From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 4, 1916:

• “One campaign of University of Kansas students for more ‘rights’ has been successful. It was announced today that hereafter the stacks at Spooner library will be open at night. However, the rules given by Miss Carrie Watson, the librarian, are explicit in stating that no books can be checked out after 6 o’clock. Further, the privilege of consulting books in the stacks will be open only to juniors and seniors.”
• “Members of the Lawrence police force greeted an old friend last night when they arrested ‘Babe’ Strode in Scoop Ferguson’s house, where he had gone after engaging in a fight with George Hoyt on New Jersey street. Strode had been out of Lawrence a long time. The last time he left it was in a hurry because he was at the time engaged in working out a fine and had concluded to quit when no officer was watching…. The altercation between Strode and Hoyt was not a serious affair. Strode told the officers that he and Hoyt had gone out in New Jersey street to have a fight. After reaching the street, he said, Hoyt had bolted into a store which was open and grabbed up a big knife with which he returned to the street. The wily Babe, considering discretion the better part of valor, wasn’t there when Hoyt returned.”
• “A case from west Lawrence will occupy the attention of police court Wednesday morning. B. T. Burton of 341 Michigan street yesterday swore to a complaint against E. S. O’Neil and Donald Roberts, charging disturbance of the peace. Burton charges that the men came to his home carrying an axe and threatened to break the door down. O’Neil and Roberts deny this charge. They say they had been working near with an axe and had merely gone to Burton’s house to learn when he was going to vacate the house, which belongs to them.”
• “Since 152 Lawrence children were taking fifth grade work in three schools it was necessary to form a fifth grade at the Cordley school to alleviate crowded conditions in the other buildings. Action establishing the new grade was taken yesterday at a called meeting of the board. Supt. F. P. Smith immediately transferred children from the crowded schools to the new building. The grade at present is composed of thirty children who live south of Fourteenth street.”
• “After only twenty-one days of actual work O. W. Owens completed the work of taking the school census today. He finds that there are 3,016 children of school age in the city of Lawrence. This is fifty less than there were last year. Owens completed the work in the shortest length of time the census has ever been taken.”
• “Canada’s magnificent parliament building which cost more than $6,000,000 lay in ruins today, swept by a fire attributed by some to a bomb or infernal machine. At least six lives were lost and many were injured. The fire was under control at 3 o’clock this morning after raging for six hours…. The Parliament building was rated as one of the finest Gothic structures on this continent. It covered four acres.”