TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, AUGUST 22,
THE NEW DRAFT LAW.
For Agei Between 18 and 20 and 32
and 45 Years of Age.
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LABOR RECRUITING AFTER
LIEUT PUTMAN, LEADING
AMERICAN ACE.
AUGUST 1, 1918.
By Employers in War Work.
Of The Big Things He Has Done
of Inter- This Airman Tell in so Quiet a Way.
t
1919
Protection from every form of loss
To minimize the danger
Sometime early in September,
every man in Oregon between ages i ruptiug the war work in effecting
The story of Lieutenant David E.
Ot lo and 20, and 32 and 45 years, , the change from present competitive
inclusive, will be required to register ' methods of labor recruiting, the Putman, of Newton, Massachusetts,
Under the new draft law, now before i Loverument’s Central Labor Recruit­ the leading ace of American aviation
Congress.
ing t’logram, as heretofore announc- as he tells it, gives the expression
Th ese nge limits are as yet tenta­ - eu, provides thut at the outset ent- that there is nothing extraordinary
tive, as me bill has not been finally ’ pio/ers may continue to hire unskill- in the making of a star of the air
act« u upon. Minor changes may be i eu laborers who apply tor work with fleet. Of the big things he has done
made in the age limits. But (hey ’ oat silicitatiou, and that private field - he tells in so quiet a way that they
will be in general as stated in the ' forces may be utilized under control appear ordinary. His greatest fight
foregoing.
or the United ¡States Employment took place on June 5, when he en­
gaged ten Germans and shot down
The exact date of the opening reg­ ■ ¡service. ■
istration day has not yet been set,
in otuer that the United States eight of them.
A year ago he was feeling his way
ad cannot be set until Congress pas­ • Employment Service may be as ef-
ses the law to lower and extend the ' leetive us possible, it is highly impor­ on a Penguin, the machine that is
draft ages. But it is considered cer­ tant that each employer engaged in given to all beginners because it can­
tain that the law will be passed very war work keep the local ottice of the not fly eff the ground. Now his aver­
soon and that the registration day United otates Employment Service age is three victories a month, hav­
to be proclaimed by the President ' informed from day to day of his ex- ing destroyed twenty enemy planes
will be early in September.
and an observation balloon since his
act needs for unskilled labor.
Every man who comes within the
debut, December 20, 1917. Not all
Private
Recruiting
of
Unskilled
designated ages should keep himself
of these have been officially record­
Labor.
very carefully Informer, for his own
ed.
The regulations which govern pri-
Putman shows in the air ttoe same
piotection, about the status of the
i
vate
recruiting
are
as
follows:
new draft measure, and especially as
ardent progreasivenss that the Ger­
1. Employers may continue to hire mans have been grieved to observe
to the day fixed for registration.
I
Failure to register on the proper day workers who apply at the plant in our infantry. Like a great many
,
without
solicitation,
direct
or
indi
­
will subject the neglectful person to
new flyers, he sailed boldly over the
A*.
a heavy penalty. Ignorance will not rect.
lines far into the territory occupied
I 2. The Federal Director of Employ­ by the Germans to provoke battle.
excuse him.
Oregon Is now pretty well verBed ment is each state is authorized to i In consequence a number of his vic­
by some form of Hartford policy.
HE wonderful thing about
in the procedure to be complied with grant permission to employers to use tories could not be officially confirm­
their
own
field
agents
lor
recruiting
by men of draft age on registration
Fire comes first as causing the
ed and the risks were largely in­
Hartford insurance service
day, for already two such draft unskilled workers under this direc­ creased. Twice he has had to plane
greatest
losses, but is first for
is
its
scope.
It
provides
against
registration days have been held in tion and control for war industries down over the lines with his motor
located within the state.
the state.
that
reason
alone. Some other
out of commission and his machine
losses you never think of until
3. Permission to recruit unskilled shotup.
The first was that of June 5, 1917,
form of fatality might be far worse
they happen to you. You will
when all men from 21 to 30 yearB of laborers in States other than the one
Wins His First Battle.
age, inclusive, were required to reg­ in which the work is located may be
for you than a fire. Do not learn
After several month's training and
never know that you could
ister for military service. The second secured from the Director General one month's service at the front he
these things after they happen.
have been saved from the con­
registration day was that of June 5 of the United States Employment fought his first battle and won it on
of this year, when all men who had service upon the recommendation of January 19. Wally Winter, of Chica­
The two Hartfords can protect
sequences
of
them
unless
you
attained their 21st birthday since the Federal Director of Employment go, flying in the same patrol, said
you
on all sides. The policies
talk to this agency today. Every
registration.day of the preceding for the State in which the men are Putman saved him during his flight.
year were required to register.
needed. Such permission will be com­ Putman now says he was the man
will surround you with an inter­
loss of property can be measured
The coming registration day will municated by the Director General who saved Winter. Flying in a high
locking coat of mail, leaving no
in money. The loss may be
be even more important than these to the Federal Directors for the state wind that bore him over into the
two, for the number of men to be in which the labor is needed and I enemy’s territory he siglfted two
unprotected point.
caused by fire, accident, sick­
registered is estimated at fully one- from which it is to be recruited.
| Germans below him making for >he
This agency will be pleased
ness, theft, storm, carelessness,
4. No unskilled laboZmay be trans­ French lines. He drove after them
third greater than on June 5, 1917.
It is believed that in Oregon alone ported from one state from another and got one at 2000 yards height.
to
explain the complete protec­
circumstances.
All
these
have
fully 100,000 men will have to reg- without authorization from. the Di­ Then he discovered that the other
been foreseen and provided for
tion offered by the
fster.
rector General, to be secured by ap­ German was maneuvering above him
So l'ar uh possible, registration plication through the Federal Direc­ and that higher up Winter was com­
places on the coining registration tor of Employment for the state in ing down followed by two more of
day will be in regular voting places. which the labor is recruited. No the enemy. He took height to meet
Local boards will be in full charge laborers may be moveif from one Winter and the Germans abandoned
of the registration.
Employment District to another I the fight.
Local boards have already received within a state without authorization
A curious accident in his second
V - -y
instructions to make all preliminary from the Federal Director of Em- flight, January 27, gave Putman the
arrangements at once for conducting ployment of the state.
; unpleasant sensation of being at his
the registration, so there will be no
5. Employers who receive permis- adversary's mercy. He made such a
delay when the President's procla­ slon to transfer workers from one sharp dive after his man that his
mation is issued. Registrants are to state to another or one district to machine turned turtle and all his
be appointed for each precinct, on another within any state must file a spare ammunition fell out. He hhd
For over one hundred years the Hartford Fire Insurance Com­
the ratio of about one to each prob­ statement with the nearest Employ­ ftred the last cartridge from his
pany has paid losses with unfailing promptness. The same
able eighty registrants.
ment Service Office, of the number gun when the German 1 wobbled and
responsibility is behind the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
lnterperters also will be provided of men transferred, the wages offer­ crashed about two miles I inside tile
where necessary to facilitate regis­ ed, and other terms and conditions German lines, Putnam’s last shot
tration.
of employment promised to the men. 1 had done for him.
6. Employers who are permitted to I
Ptitnam began work with the
use their own field agents for re- | squadron of Lieutenant Madon on a
IMPORTANT TO YOUNG MEN
cruiting labor must in no case use ' _____
_____ ______
monoplane
March ____
14, ____
and ____
the same
any free-charging agency, or use any I day ian jnto a patrol of 15 Germans.
When, Where and How Men who uirontH
ft ' iz
....... tu«.
•>».> <»■« 1»
agents m*
or lnhnr
labor Noniits
scouts who nrt
are 1 Dili
paid
Knowing
he hud ♦!»»
the advantage
in
Have Become 21 Years of Age
for their work on a commission basis. speed, he decited to make a quick at­
Since June 5, Must Register.
7. All advertising lor unskilled la­ tack, then dive. All tbt* Germans fol­
bor, whether by card, poster, news­ lowed him down, one ofLthem, at
—------ O
Will) must register All mule per­ paper, handbill, or any other medium least in a dizzy nose spin, making them and the German returned the bottom, the blimp sits over it until it
Ornamental Fire Places Built
sons (citizens or Aliens) born be­ is prohibited after August 1, 1918. the third success officially credited salute in the thick of the fight. All decides to move on or come " to the
of Brick and Stone. All F're
Putman
says
about
it
is
that
he
surface.
If
the
submarine
does
not
Places absolutely guaranteed
tween June 6, 189/, and August 24, 1 Ills applies to ail employers engag­ to him. The next day he downed a
kept
out
of
range
as
best
he
could
move, the blimp is just as well con­
not to smoke or money re­
1897. both dates inclusive), except ed wholly or partly in war work, two seater in a light with two; his
funded.
officers and enlisted men of the reg­ whose maximum force, Including gun jammed and he had to dive and watched closely every chance to tent, for in the meantime the wire­
fire. He finally got into a good po- less has been at work, and trawlers
Brick work of all kinds done
ular army, navy and murine corps, skilled and unskilled laborers, ex­ away tiom the second.
sition and the German machines be- are coming up in the course of an
on short notice.
and the national guard while in nat­ ceeds 100.
One of his longest and hardest com­
gan to fall. Five of them crushed be- hour or two with the necessary
We make a specialty of re­
ional service, and officers in officer s
bats was on April 11 when he engag­
Recruiting Skilled Labor.
pairing smoking Fire Placet.
fqre the fight was over.
equipment
to
smoke
Mister
Submar
­
Reserve Corps, Hiid enlisted men in
No restrictions are for the time be­ ed four two seaters during 35 min­
June 14 Putnam got three out of ine out of his hole.
Enlisted Reserve Corps w bile in uc- ing placed upon employers engaged utes. One of them crashed. The after­
six Fokkers and''the next day shot
If the submarine rises before naval
noon
he
ran
into
one
of
the
German
live service.
in war work in recruiting their own
down one of two German observing help arrives, the blump tackles it
When On Saturday. August 24, skilled labor, other than that they "circuses"; there were six in the
planes. He was about to pull out of alone with bombs. If the submarine
TILLAMOOK, ORE.
1918, between 7 a m. and 9. p.m.
should so conduct their efforts as to group and he got two of them. this on account of jammed guns tries to move away along the bottom
Where- At office of local board avoid taking or causing restlessness I These made five adversities shot
when one of his adversities pulled up of the sea. the blump follows its
huving jurisdiction where person to among men who are already engaged down between March 14 and April
at a sharp angle, fired ten shots, shadow until it comes sooner or later
be registered permanently resides, or in other war work, including rail­ 12 from a monoplane.
turned over and fell two hundred to a shallow spot where it can be ef­
Engaged at close quarters with a
other place designated by that local roads, mi lies, and farms, as well as
yards; then the machine broke in fectively dealt with.
board.
work covered by direct and subcon­ two-seater on May 15 he got near t he air and crashed. Since then Put-
Subject to the blimp's fuel supply
How—Go tn person on August 24 tracts for departments of the United enough to see the German gunner
nam has accounted for an observa- and its "duration power” in the air,
to your registration place, if you ex­ States Government.
fall tarward on his quick firer when
tion balloon and on June 30, another there is little chance of escape of a
pect to be absent from home on Aug­
Federal directors of the United he sent a< bullet home. Putnam was enemy plane.
U-boat, once it has been sighted by
brought
down
himself
for
the
first
ust 2 4, go at once to the office of Slates Employment Service for the
one of these handy little dirgibles.
the local board where you happen to several states are Instructed to give time June 2, but without personal
The sighting or spotting of the U-
be. Have your registration curd fill­ every possible assistance to employ- damage. He was one of two fighters LITTLE "BUMP" TERROR
TO LURKING SUBMARINES boats is the great difficulty, for the
ed out and certified. Mail it to the ers engaged in war work who desire protecting two reconnoitering ma­
seas around England are large places
— w—.0-------
local board huving Jurisdiction where to recruit skilled labor.
chines when he sighted 11 Germans.
and the range of the individual
you permanently reside. Inclose a
Employers In war work are at pres­ He signalled but the reconnoitering ’Hundreds of them on Duty in The blimp is camparatively small.
self addressed stumped envelope, ent under no restrictions as to ad­ planes continued their course. Two
Barred Zone.
A larger type of blimp is now be­
with your registration card, for the vertising for skilled labor, other than minutes the Germans came on in two
ing used, known technically as the
return of your registration certifi­ that all advertising should be de­ groups, one of five above and one of
The "BMmp" is the name which the , C. P.. or coast patrol. It carries a
cate. Failure to get this certificate signed and conducted so as to avoid i 1 six below. The reconnoitering planes American pilots have given the little I
larger crew and a greater supply of
limy cuube you serious inconvenience. creating restlessness among men in dived for tlieir lines and Putman dirigible air ships which are technic- '
fuel and is used for detecting mine­
You must mall your registration card war work (as above described).
for the first time in his career gave ally termed "E. 8.” or "Submarine fields as well as submarines.
in time to reach your home loeul
himself up for lost.
Saints.”
Employers in NonWar Work
board on August 2 4. If you are sick
One of the Germans had succeeded # The gas bag of the blimp is about ■
Electricity’s latest gift to
of
’
Nonwar
industries
should
not
Letters Made Spy Proof.
on August 24 and unable to present
in cutting off the reconnoitering 150 feet long and 30 feet in diam-
the housewife—greatest
------- o-------
fer
superior
Inducements
or
in
any
yourself In person send'some com­
l planes. Putman dove and drove eter. The lower structure is virtually
since the electric iron
Few
persons
wishing
to
communi
­
petent friend. The clerk may depu­ other why undertake to compete for him down. Another German dived at that of a scouting airplane of med­
and electric vacuum
tize him or her to prepare your card. labor with the Government or with the second reconnoiter and Putman ium power, so that the whole effect cate with relatives in Germany a
cleaner—the
Information If you are in doubt employers engaged in war work (as followed him. The German "put his is that of a sort of a cross between i system of spy proof letters has been
devised.
These
persons
hand
their
above
described).
Observance
of
the
as to what to do or where to regis­
nose up", whichMn aviation parlance airplane and balloon, The crew is
letter and spirit of this provision Is means that he made a step upward usually one pilot and an observer, letters Into and Red Cross chapter.
ter, consult your local board.
Caution -Do not confuse this call necessary for the efficient prosecu­ turn, and put three bullets into Put­ and the speed is about 40 miles an The chapter sends them to headquar­
ters in Washington, where the let-
P ortable
for registration, which Is only for tion of the war. Methods of recruit­ nam's motor. He got one in return hour,
reached their ing and of advertising which do not that sent him down in a crushing which work like a destroyers depth I ters are re-written and the wording
ten who
have
S
ewing
M achine
1st birthday since June 6, with the offend against it are permitted.
slide on the wing. Meantime the six which work like a destroyers’ depth absolutely changed to prevent trans-
,
mitting
any
diagram
or
secret
code.
U. S. Employment Service. machines in the higher group were charges, exploding by water pressure
coming registration of men from 18
No
more
tiresome
I The letters then go to the censor,
firing and one of the bullets went at a depth of 20 to 80 feet. The car­
to 20, and from 32 to 4 5. inclusive,
treadle
pushing
- no
«i
through the machiue within half an riage contains steering gear, bomb and in this way nothing gets by that
which will be held sometime early In
more backache —a little
Motor Street Cleaner.
shouldn't.
September.
inch of Putman's foot. His motor lever, wireless apparatus, camera
electric motor does the
Penalty for not registering Kail­
Streets are very effectively clean­ was now out ot commission and he and observation instruments.
hard
work.
Notice to Contractors.
lire to register is a misdemeanor pun- ed by means of a new three-wheeled was looking for two disasters at
Hundreds of blimps are constantly
ishable by Imprisonment for one gasoline driven apparatus, at a coat once— a fall of 4000 yards and the on duty around the coast of France
A foot control gives any
•Notice is hereby given that the
year. It may result In loss of valua­ of seven cents per thousand yards, final bullet. Again the Germans and England. American pilots and
speed desired.
County Court of Tillamook County,
ble rights and privileges and immed­ including the upkeep of the apparat­ abandoned just as they were about to observers are just beginning to take
Oregon, will until 10 o'clock a.m. of
The entire machine in
iate induction into military service. us.
get him and he managed to fall Just up this work. It is the greatest U- Sept. 5th., 1918, receive bids for the
its case can be carried
The machine has a 80-gallon water soft enough to break nothing but boat destroyer in existence, if the clearing of the right of way on the
i
anywhere—it’s no larger'
men who work the blimps are to be Derby County road near Garibaldi,
tank In which water for sprinkling "wood".
Add New Color to Siam i Flag.
The
great
fight
that
made
Put
than a typewriter.
the
street
ahead
of
the
brush
Is
car
­
believed. One enthusiastic American from Station 0 plus 0 to Station 8
------ o------
In view of the fact that Slam la ried at a pressure of 60 pounds. A nma famous in France was over the pilot who had been dropping bombs plus 50. according to the plans on
Ask for a demonstra*
tailing part with the great powers In 40-horsepower motor propels the battle fields of Rheimes on June 5. up and down the Irish sea for a file in the office of the County Sur­
tion.
the world war, it has been thought cars and drives the revolving brush In a halt hour combat he shot down month, remarked to the Associated veyor and the specifications on file
right eo add a color to the flag, name­ which covers a swarth eight feet five of an enemy squadron of ten Press correspondent, "The blimp is in the office of the County Clerk.
ly, dark blue. The national flag will wide. A dirt container has a capac­ Albatrosses. It was close and difficult not only one of the ways of destroy­
On the date mentioned above the
have dark blue in the center occu- ity to two ordinary dirt carts. The work, for the Germans manouvered ing U-boats; it is the way."
court will publicly open and read
The advantage that the blimp has the bids but reserves the right to
pying one third of the ground, and apparatus has been found to be very skillfully and closed in on him until
on either side a white and red stripe, compact and efficient in service he could see pilots plainly in their over the seaplane is that it can stand reject any and all bids.
each of these stripe« occupying one where it has been tried in the large seats as their machines passed under still in the air. If a U-boat dives
Erwin Harrison.
cities.
him. He waved his hand to one of down and lie» out of sight on the|
alxth Of the ground.
County Clerk. •
to a burned
block
from a strayed
parcel
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