II
of the peace deleRat ion
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Propeller Spins on.

The six scamcn were B. r. tNrabel. l..
Ferguson, II. ] Hall, r OF, r. y. Ram
sey and NJ Roberts. They tried to steer
the dory under the bow Of the transport
on the inshOre side, but almost at the
instaut of success wave which seemed
as biz as all its predecessors compounded
bore up under the boat and lifted It's
stern high in air The propeller went
'pinhing away and tho sailors had only
their oars with which 10 manipulate
cram not intended for such work.
The sailors threw out an anchor,
which dragged along the sand and with
'ne aid uf trlr oars tn, dorS was kept
fairly we'll into the wind and headed
toward the shore. Their Craftsmanship
vas awkward, however some seemed to
D' rowing while others were standing
ana tryins TO scuil Ihe crowd on shore
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Red Cross Nurses Mary 4. Murphy, 90
Chapel street, Saylis, X. l., and Ruth
VI. Carter. 20 Wilson street. Providence
and eight soldiers Classed M casuals
Thus the ferrying went on without acct
dent until all the seventeen nurses and
about eighty soldiers had been landed.
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Aviator to the Rescue.

But something happened then of which
fiction il often made A flash along
the sand IA smashing encounter with the
poise dive through breaker-and
there was Lieut. John p Roullet an
aviator from Brindley Field Long ISL
and. who had come to the beach with
1855 of his men to do what they could
there was the slick awaiting Leuten
ant not even bothering TO throw on
hts trench coat, whizzing through the
surf toward where seventeen capsized
men Were laundering. almost half way
from the beach to the ship. And right
beside him as he swan were two pri
Yates OF the navy. Seaman Bert Collins
of the New Haven submarine base and
Second class Seaman Johus r. Wander
Neer OF the L, :. 5. Celtic, who was on
forty-eight hours leave at his home in
Patchogue and had gone to Fire Island
as spectator. The only signal needed
to send these sailors into the slash
ing surf war two words from Wander
veer.
Let's CO." he said.
Lieut. Roullet and Collins stopped at
the upturned boat, where heads and
oars We're bobb!ng together. all mixed
with creamy foam, and when they swan
back to shore each Of them was drag
ging two men. From the transport
came wave OF shouting that muffied
for n second the roar Of the salt water
waves.
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CONCESSIONS MADE
TO ENEMY BY ALLIES
suspension Of Intercourse
Across Rhine Modified to
Avert Unemployment.
WESTPHALIA TO GET ORR
In Return Germany Agrees to
Furnish Fuel to the Occu-
pied Territory.
By g. WARD PRICE.


Special Wireless Despatch TO THE svs from
the London Times Service,
Copyright. 1919: all riohts reserved
COLOGNE, Jan. 2.--ierman appeals
against suspension by the Allies OF IN
tercourse between that part of their
territory occupied by our armies and
the rest of the country have been taken
into consideration at Marshal Fochs
headquarters in Luxembourg. where a
German delegation was received. and as
far as military needs permit, they have
been granted.
According to the arrangement reached
the German Government binds itself to
furnish for tho occupied zone during the
armistice rs much fuel as was sent there
In the third quarter OF 1918 and also
such machinery spare parts as may be
required In the industries OF this region.
In return the Allies will appoint com
missioner to arrange for certain quaint
ties OF raw materials to be sent across
the Rhine into the interior OF Germany.
This will prevent unemployment which
might otherwise have resulted for ex-
ample, in the iron smelling district OF
Essen and Dortmund, whose supply of
iron ore from the Lorraine and the Saar
region has been suspended since the
armistice by prohibition against move
ment Of goods or materials from the left
bank Of the Rhine to the right.
Imports for British Zone.
In addition to this concession made
by the French and British, the military
governor OF Cologne announces the I'M
.nrtl inr tla of - -
foodstuffs. raw material and expressly
authorized manufactured articles will
be allowed into the territory occupied
by the British troops beginning Janu-
airy !.
AT what was formerly great Ger
man flying school on the outskirts OF
Cologne trains are constantly arriving
packed with German airplanes being
surrendered to the Allies. The railway
sdings behind the airplane sheds are
lined with rows of trucks filled with en-
gines, fuselages and planes, which glum
looking officers of the German Flying
Corps hand over TO the British Royal
Air Force.
on an immense airdrome lie several
interesting relics of the days when hos
pttal raiding and bombing of London by
the German Flying Corps We're still
the pride OF the fatherland. One Is
coHection OF stripped wrecked, dis
mantled machines lying out on the
ground and which the Germans do not
seem TO have been able to take away
They have deliberately destroyed them
10 prevent them falling into British
hands
Huge GOtha Among Them.
Among these Is the skeleton Of n huge
Gotha capable OF carrying fourteen men.
This machine Is comparable in size TO
the big Handley- Pages. Its hroad wings
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May Increase Representation.

The number Of delegates representing
each of the great nations at the coming
peace conference il likely TO be increased
beyond Ave by the inclusion of several
delegates who may exchange places with
others. taking part in the conferences
only when the special subjects upon
which they are authorities are being
considered.
Mr.. Bafour favors this increase. and
his proposition appears to be receiving
favorable consideration. He made his
desire known in HE recent conference
with Col. +. VI. House
American representatives who would
probably be among these Interchange
able delegates are Herbert g. Hoover,
Food Administrator. Edward y. Hurley,
head OF the Shipping Board bernard
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Huge Gotha Among Them.

Among these Is the skeleton Of n huge
Ciotha capable OF carrying fourteen men.
This machine Is comparable in size TO
the big Handiey Pages. It's broad wings
are like large verandas. for one Fan walk
along them and from them climb little
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Nanderveer had seen man between
the lifeboat and the Northern Pacific
in the thrust Of a backNash. He kept
on swimming and got him. The man
he saved was A. lie Roy Carter. chief
petty officer attached to the Lone Hill
coast guard station. Carter was full
OF water and unconscious. Eager
hands snatched him from the sailor
when Vanderveer stumbled ashore
rolled him over doubled roll OF blan-
kets and carried him down the board
walk to DR.. Kings house, where doctors
and nurses brought him around. Sew
eral other men were on the verge OF
unconsc iousness. Beside the beach fire
their clothes were cut on and they were
rolled in blankets before being taken
further. Later they We're reported re-
covering at the Bay Shore naval station
one OF them was Frank Regain OF the
Eighth Trench Mortar Battery. AS they
rolled blanket around him and admin
istered one cigarette Private Regain
found voice for his impressions of the
whole proceeding
Col darn it," he said, they couldn't
kill US over there so they brought us
back TO drownd."
That ended The lifeboat operations for
a while. The slower method OF the
brooches buoy was substituted. On its
one inch hawser above the threatening
tumblers the buoy crept ont to the
fo-csle of the Northern Pacific. and
soldiers along the rail- both chaffed and
chcered Private Arthur Gerhardt 1928
Thirty-first street. woodcliff. y. J.. $50
Of the Seventy seventh Division Grained
at Camp Upton) when he was selected
az the first man TO stick his legs
through the holes OF the strange con-
traption.
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Another wave bounced tho six sailors
until they were piled together near the
bow. Their oars had been torn from
them and they were looking in dumb
despair at the men and women on the
shore only 100 yards away. hut II
might as well have been 100 miles The
life guards tried to launch boat. but
II was hurled out OF their hands and
back on the beach Then dozen OF
them waded out into the surf with a
line until they were shoulder deep in
the water. Others were shouting at
the men: Jump. Jump Swim
ashore it's all you can do now"
The far end OF the rope was tied
around the waist Of Roy Arnott, a dock
builder of Ocean Beach---a man OF parts
who later described himself as Just
a beach comber, that's all" Arnott
walked as far as ne could with the
rope and then swan. He was one OF
tn best swimmers on the South Shore.
A man, much older than ne, called -
him frantiCally: Come back. Roy It's
"a fools chance 80 Whereupon Arnott
replied Hurry along with that rope.
What are YOU hanging back for"
Meanwhile Lieut.. Roulett. the aviator
who had figured in the rescues around
the capsiZed lifeboat and who had been
standing on the beach ever since, re-
fusng even to go to the fire TO dry his
clothes, once more sprinted through the
SURF and was swimming just behind Ar
mott. II seemed ages to the spectators
before Arnott got his line 10 the dory,
Just as he did so final banging wave
filled the dory with water and one nv
one the six sailors were either pro-
PEELED into the ocean or started swim
ming.
Half dozen black objects fioated
away from the dory and the spectators
gasped until they realized that these
were life preservers. not men. The men
were floundering. swimming, struggling
toward the beach. and each with an arm
round two OF them. Arnott and Lieut.
Roulett were also headed toward shore
4 few of the sailors had 10 be carried
| the last few yards. one OF them had
| blood tricklng down his cheek.
That man needs litter" an army
officer said. All the sailor could say
was Il am just back from death !''
All the sailors were revived. Their
| dory was abandoned and was being
beaten to and fro by the surf at dusk.
One OF the first officers on the North
ern Pacific was Lieut.. Prince. VINO wa
| ono Of the famous American aviators o
| the Lafayette Escadrille. When he trlet
! 70 transfer 10 American aviation troubl
with Lis eyes was detected ana ne woChc
up in the Ouarternaster Department
Another was Lieut. Averin Broushton
| 3O5th Infantry. whose home is in Levi,
avenue, Brooklyn. He was injured No
vember in the Argonne.
When the lifeboat resumed it's trips &c
! the transport Capt. Baker retired II
favor of Capt, Frank Rorke OF the Lon,
| Hill station. forty years a coast guard
Rorke kept the boat going from s;3l
| =. NJ until after dark. Ten army tenti
were erected on the shore for men anC
nurses. who passed the night on tn,
beach. and a beach fire was kept goini
all night.
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THE MILK SITUATION

The New York Milk Boardmak nfo
milk sof yandvic
situation confronting the mlkn dua
For has pactcet the Of
the dealer and the
the" adjustments have been
recommendations accepted by eer dfannrsaE
The January however to thou
the Food Administration having
functions.
1heDnymens edemanded tfomik
mthecoury substantially December
ga this Justified
offered the taprcewf
enable the reduction of to
dealers have acted of what rights of
and dheam
January demndedby earrerssc
other large such Chicago Philadelphia Boston,
As result Of this difference demanded and oferedhe Daiyme,
has refused sell any milk
For the time being this o. League
make impossible dealers deliver Forthene few
but the the
knowledge that will be babies. and
Large o milk hitherto NJ dby this marta
will be available wicht
conditions believed will rapidly ored tono
that thccm erwlnth
leaves the hands few who
the Danynens legal liability.
Commis of thofN
the becomes mco
and it distribution The ued the
any
may