Evening star., 1933-11-05
RITES FOR WRITER
TO Be TOMORROW
William G. Shepherd Funeral
Services Will Be Held Il
in New York.

Funeral services for William Gum
Shepherd, newspaper man, war cor
respondent and staff writer for Golfers
Weekly, who died here at am. yes
terday following a weeks illness, will
be held in New Y>rk City tomorrow
Burial will be at Shrewsbury, N. j.
Mr. Shepherd came to Washington
on an assignment about 10 days ago and
registered at the Mayfower Hotel. A
heavy cold developed into pneumonia
and his friends arranged for his re-
moval to George Washington University
Hospital Thursday. The gravity of his
illness, however, did not become appar-
ent until Friday, when he insisted upon
making his will and directed the collec-
tion of his papers and notes for his
successor on the story he had been writ
ing. Early yesterday he lost conscious
ness. His wife and his friends, Mr..
and Mrs David Lawrence and Ray
Tucker. were with him at the end.
Mr.. Shepherd was born at Springfield.
Ohio June 13. 1878 He was educated
and at the Summer school OF the Uni
versity of Minnesota, and began his
newspaper career as a reporter on the
st. Paul Dispatch.
Was With Madero.
A turning point in his life was
his removal to New York in 1908. For
several years after that date he wrote
fiction for Munsey's Magazine. When
the Madero revolution broke out in
Mexico. he hurried South to join the
rebels and accompanied their leader to
the capital. In 1912 he was appointed
European correspondent Of the News
paper Enterprise Association. covering
political news in half a dozen different
countries. But. transferring to the
United Press. he managed to return t.
Mexico to witness the collapse Of the
Huerta regime and report the occupa-
tion of Vera Cruz by American forces
The outbreak of the World War
opened new chapter il his career.
He was one of the first representatives
OF the press of the United States to be
admitted to France, but he was not
especially welcome and the British
army authorities on several occasions
arrested him end more or less vainly
attempted to prevent him from filing
cables home. In spite of numerous
difficulties, however. he covered the
celebrated race to the sea in 1914 when
both the German and the Allies were
endeayoring to occupy the Channel
ports.
At Versailles Conference.
Mr.. Shepherd later was in Serbia.
Italy and Russia. He became, ne said,
IAN expert on retreats" from his expe-
rience in those countries. His articles
and stories appeared in Eve-ybody's.
HarperS, the Metropolitan and other
magazines as well as in the daily press.
He represented the New York Evening
Post Post at the Versailles Conference in
1919 subsequently he investigated and
wrote about social and political prob
lens in England, France and Germany,
and covered the Republican and Demo-
cratic conventions OF 1920 and 1924.
For the past decade he had been
regular contributor to Golfers. his arti-
cles appearing practically every week
Prohibition, law enforcement, prison
conditions, industrial and economic
problems. and political events We're his
principal themes His books included:
me CONFESSIONS OF War Correspond
ent,' THE Scar That Tripled." The
Bows Own Book of Politics" and
Great Preachers As Seen by a Jour-
nalist." He was a member of the coun-
Gil of the Authors League of America
and vice president of the Authors
Guild. He also belonged to the Players
and Dutch Treat Clubs. New York: the
National Press Club. and the Foreign
Press Correspondents of Mexico City
His home was at Locust. N j.
Besides his widow Mr. Shepherd is
survived by two sons. Robert and Will
liam. attending Lawrenceville School:
his mother, residing at st. Paul. and
two sisters. Mrs. Paul Givler and Mrs.
P. NJ Sauber.