From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 18, 1914:

• “It was estimated today that the shortage in the accounts of W. T. Sinclair, mortgage and loan broker, will reach a total of $50,000. The list of creditors is being compiled by the trustees…. When this work is completed the exact shortage will be known. It is said that many poor families in Lawrence have suffered severely because of the operations which led to the shortage. Interest that has been paid on mortgages in some instances is said not to have been credited to the mortgage holders. It is also claimed that fictitious mortgages have been sold.”
• “Four Indian boys from Haskell Institute were apprehended at the depot this morning, and are now reposing in the city jail. Presumedly, the boys were planning to get out of the city although they would not reveal their destination. George Loveswar, John Younghawk, Pretty Bird Felix, and Antone Fasthorse were the names given by the boys.”
• “To clean up and dispose of some of the odds and ends of the affairs of the city as governed by the mayor and council system for more than half a century, the city dads will meet in special session on Monday night. The members of the newly elected commission will be visitors at the session on Monday night, just to get some pointers on the methods employed in handling the affairs of the city…. No new business will be introduced at the session Monday night as the council plans only to finish up what had already been started.”
• “The committee having in charge the matter of raising money for publishing the Quantrell Memorial letters, met last evening at the City Library. It was decided to have a dinner in the near future for the purpose of getting together all those interested in this proposition. The exact date of the dinner was not decided, but it will probably be in about two weeks. The committee will hold the dinner at Ecke’s hall…. At this dinner the matter of raising the money to publish the letters of the Quantrell Memorial will be discussed and it is hoped a definite plan can be agreed upon which will bring in the required amount. It is estimated that $300 to $400 will be needed to cover the cost of getting the letters published.”