March 13, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The editor of the Oregon Statesman commented on the power of the major banks over the export trade: BANKS [...]
March 2015
March 12, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headlines from the end of February until January of the next year would report events on the Turkish [...]
March 11, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The the Oregon Statesman’s headlines we read of an American ship destroyed by a German raider and of the [...]
March 10, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent News about the war was light during the first part of March, 1915. The editor of the Capital Journal, [...]
March 3, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman’s front page reports that police foiled a terrorist threat to bomb St. Patrick’s cathedral: DYNAMITE PLOT [...]
February 2015
February 27, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headline on the front page describes the first reported use of a fire as a weapon of war: LIQUID [...]
February 25, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondence The opposite of a blockade is an embargo. Today’s paper headlines a suggestion that the United States use the threat [...]
February 24, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Truth suffers when righteousness abounds, as this article in the Capital Journal illustrates: EXCERPTS FROM LETTER TELLS GERMAN ATTITUDE Father [...]
February 23, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The front page of the Capital Journal reported the opinion of a British admiral as to Germany’s policies regarding [...]
February 21, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As the attempt to blockade Great Britain continues, the headline in the Oregon Statesman reads: UNITED STATES NOT TO [...]