Mystery woman uses wardrobe fire to evade detectives
A Seattle policewoman arrested a mysterious woman named Edith Coloff who sought to destroy traces of her past by burning expensive clothes and changing identities. The case, linked to a Los Angeles origin tale, reveals a distressed college girl type and possible mental strain amid large cash found in her trunk.
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Haight Building
Frederick & Nelson's
Albert. Hansen's Second
Edith Kelly
Edith M. Coloff
Hamberger
Los Angeles
Mia Nealer
Bennett
City Hospital
Police Identify Seattle Wandering Woman as Emma Calef
Los Angeles reports Seattle authorities identify the found woman as Emma Calef 28 missing from her home since March 9. Calef had nearly $1000 with her and had been an inmate of Patton state hospital. her mother will travel to Seattle to bring her home.
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Los Angeles
Seattle
Emma Calef
Leo Frank May Get Clemency
Atlanta April 22 Leo Frank’s appeal for executive clemency was hourly expected at the state house. Attorneys for the alleged slayer of Mary Phagan will ask for commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment rather than a pardon. The fight for freedom will not be abandoned. Applications for a pardon will be made later.
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Leo Frank
State House
Mary Phagan
U. S. Supreme Court
Seattle Quake Sees Mixed Readings and Panic
A Thursday quake was felt by many in Seattle while the University of Washington seismograph showed no disturbance. In Tacoma the tremor caused near panic, stopped elevators, and a woman was knocked from her bed during a five second shock.
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University of Washington
Gill
Jimmy Crehan
Tacoma
British Submarine Raid on Heligoland Sinks One Ship
Berlin dispatch via The Hague reports one British submarine was sunk during a raid on Heligoland, the German naval base. Several other British boats were fired upon and believed damaged in the attack announced by the admiralty.
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Berlin
Hague
Heligoland
Admiralty
Woman in Milwaukee Hotel Shooting Confesses to Necklace Theft
Mrs. F. B. Kawata 28, white wife of a Japanese man, is jailed for shooting George Grasty at the Milwaukee hotel. Grasty, a former McNeil Island inmate, lies dying from two wounds. Kawata claims she caught him stealing a diamond necklace from her room and says she shot in self defense.
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F. BE. Kawata
George Grasty
McNeil Island
Milwaukee
Grasty
Kawata
South Park
Deak
Fuqua
Lou Beattie
Heattie
See the Cops Hats Parade in New Bonnets
Traffic officers march in spring attire with new gray hats and black trimming. Sergt. Danny Quinn dons a dapper look as the hat display draws attention in the force’s Thursday event.
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Tralata
Sergt
Danny Quinn
County Should Use Day Labor on Roads Says Editorial
In view of charges against Pat McHugh and other contractors on King county roads and the lack of enforcement power, the editorial urges the county to adopt day labor. It argues the county engineer could oversee work at lower cost, citing successful city examples with workers paid 2.75 dollars daily to replace contractor-driven labor.
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Pat McHugh
King County
Supr
Factory Girl Wins Oakland Beauty Crown
Beatrice Garner, a factory girl from Oakland, rises from workshop obscurity to be named Oakland's most beautiful girl. Chosen from thousands of candidates including society women and debutantes, she becomes the official Poster Girl for the municipal carnival with her blue eyes smile and hair featured on advertising cards.
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Oakland
Cal
Beatrice Garner
Garner
Cross Examine Roosevelt in High Stakes Libel Suit
Syracuse April 22. In a heated cross examination of Co Roosevelt in the Barnes libel suit, lawyers pressed him to admit personal authorship of attacks on Barnes. Roosevelt denied malice while defending his newspapers statements and implicated Barnes and Murphy in political machines. The Bayne commission report was ruled admissible in part regarding alleged printing graft.
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Bond P. Geddes
Syracuse
N. Y
Co. Roosevelt
Wm. Barnes, Jr
Barnes
Roosevelt
New York
T. R. Quick
Murphy
Hughes
Agnew Hart
J. P. Allds
State Senate
Sen
Stilwell
Justice Andrews
Bayne Commission
Albany
When You Phone Main 9400 The Star Wants You to Get Quick and Satisfactory Service
The Seattle Star stresses rapid, courteous service via its private branch exchange Main 9400 and asks readers to report any delays or courtesy issues. Readers should note whether trouble lies with The Star exchange or the main system and contact the Business Manager at Main 9400.
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Seattle Star
the Star
Star Private Exchange
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