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MBS. PANTAGES PLACED ON
PROBATION FOR TO TEARS
LOS ANGELES.—Probation for 10
years, accompanied by a judgment to
pay $78,000 damages, was imposed on
Mrs. Lois Pantages, society matron,
Friday, asothe culmination of her re^
cent manslaughter conviction for the
death of Jure Rokumoto, Japanese
gardener, following an automobile
collision last June.
Mrs. Pantages was brought into the
court room in a wheeled chair and
was attended by two nurses. She
broke into tears, as- Superior Judge
Carlos 5. Hardy read ' the ruling
which released her from a possible
one to ten-year term in San Quentin
prison*
A moment later when she had
signed a certiled check for for the
judgment awarded the destitute sur
vivors of her victim the pen fell from
her handclattering to the iloor.
Mrs. Pantages was ordered to sur
render her automobile driver’s license.
She was forbidden the privilege of
driving her expensive car for ten
years. She was forbidden the the
privilege of drinking intoxicating
liquors during the same period. She
must ohey all laws. Violation of any
of, the probation ordes would result
in ; the convicted woman being or
dered to serve the manslaughter term
in ,prison. .
Th^’court order'divided the judg
mwt-into payment of $35,000 to the
estate af'the dead Japanese, $’5,000
to his widow, an equal amount to his
oldest son, and the balance to two.
minor children.
Foundation of the immense Pan
tagcs fortune began in the gold-rush
days in the Klondike.
CAPTAIN AUSTIN E. LATHROP
NEW HELMSMAN OF THE
FAIRBANKS NEWS-MINER
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
As the press ended its run on yes
terday’s News-Miner an old chapter
closed, a new opened in the history
of this pub.ication and. its parent* the
Tatiana Publishing Company, Inc
The interest of W. F. Thompson,, dat
ing back through the years to. the
amalgamation of the . News, and the
Miner, and perpetuated^isince -his
death three years ago by Mra.
Thompson, pased to a new helmsman,
Captain Austin ,E. Lathrop. The
transaction came through a desire by
Mrs. Thompson to close a business in
terest, and, through a convdeiTce in
the future prosperity of the Interior
of Alaska on the part of Captain
Lathrop* who has evidenced that con
fidence repeatedly in recent years by
a constructive policy of expansion
and creation in major lines of en
deavor.
The new persident of the Tanana
Publishing Company scarcely needs
an introduction. A pioneer in the up
building of communities on’ the Alas
kan coast through transportation,
banking and theaters, he cast a lot
with the Interior when his Empress
theaters, comprising Cordova and
Anchorage, grew to include Fair
banks. Later interests came to. in
clude the presidency and general
managership of the Healy River Coal
Corporation, with eftensive develop
ment of its ■ mines aud. facilities, at
Suntrana, Republican National Com
mitteeman, Alaskan representative of
the Aero-Arctic Society, president of
the International. Highway Associa
tion, and other endeavors allied with
the march of Alaskan progress.
Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
Exchangee.
Another well known oldtimer of the
North responded to the “last call*’ a
few weeks ago when Tim Marcum of
McGrath passed away at Seward. He
was found dead in bed, and appar
ently old age was the cause of death*
although his age was given as only,
58 years. He was a Pioneer of Alas
ka and was laid at rest in the plot of
the Seward Igloo. In earlier, years
it is said he had been * mariner on
Prince William Sound, but. in later
years and up to a few months ago he
bad lived at McGrath. In August of
H. SPENCER
Successors to Northern Conmrtiai Co. At j
Takotna, Alaska
M
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this year hk hniQt became serious
and; He jouiiuiydl ta the Fairbanks
hospital,, whara. bn remained for about
two weeka He then went to Anchor -
age and' thence to Seward ;with: the
i intention of continuing on to the Pio
neer Home at Sitka, but his sttrength
I failed him.
John G... Johnson, oldtime resident
of the Nome country, died at Seattle
a short time ago, following an opera
tion for intestinal trouble. He left
Nome more than 20 years ago with
taken, from the Portland
hei:ch. but he lost the money in Se
attle real ..estate and unsuccessful
mining ventures in Nevada. During
the ten. years preceding his death' he.
was engaged in the building and ooa
! tracting business in Seattle.
I -
John Andrich, aggd 54, an employ?
of the La:ysmith -mine at Latou >
•committed suicide recently by.throw
ing himself down the shaft of . the
mine. The body of the man was car
ried by the mine skip to the-crusher
bin of the mill, where it was discov
ered by Crusher Attendant. William
Noel and Shift Boss William Ham
mer. An examination of the body by
Dr. Waifcowski showed a broken neck,
five broken rite, fractured kneecap,
and cuts and bruises all over the bodyc
The deceased, who had- been in rthe
employ of the company before, had
just arrived from Anchorage and was
given employment in the Ladysmith
mine. No reason for the act was dis
covered except that the man had suf
fered from severe eye trouble last
summer in Fairbanks. Ob the one
shift hq. worked in, the mine he com
plained to his feHowrworkbrs of' a se
vere headache* and ftimed the afllic*
tion- was r eturning. It is probable
that despondency caused the man to
commit the fatal deed.
Mrs. Lucy Morton, 25 years of age,
ended her life at Fairbanks a few
nights ago by shooting -herself With
a bullet,from a 7.65 m. m. automatic
pistol. . The shot entered the ‘right
temple, probably canning instamtaoo
ous death, according to the Fair
banks News Jilin er, which says:
The bodywas found about 11:15 p,
m. by Frank Buteau when he re
turned hotme from a meeting of the
Pioneers at Alaska. Mrs. Morton’s
body waas lying on the floor -of her
. bedroom in front of a mirror.*- She
had apparently watched herv last
I movements in, the glass. There was
no one else in the house at the time*
An outstretched hand was touching
the pistol when tbebOdy was found.
| Theodore Morton* husband of the
j young woman-, had; left; the house at
| about the same time as Mr. Butean,
j whosei adopted dahgfateir Mrs. Morton
was. He, said his,wife* had seemed
particularly happy: that-day, but rec
ollected that as he started but of the
door she had called- him back to say
goodbye.
She was barn in Kaltag in 1904,
and came to- Fairbanks when four
years:-of age,. Following her gradua
tion tram the high srhool she attend
ed the- Alaska College.. On May 13,
1925, she was married to Mr. Morton.
Frank J. Guskey ,
Notary Public
McGrath. Alaska
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IK A SOCIAL WAY.
Mr. and' Mrs: D. E. Clough were
hosts to aftw bachelor friends at a
Thanksgiving day dinner. Guests in
cluded:. Iff. Hochriter, Chris Peter
son,. Emiet Gove, A. X. Grant.
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• Mt.- and Mrs. J. E. Taylor acted as
hirsts on Thanksgiving day to a num
berof ftacheior friends. Guests were:
/itj £.;:d Mrs. Fred Dubois, Messrs.
Robert E. L-wrie, Casim.r Naudtz,
' DehThompson, Chris Nelson, Halfdan
Wiig, Henry Martella.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
T erd and George Gunder
r heirs, executors or as
. . .. i < t a-h of you, are hereby
J ,t. I, the undersigned, your
_ e expended in labor and
v,”scuta the sum of not less
- >r>e. hundred dolars for the year
r.% r.g June 30, 1929, upon the Novi
.kaket placer mining claim, Long
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- Mr. and Mrsi Geo,.
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Proprietors
creek, Nulato recording precinct.
Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of'the Re
vised Statutes of the United>States
and the amendments thereto concern
ing annual: labor upon mining claims,
being the amount' required * to hold
said mining clkhn for-the period end
June 80,1929.
And if, within ninety,, days after
the publication of thiB notice, you fadl
or refuse to contribute your propor
t:on of said expenditure, aa well aa
the t ost of recording the same, and *
the costs of this advertisement, your
interest in said claim will become the
priperty of the undersigned,fypur co~
owner, who >hiw made 'the required’'
expenditures cunder the terms of saitf
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes -
of the United State*..
ROBERT! DEACON,
' Co-owner.
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