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Show U. S. OFFICER ENDS ILLNESS WITH GAS By Associated Press. L-C)S ANCKI.KS. t'al.. Pec. : Lieutenant Colonel William K. Purvl-ance. Purvl-ance. officer In charge of recruiting i for the I'nited States army for southern south-ern CsltfomiH and a portion of Arizona, was found hv his wife yesterday in a dying condition in a gas filled room at his home here The officer was lying ; on the flo,r with his fare covered ,by a funnel and a rubber tube which was connected with an open gas )et. his wife said. He died before medical aid could be given. , Relatives -declared , Lb e IxJid Lean Ui Xojt aevaral Bwotha. .'. |