transport tuscania sunk off ireland with u. s....

\WEATHER.Fair tonight and tomorrow: slightly

colder tonight; lowest temperatureabout' 34 degrees.Temperature for twenty-four hours

ending 2 p.m. today: Highest, 57, at 2p.m. today; lowest, 35, at 7 a.m. today.Pull report on page 16.

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TRANSPORT TUSCANIA SUNK OFFIRELAND WITH 2,179 U. S. TROOPS;BRITISH SHIPS SAVE MANY; 101 DIELiner, torpedoed, Goes to Bottom,

But Speed of English PreventsTitanic Disaster.

State Department Officials Here Issue Statement on Sink¬ing-Express Belief Majority of Missing Were Saved.

First Reports Gave 1,000 Lost

WAR DEPARTMENT RECORDS GIVENAMES OF UNITS ABOARD TUSCANIA

The War Department announced that the records showed the

following were on board the Tuscania:Headquarters detachment and Companies D, E and F of the 20th

Engineers.107th Engineer Train.107th Military Police.107th Supply Train.No. 100 Aero Squadron.158th Aero Squadron.2I3th Aero Squadron/Replacement detachments Nos. 1 and 2 of the 32d Division.

Fifty-one casual officers.The 107th Engineers was composed of the 1st Battalion of Michi¬

gan engineers; the 107th Military Police was made lip from the 4th and6th Wisconsin Infantry, and the 107th Supply Train from the 4th, 5thand 6th Wisconsin Infantry.

The 32d Division is composed of National Guard troops from

Michigan and Wisconsin. The division trained at Camp McArthur, Tex.j

LONDONDERRY, Ireland, February 7..The submarine which torpedoed the Tuscaniawas attacked by a destroyer. An Americanofficer gave an intimation that the submarinewas destroyed.LONDON, February 7..The loss of life on the

. Tuscania is now estimated at only 101. This totalis given in a dispatch from a correspondent of theAssociated Press in Ireland, and subsequentlywas confirmed by the American embassy.At one point there are 550 survivors, eight of

whom are in a hospital. At another point thereare 1,350 survivors, eighty of them in hospitals.

Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, the Cunard liner

Tuscania, bearing 2,179 officers and men of the 32d National Guard

Division, lies at the bottom of the north Atlantic ocean today and

at least 168 soldiers.probably more.are missing.On the basis of figures reported to the War and State depart¬

ments here the missing would be 267; the figures of the British

admiralty, as they stood early today, however, placed the missingAmerican troopers at 168.

There is every hope that the lower number will prove to be cor¬

rect. British convoys near the torpedoed ship closed in quicklyand did heroic work, as the comparatively small number of lossesshows. The position of the Tuscania, off the coast of Ireland, evi¬dently headed for England, also was such that numbers of British

patrol ships and other vessels rushed to her side, and in that waythe losses were minimized.Such reports as wer& at hand early

today gave no details of how the trans¬

port. supposedly heavily convoyed, fellin with the submarine, but it was re¬

garded as more probable that the shipstumbled on the submersible ratherthan that the disaster was the first

shot in the much advertised German

offensive against the line of American

troops and supplies.Of 2.179 American troops on board.

2,011 officers and men have been ac¬

counted for as survivors, according to

British admiralty dispatches.

Feared Loss of 1,000.Early reports led to fears that 3,000

men might have been lost, but official

dispatches to Washington raised the

number of saved among the troops to

more than 1.900. and the later British

official advices still further increasedthe total.All told, it appears from the official

reports there were 2.397 persons/ on

board the Tusoania. including the crew.Of these the total rescued is given as

2,187. including 141 of the crew, threepassengers and thirty-two persons not

specified in the reports, making thetotal loss of life so^far as is known210. *First news of the sinking carne in a

report to the War Department early lastnight, announcing that 1.100 survivors hadbeen landed at Buncrana and Lame, twowidely separated Irish ports. This was

made public about 10 o'clock and until thearrival of the State Department dispatchtwo hours later it was feared more than1.400, including the Cunarder's crew, hadperished. The State Department messagesaid 2,173 troops were aboard the Tus-cania.

Crew Not Mentioned.No mention of the fate of the crew

was made i*n the State Department ad¬vices, nor was the landing points of therescued American troops indicated, butthe War Department's message, sayingthat "1,100 survivors" had been putashore at Buncrana and Lame indicatedthat the convoy vessels got alongsidethe sinking transport quickly and re¬lief ships made the scene of the dis¬aster within a few hours.Buncrana is on Lough Swilly, on the

north coast of Donegal, not far fromLondonderry, while Lame is a northchannel port on the east coast of An¬trim. near Belfast. The landing pointsindicate that the Tuscania was takingthe northern route around Ireland toEngland, and the distance betweenBuncrana and Larne leads officials tobeli«rve the number of rescue shipssearching the vicinity is large.mo mention of the time of the sink*

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ing was made in either of the officialmessages, but the news was receivedin London at 3 p.m. yesterday.A coded list of survivors was coming

Into the War Department early today.The official list is expected today as soonas it is decoded.The troops aboard the Tuscania were

mainly former Michigan and Wisconsinnational guardsmen, now attached tothe 32d Division, trained at Camp Mac-Arthur, Tex. Several aero squadronsand several companies of the 20th Engi¬neers. a forestry regiment, were aboard.The list of units as made public by theadjutant general's office last night isas follows:Headquarters detachment and com¬

panies D, E, and F of the 20th Engi¬neers.107th Engineer Train.IpTth Military Police.IQTth Supply Train.So. 100 Aero Squadron.158th Aero Squadron.213th Aero Squadron.Replacement detachments Nos. 1 and

2 of the 32d Division.Fifty-one casual officers.The official table of organization of

the 32d Division shows that the 107thEneineer Train is composed of the 1stBattalion of Michigan Engineers aridthe 1st Battalion of Wisconsin Engi¬neers. The organization is distinctfrom the 107th Engineer Regiment.The 107th Military police was made

up from the 4th and 6th Wisconsin In-fantry, and the 107th Supply Train fromthe 4th, 5th and 6th Wisconsin Infan-try.The 20th Engineers, a forestry regi-

ment, and the aero squadrons probablywere recruited from various sections

j and the place they trained was notmentioned by the War Department.

President at Theater.President Wilson, who was attending

the theater when the news of the sink¬ing was received; Secretary Baker andmany other officials remained up latefor more details, but only the terseWar and State Department messagescame through until the list of survivorsbegan to arrive from the AmericanArmy headquarters In London early to¬day.The State Department's dispatch

said Ambassador Page had sent twoArmy officers to Belfast, and repre¬sentatives of the American Red Crossand the Y. M. C. A. had gone with fullpower to spend all the money needed inthe relief.The Tuscania until last fall had been

in the transatlantic trade, but the sink¬ing indicates that she recently has beenengaged In transporting Americantroops. She carried a British crew anda British armed naval guard and wasconvoyed hy British warships. The useof British ships to carry Americantroops has been hinted at recently inconnection with declaion of the supreme

ICooUnutd on SmooA Fac*-)

MEN ON TUSCANIAFORMERLY IN D. C.

Score Saved From 20th Engi¬neers Trained at American

University Camp.

PART OF REGIMENT ABOARD

In the first list of survivors of jthe Tuscania, made public today,were more than a score of men

from the 20th Engineers (for¬estry) who trained at AmericanUniversity camp, near Washing¬ton.The 20th Engineers is the larg¬

est regiment in the world, al¬though but one battalion was on

board the Tuscania.The survivors named in the early bul¬

letin from the War Department were

reported safe at Port Ellen, Island ofIslay, ScotTand. They are:

Survivors in Early Bulletin.Second Lieut. Frank L. Maker, en¬

gineers. Following belonged toCompany E, 6th Battalion, 20th En¬gineers: First Lieut. Schweissinger,Sergt. Harry A. Kelly, Corp. How-,ard E. Bullock. Corp. William A.

COL. W. A. MITCHELL.(Harris & Ewing photo.)

Cherry. Privates Alva Bowman,Dale C. Hazelett. William A. Hick-ring, Charles H. Insch, Harry A.Keller, Lloyd Ledbetter. James T.Moss. Walter Maczarek, David Foe,Edward B. Peterson, J. W. Redd, LM. Roberts, Lee F. Terzia. RalphUphus. A. Van den Driessche, Coli-man White, John S. Williams, Ed¬ward L. Anderson, Tom A. Ashby,Frank S. Broz, James Basye andAlexander M. Bush. From the 107thSupply train: Private H. Kleist.One Hundred and Fifty-eighth AeroSquadron, Privates John B. Flemingand Edward F. Klingman.None of these men is believed to be

from Washington. Most of them wer«lumbermen from western states. But

LIEL'T. COL. HENRY S. GRAVES.

many of them made friends in Wash¬ington during their stay here for.train¬ing.

Strength of Regiment.The aggregate strength of the 207tli

regiment is 17,000 officers and men.Some of the units are still in trainingat American University camp. Col. W.A. Mitchell of the Regular Army com¬mands the regiment, and Henry S.Graves, chief forester of the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture, islieutenant colonel. Neither was withthe battalion on the Tuscania.The work of the 20th Regiment, which

was raised with the active co-operationof the American Forestry Association,is to cut timber in the French forestsfor military uses at the fighting front;for hospitals, Y. M. C. A. buildings andother purposes.A welfare fund for these men hasbeen established to which members ofvhe American Forestry Association andlumbermen throughout the countryare subscribing.

ADMIRAL SIMS IN HOME.Sinner in Hig Honor Tonight.To

Stay Only Few Days.ROME. February 7..Vice Admiral

William S. Sims, commander of theAmerican destroyer squadron in Euro¬pean waters, has arrived In Rome. Adinner In his honor will be given to-night. He will remain her* only a tawdays.

BRITISH PLACE TUSCANIALOSS AT 210; SAVED, 2,187Admiralty Figures Give Total Numbei\on Vessel

as 2,397.Thomas Smith, Boatswain's Mate,Gives Thrilling Account of Tragedy.

LONDON, February 7..The following official communicationwas given out early this afternoon:

"The Anchor liner Tuscania, Capt. J. L. Henderson, was tor¬

pedoed on the night of the 5th of February off the Irish coast whilecarrying United States troops.

"Following are the approximate number saved:"United States military officers, 76; men, 1,935."Crew, officers, 16; men, 125."Passengers, 3."Not specified, 32."The total number aboard, 2,397."Total saved, 2,187."The foregoing are approximate figures, but as correct as can

be given at present."REMAINED AFLOAT TWO HOURS.

The Tuscania remained afloat two hours after being torpedoed.The condition of some of the survivors of the Tuscania was

pitiable. Many had cast aside all their clothes and had been swim-ming about for two hours before being rescued.

RED CROSS TAKES ACTION.The American Red Cross headquarters here dispatched Capt.

Edgar H. Wells and Capt. Smith to Belfast immediately news of the

torpedoing of the Tuscania was received. They were instructed to

spend all money needed for supplies for the survivors. A telegramalso was sent to the American consulate at Belfast, asking thatmoney and supplies for immediate needs be provided.

The British Red Cross, which has depots in Ireland, immediatelyplaced all its resources at the disposal of the Americans and in¬structed its representatives to do anything possible to help.

The American ambassador, Walter H. Page, received from thelord mayor of Belfast a telegram expressing his condolences.Three men from the Tuscania died

from exposure in one boat.Thomas Smith of Glasgow, a boats¬

wain's mate on the Tuscania, said thesteamer was proceeding to an Englishport under convoy. "At 5:4"> o'clock on

Tuesday evening," he continued, "I was

in No. 1 room talking with a fellowboatswain when I heard a terrific ex¬

plosion and felt the vessel heeling over.

I said to my mate: 'They've got hernow.'"We commenced lowering boats on the

starboard skle. The soldiers were lined

up on the deck waiting for the boats.Unfortunately many jumped overboard.

"I found the boat at No. 9 station towhich I proceeded had been blown to

pieces. I then helped to get boats 9-A,9-B and 9-C away with full comple¬ments and the second officer got boats1 to 7 safely away. After seeing theselaunched I proceeded to the other deck,where I launched a raft.

Picked Up 14 Soldiers."I picked up fourteen soldiers and two

of the ship's company who were swim¬

ming about. We had no oars and hadto paddle along with our hands. Wewere picked up at 9 o'clock in the even¬

ing and landed Wednesday morning."The first survivors were landed at

4:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Fromthen until 7 a.m. many patrol boats ar¬

rived, each bringing a full complementof survivors, the number of whom bythat time had reached 550, includingforty members of the crew.

All the medical men at Larne, on theeastern coast of Ireland, where some ofthe survivors were landed, were re¬

quisitioned.Nurses Care for Injured.

Woman volunteer nurses at Lame at¬tended to slightly injured men. Wardswere improvised in hotels. Thirty seri¬

ously injured men were dispatched tolocal hospitals, where they are receiv¬ing careful treatment. The resourcesof Lame were taxed to the utmost to

provide food and clothing for the sur¬vivors.One of the men, who swam about for

two hours before he was rescued, jok¬ingly said he had had enough swimmingto satisfy him for the rest of his life.There was sufficient time for removal

of all those on board the Tuscania, as sheremained afloat for about two hours afterbeing torpedoed.

Waters Believed Safe.The Tuscania was one of a convoy of

troop and provision ships which after along passage across the Atlantic was en¬

tering what until recently were consid¬ered comparatively safe waters. Theships were within sight of land, whichwas Just distinguishable in the dusk ofevenin* when a torpedo hit the Tuscaniaamidships. This was at about 7 o'clock.Xte flUamer took a heavy list which

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made proper lowering of the boatsimpracticable. Some men jumped into thesea. Others were thrown into the waterwhen the boats were lowered.The survivors are receiving every at¬

tention.

Women Laugh in Slideto Safety Down Rope

Ladder of TuscaniaLONDONDERRY, Ireland, February 7.

..Proof of the order which prevailed onthe Tuscania is given by the landingof two typhoid and two pneumoniacases without bad effect.Forty of the survivors were taken to

hospitals. In the majority of casesthey are suffering from injuries as aresult of accidents in the lowering oflifeboats or in consequence of sliding!down ropes. jThe survivors are proud of the be-1havior of the only two women on theTuscania. They went down a rope infine style, laughing.

MRS. WOLTZ'S NEPHEWAND FRIENDS ON LINER

A nephew and two friends of Mrs.R. W. Woltz of 3.'»9 14th street north¬east were on the torpedoed liner Tus¬cania. Theodore Eugene L#ewton ofForest Grove, Ore., is the son of abrother of Mrs. Woltz, and the othertwo, Sergt. Kennedy and Corp. WilfredJameson, are friends of the-Woltz fam¬ily. All the men are from ForestGrove, Ore., and are members of Com¬pany S, 20th Engineer Regiment, for¬merly stationed at Camp AmericanUniversity.

FEARS NEPHEW IS AMONG LOST.

Representative Cary Says MiltonKamalak Was on Transport.

Representative Cary of Wisconsin, mem¬ber of the House District committee, be¬lieves that his nephew, Milton Kamalakwas among those who lost their lives on

the Tuscania. Representative Cary knowsthat Kamalak, a clerk In brigade head¬quarters at Camp McArthur, was on thetransport. He has not been able to learnof his rescue.Representative Cary spent several hours

last night and the entire forenoon at theWar Department, endeavoring to get somereassuring word.

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DEPENDS UPON SUNj TOAMEER"We Are Praying for Con¬tinued Warm Weather," As¬

serts Col. J. J. Loving.

OPPOSES USING SCRAPERS

"W e are praying for a continuance ofthe warn weather." said Col. James J.Loving, assistant engineer Commission¬er, when asked this afternoon whatsteps the District government was tak¬ing to rid the streets of the NationalCapital of the melting snow, whichthreatened a miniature flood In thedowntown district.Four hundred regular members bf the

street cleaning force of the city were

engaged, in the meanwhile. In keepingthe gutters of the city clear, and care¬fully spreading snow "thin," so that itmight easily melt away into the Poto¬mac.

Despite protests from those who in¬sisted that the street cleaning depart¬ment should take advantage of the"psychological moment" and use scrap-era to clear the streets in one granddrive on the- remaining forces of thesnow, the District did not put thescrapers on the streets.

Opposes Ur-3 of Hydrants.flre hydrants, too, was frowned

,on b>" Co1- Loving, Who declared em¬phatically that the fire marshal doesnot approve of the use of the hydrantsfor such purposes. In the recent snow-

hauling operations, whereby thousandsof tons of snow were hauled In thedowntown sections and dumped downsewers, the flre hydrants were openedIn order to flush the sewers."The sewers need no flushing today."

Col. Loving declared. "As for the useor the scrapers. I do not think theyought to be put on the asphalt streets,even if we could get the teams, whichwe cannot. The scrapers are used forcutting through dirt, and would damageour streets."Recently wo had a force of 100 men

engaged in hauling the big piles ofsnow, but these men and the wagonshave been put to hauling coal for theDistrict, and I think that work is themost important at this time."We can scarcely augment the street

cleaning department at this time" the1assistant engineer commissioner de-cjared "The only way we could pos-sibly do that would be to increasewages tremendously, and I doubt itrymuch if the result desired would be ob-lained, even .then."*

Hopes Pinned on Sun.Col. Loving made it plain that the

hopes of all concerned are pinned onthe sun, today. He admitted that con¬ditions would be .serious if there shouldcome a hard freeze tonight.Criticism of those engaged in dealing

with the city's slush was manifestedthroughout the down-town section to¬day.The condition of the streets is blamed

by many business men for the freightcongestion. Lack of labor and icysnowy streets, and today streets al¬most impassable on account of waterinches deep, held in place by borders ofnot-yet-melted snow, render the haul¬ing: problem acute. j"The District government is penny-

wise and pound-foolish in its methods!of dealing with our streets," declaredJohn L. Newbold, president of the Mer¬chants' Transfer and Storage Company.

Sets B&d Example.''When the District falls down in any

particular, the government falls down,"he said. "Our streets, constantly cov¬ered with snow or ice for a month, aresetting a bad example to other cities ofthe country."Mr. Newbold advocated the use of the

scrapers today, in order to rid thestreets of the melted snow by night¬fall, so that there might be no possi¬bility of a sudden freeze tonight coat¬ing the thoroughfares of the NationalCapital with an icy covering again.The health of the city is endangered

by the present "sloppy" condition ofthe streets, it is declared.Merchants, in their attempts to re¬

lieve the freight congestion, have beenforced, on account of the conditions ofthe streets, to resort to moving half-loads. and the running time of theselightened loads is way below normalwhat it should be for full loads.

Tomorrow, Have aWheatlessMealanda Meatless Meal'

HUNS TORPEDO CUNARDLINER AURANIA, BOUNDFOR THE UNITED STATES

Huge Vessel, Victim of German Torpedo on

Way to America, Reported BadlyDamaged But Fails to Sink.

NEW YORK, February 7..The Cunard linerAurania, 13,400 tons, was torpedoed by a Ger¬man submarine within the last forty-eight hourswhile bound for the United States, it was learnedfrom officials of the Cunard Line today.

Although badly damaged by the explosion, the ship was notsunk and is believed to be making her way back to port with theassistance of government vessels, it was said. The ship carried butlittle cargo.

WILL MECT DEFEATWeight of Opinion Among Sen¬

ators Is That MeasureWill Not Pass.

VIEWS OF BOTH SIDES

The preponderance of opinion among:senators who would express views to¬

day on the administration bill Intro¬duced by Senator Overman, givingthe President authority to co-ordinate,transfer and consolidate all governmentagencies during the war, was that themeasure could not pass.Opponents insisted that the bill was

the most drastic measure that couldhave been suggested."We might as well appropriate a lump

sum of money, put it into the hands ofthe President, and go home, if this billshould become law," said one of thesenatorial leaders. "Congress wouldthen indeed be only a rubber stamp forthe chief executive." *

Discussed Before by Congress.Supporters declared that the bill did

not present anything new and was mat¬ter discussed in Congress for years.Senator Overman, who introduced thebill, pointed out that in 1916 he offeredamendment to an appropriation billwhich practically accomplished thesame end, and that, after a long debate,

! there was put into the law a paragraphauthorizing the efficiency bureau to in¬vestigate and report as to duplicationof work by government bureaus and torecommend consolidation and elimina-tions to the President."The bill presented yesterday does not

give the President any new powers," said| Senator Overman, "it merely authorizeshim to use the powers already granted bylaw through whatever agency he deemsbest fitted in this emergency.

"Critics of the administration have beendemanding more centralization and co-ordination of war-making agencies; thisbill gives the President the right to bring! about such co-ordination."

Views of Overman BilLIntroduction of the bill by Senator

Overman was regarded by some as theadministration's answer to congres-sional agitation for a war cabinet andmunitions director, giving, as it does,blanket power into the hands of thePresident to reorganize and co-ordinateall federal departments, bureaus, agen-cies. officials and personnel.By others the measure was regarded

as a complete reversal on the part ofthe President from his statement toadministration senators, recently, thatthere would be no compromise with theChamberlain bills for reforms in theconduct of the war. Some senators in¬sisted that the President practicallyacknowledges, in the introduction ofthis bill, that the present system iswrong and inefficient.The new measure was taken to the

Capitol by Postmaster General Burle-,son and introduced soon after Mr.Baker had suggested to the militarycommittee that such legislation wasnecessary. It would empower thePresident to make over completely theexecutive branch of the governmentfor the period of the war, rearrangingexisting agencies and their functionsand establishing such new ones as hemight see fit.There has been no intimation so far

of any specific action under the bill thePresident has in mind, nor of howquickly the measure is to be pressedfor passage. It was referred to thejudiciary committee, of which SenatorOverman is ranking democratic mem¬ber. One move which some officials sayis contemplated is the appointment of a

chairman of the war industries board,a post now vacant, and the investmentof the otlice with powers similar tothose proposed for the director of mu¬nitions.

Introduction a Surprise.Introduction of the Overman bill

came as a surprise. It promises tochange entirely the character^of con¬troversy over war machinery reorgani¬zation. Administration spokesmen who,in view of the President's statement,last week, that he desired agitationover the military committee's bill tocease, were prepared to check discus¬sion as far as possible, now will go inreorganization debates as champions ofthe new measure, which will be vigor¬ously fought by members who opposegranting the President further powers.Senator Simmons, chairman of the

finance committee said of the bill; "Itis a very important bill and it will cer¬tainly need close scrutiny.""At first blush it seems to me. unless

Congress is ready to conclude it has nofunctions at all to perform, that thisbill will not pass," said Minority LeaderGallinger. , ^

Senator Hitchcock, Democratic mem¬ber of the committee, said there couldbe no doubt that the suggestions ofthe military committee for more co¬ordination in the government had ^eenthe stimulus of the new measure: "ItIs at least a recognition of the faotthat something has sot to be done."Bald Mr. Hitchcock,

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Patient at St. Elizabeth Hos¬pital Runs Amuck With Kitch¬

en Carving Knives.

SUBDUED WITH MOP

Banning amuck with two large batch¬er knives, Harry Oberle, an insane pa*tient at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, earlythis morning killed one and injuredfive other persons before he was finallysubdued.Miss May Medley, a nurse, thirty-three

years old, was killed.The injured are Bert Lanham. a

patient, cut In the neck; Philip Ra-quette, a patient, cut on the face;Robert Craig, colored, a cook, cut oachin; Clifford Pumphrey, an icemaq^stabbed in forehead, and George Field*a patient, cut behind the ear.None of ths injured was badly hmt

Patient Since 1915.Oberliv who Is thirty-two yean el4

has been a patient at the hospital sinesFebruary, 1916. He was a deserterthe United States Army, it waat the Institution. For eeveral monthshe has been working about the kitdieain one»of the buildings of the Richard¬son group, located on the east side of

J Nichols avenue, across the roadwayfrom the main buildings of the institu-tion. He had never shown the leastsigns of being: dangerous, it was stated,having always been quiet and inoffen¬sive.About 6:45 o'clock this morning

Gladys Sellner, who is employed in thekitchen, where Oberle was also allowedto work, obtained two knives from alocker, where they are kept under lockand key at night. Oberle was in theroom at the time. He picked up one ofthe knives.Miss Sellner told one of the hospital

physicians she thought nothing of ituntil she asked Oberle for the knife tocut bread. In a playful manner Oberlepointed the knife toward her. MlaeSellner remonstrated with the patientbecause he would not give her theknife. She became alarmed at hie as*tions. * t

Obtains Second Knife.Wheeling suddenly, Oberle ran down

the room, having picked up a similarknife. He first met a patient who hadjust entered the room, and made alunge at him with one of the knlvss.Robert Craig, the cook, was next met*and the man cut him on the chin.Running- down two flights of stair*

Oberle entered a room in the low.flrpart of the building. There he en¬countered Lanham and Raquette, pa¬tients, whom he slashed with theknives. He threw himself through atransom of a doorway and gained ac¬cess to the yard. Running across theyard, the insane man entered the tunnelleading from tl^ buildings on the eastside of Nichols avenue to the maingrounds. He ran through this tunneLEntering the main grounds. Miss

Medley, who was just going off dutyand was on her way to report at theoffice of the night superintendent, wasthe first person Oberle met. She hadjust passed the administration buildingwhen the man ran up beside her andstabbed her in the left side of the neck.He ran on down the roadway in frontof the building, and a little distanoefarther attempted to get upon the seatof an ice wagon of Clifford Pumphrsg.

Tried to Stop Patient.Pumphrey attempted to keep Oberle

from ^getting on the wagon and wasstabbed in the chin. Oberle then start¬ed toward the main entrance of thSgrounds. P. K. Pumphrey, a supervisor,and Robert Fields, a patient, werestanding in his way, however. Oberl*made an attempt to get at the men.Fields had a mop In his hands andstruck the patient with it. Pumphreyattacked him from the rear, overpower¬ing him. Fields was cut behind the earduring this fight. Oberle was taken toa confinement room and detained.The killing of Miss Medley was wit*

nessed by F. C. Withard, a sailor, ds-tailed at the institution, and severalpatients. Dr. M. Sheets, a physician atthe institution, went to the aid of MiesMedley, but she died a few mlnutsflater.After Oberle became quiet he said he

was in the kitchen and had picked usone of the knives to cut some breastHe said another patient, whom he doe*not know, but can Identify, struck himon the hand and that he struck at theman. He then told a story of personschasing him. and said he rememberedhaving cut several persons.Detectives Patrick O'Brien and Charles

Mullen made an investigation of thecrime and summoned witnesses to at¬tend an inquest to be held by CoronerNevitt at the District morgue late thisafternoon.Miss Medley had been a nurse at tbt

hospital for six years. Oberle has nSrelatives in this country, it was stateChis parents being natives of AmtnlwHe resided at 121S tth street sendtwssU f