Morning Oregonian., October 16, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

JOHN! WILLIAMS
WILL BE ADJUTANT
Governor Announces Selection
of Official to Act in Absence
of George A. White.
EUGENE OFFICER LAUDED
taw Partner ot li. E; Bean Is Lieutenant-Colonel
of Fourth Oregon
Infantry and Connected With
Guard -for 2 2 Years.
SALEM, Or.. Oct. IS. fSpecial.)
Governor Withycombe today an
nounced that he would appoint Colonel
John M. Williams, of Eugene, as Actintr
Adjutant-General for Oregon to take
the place of Adjutant-General George
A. White, who expects to leave at
once to enter active service. The ap
point will be only for the term of Gen
eral . White's service, it bein under
stood the Acting Adjutant-General will
resign upon the return of General
White from the front.
The appointee has been connected
with the National Guard for 22 years
and for many years has been Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Kourth Oregon
Infantry. He is law partner of Sena
tor L. K. Bean, of Eugene, and an act
ive practicing attorney of that city.
"Colonel Williams' name had the in
dorsement of the leading business men
and others in his home city," declared
Governor Withycombe in announcing
the appointment, "and I believe is a
man well equipped to handle the de
tails of the, office.
"Adjutant-General White has made a
peculiarly efficient record in this post
and it is with regret I see him go at
this particular time, but he feels that
hij duty calls him -into active service
with the Army and consequently it is
necessary . to make this appointment."
The selection of Colonel Williams
came as a surprise, as his name had
not been mentioned as a possible can
didate for the position.
The executive declared that Colonel
Williams is a man of force and ag
gression whom he believes entirely
capable of handling the many prob
lems which confront the Adjutant
Gfneral's office in connection with the
draft and other extraordinary duties
which now devolve upon that post. -
Colonel Williams has a son in the
Coast Artillery at Fort Stevens.
THREE SOXS ARE IX SERVICE
Mrs. Williams Is Daily Worker at
Red Cross Quarters.
EUGENE. Or..' Oct. 15. (Special.)
Colonel J. M. Williams, whose selection
as Adjutant-General" of the state of
Oregon to succeed Adjutant - General
George A. White was announced today
by Governor Withycombe, is the head
of the family with a war record of
which any American might well be
proud. .The three sons of Colonel and
Mrs. Williams, their only children, are
now serving their country. Two are
commissioned officers and the third is a
private.
Mrs. Williams had just returned from
the Red Cross headquarters, where she
had been knitting socks for the sol
diers, when informed by The Oregonian
correspondent of her husband's selec
tion for an important role in the war
work of the state of Oregon.
"Our three boys, all we have, are
gone; now that Mr. Williams is going,
J expect 1 will go along," she said. Mrs.
Williams hus been one of the prominent
Tied Cross workers in Eugene, and has
been on hand at the Red Cross nearly
every day to do her bit" in winning
the war.
The three sons of Colonel and Mrs.
Williams now in the service are Cap
tain. William G. Williams, of the staff
of the Oregon Coast Artillery; Lieuten
ant Benjamin H. Williams, of the regu
lar Army, stationed at Fort Stevens,
and Vern A. Williams, of the hospital
unit of the aviation corps, stationed at
San Diego. Cal.
Colonel Williams has been a resident
of the state for 31 years. He first be
came identified with the National
Guard in 1SST. was elected First Lieu
tenant of old Company C, Second Regi
ment, in l!s0. He served in this
capacity until reorganization at the
time of the Spanish - American 'war,
when he was one of the officers side
tracked and was not sent to the Philip
pines. At that time he organized an inde
pendent company of which he became
Captain. This company later became a
part of the Fourth Regiment, of which
he was elected Lieutenant-Colonel, and
which disbanded about five years ago.
Colonel Williams has been engaged
in the practice of law in Eujrrne and is
senior member of the firm of Williams
- Bean. He is a prominent member of
the Oddfellows' lodge.
250 LOST WITH STEAMER
French Vessel Torpedoed With 500
Passengers Aboard.
LONDON, Oct. 13. Two hundred and
fifty lives were lost when the steamer
Media was torpedoed September 23 in
the Western Mediterranean, says a
Renter dispatch from Paris.
The explosion of the torpedo deton
ated the munitions in the ship's cargo.
There were more than 500 passengers
on board the steamer including sol
diers and prisoners of war.
Th- Media was a French vessel of
4470 tons. She was built in 1912 and
her home port was Marseilles.
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COLOXEL JOHN
GOLD CALLED UPON
President Sounds Call for Ral
ly of All Banking Reserves.
FULL CONTROL NECESSARY
"Sinews of War", to Be Wholly In
der Supervision of Federal Re
serve Board Ready Response
Counted as Certainty.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. President
Wilson tonight sounded a call for the
mobilization of all the Nation"s gold re
serve under the supervision of the Fed
eral Reserve Board.
In a statement made public fhrough
the Board, the President called upon
all eligible non-member state banks
and trust companies to join the Federal
Reserve system without further delay,
that they may "contribute their share"
to the consolidated gold reserves of
the country and aid more effectively
in "a vigorous prosecution and success
ful termination of the war."
Scores of such institutions have
flocked to the system within the past
three weeks, among them some of the
largest trust companies in New York,
Philadelphia and other cities. The
movement to the Federal Reserve sys
tem has lacked only a final impelling
force to assume the proportions of a
landslide. Within less than three
weeks resources of such institutions
in the system have risen from $1,200,
000.000 to more than $2,600,000,000.
Full Control Necessary.
Liberty loan financing, the resultant
activity in the money markets, the ef
fect of the Government's huge finan
cial transactions upon the bond market
and the stock exchanges of the country
have made it imperative, in the view
of the Administration, for the Federal
Reserve Board to control, not a major
fraction of the gold reserve of the
country, but the entire amount. The
recent embargo on gold exports has
made it highly desirable that this con
trol be acquired as speedily as possible.
With the board in active daily con
trol of the country's huge store of gold,
at present more than $3,000,000,000,
watching every avenue through which
it may be lessened and vigilant in its
supervision of the country's banking
activities, officials believe that the fi
nancial position of the country may be
rendered as nearly impregnable as hu
man skill can make it.
At present the board controls the ac
tivities of institutions representing
only one-half of the country's total
banking resources. The latest report
of the Controller of the Currency places
at several millions above sixteen billion
dollars the resources of the banks
within the system. Since that report
was issued, however, nearly $1,500,000,-
000 in resources have been added
through the acquisition of new mem
bers. There are, however, between 8000 and
9000 eligible banks and trust compa
nies, with resources estimated at from
twelve to sixteen billion dollars, whose
activities are entirely beyond the con
trol of the Federal Government, being
governed only by state laws. The
President addressed himself to these in
stitutions. Hits statement says:
"It is manifestly imperative that
there should be a complete mobiliza
tion of the banking reserves of the
United States. All who are familiar
with financial operations must appre
ciate the . importance of developing to
the. maximum our banking power and
of providing financial machinery ade
quate for meeting the very great finan
cial demands imposed upon our country
by reason of the war. ,
Allies Mast Be Supplied. '
"A vigorous prosecution and satis
factory termination of the war will
depend in no small degree upon the
ability of the Government not only to
finance itself, but also to aid the gov.
ernments associated with it in the war,
which must be kept supplied with mu
nitions, fuel and supplies. of all kinds.
"The banking problem involved is one
which concerns all banks alike. The
important functions of the Federal re
serve banks in the sale of the Govern
ment's securities, in receiving and
transferring the billions of dollars
involved, in supplying credit facilities
and in protecting the reserves of the
country, have become so familiar to all
that I am sure it is unnecessary to
dwell upon or expound them.
"The extent to which our country
can withstand the financial strains for
which we must be prepared will depend
very largely upon the strength and
staying power of the Federal reserve
banks. The state banking institutions
for some reason have until recently
seemed inclined to hold aloof. Con
THE MORNING OREGOXIAJf. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1917.'
APPOINTED ADJUTANT-GENERAL
M. WILLIAMS.
gress a few months ago prescribed very
generous terms for the admission of
the state banks into the Federal re
serve system, which have removed the
objections heretofore raised by state
banks when considering membership.
As the law now stands. -it leaves mem
ber state banks and trust companies
practically undisturbed in the exercise
of all the banking powers conferred
upon them by the stales.
'"Many of the largest state banks
and trust companies are now becom
ing members, realizing that to win the
war we must conserve all of the phys
ical, financial and moral resources of
our country, that our finances must
rest on the firmest possible foundation,
and that they must be adequately and
completely conserved so as to respond
instantly to every legitimate demand.
How can this necessary condition- be
brought about and be made permanent
ly effective better than by the con
servation of the banking strength of
our country in the Federal reserve sys
tem? Co-operation Held Duty.
"May 1. therefore, not urge upon the
officers and directors of all non-member
state banks and trust companies
which have the required amount of
capital and surplus to make- them eli
gible for membership, to unite with the
Federal reserve system now, and there
by contribute their share to the con
solidated gold . reserves of the coun
try? 1 believe that co-operation on the
part of banks is a patriotic duty at this
time, and that membership in the Fed
eral reserve system is a. distinct and
significant evidence of patriotism.
"There are probably 8000 or 9000 state
banks and trust companies eligible for
membership which have not united with
the system These institutions have it in
their power to add enormously to the re
sources of the Federal Reserve banks,
thereby broadening and strengthening
the foundation upon which our whole
financial structure must rest. I,, there
fore, wish again to impress upon
them by solemn conviction that they
can best measure up to their duties and
responsibilities through membership
in the Federal Reserve system.
"WOOOROW WILSON."
M0T0RSH1P IfJ DISTRESS!
ANVIL, WITH SO PERSON'S ABOARD,
IN DANGER OF FOUNDERING.
Vessel, With KnKlnes Disabled, in a
Perilous Position Off Lower
California Coast.
SAN DIKGO. Cal.. Oct. 13. In dan
ger of foundiering and with more than
SO persons aboard, the motorship An
vil is reported today in distress down
the Lower California Coast and in need
of a warship to assist it back to San
Diego. J. B. Franklin, charterer of the
ship, sends word to that effect by way
of a fishing tchooner arriving from
the lower coast today.
Franklin advises that the Anvil's en
gines have broken down and the ship is
at anchor in an exposed and danger
ous position off Bluff Point, a small
headland about seven miles below San
Carlos. San Quintin, a well-known
port, is about 00 miles north of San
Carlos.
Franklin reached San Quintin in a
fishing boat that towed a lifeboat from
the Anvil to enable Franklin to return
to the ship. A telephone wire affords
communication between San Quintin
and Ensenada. from where a telegraph
line reaches San Uiego. Recently the
Anvil figured prominently as a so
called slacker ship.
AMERICAN AVIATOR DIES
SERGEANT " ANDREW CAMPBELL'S
FATE IS REPORTED.
French Pilot Report" Rrsalt ef Combat
Wltk Three German Biplanes.
fr'aJI Is Seen.
By the Associated Press.).
SOMEWHERE ON' THE FRENCH
FRONT. Oct. 15 Sergeant Andrew
Courtney Campbell, of Kenilworth. 111.,
a member of the Lafayette Squadron,
who, on October 1, was reported miss
ing, is now believed by his comrades
to have been killed. The Sergeant -was
accompanied on his last sortie by Ser
geant Henry S. Jones, of New Tork
City. In a combat with three German
biplanes the Americans became sepa
rated. A French pilot in a neighboring
squadron reported he had seen a bi
plane of the type Sergeant Campbell
was flying as it fell in a spinning nose
dive inside the German lines.
. This report was corroborated by in
fantry holding trenches in that vicini
ty. As the reports coincide as to time
and place, it is believed the biplane
which was seen to fall must have been
Campbell's. .,
VICTIM IDENTIFIED
AND SUSPECT HELD
Girl Slain in Seattle Ruby De
merrit and prisoner Is
Jasper D. Bailey.
CLEW IS FOUND IN NOTE
Young Woman, Whose Headless
Body Was Discovered in Brush,
Last Seen at Dance on Xlglit of -September
12, It Is Said.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 13. Earl
O'Brien, of Seattle, today identified the
headless body found in the brush here
yesterday as that of Miss Ruby Demer
ritt, aged 17. a resident of Kirkland, a
Seattle suburb. O'Brien, whose name
was signed to a note found on the
body, said she went to a dance a month
ago andi had not been seen since.
Jasper D. Bailey, who was at the
dance attended by Miss Demerrlt on
the night on which it is presumed she
was murdered, was arrested tonight on
an open charge. 'Bailey, it is said, was
cne of an automobile party which left
the dance and which included Miss De
merrlt and her escort, Pat McWinn.
Mother Gives Information.
Mrs. Anna Demerrit, mother of the
dead girl, asserted today that her
daughter never returned from the
dance to which she was taken Septem
ber 1J by a man known as "Cap" Mc
Winn. an employe of a Ballard, Wash.,
shipyard.
At the time the girl disappeared the
police questioned McWinn. but did not
hold him. as they said he gave a good
account of himself. He asserted he
saw the girl to her room in a Seattle
lodging-house after the dance and
then left her. The proprietor of the
lodging-house declared the girl has not
occupied the room since September 12.
At a mass meeting of Seattle women
held today to discuss defensive meas
ures against the woman slugger who
has caused a reign of terror in this
city and who is believed by many to
be the man guilty of the murder of
Miss Demerrit and Mrs. Florence Wil
son We'hn. it was suggested that all
peddlers and others who make a living
by going from door to door be interned,
chain locks be placed on all residence
doors and all women armed for the
duration of the emergency.
Mayor Minimizes Attack. .
Another meeting will be held soon
to consider reports of what city au
thorities contemplate doing to rid the
city of the man or men who have been
brutally assaulting women in their
homes and on the streets.
Mayor Gill today Informed a delega
tion of women that in his opinion "this
whole thing is bunk and fake at least
99 per cent of it." He later modified
this statement by saying that many
sluggers which had bean investigated
had been proved to have no foundation.
Rewards aggregating $1000 have
been offered for the apprehension of
the slugger.
DRAFTED MEN MAKE WILLS
Rookies at Camp Lewis Keep Judge
Advocate's Department Busy.
TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 15. (Special.)
The drawing up of the wills of the
drafted men in the 91st division of the
National Army at Camp Lewis, already
taking the time of the Judge Advo
cate's department, probably will result
in the assignment of an officer who
will do nothing else.
Most of the men who ' come to the
camp are not married and never have
given consideration to the making of
wills. With the entering of the Army
service they wish to feel more secure
in this regard and have taken the mat
ter up with the Judge Advocate's de
partment. o
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