From the Lawrence Daily World for April 14, 1908: “Data just released shows that the executive branch of the federal government now employs 286,902 persons, more than 29,000 of them in the Washington area. Women compose 14,000 of that overall total. The average pay for men employed in Washington is $1,178 and for women the salary is $837 per year. : Buddy Parker went on trial today for the murder of David Fantroy. The state has begun to introduce its witnesses.”