General Chaffee Named Chief of General Staff in War Department
Lieut Gen Adna R. Chaffee was sworn in as chief of the general staff succeeding Lieut Gen S. M. Young who retired. The ceremony occurred with Secretary Root present. Chaffee, born in Ohio in 1842, rose from private to general and led U S forces in Cuba and China. The article notes friction with Secretary Taft over military authority in the islands and questions his future as an executive officer.
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Washington
M. BH. Young
Adna Rf. Chaffee
Root
War Department
Army
General Staff
Adna RK
Chaffee
Caney
Spain
China
General Chaffee
Ohw
Liewtenant
Sattlefield
Gettynburg
Dinwiddie
Ile
Americas
Taft
Aou
Ita
Portland Citizens Call for Direct Primary League Meeting
The Portland Citizens issue a call for a meeting on January 12 to organize a league. L. Milla George M. Orton Thomas Greene C. E. G. Wood and W. G. U'Ren urge electors of Oregon to consider a law providing for direct primary reforms.
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Portland
L. Milla
George M. Orton
Thomas
Greene
C. E. G. Wood
W. G. U'Ren
Oregon
Club And Federation News In State Women’s Clubs
The club calendar resumes after holidays with the Thursday Afternoon and Woman’s Club meetings on specified dates. The state federation reports delays corrected as clubs prepare to use revised constitutions. The Bend press notes a club journal closure and urges reporting to the Journal. The St. Louis General Federation biennial dates are set May 17 to 25 with planned activities and new federation publications. Child labor laws across New York New Jersey and Wisconsin begin enforcing age limits and work hour restrictions, impacting club workers and orphans.
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Woman's Club
Roogs
Sacajawea
Pendleton
State Federation
Club Journal Publishing Company
Westag
State Press
Cosalet
Oregon
Oregon Daily Journal
Portland
Bend News
General Federation
New York
Massachusett: Federation
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Massachusett
Mix
May Allen Ward
Federaton Bulletin
St. Louis
Maoly
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Baer
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