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Show 1 Western Brevities ;! ? from the Many I Western States 1: 'Carson City, Nev. The Nevada supreme su-preme court denied a petition for re. hearing of the murder case of Gee Jon and Hubble 'Sing, who were sentenced sen-tenced to be executed fcjr lethal gas. MarysvlUe, CaJ. While attempting to rescue a Miss Wilson of San Francisco Fran-cisco from drowning, Kenneth and Keith Torrey, 19-year-old twins, were drowned In Lake Francis. Log Angeles Miss Jessie) E, Shuart a nurse, 27 years old, with a world war record, died here after a blood transfusion operation in which she jrave her blood to save the life of her patient, a little boy. Vancouver, Wash. Three men wefy killed and two Injured when on automobile auto-mobile plunged through the railing of a bridge over the Lewis river at Hels-sun, Hels-sun, Wash. San Francisco. The federal grand Jury returned Indictments charging three U. S. shipping board officials and three dealers in surplus war sup piles with conspiracy to defraud the government In the sales of approxi mately $1,000,000 worth of mate rial from the Liberty shipyard. Pasadena, Cal. Forbes Seler and Clarence Giggar, A-yearold Pasadena boys, were drowned when they fell from a raft into a ten-foot pool at Devils Gate dam near here. Grovelnml, Cal. The Heteh-Hetchy dam, one of the outstanding units of San Francisco's water supply la the Sierra Nevada mountains, was forma1 ly dedicated last week, rieasant Grove, Utah. Lever Lead er, IS, was accidentally shot and probably prob-ably futally wounded by Iran Anderson. Ander-son. Miaami, Ariz. Rangers are fighting a forest fire In the Pinal mountains, between Miami and the highest peak of the range. Denver Airplanes are to be used In the quest for William B. Head, missing Denver Jeweler, who wandered wander-ed away from a party of friends Julf 4 near St. Mary'a glacier, about forty-five forty-five miles west of Denver, where a ski meet was to be held. Green River, Wyo. Twelve cars, ten of tliern loaded with automobiles, were completer demolished, rolled down a twenty-foot embankment at a point one and a half miles east c Green River on the Union Pacific. San Diego, Calif. Scolded by hei mother for talking to neighborhood boys, May M. Rose, pretty school girl of 16, committed suicide by shootlni herself through the head. Green River, Wyo. Fire caused by a lighted cigarette tossed among some matches, damaged the Green River cafe, a frame structure, The flames were extinguished by five men. Los Angeles, Cal. A rum runner carrying 100 cases of liquor was raptured at Anaheim landing, near here, after it bad opened fire on a const guard cutter which pursued the craft. Kansas City, Mo. J. A. Kose, electrical elec-trical worker, was beaten to , deiith liere when four men attacked him and another electrical worker while at work on a home under construe. Uon. . Iteno, Nev. The state supreme court at Carsnin City has declared unconstitutional the state prohlldtloa enforcement law, passed at the least session of the state legislature. Vancouver, B. C The Seattle iacht chili's sloop, Sir Tom, won the second race of the I.Ipton and Isher-wood Isher-wood cup scries In the Pacific Inter, national Yachting nssoclat Ion's an. nual regatta here. Centnlia, Wnsh. Police Judire I.. 1 P.. Iysart sentenced eleven men, fntinnd pullty on liquor charges, tn attend Church four times In three months. Snnta Monica, Calif. P. II. Delay, aviator nnd manager of an aviation field here, and K. S. Scott, automobile man of I.os Angeles, were killed when their airplane crashed. San Francisco A taxlcab ctirryln $."00,000 In currency, to the federal reserve dank, smashed Into a street ar here, scattering the money and notes over the street. Fresno, Cal. Edward Moran has filed suit here for $10,1..1 against George KoMnsou, alleging that Itob-loson's Itob-loson's automobile struck him, break. Ing his wooden lej. Spokane, Wash, Cella May, S years old died tn a hospital here as the result of burns sustained when her clothing became Ignited from fireworks. Ix)s Angeles, Cal. ('. K. Croak, jumped from the window of Ms room t a hotel here and fell five stories! to his death. Tacoina, Wash. One man wns killed and two were reported In.lurec when O. W. It. & N. train No. T(U ran Into an earth slide two miles west of here. Pustblo. F. W. Penaalman uas In. lantly killed by llliiultig during n j lerrtfir hail, rain sad :ud tonr whii'h swept the city. 1 |