davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
LUCK BRINGS RICHES TO TINPAN ALLEY


that night in his hotel suite. 1t
sold 100000 copies.
OF course, the strangest tune
within our time was that rank
billy, The Prisoners Song"
All the bad baritones who were
not engrossed in "On the road to
Mandalay" wreaked their venge-
ance, 1 am sure, on this limo
cent echo of the backwoods.
No, it was not written by con-
Wet, nor was it native folk tune.
1T was the work of Guy Massey,
L a vaudeville performer, who
had produced many airs before
this one.
But he became disguised with
the ways of the music world and
he gave all his manuscripts, in
Guiding the prison tune, to a cou-
sin, Vernon Dalhart, a talking
machine artist.
Well, eventually Mr.. Dalhart re-
corded it and eventually Louis
Bernstein published it, probably
more as joke than anything
else.
He had his little joke, all right,
for soon this became the butt of
Broadway gentlemen of the gag.
my Lord" moaned the presi-
dent of the firm, "the music pub
fishing business has gone to hell"
WELL" replied the dltiful little
plugger, "I'll sing a chorus of
The Prisoners Song and show
you just how bad it might be-"
From then on it was only a
matter of publishing enough
copies to supply the demand, for
the sale was terrific. THE song"
according to Mr.. Wickes, earned
approximately $4,000 in royalty.
How much of this sum Massey
received nobody appears to
know" He died in Texas in 1926
while his song was earning for
tune.
GONE years back Joe Young
~ wrote a song, "Old Pal, Why
Don't You Answer Me?" Even
energetic efforts on his part and
paid singing of the tune by Ha-
waiians along the beach at Coney
Island could not start it on the
way to ephemeral fame.
It was as dead as yesterdays
radio program until an unusual
event came to pass. Out of Chi
cago came a news dispatch that a
murderer, as his last request be-
fore going to the gallows, sang
"Old Pal"
This story was carried page one
nationwide and obviously crea-
ted a tremendous demand for the
ditty. AS the money rolled in
Mr.. Young wondered how the
dead man could have heard of
"Old Pal" since it scarcely had
been started in Chicago-won-
dered until he received a telegram
from his Chicago representa-
tive some days later:
How did you like that gallows
plug? Wasn't it terrific?"
The representative, you see, had
ribbed the condemned man into
singing the melody, merely to
ballyhoo "Old Pal"-anybody's old
pal, but particularly Joe Young's.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

seven or ten species of rare iris.
The gardening interest expands
to trick landscaping. His rock
gardens are most expertly ar
ranged.
TRICK effects with flower life
Il in pools and fountains are
found in his own back yard.
Alb, seemingly a restless youth,
has made no basic preparations
for the future. He has selected
no profession, nor trained in a
college.
His kinship with his locale has
attracted him to the textile indus
try. Not so long before tragedy
Stalked his steps, he took a job
with one of the big blanket con-
Germs of the town.
He announced that he wanted
to learn the business from every
angle and started at the bottom,
with salary of SIS week. But
he moved on again.
The same restleSSness caused
him to agree on the round-the-
world trip which his pal, the null
ti-millionaire Smith, was planning.
y =
LIE took up aviation. His own
l. 4 income is limited. His
father, realtor, was considered
comfortably wealthy before the
depression, yet expressed concern
when SIS 900 bail was demanded.
Yet, though he foresaw a de-
cline in his own family fortune,
intimates say that he never so
much as suggested the possibility
of a good job with the Reynolds
interests.
Instead, he took the presumed
job as young Reynolds secretary,
though townfolk smile and refer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
WINS a. SWIM TITLES

CORTLAND Christian Is High Point
Man in Scout Meet.
Winning four contests, CORTLAND
Troop SO, won the high
est number of points at the Boy
Scout swimming meet Thursday in
Ellenberger park pool.
He placed first in the 100-yard
free stroke, breast stroke and back
stroke and diving events.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
KILLED IN 2-ST0RY FALL
City Man Drops on Stone Slab, Dies
In City Ambulance.

Fatal injuries were incurred
Thursday night by Thomas Russell.
"a, Negro, when he fell from a sec
ond-story window at 623 North
West street, where he was a roomer.
He fell on stone slab.
1t is believed Russell fell asleep
while sitting in the window. There
we're no witnesses TO the fall. police
we're told. He died in an ambulance
en- route to city hospital. s.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
ELECTION TO BE HELD

Sign Contractors of North America
Are Holding Convention in City.
Election will be held by the As
ISOLATED Sign Contractors of North
America tonight at convention
headquarters in the Lincoln.
The three-day convention will be
closed Saturday with installation of
the new officers. Directors were to
be named today.
More than 100 delegates attended
stag party Thursday night. To-
days sessions were to be taken up
with technical discussions on out
door advertising.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
CASHIER is KIDNAPPED
NebraSkan Is Released in
Kansas by Bandits.

By United Press
SILVER CREEK, Neb., Aug. r.
w. G. Logan, kidnapped cashier OF
the Farmers State bank, was re-
leased late last night near Wichita,
Kan.
Robbers who sacked the bank and
obtained approximately $1,000 re-
leased the banker nine miles from
Wichita, relatives were informed.
Logan was expected to arrive
here today, driving from Omaha,
after a plane trip from Wichita.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
SQUARE DEAL ASKED
Indiana Farm Bureau Official Says
State Sales Tax Is Necessary.

AIAuAdAAd dIIH DuTedu OI1lC1dl Says
State Sales Tax Is Necessary.
A Square deal for farmers" was
asked of the legislature by Lewis
Taylor, director of the tax and legis-
lative department of the Indiana
Farm Bureau, in a statement today
supporting the income tax measure
pending in the special session.
Agriculture and all property
owners are on the brink of bank
ruptcy and ruin" Taylor said. Tn
spite of this fact, opponents of an
income tax law would have these
bankruptS continue to face the di-
rect load without telling us how it
is to be paid"
He pointed out that twenty-three
states now tax incomes, among
them New York and Massachusetts.
New York alone, he said, pays more
than one-fourth of all federal in
come tax receipts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
.CE EXECUTIVES MEET
Regional Merchandising and Ad-
vertising Conference Held Here.

Regional Merchandising and Ad-
vertising Conference Held Here.
A regional merchandising ana
advertising conference, attended by
ice officials from Indiana and ad-
joining states, was opened today at
the SEVERN under auspices of the
National Association of Ice Indus
tries.
Discussion arranged included news
paper advertising, study and train
ing for delivery men in modern ice
delivery and sales methods, assist
ance to plan managers in sales
planning, service improvement and
sales management.
Eight similar meetings are be-
ing held throughout the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

DleQ hOuSe-Where
the city's smallpox
victims have been
treated for years
has become my
home" to her.
Few patients are
cared for any more.
Mrs. Dietz had few
er cases this year
than during her en-
tire service.
Yet she hates to
leave my home"
and just can't &C
on living without
working. :"
If her term at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

Of songs that swept the nation to the
vast surprise-and proht-of their pub
fishers.
BY JACK FOSTER
Times STAFF Writer
Copyright. 1892. by the New York World
Telegram Corporationl
I'm this remarkable world Of fancy
4 within Manhattan they call Tin
Pan Alley-possibly because there's
much panning in the air-there
are many song pickers.
A song picker, gentle reader, is
a bright boy celebrated for his
skill to choose from the hundreds
Of manuscripts that clutter his
desk one that you and I and the
pest upstairs will want to bari
tone even between baths.
Great among these tune handi-
capers are, in particular, Rocco
Vocco, Phil Kornheiser, Bobby
Crawford and Jack Robbins.
But, no matter how smart they
may be, the judgment of none of
the keen-eared of the Alley is in
fallible. When you're betting
against public taste, you're con-
fronted by something subtle.
One week it's a hill-billy that
makes the heart of America hap
py. The next week it's a march,
such as Rudy Vallee's late march
on Maine. Again it's a sentimental
love ballad.
Then, for all you know, it might
be a senselesS rhumba or a hot
and-bothered foxtrot. And the
fellow who keeps on top of these
moods-or, better still, can set
them-is the one who wears the
gold-capped elk'S tooth on his
watch chain.
But, to tell the truth, the his
tory of almost all great hits is a.
series either Of mistakes or gross
surprises.
I'm this instance, I like to recall
l. the tale of 1.-THE Missouri
Waltz" about which I warned you.
This with such tunes as END of a
Perfect Day" and Till We Meet
Again" sold more than 100000
copies and was destined for i'm
mortality even before radio rose
and canonized it. And here's the
strange history:
Frederick Knight Logan, a COM
petent musician, left New York,
discouraged because of his inabil-
ity to write melodies that were
measured in cash, for his home in
Oskaloosa, Ia. The name of the
town is not a gag, either.
He became an instructor, and
one afternoon as he was doing the
countryside, he encountered a
Negro boy who was sitting lazylike
on rock, stunning a peculiar
fetching melody.
"ThiS song is as old as the hills .
the Negro explained between
strums. my grandfather heard
the Indians play it."
Well, Mr.. Logan was not one of
those who wants to give the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

And the accused youth seems to
find it diverting, although Caro-
lima nights by murky waters are
haunting.
a youth of many interests and
facets-thiS young co-defendant
with stage world sensation who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Mother Pleads Girl, 10,
Be Jailed; Judge Balks
BY JACK FOSTER
Times staff Writer

T ENIENCY of Judge John F.
IL Geckler saved 16-year-old
girl Thursday when her mother
pleaded that her daughter Delta
be sent to prison.
Declaring 81 can't trust my
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

has been induced by a strong
light.
It's native river game, played
In childhood by Smith Reynolds
and his buddy. Alb. It's played in
the dark of night. Down here it's
pronounced " jigging.p
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

seems III many ways his exact OPP
posite.
Walker is, for instance, some
thing of botanical amateur. His
experiments with iris raising have
attracted attention.
In his garden you'll find some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
STEAL B0NUSEER'S HORN
Trombone Is Listed as missing in
Action" Casualty" Reported.

ActlOn; Casually Reported.
A slide trombone is a bonus army
casualty listed today as missing in
action"
The trombone, according to its
owner, Harry Hedden, was stolen
Thursday night from bonus army
headquarters, 931 Virginia avenue.
The thief also obtained a black
leather case for the instrument.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
|%B0oK|
Z Nook
zgIEIlE. LIIEAR

j. Il. PrleStley
Here is a drawing of j. B.
Priestley, author of "The Good
Companions" and Angel Pave
ment," drawn from life by George
Schneider and autographed by
Priestley. The new Priestley
novel, PARKWAY" has been pub
lished by Harper and Brothers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

WI D pest house ends
she says she may rest a few days.
but will try and get started in her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

What makes a song hit? Even the
professional pickers Of Tin Pan alley,
where the nations ditties are turned
out, can't always tell. In the article
that follows, the second Of series de-
scribing the workings and workers of
this mythical district. Jack Foster tells
Of songs that swept the nation to the
vast surprise-and proht-of their pub
NShers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

have before me a copy of a book
which was written to prevent auto
mobile accidents. AS far as I know,
is is the only book of its kind and
the author. H. H. Evans of New
castle, Ind, makes the same claim.
Evans calls his book, Death and
Destruction with Motor Vehicles
How to Prevent" and sells for 81 rs,
but the first 1000 autographed
copies sells for 81.
like this book for several reasons
and one of them is that it pays at
tention to annoying horns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

TTERE and there we find a mys-
IL terry novel that has brains as
we'll as a plot in which real men
Evening star., 1932-11-08
PHYSICIAN BLINDED
FOR CHARITY is DEAD
DR.. Cuthbert Gillian Succumbs at
Naval Hospital, Victim
of Stroke.

A physician who sacrificed his sight
for charitys sake died today at the
Naval Hospital. the victim of a stroke
Or Cuthbert Gillian, who became
blind years ago from an infection
picked up while treating a charity case
in Richmond, Va. had made his home
here in recent years with his sister in
the 100 block Of Kalorama road He
was 81 years old and had been an as
sistant surgeon during the Spanish
American War
The sister. Mrs. w. N. Page. widow OF
one Of the builders of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad, and brother, Regi-
nald Gillian of Richmond, are DR.. Gill
hams only survivors. Mrs. Page now
lives at 3041 N street
After he became blind, DR.. Gilhan
had interested himself in mining enter
prises with his late brother law
Three months ago he suffered the
stroke which ended in his death.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at 1:30 o'clock at Tablers funeral
parlors, 928 M street. Military burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
Election Returns
Will Begin to Take
Shape About Bpm
Last Polls Will Not Close.
However, Until IL
O'Clock Tonight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Except for a few isolated reports be-
fore dark, the result of today's ballot
ing will begin to take shape only after
7 or pm, Eastern standard time
Polls close at hours ranging from 3
pm. in New Hampshire and Rhode
Island rural districts to IL pm. g
o'clock Pacific standard) in California,
Oregon and Washington. The judges
then go to work.
The decision of New York State,
where voting ends at 6, should be
known around 10 or IL pm, Eastern
standard time, unless the contest is very
close. Totals thereafter likely will flow
from the West in geographic order.
But Kentucky will be missing. A law
there says the votes can't be totaled
until after 10 am. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
R.F. LENDS $811,898
TO CITIES AND STATES
Cincinnati and Toledo Principal
Borrowers for Relief-Kansas
and Oregon Get Funds.

By the Associated Press.
The Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
ton today authorized emergency relief
loans totaling ssl1, 1898 to Kansas, Ham,
ilton County (Cincinnati) and Toledo,
Ohio, and Wasco County, Oreg.
Hamilton County is to receive $611,-
264 and Toledo $4,000 for November
Wasco County, Greg, is to receive 81
600 for use from November l to De-
cember 81. The Governor Of Kansas
receives $13,634 for use in two unnamed
counties from November to December
81. He IS to make public the division
Of funds.
The corporation announcement said
both Hamilton County and Cincinnati
had issued all the emergency relief
bonds they could and could obtain no
further funds at this time.
Toledo also had taken virtually every
emergency action possible under the
law, the corporation said.
Ohio political subdivisions previously
had received $5,614,262, Kansas $780,
600 and Oregon $221,53 .-..~, 49,
Evening star., 1932-11-08

gun. Watts placed the revolver back
in its holster and the two exchanged q
few more words
Drawing his revolver for the second
time. Watts is said to have used the
butt to club Garrison, while Brown at
tempted to pull the two men apart. As
Brown and Garrison were leaving the
lookup the jailer fired, Brown said.
Unarmed himself, Brown hesitated to
disarm Watts until the man started to
take of his shirt. The officer declares
Garrison was not armed. Watts, how
ever, told Brown he was justified in
shooting.
Garrison had spent the evening with
his brother, Richard Garrison. As they
parted, Honey" told Dick" to vote
for Roosevelt for President and Williams
for the Senate" the brother said this
morning.
Although he had planned to vote a
straight Republican ticket, Richard said
he would carry out his brothers wishes
Once Shot CoIored Man.
Deputy Sheriff Garrison said today
that Watts was formerly employed as a
watchman at the Hyattsville gas house
where he once shot colored man. He
was appointed JdleI ldSJ NoVcLlpci, W.
discharged during the Summer for al
legged attentions to a niece Of Honey
Garrison's. Later he was reappointed
Honey" Garrison was arrested by
Policeman Brown together with former
Deputy Sheriff Newton James last
March on hijacking charges. They were
indicted by the April grand jury. but the
cases "steted"-practically dropped-by
States Attorney Alan Bowie yesterday
Honey" was So years old. He is sur
vived by his parents. his widow, Mrs
Merle Garrison of Edmonston, and two
brothers, Carol and Richard. He Is the
second child Of Deputy Garrison te
have been murdered. His sister was shot
and killed by her husband in front Of q
moving picture theater in Hyattsville
several years ago.
Watts Is married and has two grown
children.
Policeman Brown said Justice Of Peace
John A. Dowling would conduct q cor.
oner's inquisition this morning.
o. G. Ballinger of Riverdale. superin-
tendent Of the Metropolitan District
Building, who acted as jailer wher
Watts was dismissed last Summer, hac
charge Of the lookup today.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
ROBERT |. M'KEEVER
ADJUDGED BANKRUPT
Prominent Real Estate Operator
Asks Federal Court
to Act.

Robert L. McKeever. for many years
a prominent real estate operator here,
has filed a petition in the United States
District Court at Baltimore asking to
be adjudicated bankrupt.
The petitioner listed assets totaling
sl5588 and liabilities Of S66,016.76, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Baltimore.
Orders were signed adjudicating him q
bankrupt and referring the case to
Holden S. FELTON,, referee.
The case was filed in the Maryland
court since Mr.. McKeever resides on
the Brookeville pike near Silver Spring,
Md. Mr. McKeever said here this
morning the petition was for personal
bankruptcy. He estimated about 30
per cent of the liabilities were secured.
He has been engaged in the real
estate business for about is years. After
serving for number Of years as q
salesman, he and associates established
their own firm in 1920. The firm sold
hundreds of homes and negotiated many
of the larger investment and business
property transactions In and near
Washington.
Members of the old firm headed by
Mr.. McKeever separated more than q
year ago and established their own
oficeS,
Evening star., 1932-11-08
TWO SHIPS ADR|FT
IN WAKE OF STORM
Third Believed in Trouble In
Caribbean as Mystery Mes.
sage Is Picked Up.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Two ships were wallowing helplessly
in the troughs of high seas behind
an erratic Caribbean hurricane today
and another mysterious call for help
was under investigation.
The disabled craft we're the Blue
Funnel Line freighter Phemius and the
Quaker Line freighter San Simeon and
they lay within $50 miles of each other
off Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua.
The mystery message was picked up
by the steamship Sixaola, presumably
in the Caribbean, and the call letters
were G-B-W-Y. The Sixaola reported
the SOS to the Navy Department at
Washington, where a check was in prog
ress.
Was Taking Water
salvage tug from Kingston, ia
maica, found the PhemiuS yesterday,
after the craft had drifted two days in
the wake of the blow Her funnel was
gone and four holds we're taking water.
She was Adopt $50 miles east Of Cape
Gracias a DioS.
Inc ban olmeOn naQ 1dmmeo rOQ-
der and her steering gear was broken
400 miles off Cape Gracias Dios. and
farther to the south. The United
Fruit steamer Tela was standing by
the San Simeon. The United States
Navy airplane tender Swan and the de-
stroyer Overton left Colon, Panama, to
help the PhemiuS.
1t was not determined exactly how
many men were aboard the two YES
sells, but such freighters usually carry
between 25 and 40 men in their crews.
Moving Toward North.
Meanwhile the storm was spreading
out today and gathering intensity, al
though weather forecaSters we're unable
to chart its exact direction. The Ma
tional Observatory at Havana gave the
storms latest position as probably 160
miles east southeast Of Swan Island, or
$50 miles due south of Havana. Cuba.
1t was impossible to say whether the
storm would menace Yucatan, Mexico,
or Cuba as 1t moved in general north
erly course, because weather stations
have never been able to put their finger
on the center of disturbance since it
began week ago in the Virgin Islands.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
STAR TO FURNISH WASHINGTON
WITH SLX-PLY ELECTION SERVICE
Radio, Aircraft, Movies, Public Address
Systems and Bulletin Boards to
Augment Extras.

red and green the decision will be In
doubt.
When the final outcome can be told
authentically the great plane will at
tract the attention Of crowds below by
means Of a series Of brilliant flares,
whereupon the signal lights will flash
the color of the winner. The move
ments of the plane will be rendered
plainly visible In the downtown area
by an enormous searchlight. manned
by a detachment of the Coast Artillery
Battalion Of the District OF Columbia
National Guard. The gyrations Of the
plane, with its momentous signals, will
be visible for many miles.
Persons desiring information regard
ing returns from specific localities may
obtain it by telephoning The Star news
room over National 5000. A staff OF
reporters will be assigned to answer
calls received through special battery
of telephones.
Meanwhile the news staff Of The Star
will be preparing extra editions Of the
paper with complete news up to the
moment of press time Of the election
results. Presses Of The Star will grind
these editions of when important de-
velopments warrant. Subscribers OF
The Star may be assured that no
"catch-penny" editions will be printed,
the policy Of this newspaper limiting
extra editions to news of unquestion-
able significance. A final extra will be
published just as soon as the outcome
of the election is established beyond
doubt.
All these services will continue as
long as the final result remains in
doubt. The staff at The Star has ar
ranged to be on duty all night, II
necessary. in order to furnish the Ma
tional Capital with an uninterrupted
account of the progress of this men,
orable election.
This will be The Stars most pre-
tentious election night program in the
80 years Of its service to the public Of
Washington. The Star was first to
supply Washington with the news OF
the first election it ever covered, back
in 1856 It has arranged to be first
with the news Of the present election
as a further indication Of its intention
to keep faith with the people OF the
Nations Capital.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
PAYNE ADDRESSES
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
Assistant War Secretary Talks at
Monthly Meeting-Newbold Noyes
Speaks on Community Chest.

The League Of Republican Women of
the District of Columbia held its
monthly meeting yesterday afternoon in
the small ball room of the Willard
Hotel.
Mrs Gilbert Grosvenor president of
the league. presided. Newbold Noyes
spoke for few minutes on the Com
munity Chest.
The speaker for the afternoon was
Frederick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary
Of War.