The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1936, Page 3

- SEVEN REPORTS 70. BE HANDED SOLONS BY TAX SURVEYORS Transfer of State Institutional Control -Is Principal Recommendation Proposal to transfer control of the state's institutions of higher learh- ing from the Board of Administration to a new state board to be appointed by the governor is the principal ad- ministrative change recommended by the State Tax Survey commission, John K. Brostuen, commission chair- Man, said here Wednesday. ‘The commission completed its work at a meeting Tuesday evening and all that remains for it to do is to send copies of its recommendations to state officers and legislators, both those now serving and those who will take Office in January. Bills carrying out the commission’s recommendations in this and other matters will be prepared and intro- duced early in the next session of the legislature, he said. Since the com- mission has no money to employ help this work probably will be done in the attorney general’s office, Brostuen said. Five of the seven separate reports to be made by the board already have been completed, Brostuen said, and the other two will be ready within the next few days. Spencer A. Larson, board consultant, is doing this work. Brostuen said the commission felt that the Board of Administration has Plenty to do to supervise penal and charitable institutions and that the new system would facilitate the work of eliminating duplication in courses. Under the new plan the proposed board of regents would make recom- mendations as to appropriations and it would be “unnecessary for the presidents of the various institutions to camp here in order to get their appropriation bills through.” The appropriations for the institutions of Yearning would be included in one bill where all could be considered togeth- er. Though appointed by the governor. the proposed board members would be removable only for causes and then only by the supreme court. Scout Honor Court Conducted at Rhame Rhame, N. D., Nov. 19.—Boy Scout advancement awards were presented to eight members of the Bowman troop 27 when the Saxvik district court of honor was held here Wednesday night. Paul O. Netland, Missouri Val- ley Area council executive, attended the advancement program. Junior Thielges was presented with @ star Scout award; Paul Clemetson was made a first class Scout and Eddie Lorenz, Billy Sofferis, Lawrence Shrum and Richard Thielges received second class awards. Merit badges were presented to Paul Clemetson in leathercraft, Junior Thielges in fitst aid, public health, pathfinding, personal health, cooking and swimming; Kravick Clemetson in Jeathercraft and Judd Stone in cook- ing, camping and life saving. Gobel Is Improved After Long Illness E. J. Gobel, ill in @ local hospital and at home for the last 10 weeks, said Thursday that he is better and expects to be back at his work at the Webb Brothers Funeral parlors within the next weke or s0. 4 KILLED IN BLAST Waldron, Ark., Nov. 19. — (PF) — A cutting machine explosion in the No. 1 mine of the Bates Coal Mining company at Bates, Ark., killed four men and seriously injured a fifth Thursday. M’CABE RESIGNING 8t. Paul, Nov. 19.—()—Thomas M. McCabe of Duluth, chairman of the Republican state central committee, will resign shortly to devote his atten- tion to his law practice. HSMARCK,N.D. BIAMONTS “JEWELRY. You're Invited! | To our special Pre-Christmas jf showing of beautiful gifts, all ff suitable as presents. Choose now jj »». pay any time before Christ- F. A. 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In this zone of tower- ing uplands and deep valleys, power- ful chieftains, with thousands of fierce and well-equipped followers, are pre- pared to defend their birthright to the death. ‘The terrain is ideally suited to guar- illa warfare. Military experts say it will be many years before Mussolini can subdue these fighters. It ts estimated that Ethiopian troops still hold about one-third of the in- le territory of the country, Eight of the principal chieftains still are operating with little armies said estimated to total about 50,000 men. The latest Italian offensives are di- rected westward from Addis Ababa toward the British Sudanese border, jand southwestward in the direction toward the Sudan is the important town of Gore, capital of the province ‘of Ilu Babor, the center of a vast, rich area, famous for its gold, coffee, wax tween the Sudan and western Ethiopia. Tt is believed that Musolini may ask the British to sell out to Italy. The rich agricultural lands in the zone of the two offensives will provide farms for a vast number of settlers Because of the probability of a long drawn-out period of clashes with the natives, it is Mussolin! A considerable number of soldiers a: ready has been settled on farms in other sectors. ‘Bad Eggs’ Hatched Plot Aga Other Called ‘Worst Liar’ in Prison Annals Records the North Dakota pen- | itentiary show that Frank 8, Fowler and Theodore Larson, caught red- handed in an extortion plot whereby they were to wrest money from four nationally-known opera singers, are thoroughly bad eggs. Larson's, criminal record is the briefest but the most spectacular. He entered the prison from Nelson county on Feb. 1, 1924, having been convicted of the first-degree murder of four persons. His victims were Nellie Larson, his wife; Emma and Helen Quanbeck, his wife's aslsters, and Ole Arneson, his brother-in-law. The murders culminated a family feud which began when Larson beat his wife so seriously that blood streamed from her head and her body was marked with bruises. It was the worst of several such beatings. Wife Went to Relatives His wife went to the home of rela- tives and refused to return to him, as: serting her intention of getting divorce, There was some argument about the custody of a 4-year-old child of the couple. ‘The affair culminated when Lar- son entered the Quanbeck home near Kloten and shot the four persons in cold blood. Then he poured kerosene on the bodies and set fire to them. But he was apprehended and con- victed. In Lagson’s private papers, found when his prison cell was searched, was a clipping from a Nelson county newspaper containing a letter from a male member of the Quanbeck family in which he asserted that Mrs. Larson had married the slayer only because he had threatened her and that Larson was the father of several illegitimate children in the vicinity to which he made no claim. Pleaded Insanity This issue was raised because Lar- son had contended at his trial that love for his child made him tempor- arily insane. Since entering the prison Larson had been a model prisoner until the extortion plot was discovered. Fowler is declared by prison officials to be one of the “worst lars” they lareeny and] O rod © Shows Entire Ink Supply «:: ». Scratch-Proof Point of Pletinum end Geld $ Esclastde Eotstnated Pearl Style in and fresh Come eee our (Christmas assortments of $11 and $15. Free Gift Box included with Sets. pees m ‘point. Regu” mone Bisll Orders Filled fame Day Reached THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. Bismarck, N. Dak. inst Stars unlawful disposal of stolen property, 6 months, U. 8. Disciplinary barracks, Leaven- worth, as Frank Fowler, 9/26/21, forg- ery, 1 to 14 years. Illinois State Reformatory, Frank Fowler, 9/26/21, forgery, 1 to 14 years. Tilinois State Prison, Frank Fowler, 8/25/22, forgery, 1 to 14 years. Arrested at Marion, Ind., Frank 8. Fowler, 1/9/26, forgery, $25 and costs and 2 to 14-year prison sentence. The latter was suspended. New Jersey State Prison, Fowler, 6/14/26, forgery, 1 to 2 years, Passed Bad Checks Washington, D. C., as Jordon Mor- ris, 2/9/28, passing. bad checks and false pretenses, $1,000 fine and two sentences of 360 days in jail, running consecutively. Washington, D. C., as Joseph Mor- ris, 2/13/28, false pretenses, 2 years. Washington, D. C., 1928 (exact date not given), false pretenses, paid $500 fine and served three months in jail. Philadelphia, Pa., as Frank Fow- ler, 10/25/29, passing bad checks, one year in county jail, Holmesburg, Pa., as Frank Fowler, Oct, 1929, false pretenses, 1 year. Jacksonville, Fla., Frank 8. Fowler, Sept. 4, 1930, passing bad checks. Dis- position of case not given. Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. Frank 8. Fowler, Dec. 20, 1930, imper- sonating a government officer, 3 years. U. 8. Marshal, Fargo, N. D., Frank 8. Fowler, June 2, 1933, forgery and using the mails to defraud. No dis- Position of case given. U. 8. Prison at Atlanta Frank 8. Fowler, Oct. 6, 1933, using mails to de- fraud, 2 years. Released on parole May 11, 1935. U. 8. Marshal, Fargo, N. D., Frank 8. Fowler, June, 1935, second-degree forgery and held as parole violator. North Dakota State Prison, Frank 8. Fowler, Nov. 26, 1935, second-degree forgery, 1 year. Even Active In Prison That is the officiat record, but) there ig more to it, for Fowler man- | aged to commit a false pretenses crime while inside the prison walls during the last year and before the extortion case was discovered. After his trouble while serving in the U. 8, army in 1916, Fowler en- listed in the Canadian army and ap- parently collected’a war service bonus, Four years ago, through falsified records, he got a $725 World war| & bonus from the state of North Dakota. He did that while he was a prisoner at Atlanta, After arriving at the local prison to do his latest “stretch,” Fowler set in motion a claim for another $350 World war bonus from North Dakota. That effort was foiled by the adju- tant general's department and as a ‘| result, Sheriff Anstrom has a warrant for his arrest when he gets out of prison. Whert he enlisted in the Canadian army Fowler said he was a mechanical engineer, but of late years has taken to calling himself # doctor and in one statement asserted that he had prac-| ® record to show that he was a physit- fan when he entered service there. NTINUE from page one- Two Convicts, One Guard, Four Opera Stars Are Involved after authorities had uncovered prison the essentials of the plan. Schults’s indictment, he Following - ur t, EI : Hig 5 Ht ; E HG & aE Frank further part in the plot does not ap- pear. That Anderson and Larson were chummy, however, is indicated by the fact that Laraon loaned An- deraon money when the latter was from and released prison Anderson was to use it to employ help to plead for clemency for Larson before the pardon board. First inkling of the plot came to Patterson when a Bismarck person, whose name was not disclosed, brought him a letter which had been sent out of Prison by Larson but which had Not previously undergone the scrutiny of prison officials. This made it ob- vious that someone was “sneaking” letters out of prison. Schultz was immediately implicated because reply to the letter was to be made through him. Patterson Set Trap Word of the plot, including that involving the gun and proposed es- cape, also came in on the Grapevine and Patterson set the which was sprung last July. Under pressure, both of the prisoners and Schultz confessed, Patterson said. Packages of the extortion pictures had‘been smuggled out of the prison |through Schults and were found at: his home. Fowler was to have picked them up there when he was released. Fowler had expected to get out of prison Nov. 22, only three days hence, having entered the prison Nov. 22, 1935, under one-year sentence on 8 forgery charge from Fargo. He had passed a counterfeit check on the Hugo Stern clothing store there. ‘What he did not know was that he will be met at the prison gate by the U. 8. marshal, who wants him for violating a parole from the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and by Sheriff Fred Anstrom of Burleigh’ Prison| county, who has a warrant for his ar- trap) rest on s forgery charge. Now he faces still a third count, that in the extortion case. But he wouldn’t have been free to pursue his plans even if the extortion plot had not been un- covered. Sorry for Prisoners Schultz, so far as Patterson could learn, got “only a little smoking to- bacco” for his part in the plot which’ had landed him under indictment. There is no indication that he ex- pected to share in the expected pro- ceeds of the proposed extortion. Pat- terson said Schultz “just felt sorry for the prisoners and wanted to make a good fellow of himself.” He admitted, Patterson said, that he had “made a. damn fool of himself.” Only a part of the manner in which and photograph, that he expected to return as a prisoner, At that time he gave Larson $55 which he could not bring into prison with him and Larson agreed to give it to Carter when the latter was an inmate. Asked for Money Shortly after Carter's arri Lar- son asked to have transferred to him $15 from the money to Larson's credit on the prison books. Meanwhile Patterson had learned of the money deal and refused to ap- ‘= ' yles| Get in on this Special Buy! The equal of most Newest St Adapted from Expensive Models te Sell at Wards Low Price! Wards is the place to get shoes that Jook high priced, and cost'very little. They wear, too. The graceful new D’Orsay line! Two-leather combinations, kid and pat- ent! Square toes that seem to subtract inches from your feet! 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