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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1912
Page
8
In a Berlin suburb three armed bandits terrorized shopkeepers looting stores and threatening deaths. In a midnight skirmish with police all three were killed. one fell with bullets in his body, another wounded, and the third killed after assisting the wounded man and fleeing.
The Broadway sophomores staged A Case of Suspension at the Broadway auditorium last night. Ten sophomores participated and the production was highly successful. A Vermont paper carried an ad seeking twelve men for Roselawn cemetery. The well known steamer Minnesota from Yokohama is due here June 1 with many passengers and a large silk shipment.
A G Murray longtime city resident of forty years passed away at Providence Hospital leaving a widow six children. He was born in Nova Scotia and came west as a youth reflecting on a life built along the coast. The death ends a lengthy local era with mourning for his family and community.
Mme Peret arrives in Washington as H H McArthur dies after surgery. An auto accident injures Charles Naive. Funeral services for E W Price and W H Bell are announced. Amalgamation of Knights of Columbus councils forms Greater Seattle with new officers. Abdul Baba comments on U S attitudes. A tennis tournament is trivialized. Funeral for W H Bell noon today at Nolce parlors.
A. B. Corkery of the Lewis Hall dormitory at the University of Washington was admitted to the bar on Friday and by Monday had found a client and won a case in Judge Carroll's court against two eminent lawyers, signaling a swift rise in his legal career.
The 44th general assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America opens tomorrow night at First United Presbyterian Church with 300 delegates from every U S presbytery. Missionaries from India Egypt and the Sudan attend. The main topic is possible affiliation with the Southern branch.
A 14 ton granite shaft honoring Civil War soldiers will be unveiled Sunday at Port Orchard Soldiers' Home. The Chickeree leaves pier 4 at 9 30 for the ceremony at 1 o'clock. Departmental President Harris's daughter will pull the cord. The relief corps spent two years building the monument.
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