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18 TUESDAY. : JANUARY 3." 1822. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL portxand; ' opxgo::. PUS ATTACKED BY SLUN COUPLE IS HIS VERSION JoumalThiift: Gampaigm Rewveq . at . ae e , s ' -t e.K" ,v- Coupon Worth' 50 f&nis At Ijeast Charles W. IMrtJIn. who Friday night ho and killed fcis fanner wife, and the killed It, W. Big", her companion, with axe In the woman's home. 441 Forty maUi streetj aocordiag to hi written statement found In the death house, com mitted the acto! almost Immediately cpon hi Arrival inl Portland from 8awtene, Cel., according to Ms statements to at (nxluU and polk at 8t Vincent hos- pltal Monday afunvxm. t east exactly rMMmlwr," said Pur om. whoa questioned aboat the actual killing. Ha aald, kowiw, that bd thought ko took tho run from kia wife hands, when aha and Bigsby attacked him aa ha entered tha bod room. A deep cut la hla hand, bo behaves, waa re. reived from tha hatchet over watch ha and Slgsby fought for possession. TaLXA WITH ATTEJTBAirTS Pardln eontlsued to refttao to talk to representatives of tha district attorney's africa, oa the advice of hla attorneye. Tom Uarland and Cbarlee Craaton. Ho talked mrur In tha day. howrr.k with attendants at tbo hospital. Ha arrived In Portland from 8awtella at a o'clock Friday evening, according ta hla statements to attendants, and want at aneo to tha McKlnley apartmenu where three of hla brothers stay. Ha did not aay whether ba had aaan any of . Than, ka aatd. ha loft for hla former wife's- homo. 441 Forty.eeventh etraet . to rX some clothes. When ba got thara bo wont around to tha raar door which ba found qnlocksd. and enure tha kitchen. Seeing a light burning In tha bod room, ho I entered, and was Immedl at.i attackod! by . Mrs. Purdln and tlo waa unwilling to furnlah any par ticular details concerning tha fighting wntch ensued, saying that ha did not re . member clearly; wirz laororr jriAro5 Ha eeld.' however, that ha thought bo . got the pistol from Ma wlfa. who brought it from aomewhara while ba waa fight ing with Sigaayi Ha would not deacrlba itu Bhaotlna:. Slcaby. ha declared, had tha hatchet and attacked him with It A Mar tha tranady waa committed Pur- am admitted Heaving tha home, but when questioned where ha went, ha aald : "1 walked around town." Tha Tuu'n brother, who lire at tha VIKlnbv apartroenta, each denied eee imm tha -MifMMd alarer alneo hla return from Bawttlle. and declared that all they . know about tha caae waa what thay had va4 tn tha newaoapera. . Polkw are putsled to know just what wara Purdin's actions at uia Mciuniey apartment ho una. whera they are aura Ko epant aavarai mlnatea. Sustaining tha theory that tha man who C H. Wat tonburgar. taxi ) drtvar, took from East Fifteenth and .Hawthorne avenue at 11 :10 a. m. Saturday was Pnrdln. It waa learned by Inapctor Oordon that S. 8. . in Johna. taxi drtvar with a 'stand at tha Clifford hotek only a abort distance . from tha McKlnley apartroenta, had taken , a Peraoni believed ' to have been . Pnrdln to tha death house at 1 :K I 'clock. j ' ! ltrr BCATB SOTV " At tala moment police believe Purdlnl 1f the death note In the kitchen, lnl which ha admitted doing the- killing. , St. John aald i that the . man returned I to : the taxi after aome time, and or-1 dared him ta go to Twanty-slzUi hd I , Divlalon streets. After tha driver reached . Divlalon street. tha person changed hla mind, and ordered a return trip to tha death house, where ba dis charged tha driver. police believe that the decision of Pur-1 din to take hi own life waa made! ' while In tha taxi on tha way to Twenty- Coma everybody ! 'grandpa,- grandV nather, dad and the youngsters: The -Journal's New Tear Thrift Saving Campaign opens today, and every Jour nal reader, whether a resident of Port land or the farthest' removed farm can (pen np a aavtnga account at tha-Lum berman's Trust- company bank. -' - Furthermore, the first , cents that y deposit will be: matched by soother M oeata credit under The-' Journal's thrift campaign. Hera la tha plan: . Herewith you will find The Journal thrift coupon. Clip the coupon and take It, or send It. with Sd cents, to thef Lorn- bermens Trust company bank. Fifth and 6aJk atreeta. Portkura.saad tbo bank will pen savings aocountifor you, giving you a credit for an entire One Dollar. , That dollar win .coat you only SO cents in cash.. The coupon to worth the other 80 cents. In addition you can make the fifty cent coupon worth an tattn oas Dollar simply. by making deposit regu larly once a month for alx.monUts. ir i If jrou carry out -this procedure Chen The Journal thrift coupon will be credited as It instead of 60 cents. H i- '' - As a furthert tecaotoe forjthrittctha bank will, lend you -one. of its1 new nest egg savings, hanks for home savings. Xet this year, above all others,- be ; thrift Price of Douglas .yt ;Fir, Other Woods vTp'Eise in 1922 JOURNAL THRIFT LCX)UPON4f-Worth 50c trf $l Th Jonrnil hu itrtn red with the ' Lumbermens Trost 'Company Bank, Broadway and Oik street, to. help every Journal subscriber and member of bis family tot start a bank account ' ' This coupon is worth 50c to you now and f 1.00 if you save regularly every month for six months. - Take it to the Lumbermens Trust Com pany Bank and you can open a 1.00 savings account. each depositor will be loaned , Nest Egg sayinrs bank. - v ' : - ; : . . . t - ,. . - ' Name ....... . . . W-i , -,y , . . . . . . ; . i ; ; .. Address........ a is i ' m 0 s sixth and Dtviaton streets. Earlier he probably planned to aeek safety in flight, they hold. Aa inquest will be held tonight at S 0 o'clock by Coroner Smith. Purdin prob ably will be transferred today or Wednesday from St: Vincents hospital to tha prisoner's ward la the emergency Advance In the price) of . Douglas fir and other wood products will feature the lumber market early In 1923. accord ing, to tha American Lumbermaiw Short age jot and Increasing demand for the' product ' of Northwestern mlim . are contributing-factors In the stiffening masket. the. publication stated. Investt gatlons among retail lumbermen selling approximately-two-thirds of tha lumber produced. ' la the United States indicated an ; unusually prosperous business for 1522, comparing favorably with that of the past year;;"'-i;.s. - '--""w - stocks ta the hands or retailers are ex tremely -low, xompared to normal, ac cording to the report, and similar condi tions - apply- to ihe stocks of furniture manufacturers, automobile body builders snd other, large .industrial consumers of lumber. : With . business on a hand-to-mouth level, the lumber industry of the country prospered during 1SJ1 snd pur chases - slightly .exceeded production for tha, year. From the week ending Janu ary g to the week ending December 17 the ' National Lumbermen's . association reported production at 7,126.020,389 feet shipments. 7.S68.J97.SS1 feet; orders. 8.184,965,423 feet t .. hospital, aa his condition Is mach Im proved. The action of the gas which he Inhaled In his attempt at suicide by asphyxiation, waa said to have been ag gravated by the weakened condition of his stomach.'; which waa operated on at SawteUe. He said ha had fasted for six days. WE8TOJT TAKE? TO BEJfD . Salem. Jan. 3. A. J. Western, recently granted a new trial oy the tnregon su preme court, was returned to Bend by Sherirr Koberts, Monday. Weston was serving a life term in the state prison here for killing Robert H: Krug in Des chutes county. Two British inventors have designed an automobile that is run by gas manu factured by a producer carried on the rear of the vehicle. MB i' IKD1AH WAR VET, IS DEAD. AGED N1I1ETY Ku KluxEaii King JtirsSeattleites; Injunction Talked Alvin Brown Roberts, Tndian fighter, died Monday, . ending - ' vigoroua Ufa which stretched . back to 1S53L dur ing . which year he - cams to. Oregon from Indiana. He waa 90 years old. Although-Mr. Roberts was best known for his participation in Indian wars, he gained - much recognition as owner ' of marble works, in 1S54 be established the tint marble yard in Portland. Later he established yards in Walla Walla, and in Idaho. S He aerved during the Indian war of 1S55-5S in Company A, First regiment; Oregon Mounted Volunteers. He was in the battle of Walla. Walla on December 7.' 1855. He participated In the Bannock Indian war la 1S7S and twh years earlier tn the Nes Perce fights, serving; sa scout According .to records of George H. Himea. curator of the Oregon Historical society. Mr. Roberts planted the first fruit trees in the section between the Cascade and Rocky mountains in the Northwest This waa in the vicinity of Walla walla. He married his second wife, who waa Mary A. Huffaker. in Walla Walla, in 1898. His first wife was Martha E. Bax ter. whom he married in Portland, in 1858. Altogether 10 . children, besides his widow, Mary A., and many grand :chil dren ' and great grand children, survive him. He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio. Post baa suspended publication nentbr after aa existence of 1 Cryde T. Ecker.naa' sold tha plant and good win to Z. C Knaban of tha Inde pendence Enterprise sjad Baa gone to Portland. ' . KCSOOL BOamir BTTTS ICS .Kalama. Waalu, Jan, 8. Tba Vslama school board baa purchased tha bwa formerly operatad by tha Caaree church and wis use it to carry chlldran -between school gad tha Kalsma river SeatUa. Wash, Jan. -tL"N.; & Following an - upheaval la Mua klaa- dom. 1m. O. McFsrttn of 8brcvepbr La has taken, onto himself tha headship of tha faithful followers of tha InvudblaJ empire" here, it developed today. . Com fortably ensconced ta his throne room ta a local, hotel. McFarlin la busy directing activities which will result In 879 mem bers la four fclans, if roseate expecta tions are., fulfilled. ..' t King- Kleagle McFarlin is responsible directly to Grand Goblin H. W. Powell, whose bailiwick is tha Pacific coast and whose headquarters are la Portland. ' McFarlln'a first act was to clean out undesirables in tha ranks here. These latter now threaten him with tha possibility of aa injunction to ' strain him on the grounda that tha Ku Klux Klan is a super-government- men acing tho state with violence in carry ing out ita enda. Rain Is Eeady for ; : Return Engagement - Considerable snow fell In the northwest corner of the city Monday, while other localities to the north and west along the lower Columbia river reported white landscapes as a result of the precipita tion in this district The higher ridges all through. tha Willamette valley . have all received a coating of white. In Port land the snow melted as rapidly as it fell. For tonight and Wednesday the weather man predicts a little rain. -, ITCDEFEirDEKCE POST' QUIT 8 Dallas, Or. Jan. 3. The Independence 1 Perfection V ; r ". .v- - v-, Form Apparel A -FULL DRESS SUIT or tux edo taUorod in thm ttudtltti Norman Brother ttyle tg trrces thm perfection of line and fit which is tha hallmark of tha man who Is accata tomed to thm finer thinrt of life. MAY WE SERVE YOU? NORIvlAN B&OS, Tailors to Men and Women 101-106 Mezzanine Floor Northwestern Bank Bldf. I) o in ; Hazelwood Restaurants A sufgestion for Lunch t HOT TURKEY SANDWICH i Covered with a savory gib let gravy served with mashed potatoes and an order of cranberry sauce. The Hazelwood 3S8 Washington St. Broadway Hazelwood i -i 127 Broadway Shave, Bathe and Sianrb Trilii tons III - i AU Women's Apparel Red I , 4Z Furniture Reduced ' ' C'( n. 1 pcBSv oija!iai I f-r- rxJLv-3i ' I AH Undermtislins, Corsets, White Things Reduced I ' ffl-Wi- ''"'M bbb j . w ar - ? i . - 4 -' . .. . 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