Scott Joplin publishes Treemonisha , another ragtime opera. John Stark and Son returns to St. Louis, trampled by the commercialism of the East. They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Around for Champ Clark's hopeful but ultimately unsuccessful presidential campaign. An immediate hit, its popularity collapses as Clark's campaign died at the Republican convention. 1917 Scott Joplin dies.
Jazz waxes as ragtime wanes.
1935 John Stark and Son moves printing plant, concentrates on trade printing. Best of music line sold to Melrose Bros., Chicago. Many unpublished Joplin works lost or destroyed. 1938 Ben Harney, James Scott die. Jelly Roll Morton records for the Library of Congress Archives.