Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cadore was orphaned at 13 and went to live with his uncle, Joe Jeannot, in northern Idaho in Hope, a village east of Sandpoint on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille. Cadore graduated from Sandpoint High School, then attended Gonzaga University in Spokane from 1906 to 1908.\n', '

Cadore served as an officer in the U.S. Army during the First World War.\n', '

Other sources cite Cadore\'s birthplace as Muskegon, Michigan.\n', '

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