Martial law proclaimed in coal region amid border clashes
President Harding signed proclamations declaring martial law in Mingo County West Virginia and Pike County Kentucky to quell coal strike riots along the border. Federal troops and state forces were mobilized as governors urged intervention amid ongoing gunfire and civilian displacement. Reports say shots were fired across the Tug River and residents hid under seats as violence escalated with casualties mounting.
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Weeks
Demator Sutherland
West Virginia
Ita
Howeer
March
Department
Wil Read
Mingo
Funeral Read
Chillicothe
Ohio
Mingo County
Gonrnor Morrow
Tug River
W. Va
Foveror
Norfolk E Western
Morgan
I. J. Jenks
Wiead
Menen Sata
Federal
Aquitania Sails with 180 Volunteer Stewards in Strike Break
In Southampton on May 14 the Aquitania departed for New York after leaders of the liner's steward union reached a settlement, easing a labor strike. About 614 stewards aboard were crew from Cunard's clerical staff and hired workers, with 180 volunteers among the ranks. The ship carried 2,600 passengers. Amateurs trained as stewards helped prepare duties. The strike is regarded as broken and volunteers will be reassigned to other ships.
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Southampton
England
TM Cunard Line
Nieamer
New York
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Hetine
Aguitania
Titania
Hentsers
Atail
Ineeneth Line
Percy Bates
Tittd Line
Asanergy
Whfal
Cottrell
Teward
Chicago Declares Boy Mayor Takes Over City for Hour
A 14 year old Boy Scout Iver H Wernes becomes mayor for one hour with a full cadre of kid officials. The reform moves abolish curfew cut school hours to two per day extend summer break and reallocate funds for playgrounds tree care and free bathing benches. Grant Park to host a permanent Scout camp while experts teach fire making and other skills. City Hall chaos follows as department heads are replaced and a Loop parade marks the transition.
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Tribune
Chicago
Cincinnati
Dallas
Iver H. Wernes
Wernen
J. Burdette Hatch
Charlie FitzMorris
Earling Dorf
Peter Mor
Tenson
Bay Council
Grant Park
Red Man
$15,000,000 Medical Center Here Assured
A vast medical center including hospital, medical school, and research labs will be built on the Yankees old grounds at 168th Street and Broadway. Cost set at $15,000,000 with Columbia University and Presbyterian Hospital merging efforts under a joint board. Funding from Delamar estate, Carnegie Corp., GEB, Rockefeller Foundation, and anonymous donors covers endowment and construction, with additional funds still needed to maximize medical instruction and research.
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168Th Street
Broadway
Columbia University
Presbyterian Hospital
Harkness
Henry W. de Forest
William Sloane
The
Hospital
Joseph EB. Delamar
Carnegie Corporation
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
165Th
168Th Streets
Fort Washington Avenue
Nicholas Murray
Butler
Seth Low
Medical School
Institute of Public Health
Committee On Education
Yale Expels Entire Sophomore Class For Cheating
Yale University disciplines Sheffield Scientific School with eight sophomores expelled and thirteen placed on probation for violating the honor system during a recent exam. The move, described as the strongest measure to enforce honesty, follows a student discipline committee push and mirrors the five year old honor system introduced at Sheffield five years ago. Names were not released and none of the punished were noted as active campus leaders.
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Tribune
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Conn
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
Claus
Yale College
Sheffield
Harding Visit Quietly Pleases Potomac Park Scout Tea Room
President and Mrs. Harding made an unannounced stop at a Girl Scout tea room along the Speedway in Potomac Park. They sat at a small green table under trees and drank pop as hundreds of motorists passed by, on their return from the Washington Horse Show where they watched steeplechases and horsemanship.
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Harding
Speedway
Potomac Park
White House
Six Feared Dead In Lake Superior Barge Wreck
A blizzard lashed Lake Superior as the barge Miztec with six crewmen disappeared after breaking loose from the steamer Zillah off Whitefish Point. The Peshtigo, also with six aboard, rode heavy seas and drifted at anchors while rescue efforts continued. The wreckage of the Miztec was sighted three miles offshore by the steamer Renown, which rushed to aid a man on a cabin roof who later slipped into the water. The Zillah found shelter in the lee of Whitefish Point.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Whitefish Point
Lake Superior
O. W. Blodgett Company
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Mistee
K. Pederson
Buffalo
Urges in poll to market Croton watershed ice
Comptroller Charlie L. Craig urged the Board of Estimate to preserve and market the annual Croton watershed ice supply for private and public use. He noted nineteen square miles of lakes and reservoirs, water freezing each winter to a depth of twelve inches, and accessible rail and roadways enabling sales like water.
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Charlie L. Craig
Board of Estimate Y Sterday
Croton
Groton
Miller Signs Bill Creating Film Censors
Albany May 14 The Lusk-Clayton film censorship bill and Simpson-Brundage athletic commission bill giving the state power over boxing and wrestling have been signed by Governor Miller. The censorship act sets a three member commission with licenses for films and permits for prior exhibitions, with fees and penalties, and exemptions for educational uses. The athletic bill abolishes the Boxing Commission, transfers duties to a new commission, and allows four deputies. the commissioners serve without pay.
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Lusk-Clayon Dill
Simpson-Brundage
Boxing Commission
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Miller
Commission
New York
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Athletic Commission
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Capitol
William McCarthy
Brooklyn Tammany
Twelve Ships Sail as Port Strike Fails to Break
Twelve American steamships including five passenger liners sailed from the port yesterday, the strongest shipping day since the nationwide strike began May 1. Tugboat engineers refused to quit harbor duties, despite leaders urging action. A 16 percent wage cut for officers and 22 percent for unlicensed workers was reported by the Lake Carriers Association, which controls most Great Lakes shipping.
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Park Place
Hoerty
United States Shipping Board
Cleveland
Lake Carriers’ Association
Great Lakes
George A. Marr
Association
Henry R. Mallory
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Binland
Antwerp
Arapahoe
Jacksonville
San Lorenzo
Porto Rico
Zacapa
Cristobal
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el Extero
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Hamilton
Norfolk
el Oriente
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Pearlden
F.D. Asche
Texas City
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Aking
Unprecedented Aurora Borealis Halts Telegraph Wires Across U S
The vivid aurora stretched across the East and Midwest, crippling telegraph lines from New York to Pittsburgh. Western Union reported high voltage surges along multiple sections while observers in New York, Scranton, and other points noted brilliant, shifting light shafts and earlier notable displays in 1918 and 1920. Naval Observatory linked the event to a large sunspot, photographed May 10, and predicted naked-eye visibility the next day before gradual subsidence.
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Scranton
Europe
Manhattan
Washington
Naval Observatory
U.S. Adopts Hands Off Policy on Silesia
The Administration will refrain from getting involved in the Silesian dispute between France and Britain and the Polish insurgents. Officials say non participation in European boundary matters is official policy, with communications from London Paris and Berlin guiding American officials.
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Tribune
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State Department
White House
London
Paris
Berlin
Armored car raid frees Griffith at Mountjoy Prison
In Dublin on May 14, Sinn Féin raiders used a seized armored car to reach Mountjoy Prison and free Arthur Griffith and other prisoners. A sentry was slain, the car was abandoned on Howth Road after clashes, and two Hotchkiss guns and a thousand rounds were seized. The attackers wore Crown Forces disguises and Griffith was arrested in Dublin in November.
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Associated Press
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Féin
Mountjoy
Griffith
Wator
Howth Road
Ater
Sinn
Print of Rubber Heel Causes Arrest as Thief
Edward Groverstein of 267 Madison Street is arrested after a silk goods theft at Joseph Winderbaum’s dress loft, 13 East Twenty-sixth Street. Police trace a rubber heel imprint on a paper to the suspect, who had worked there a week, leading to his lockup on burglary charges.
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Edward Groverstein
Madison Street
Joseph Winderbaum
East Twenty-sixth Street
East Twenty-second Street
John Wilson
Qancon
Mass
Plymouth
Wilson
Troverstein
East Twenty Second Street
Pucglary
France Supports Penalties on Germany Amid London Talks
Paris reports via Havas that France has informed Britain it favors maintaining penalties imposed after the March London conference. The French government reportedly insists on the Paris terms including the Rhine customs line and the occupation of Desseldorf Duisburg and Ruhrort, despite Berlin reports of British support for their removal.
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Havas
France
Germany
London
Rhine
Desseldorf
Duisburg
Ruhrort
Berlin
Briand Refuses War Over Upper Silesia Crisis
Paris May 14 Premier Briand warned that France opposes German troops to quell Upper Silesian revolt and would consider war if Berlin acts. He defended French restraint, urged respect for the Versailles framework, and cautioned against easing German demands while urging a Polish vote amid regional tension.
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Upper Silesian
House of Commons
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Upper Silesia
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Berlin
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Agudgels
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Siles
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Upper Siles
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