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The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
16,49S FAILURES FOR YEAR,

New York, Jan. 2.-Bradstreet's on
January will say:
There were 1888 failures reported to
Bradstreet's Journal for the calendar
year of 1916, a decrease of l2S per cent
from the preceding year and of L6 per
cent from 1914, but an increase of I2e
per cent over 1913 and of rs per cent
over 1906
Liabilities for the year aggregated s17o.-
752, l72, decrease of 40 per cent in 1876
and of Il per cent from 1913, while they
year 1914
Every group of States, but the North
west, where the spring wheat crop failed,
showed decrease in number from d
year ago"
A similar report issued by R. G. In a
and Company today placed the numbe-
Of failures for the year at 1885
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
POLICE SEEK MODEL CLEI K, y

Chicago, Jan. 2-EIbart E. Browne, for
twenty-five years confidential man for
Pentecoste Brothers, commission brokers,
and missing since last Monday, is being
sought today as a defaulter In a letter
received from him, his former employers
we're told that he vas short between
<'o.Ooo and $4,000 In his accounts, and that
ne was a fugitive from justice.
browne vas regarded as a model man.
The death Of his first wife Is said to have
been a shock to him. Investigstton init
Gates that the cabarets and night life
intruded themselves upon him later. He
then married second time. Evidence
had been found that he had been dealing
N stock speculation.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
TEUTONS ADVANCE
Germans Push Forward West
of Sereth River.
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Berlin, Jan. AIN the mountainous
country west of the Sereth River, where
every height is a natural fortress, every
rivulet a formidable barrier. the Teuton
armies are battling their way forward.
substantial progress being reported by
the Germans all along the front.
The drive against the fortified line Foe
sami-Braila also continues, the Russo
Rumanian forces being steadily driven
northward, except between the Buzeu
River and Braila, where, according to
official German admission, the defenders
are maintaining their bridgehead." New
progress was made by the Teuton Do
brudja army.
Mackensen's offensive against Moldavia
is not unchecked however. Everywhere
the invaders are meeting embittered re-
sistance, which prompts the Vienna war
Office to say in its official report:
THE enemy is defending every yard of
ground
Petrograd official records the repulse of
the Teutons in several sectors of the line,
but makes serious admissions of con-
tinued reverses at these points of the
battle front where Teuton successes are
most menacing.
Thus, the Russian war office admits the
loss of two villages northwest of Foe
sami and a new withdrawal OF the Rus
sian line in the Dobrudja
Berlin announces the capture of Soveja,
nine miles within the Moldavia border
and twenty-seven miles from the middle
Sereth-
In this area, where the Muscovites
were also driven from two villages, Gen
Won Gerok Is threatening to outflank Foe
sami and subsequently the whole fortified
line to Braila and Galati
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
Pensioners Pelt Pastor
With Superannuated Eggs

Waterbury, Conn, Jan. 2-Following an
assault upon Rev. Vrichlaff, pastor of the
Russian Orthodox Church here, IN which
stones, clubs and even superanuated eggs
were used with telling effect six men
were arrested and their cases continued
in city court today.
The assault took place as the pastor
was walking towards his church. A mob
of angry parishoners surrounded him,
pelting hlm with every sort Of missile.
Constable W. J. Rigney held the crowd
at bay with a revolver while he backed
the frightened pastor into his home.
The assault is said to be the outgrowth
of many troubles at the church
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
DREAMS OF NEW WORLD.

Findlay, o., Jan. 2.-Physicians and
amateur psychologists are deeply inter-
ested in the cataleptic condition of Miss
Isabelle Myers, 16 years old, Of Fostoria,
who has been asleep since eating her
hearty Christmas dinner.
From time to time the girl talks about
the wonders of a world which she evil
IDENTIFY believes herself to be visiting, and
her descriptions are so vivid that per-
sons who have heard her declare their
belief that the girl actually II receiving
visions Of another world.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
SUBURB HAS THREE MAYORS.

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 2-Kirkwood, a
suburb of Atlanta, today was worrying
along with three mayors and two city
councils.
L. J. Cassels, elected mayor in the face
of the returns, and his councilmanie
ticket went before City Clerk Ray and
took the oath of office. w. E. Saunders,
Cassels' opponent, who declares he was
legally elected, went before Justice Giles
with his city council and also vowed
he would run the town properly.
Both claimants pestered Mayor B. F.
Gillian so much that he refused to turn
over the keys to either until the courts
decided who y the real mayoA
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
Escaped Convict Walks
so Miles Back to Cell
,pecial to me W.,binrton Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Santa Fe, N. Mex, Jan. 2.-Lo-
renzo Torres. an escaped convict
from the Good Roads Convict
Camp in Tjeras Canyon, near
Albuquerque. walked into the State
peniteniary here, saying that he
was cold, hungry and tired from
a fifty-mile tramp through the
snow over the hills and mountains.
Torres explained that he did not
like his company in the road camp
and that he and one of the other
convicts could not get along.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
WARS WOUNDED FOR CANADA

Halifax. N. s.. Jan. 2.-The hospital ia
cilities of Great Britain. have been taxed
so heavily by the recent hard fighting
that arrangements are being made to
send large numbers Of wounded to Can
ada. The military hospitals commission
will convert one of the piers of the new
steamship terminal into a hospital with
$50 beds, while other hospitals will be
established elsewhere in Canada
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|. v. v: men STEAL
TRAIN; EJECT Crew
Minnesota Members Ride to Mass
Meeting in Freight Cans.
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Bemidji, MINI, Jan. 2-one hundred
and Fifty heavily armed members of the
!. w. W. seized a Minnesota and Inter
national freight train at Gemmel late
tonight, overpowered the train crew.
threw them of. and started for Bemidti.
where they expect 70 hold a large
meeting.
The train crew telephoned to this place
from Gemmel, and IL is believed that
there viii be trouble here when the train
pulls in.
Duluth. MINI, Jan. a-Night shirts and
the cleaning OF their camps twice q week
are included IN the demands Of more than
1900 lumber jacks, who are on strike
in the woods OF northern Minnesota today
under leadership OF the l. W. w.
Meanwhile coo Industrial Workers are
moving OF the camps Of the International
Lumber Company at Virginia. MINI. -
recruit the ranks Of ths -ax1nA
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
CANADIAN RIOT QUELLED

Kitchener, Ont, Jan. 2.-Declaration of
martial law here today restored quiet
after riots which followed a special cleo
ton today restored to this place its orig
inal name of Berlin. Two dozen persons
were injured, two seriously.
Many of the men of the 11sth battalion
were here when the result of the election
became known. They started a riot and
refused to disperse. Troops sent from
Gait quieted the rioters
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
Mexican Situation Reverts to Status at Time
Of Villas Raid on Columbus.
New " exico
TERMS OF PACT ANNOUNCED
Agreement Provided for Withdrawal of U. S.
Troops and placement by Car
rama Soldiers.

The Mexcanmcan Joint Commission last night reached the parting
of the efforts the differences between the United States
and the Carranza government.
After aHday treshns the latest refusal of Casnza
the framed by the the American
night made public the of the protocol indicating that the negotiations
had reached a conclusion.
Secretary of the Interior chairman American
it clear that Caanzas refusal the protocol flat and final
DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS.
The protocol made public last might provided simply for the withdrawal
of the American from Mexico and their replacement by Cananza
military forces
Last nights developments the Mexican situation back the oond
of affairs which prevailed Immediately after Villas raid Columbus
apparent that the American Of the joint
believes proved
there would further formal negotiations with the Mexican
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS.
Arredondo with draws.

Arredondo withdraw.
Further complicating the situation
there came yesterday the withdrawal
Of Eliseo Arredondo, who for the
past fourteen months has been Am
bassador designate ofsMexico to the
United States. That Aredondo would
terminate his stay in Washington and
retire to Mexico was predicted more
than a week ago.
The affairs of Mexico in Washing
ton are left in the hands of de facto
charge -d'affaires. The Withdrawal of
Arredondo is known to be perIns-
ncnt.
senor Arredondo started for oueretaro.
Mexico, last night, after having visited
the State Department yand later confer
ring with Charles A. Douglas attorney
for the Constitutionallst government here.
Withdrawal OF the American eXpedi-
tionary force under command Of Maj.
Gen Pershing is in immediate conten-
plation by the administration. The
why's and wherefores of this action are
not explained, but the information
comes directly from persons close TO
President Wilson.
1t is believed to be predicated upon
the certainty that nothing whatsoever
can be accomplished toward the re-
storation of normal relations between
the United States and Mexico until
such action is effected, and the admin
istration is making this move with a
view TO giving Carranza what IL Is
believed will be his final chance to
make good. at the same time denying
him further the right to claim that the
suppression of disorders among his
fiery people is impossible so long as
foreign soldiers have foot room on
Mexican soil
Au-Day Session.
The American section Of the Joint
Commission held an aIl-day session, at
which the text of First Chief Car
ranza's rejection of the protocol and
the course which the commission
would hereafter follow were the sole
subject of discussion. Following this
meeting, Secretary Of the Interior
Lane, the chairman, made public the
text of the rejected protocol At the
same time he presented the text Of q
brief statement made by him to the
Mexican commissioners on December
1s. which said:
"It shall be understood that IL wa
meet for the discussion of other ques-
lions, the American commissioners VIII
not ask that any final agreement shall
be reached as TO any such questions
while the American troops are in
Mexico
This is explained as an agreement that
the first purpose Of the Join' Commits
sion's existence, the agreement as to troop
withdrawal and the protection of the
border thereafter, would be the only sub
jects discussed pending the end OF Gen.
. ntc GNn saf he
Grande.
Such questions as the rights Of Ameri-
cans and other foreigners in Mexico. the
safety of Americans and foreigners in
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
WOMAN SLAYER UNDER BOND.

Aberdeen. Miss, Jan. 2-Mrs. Winston
Tubb, IS. wealthy matron, who shot and
killed e. G. Mise, rich farmer, alleging
he insulted her two months ago. was
released under bond today.
MiZe, a member of the Monroe Coun y
board OF supervisors, was at the Quin y
depot when Mrs. Tubb drove up in her
touring car and without word shot
him twice,
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
Few Leading Marriers
Get Few More Licenses

William A. Kroll. in charge of
Marriage License Bureau, made
these entries in his dockets yes
terday:
William Key. 76 (first wife dead,
and Margaret Carter, 80 Cfirst two
husbands dead.
Burrill Wood, 70 dhree wives
dead, and Helen Jackson, Sc
(buried two husbands).
Key was at License Bureau one
hour before opening time.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03
PLANT WHEAT IN PARKS

Rome. JAN 2.-The government has de-
cided to put all vacant public grounds
under cultivation to increase the food
supply. In Geneva wheat and potatoes
nave already been planted in the parks
Forestry employees are being utilized for
the purpose.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03

X/oULL md in The HERALD evsry
morning the latest shopping news
for the progressive merchants
delphia, Boston and throughout the
country are more and more sing the
morning papers carrying the ads the
day the goods are for sale), .hfch are
the logical mediums used acquaint
the public of their best offer ngs.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-03

IN MOST of the best homes of
Washington The HERALD Is
read every morning-read for |
the news of the day and the store
news of the day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-02
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ever put them and that in every respect they arc
"of the family
All this experimenting in children is of intense inter
est to Mrs. Shepard Her work is watched with careful
eye by and interested in the development of
the children left to the of society and the State
1t holds, too, lesson to other cldles women who have
money enough to for more dependents But
there is another side, and that is peculiarly the
childs
What of the child who might be thrown back on the
State If it did not make good while on probationf
Take John. or Helen, to-day, after these years and
months of luxury and love- Their future Of course as
sured Their adoption proves that But suppose after
their year they had been returned the home-thnk Of
the upheaval there would be in their childish minds
Think of their being turned of the luxurious city
mansion and fine country house and dropped back into
the dormitores Of the home7 Would they miss the care
fully adjusted food the attendance Of special
nurses and teachers the clothes of velvet and lace and
fine linen? Indeed they would and light take months
for them to become satisfied with their institutional sur
roundngs. m -
This is side of the child problem that perhaps
Mrs Shepard has not carefully considered Her answer
would be that far she has kept the children of her
choice Yes, but she may not keep the next one
To-day the second little boy sleeps on one side Of
Mrs Shepard bed with John Finley on the other Helen
and the new little girl sleep upstairs in big room with
their nurse Can it be possible that the two last corners
may be sent back to the cold nstituonasm of the or
phanageY Mrs Shepard looks thoughtful when this side
is placed before her. But must be careful I must
know" she says, before decide so important
question:"
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Children.
and mother have married again and the households
make no provision for growing girls.
At the beginning of the second year Mrs Shepard be-
gan to wonder whether her small getting the
child he would derive all the benefits he should from his
bringing up Although to be sure her nieces were part
ages and little Johns Also they were not her children
no matter how greatly she loved them.
Looking about at the families of her friends she
to the conclusion that the large families the hap
Pest This, of may be open question but
Mrs Shepard is firmly convinced that given the wealth
she is also convinced that it is practically impossible
give an only child the right viewpoint of life.
An only child, no matter how child wise his parents
may be- never rubs up against people and life in just
the way that of several children does. The
observing mother knows her child until she observes
y unless she provides him with brothers and sisters
Realizing all this, Mrs Shepard decided to adopt
sister for her boy and then began the hunt for just the
right little girl AS in their first experiment the Shep-
ards applied to various orphanages and dozen and
more applicants sent to them approval. Mrs.
Shepard never has considered adopting the children of
people she knows will she consider children whose
parents are living In this way she avoids future family
complications.
whole orphan and preferably one who has lived all
It's little life in the institution is better prospect
cordng to Mrs Shepard theories than one who has had
wreehed home surroundings during its earliest
year just the right child discovered and she took
her place in the Shepard home where she shared onors
and Injuries equally with John. She pretty in
fact she was rather unnerestng appearance but she
was intelligent and carried her years with dignity
This Autumn the year of probation is up and, al
though the legal adoption has not been announced il
will be at any moment In these few short months the
little girl has her place, only in the sum- but in
the hearts of the shepards And what year has been
for the little waif, born to tragedy
Taken from institution where she was clothed and
fed by charity, where she of hundred equally
bound almost predestined to add further burdens to
those already borne by the commonwealth this child
was transported to home of understanding and
great wealth. For year everything that wealth could
Copyright. 1917. by the Star Compa
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TT ME alone will tell whether Mrs Helen Could
Shepard, the daughter to whom Jay Gould left
tens of millions of dollars is justified in her be-
lief that environment and bringing up stronger than
herediy So firmly does Mrs Shepard believe that the
evils of heredy be dominated by loving that she
intends to present little John Finley Shepard with two
sisters and a brother.
II her plans develop she hopes these three children
will become legally her before the year is out It
all depends the results of her experiments Three years
ago Mrs. Shepards family and the world amazed
to hear that she and Mr. Shepard had adopted veyear
old boy of unknown parentage. All they knew of the
child that healthy in mind and BODY and had
no bad traits Of any kind.
awhile the announcement came as from clear sky
the adoption was by sudden affair For more
than one year Mr.. and Mrs Shepard had had little John
under observation in their home and before that they
had studied dozen other children, with the idea of
adoption in their minds.
In fact, from the day of her marriage the former
Helen Gould had been determined have family of her
She has always adored children and her big home
near Iarrytown always held from to a dozen
nephews and neces.
But these youngsters not her own and shortly
after her marriage she decided carry the expert
ment OF taking strange child into her home, making
bringing him up in exactly the way the we'll born chill
dren OF her friends were brought up.
SNether Mr. nor Mrs Shepard held any hard and fast
ideas to what they desired in the child of their adop
ton Ihey did not demand certain color hair eyes,
but they did want healthy, happy youngster showing
tiers sent first to the handsome Fifth avenue home
and then to the big country place, where they
studied with the utmost care.
The big-eyed, sturdy boy who bears the name of
John Finley Shepard was finally chosen from the dozen
and arrangements were made for him to spend year
in the Shepard home This is ancient history in way,
happening as it did, three ago. The year of pro-
baton of intense interest the wold-be par
ents but in the end their judgment was indicated and
Johns adoption startled society at large
SO far, SO good The first year following the boys
adoption the Shepards bound up him and he was
studied and watched perhaps more zeaousy than if he
had been born to them.
The Shepard family included Mrs shepard's neces
the children of her brother Frank Gould These little
girls went to live with their Aunt Helen in the unhappy
days when their mother was securing her divorce They
have remained with her SINCE for both their father
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tor with equanmity He shared his toys and pleasures
with her. and speedily looked upon her his own sister
to be bulied and scoded when he felt inclined Mo be
tolerated at other times John Finley is good deal of
real boyl
Before six months elapsed Mrs Shepard knew that her
second protege had made good but nothing definite was
said because she felt that the years trial was necessary
1t is too to make deductions, to decide with
defneness whether Mrs. Shepard is justified in her
theories Looking at John Finley and his sister, who by
the way, is to be chrstened Helen when adoption
papers made out, it is difficult believe that they
born out of their class They speak French
they dance, they walk and play just all their little
associates do They accept the comforts and luxures
life as though born to them.
To have nurses wait upon them, have every foot
step guarded to them their right Unless their bac
memory overtakes them might suppose that their
former existence absolutely forgotten.
So much for John and Helen-what of the two extra
children under consideration They have Just en-
tered upon their The girl is SIX the boy seven AS
nearly be estimated there is years difference
between each of the four children This second girl is
not pretty, but she has possibilities and she is very
bright In fact all four children have remarkably good
mentaes and sturdy constitutions Oddly enough they
have certain robust qualities apparent any of the
children bred in the Gould family. Putting two and two
together it may be assumed that Of these children
from gentle, even educated stock. But so much
the better, from Mrs. Shepards viewpoint
Their futures will be bound up in the futures of the
other Gould children. They will be much part of the
family the children Of Lady Deces or Mrs Anthony
Drexel Their mother will see that no sights are
y. Rights
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buy and kind hearts could think of
was showered upon her
Nurses guarded her every movement.
Her manners were. cultivated and her
mentality studied both by Mrs Shepard
and the governesses who had had John
under their care under the same con-
ditions. Naturally, perhaps, patheti-
cally enough, the little girl understood
nothing of what all this great change
meant. Being little more than baby,
she did not know that she was on trial.
She did not know that if she failed to
satisfy her judges she would be re-
turned to the home
John Finley accepted his 1ittIa vis;
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Her Unusual Methods

Her Unusual Methods
That Make Princes and
.Princesses Of Some Little
Paupers--and Send Back
to Obscurity and Poverty
the Other Little Unfortu-
mates Who, after a Year
Of Luxury, Fail to Meet
Her Tests.
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(Above) The Lawn at "Lyndhurst," Showing tho
Adopted Children's Little Playhouse and Out
door Toys-Things They Will Enjoy During
Childhood if They Pass the Tests and Which They
Must Give Up if They Don't. (Below) The
Little Girl Who Has Successfully Passed Her
Years Probation and Will Become One of the
Heiresses of Mrs. Shepard's fortune