From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 18, 1915:

• “When the matter of voting bonds for building new school buildings for Lawrence was before the voters one thing which perhaps more than all else influenced the people to vote for the bonds was the fact that it would furnish employment for Lawrence workmen…. A Lawrence firm was given the contract and now by actual investigation the Journal-World finds that Lawrence bricklayers are not being hired, but that men have been imported to do the work. The money paid to these out of town masons will be sent home to their families and will be spent elsewhere, meanwhile the Lawrence workman remains idle and his family is denied the use of the money which doubtless is needed…. The Journal-World openly supported the voting of the bonds. It worked hard to see them pass that Lawrence workmen might be given employment and that Lawrence school children might be properly housed. The Journal-World demanded that a Lawrence contractor be employed and now, it just as vigorously demands the employment of Lawrence workmen. The people of Lawrence must not be deceived.”
• “The Lusitania disaster was brought home to the University of Kansas by the death of Clarence A. Nash, a former student and instructor who registered from Sterling. Since the report was first circulated several days ago, his many friends among the students and faculty have been anxiously waiting to hear it refuted, but as no further news of him has been received, they have finally given up hope. Mr. Nash came to the University five years ago with an A. B. degree from Cooper College, and entered the Graduate School. While working for his master’s degree, which he received in 1910, and for the next two years, he instructed in chemistry. In 1912 he was made instructor in physical chemistry at ht University of Cincinnati, and after two years there was hired at Central College, Danville, Kentucky, as head of the department of chemistry. He had just completed his first year in that position.”
• “Charles Maxted, who was working his fine for drunkenness out on the streets under the direction of the city workmen and ran away, returned to Lawrence last night and was arrested. He was taken to the city jail and appeared before judge Albach this morning. A fine of $20 was placed against him for jumping his fine. ‘If I had money you could not do this,’ said Maxted. ‘I have been trying to keep out of your town but I had to come here to see my mother. You would make a criminal out of a man who was brought to the police station and fined for a little drunk.’ Judge Albach asked Maxted if he had a job to go to and he said that he did. He was going from Kansas City from Topeka when he stopped here to see his mother. With the solemn promise that he would leave on the first train for Kansas City and stay out of Lawrence, Maxted was permitted to go. ‘It is only to break you from your old haunts in the east bottoms that I want to get you away from here,’ said Judge Albach in dismissing him.”