Lawyer, Journalist & Correspondent - He was the son of a German immigrant to Oregon. He graduated from both the University of Oregon and Harvard law schools. He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1904 but never practiced law. Instead he became a staff reporter for The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon. He covered the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906. He remained in San Francisco until 1909 working at the Examiner and Bulletin newspapers. He then went to New York to work as a free lance magazine writer. At the start of World War I he went to Europe to report on the war. He covered many of the major battles. He was the only foreign correspondent to cover the entire Russian revolution. He later reported on the Hungarian Bolshevik revolution, the Polish-Soviet war, and Sinn Fein rebellion in Ireland. He also later worked for the Associated Press in Paris and the International News Service. He became the foreign editor for the Christian Science Monitor and had represented the Monitor in Spain since 1944.
He died in Madrid, Spain following a hernia operation.
He died in Madrid, Spain following a hernia operation.
Lawyer, Journalist & Correspondent - He was the son of a German immigrant to Oregon. He graduated from both the University of Oregon and Harvard law schools. He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1904 but never practiced law. Instead he became a staff reporter for The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon. He covered the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906. He remained in San Francisco until 1909 working at the Examiner and Bulletin newspapers. He then went to New York to work as a free lance magazine writer. At the start of World War I he went to Europe to report on the war. He covered many of the major battles. He was the only foreign correspondent to cover the entire Russian revolution. He later reported on the Hungarian Bolshevik revolution, the Polish-Soviet war, and Sinn Fein rebellion in Ireland. He also later worked for the Associated Press in Paris and the International News Service. He became the foreign editor for the Christian Science Monitor and had represented the Monitor in Spain since 1944.
He died in Madrid, Spain following a hernia operation.
He died in Madrid, Spain following a hernia operation.
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