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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

the Jazz bandit The band consisted
OF Tom Brown. trombone chow with
Bert kelly's Jazz Band) Raymond
Lopez. cornet (now with Blossom
Seeley). Gus Mueller. clarinet. United
States Army: William Lambert, drums.
United States Army.
This was the first and by far the
best band that ever carue from New
Orleans. Gus Mueller, clarinet player.
Joined Kelly in the spring Of 1916 and
was placed at White City. Chicago.
with the following combination: Gus
Mueller. clarinet; c. o. Brush. banjo;
Fred Miller. saxophone; Jack O'Neill.
piano. and Fred Oxenius drums. At
this time Harry Jamess meteoric ca
reer as a cafe manager was starting
and he was in charge OF the Boosters
Club in the Hotel Morrison, Chicago.
and had a ladies' orchestra playing for
his dancing.
First Advertisement of JAS.
Kelly approached him with a propo-
sition TO furnish him with better music,
but he could not see Kelly's figures.
Kelly advised James to raise his prices
and print cards for his tables reading:
ON account OF the big expenses of hir
ing Bert Kelly's Jazz Band for the en-
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tertainment of our patrons it has been
necessary to raise the prices as fol-
lows sc.
This was in the fall OF 1916. and
the hand from White City was the
first band ever to be advertised as a
jazz bandit was a big success. and
in the spring OF 1917 James sent to
New Orleans for the Original Dixie
land Jazz Band and insisted upon their
using the words Jazz band
This was in 1917. and the Original
DiXieland Jazz Band was the first New
Orleans band to use the term. while
Bert Kelly used 1t in 1915. Bert Kelly
had about twenty orchestras known as
Bert Kelly's Jazz Band. and when the
Dixleland arrived they adopted their
name OF Original Dixieland Jazz
Band"
A. J. Baquet. the first and origi-
nal" jazz clarinet player. is now at
the Alamo Cafe in 125th street. He
was born and raised In New Orleans
and comes Of French, Spanish and
indian ancestry. At the start OF his
career he played entirely by ear, but
later learned to read music and took
a course in classical music under Prof.
Santo Juiffre. This enables him to de-
velop more difficult syncopat!ons and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

jazz and blues" a generation before
they reached Chicago. Bert Kelly be-
gan with four men in his jazz band.
He now has five and plays a banjo
himself instead OF a cornet, which In
struments. in his words. "blatts too
much"
Kelly and his Frisco Four" were
dubbed a Jazz band" in 1915. as al
ready stated. In 1906 Browns band
from Dixieland came TO Chicago direct
from New Orleans. They knew all the
old negro melodies. with the variations
played by Spriccio, and once Kelly heard
them he knew that Jazz and blues"
were going to be popular. SO he signed
up clarinets and comets who jazzed
This bunch from New Orleans played
by ear entirely
Dixieland band In Town.
Harry Fitzgerald brought Browns
band from the Lambs Cafe, Chicago. TO
New York and tried them out ali over
town. but Broadway was not ready for
them. They went into vaudeville as
the Five Rubes and then broke up.
Raymond Lopez. cornet, returned to
Chicago and Joined Kelly, but the
others returned to New Orleans.
yellow Nunez. who had been guitar
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
LORETTA
Nc DERhoTT
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FRISCO

Kelly and his band are now playing
for Frisco and making a musical hit
Of their own.
1t was Raymond Lopez, now with
Blossom Seeley who first muted his
cornet with derby hat, and Tom
Brown Of New Orleans was the pioneer
in using a hat on his trombone for
effects. Jugs were tried by colored jazz
artists, but were never adopted by
white musicians. who declared them
"honkytonk" and mo class" The
slouchy jazz musician gets effects with
a squealing saxophone and by playing
on key. The three great clarinet play
ers OF Jazz are yellow" Nunez at
Reisenweber's, Gus Mueller, now in the
army-he can play jazz in any key
and Lawrence Shields Of the Dixieland
Jazz Band. yellow" Nunez is the
only man who can take his clarinet
to pieces down to the mouthpiece and
keep up with the band.
Bert Kelly Is the Jazz pioneer north
Of the Mason-Dixon line. He knows
more about Jazz than any man living
outside Of the famous jazz professor OF
New Orleans, John Spriccio. the vet
eran violinist All the famous jazz
artists in this country have initiated
him or his pupils. He was playing
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player for John Spriccio, the daddy OF
Jazz, brought the original Dixieland
jazz Band TO Chicago in 1917. They
played in more or less important re-
sorts in Chicago in 1917. often appear
ing without coats and all shimmy!ng.
Max Hart brought them to Reisen-
weber's in New York, where they
scored an instantaneous and lasting hit.
They did photograph records OF their
Livery Stable Blues" which they had
adapted from the More Power Blues"
and into which yellow Nunez put
breaks and pony calls and to which
Trombone Edwards added neigh!ng.
All this, however. was derived from the
New Orleans blacks and John Spriccio.
Nunez sold the number TO Roger
Graham. Larocca. the cornet OF the
band. claimed It and the case went to
court. Judge Carpenter asked Nunez
to define blues whereupon he made
his famous reply:
Judge, blues is blues"
The court held that blues" could
not be copyrighted. inasmuch as they
could not be described and orches-
trated. Kelly says that ragtime Is not
exact syncopation and blues" are not
exact harmony.
jazz is mighty interesting. It stems
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
Collector big Bl Edwards Pessmsc About Prohibition
Detection of Moonshiners in City Especially Difficult but
Raids Are Increasing and Force Must Expand

little secret made of the fact that the
rich man and the man Of moderate
means who feels that he must have his
liquor have laid In q stock to last them
some years to come.
OF course there Is no guarantee that
this liquor will escape the scrutiny OF
the Government; for no doubt in the
enforcement Of the law Government
agents will be given the right to search
dwellings for liquor. That will prob
ably be one OF the most drastic pro-
visions and may be one of the hardest
and most expensive to carry out.
While the loss in revenue to the
United States will be tremendous
nearly half billion having been col
lected in the country last year-it has
been plain that for many years liquor
has been declining In Importance as a
source Of revenue.
New Revenue Sources Tapped.
New sources have been tapped. OF
the total internal revenue collections in
1914, the individual and corporation
income taxes constituted less than l6
per cent. In 1918 they constituted
more than so per cent Straight In
come taxes collected in 1914 we're less
than Sol 900. 900: in 1918 the collections
we're almost $3,0o0.0o0,o 900. Alcoholic
beverages in 1914 yielded about 70 per
rent. OF the total tax. For 1918 COL
lections from this source were not
much more than IL per cent. of the
total levy.
How has the law worked out in
States where prohibition has obtained
for several yearsf" was the question
put to one Of the most expert revenue
officers in my department. a man who
was born In the mountainous districts
Of North Carolina, who mixed with
and fought with moonshiners. who has
given the best years OF his life to the
Government service. and who Is az
clever at nabbing the proprietor of a
still in a basement in a congested ten
ement section OF New York as he Is
in the Blue Ridge mountains OF vlr-
ginia.
TT hasn't worked out" is what he
said
His statement to mo land Govern
ment reports bear him QUIT IL to the
effect that since North Carolina went
dry there have been more blockaded
stills than ever before in the history
Of that State. This applies to all
States in the South. he says. A rev.
enue agent at Atlanta, Ga, recent,s
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declared that In the brief time he had
been there he had unearthed $50 Illicit
dealers. Many revenue officers had
been killed. he declared. and It would
take several regiments of soldiers COM
pletely to wipe out the stills.
Raids on Illicit stills in New York
city are becoming more frequent every
day. This ONCE has been informed, in
anonymous communications. OF several
places where beer Is being made IN
homes. With the limited men at our
commans it is nearly impossible to
cover every section in the metropolitan
area OF course We can make an effort
TO minimize the making Of beer. wines
and liquors, but one OF the leading
revenue investigators told me the other
day that there aren't enough revenue
officers in the United States to stop
completely the manufacture OF liquor
IN New York city homes.
There have been a suspicious num-
Der OF small grocery stores" opened
In Easements. A grocery store gives
a man the right TO have the ingredients
for liquor-sugar, grain, &c.-sent in.
All he needs then Is an ordinary stove
and weather eye open for tho revenue
men.
In the Southern stills principally
grain Is used. but this is hardly feast
BILE here, because the grain might clog
up the sewers and Ia easily traced. We
have found in our raids on the city
stills that the makers Of Illicit whiskey
have used molasses. sugar. potato peel
ings, &c.
Ideas of Revenue Man.
Another revenue officer, a man who
served his apprenticeship in the South
and has led raids for several years in
the heart of New York city, made this
statement to me:
Most Of the killings OF revenue off,
GERS in the South occur from an am
buscade. Revenue officers first locate
the stills. They have maps drawn of
every little country road to guide them.
They have maps of two different routes.
II they anticipate trouble on one road
they take the other. Shooting is only
done when the revenue officers are on
their way to the still. Directly the
moonshiners get sight Of the revenue
offcers-they always have a lookout
who gives the alarm-they take to
their heels.
Each revenue officer in the South
| is equipped with Winchester re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
Experience of Revenue Men in South
Shows Jump in Illicit Distilling

Il find it a great deal harder to i.s-
cover q still in New York than in the
South. 1t IS like looking for the pro-
verbal needle in a haystack. There
are just two ways OF finding one In Tire
city. One is through a tip 10 or 10y The
police and the other is by SINE. Wl.A
the many odors In the cougestrI SEQ
tons OF New York the scent is l,, "a
keen as II is in the pure air az 'he
Southern mountains. In the NOM
tains a still may be spotted rs the
smoke rising in the air. or CoICse
there is no such clue to the city St.N'
Small stills on Sale.
What might be called small sil.i',
hut are not used for the manufactIrs
OF liquor are on sale in many places IN
New York. They are used 10y dug
manufacturers. To day. however, y2l
cannot buy one without registering 'He
purchase. l suppose there viii Dee Sill
more drastic regulations for tho sal"
of these outfits when the prohibition
law is in its final shape for enforce
ment.
Reports coming to this office from al
parts of the country are TO the '"'''
that many persons are engaged iu l''
manufacture of miniature stills far '..
home. Indeed. some of them arr Id
vertised.
While the term Illicit dlst..li"E seems
to find n particular application M tie
South, this Office has been in;rg1'
that In the country districts in tho ''"-
mediate vicinity of the metropolis
that IS to say. on Long Island, IN Con-
necticut and New Jersey, and 8" ,..
districts up State - there daily are
springing up plenty OF methods 4"
beating the law" Take the maaH.+e-
ture of wine. for instance. i j. F'
easy for any person To TAX" Il l't''f
OF grapes into the cellar &C tie farm
house, squeeze them, and II; nature
take its course. Every farmer Knows
how easy it is to make apl','.N
| brandy.
Obviously the literal enforcement -
tho prohibition law Is sure '' 'r 81
great lob. How l. Is going 60 Norn %.
| lime alone viii tell. Wifi" \ 'nu.' II.
II the Ga"s o.. the corner saloons awe
"nfCS are doomed no one At ,.' o.
formed viii hazard o guess 'Ia. 1.
| iutC prohibition win I've in for" egg 80
| lay the law IS suppose 10 80 ..'.. .''
| .ect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
By WILLIAM H. EDWARDS.

r TOW will the great city OF New
~ York with its cosmopolitan
i = population. its pleasure seek
ing visitors. act when 1t is brought
face to face with a condition of pro-
hibition?
Already some Of the best minds in
the Government; the best minds in
that body which brought about this
revolutionary legislation-the Anti
Saloon League; the keenest minds OF
the liquor interests. and thousands Of
resourceful persons who say they will
not be deprived of their liquor, are
busily working.
Now that prohibition is about to be-
come law. the Government minds are
principally concerned with its enforce
ment. It is plain to be seen that in
this situation the Government will
have the complete aid OF the Anti
Saloon League. Already this body,
through It's officers, admit that they
are stunned at the tremendous task OF
enforcing the law. For 1000 years or
more liquor was to be had in the world.
And it Is admitted that the enforce
ment OF the act will require SUPER
human work at the outset.
May Seek Full Enforcement.
1t Is hard to analyze what is going
on in the minds Of the men who manu-
facture liquor. Evidently they believe
/ in the old legal bromide that the
"surest way TO obtain the repeal Of an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

peating rife, "A calihre revolver
and an axe which resembles a toma-
hawk. The axe is used to smash the
still into a million pieces. Most OF the
feuds IN the South start in this way:
A man without any money goes to
blockade still and asks for liquor on
credit. Refused. he gets sore and tips
of the revenue Office. Hundreds OF
lives have been lost in these feuds
1t frequently has happened that after
raid and a loss OF life the chief
blockade distiller would be made
revenue officer. Invariably this man.
once with the Government, made the
ideal one. He was loyal, had plenty
OF nerve and knew tust where to locate
the stills.
Locating still in the mountains
Of the South is a great deal easier
than locating one in the crowded sec
tons of New York. AS water IS
needed in the making OF the whiskey
stills in the South must be located on
streams AS they have no way OF
hiking the waste they pour II out on
the streams bank and you can get the
odor for two or three miles. Camp
ing parties and travellers in the
mountains sometimes have pleasant
experiences. When they get the smell
they hit the trail mot the Billy sun
day trallD and finally arrive at the
still. After they have satisfied the
Illicit distilers that they are not
revenue officers the mountaineers are
tho finest entertainers in the world.
Tried to RIM Then, On,
When I was a young fellow. with
several others l started on a camping
trip In the mountains of North Caro-
lima At nightfall on the first day we
pitched our tents In a remote section
or the mountains. We had hardly
settled ourselves when a determined
looking fellow came to us and said
that we would have to clear out II
developed that We were In the i'm
mediate vicinity OF still We were
alarmed and we sent word back thu,
we intended to stay all night and II
the morning didn't show n pretty dav
meaning good weather for moving
camp-we would stay there until I.
was pretty day We w,rcn'-
bothered. or course that was som,
years before | became a revenue off.
Ger, To-day the mountains are dotte1
with stills.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
Mr.. KingsIey is the most

Mr.. Kingsley is the most pro-
found authority on jazz, which has
swept over this country and is now
invading Europe. Maurice is now
teaching the shin7ny dance in Paris
to jazz music to French pupils. Mr..
Kingsley has interviewed every
artist of the Keith circuits who
might have been by way of picking
up any information on the subject
and they have brought back to the
Palace Theatre much light on a
topic thar has rystifed the lighter
musical authorities. The impor-
lance of "jazz" may be understood
from the degree to which it has
supplanted the earlier and simpler
Syncopation we knew as ragtime.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
By WALTER J. KINGSLEY.
TAZZ" is a teasing, provocati,

- TAZZ" Is a teasing, provocative
monosyllable; it sets folks
j dancing, shlmmyng, swaying,
finger swapping. The word has a rasp
for the nerves that react in steps
synchronizing with supersyncopation.
Whence comes the noun Jazz" and
the verb ito jazz? What sublime
genius OF the lowest common denomi-
nator OF music coined this pandemic
term?
AS head Of the bureau Of research Of
the 3. +. Keith Vaudeville Circuit
have delved deeply into folk lore Of the
African west coast, the Mississippi
delta, the Barbary coast and the Chi
cago underworld on the trail of jazz.
In q previous article for THE Sun
described the primitive Jazz music Of
the native African and the trans
planted darkey Of the plantations;
told how 1t crept up the levees from
New Orleans and rode the bumpers
east from San Francisco. 1t remains
to tell the history Of jazz since 1t be-
came the musical paprika OF dance
mad generation and, quitting the
underworld. set out to rule the dance
floors Of public places and the ball
rooms Of private homes.
in1 hnu
of New Orleans known to all the river
city as "Stale Bread" mastered a few
'iblues" and "hesitations" and acquir-
ing a fiddle from Al G. Fieldss Min
strels set out to play his way into
local fame on the street corners. He
collected crowds and sold papers. One
by one other newsboys with an ear
for exotic rhythms and barbaric
chords Joined him until he had a band
of five motley musicians which he
christened stale Breads Spasm Band
TO the delight of New Orleans. whose
inhabitants still consider "spasm mu.
sic" a more pictorial and satisfying
term than Jazz music"
Barred in Polite Place.
This was street music and the pc.
lite resorts of New Orleans would
have none of it. though it flourished II
the resorts OF horizontals. This fact
prejudiced fashionable New Orlean!
against the lawlees music Of Stale
Breads Spasm Band" One gifted mu
sician, John Spriccio, loved jazz for 1t.
own sake and revealing in blues" AM
tricky appropriations he taught hi:
violin pupils what We now call JAZZ
long before 1t won a place in the sun
Now comes the daybreak of Jazz.
In 1915 Bert Kelly was playing II
the College Inn, Chicago, with an or
chestra made up OF himself. drums ant
director; Wheeler Wadsworlh (nov
with Lucille Cavanagh), saxaphone
William Ahearn, U. S. a.. piano, anC
Sam Baum, drummer. This quartz
played blues" and "hesitauons" ant
quaint syncopated melodies, and wer'
quite the craze in the night life o
Chicago,
Thomas Melghan. the movie star
gave a party one night for movie foil
and had the Kelly band for dane,
music In the party were such famou
folk as Emmy Wehlen, Julian Eltlnge
Jeanne Eagels and Grace George. Mo
ton pictures were taken by Richar,
Travers OF Essanay, and on the film
showing tho musicians he placed
caption reading, THE Originators O
Jazz" Thereafter 1t was the "Jaz
Band" and the word has now invade
Europe That party really started tn
countrywide vogue OF Jazz music
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

variations than do the players by ear
alone. He has developed school
of Jazz and clarinetists.
Baquet is a student of his art and
enjoys a high standing among his
fellow Jazz artists. 1t Is interesting
to note how he works out the animal
effect and limitations in The Livery
Stable Blues" He explains:
THE band makes a sudden stop or
break in the second part of the num-
Der, the clarinet taking as a solo
q rooster crow imitation, followed BY
cornet solo. in regular dance tempo.
initiating a horse neighinE or pony
calling. This is followed by "A from
bone solo initiating the 'mooing OF
cow. Then the whole band falls in
together"
sophie Tucker's Share in II.
Sophie Tucker is an innovator n
jazz music and 1t was she who first
introduced shimmy dancing to New
York. She did shrug OF the Shout
ders and a wriggle Of the arms which
might be called polite shimmy'' "a
compared to what passes current n
cabarets nowadays.
Her instructions to the jazz hand
for effects with Skinny Blues" and
Another Good Man Gone Wrong
bid fair to be classics wherever drums.
clarinets, comets. saxophones and
trombones mingle in the new music.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-24
MAD CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS
NOW WELL. AND HAPPY
THIS IS WORTH READING

The experience Of Mr.. L. j. Tou-
palik, 1888 Rose street, Lacrosse,
Wisconsin, is chiefly remarkable
on account Of the length Of time
he was afflicted.
He writes: 81 have been suf-
fering with chronic bronchitis for
twenty-six years and every winter
| would catch cold and become so
hoarse | could not speak for six or
eight weeks. / could get only tenn
porary relief.
"This winter / was taken with
Grip and was in awful shape. A
fellow workman advised me to take
PE-RU-NA. By the time | had
used three-fourths Of a bottle, the
hoarseness was gone, also that
tired feeling. | am on my second
bottle. Hereafter PE-RU-NA will
be constantly in my house. 1t is
the best medicine ever put up for
the purpose"
For any disease due to catarrh
or catarrhal conditions, PE-RU-NA
is equally dependable. Coughs,
colds, catarrh of the head, stomach
trouble, constipation, rheumatism,
pains in the back, side and loins,
bloating, belching gas, indigestion,
catarrh Of the large and small in
testines, are some of the troubles
for which PE-RU-NA is especially
recommended.
PE-RU-NA can be purchased
anywhere in either tablet or liquid
form.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-24
q
POST MILLS

Mr., and Mrs. +. +, Smith are visit
ing their son, DR. w +, Smith Of
Franklin, H. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Walbridge of
Peterboro made short visit recently
at the home of Mrs +. w. Raymond.
G. w Cook has returned from Wash
ington, y. G., and reports a fine time.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. i. Stetson spent the
week end with their daughter at North
Springfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barker from
Greenfield, Mass, have been visiting
relatives here.
Rev A. H. Sargent attended the
state Sunday school convention held at
Brattlcboro last week
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Powell have re-
turned to their home at Newton Cen
ter, Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P Douglass from
Groton, Conn., have been at The old
home.
Sunday school rally day was OBJ
served in the community church Oct.
- with rccitations and a message from
the state conventions The new fur.
mace was used in the church for the
first time last Sunday and it was a
success,