From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 17, 1914:

• “There was disappointment in many homes today where enthusiasm reigned yesterday, because the drivers of some of the clean-up wagons said their instructions were to take tin cans and trash of that character, but they were not to take the sort of trash that one would find in raking his yard and alley. Yesterday hundreds of persons raked their premises and put the refuse in a pile expecting it to be hauled away, but the wagons passed by this morning and the trash remains.”
• “Because of a shortage in the accounts of W. T. Sinclair, prominent real estate, mortgage, and loans broker of Lawrence, and because of ill health an assignment of all the property held by Mr. Sinclair was made today to two trustees appointed for the benefit of all the creditors. Henry H. Asher and I. J. Meade have been named as trustees. The exact shortage is not known and will not be until the trustees make their inventory, but it has been estimated that the total will be $20,000 or more…. The shortage may reach double the sum estimated…. It is alleged that misuse of money sent from the east to be invested here is responsible for the shortages. Further allegations are that an effort was made to cover this shortage by the apparent payment of interest on fictitious mortgages. Mr. Sinclair is said to have paid $5,600 on interest on fictitious mortgages. Mr. Sinclair is now in very ill health and has been unable to be in his office for the past three months. His condition is said to be critical.”
• “The billing of ‘The Clansman’ at the New Vaudeville Theater has aroused considerable protest on the part of the colored folks of Lawrence. The objections have been carried to the county attorney, but the latter decided that it was not within the power of the law to stop the performance.”