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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
CHARGES AGAINST
Chief SUSTAINED.
Golden Rule" Fred Kohler. Is
Discharged From Police
Department.
HIS ALlBlS FAIL TO HOLD
commission Praises Him for His
Work Accomplished as
Officer.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 1.-THE Civil
Service Commission tonight announced
that it had found Fred Kohler. Golden
Rule" chief Of police. guilty of gross
immortality, conduct unbecoming an Of
floor and gentleman and conduct sub
versive to good order and discipline in
the police department" and Immediate
ly discharged him from office.
The charges were filed by Mayor
Baker. and the trial of the chief &C.
cupIed the whole OF last week.
The charges involved alleged visits
of Kohler to the homo of Mrs. May
schearer on February ., May 90 and
Juno 8. 1872 in the absence OF her hus-
band. On the last named date, Schear-
er testified in the trial that he surpris-
ed Kohlcr and his wife In the Schearer
home.
Kohler attempted to prove alibis for
the first two dates. and declared his
mission ION the night of June 5. 1912.
was an innocent one" Schearer got a
divorce from his wife In a suit in which
kohler was named
we should add to the sentence n
permit TO this officer to receive a full
pension to which a retired officer is en-
titfcu III VIC" cl tHe TERM anu CndT-
ncter OF his service but we are with
out power to do So" said the commits
sion.
In a statement issued last night,
kohler indicated his Willingness 70 re-
sign II allowed to receive his full PEN
sion Of $125 a month. II discharged his
pension would be SOS month.
kohler Is forty-nine years old. and
has been member of the police de-
partment for twenty-four years. and
chief for ten years. His policy Of
golden ruling" first onenders-and min
or offenders has made him ono of the
best known police chiefs in the coun-
try. The title Of best chief In Amer
lea" was conferred on him by Theodore
Roosevelt on the occasion of one Of the
former Presidents visits to Cleveland.
Tho committees decision praises
kohler's work as police chief, and says
that while In other cities police Of
icers have been guilty OF corruption
and extortion. Frederick kohler is
poor man." Three years ago Kohler
wasrried and acquitted by the Civil
Service Commission on charges Of
drunkenness and personal misconduct
In office.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18

dates were set for trial; Gebhart Buch-
err against J. I. & NJ. ]. Talley. March
20: Middle Atlantic immigration Com
pany against Theirman and Durvin,
March "a: Thomas Minson against At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Company,
March al Angelo Myers against South
side Dstilling Company, April /;
Slaughter against Virginia Railway
and Power Company, April 2: Chill
drcy against Southern Railway Com
pany, April 4; NJ. ID. Cobb against
Richmond and Henrico Railway Com
pany. April IA; o. u. Brinser against
Charles Il. Loehr. April Is: Annie T..
Roks against Grand Fountain. United
Order of True Reformers. April 16, and
Fillmore Fountain against I. J. Smith
& Company. April II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
IN sEAcH OF NEGRO.
West Virginia Detective on Trial of
White Mans Assniiant.
Especial 10 The Times Dippatch

Special to The Times Dispatchl
Winchester. Va. March l7.-Detec
tive George y. Evans. Jr. of West Vir-
riIia. was here to-day. endeavoring to
locate Charles Robinson, described AS
being IA big. burly negro. of Hampshire
county. that state, wanted for shoot
ing William Parker, wealthy stock
dealer and butcher early Saturday
morning in rear OF the latter's home
at Romncy. that county. II is learned
that Robinson liz in the vicinity Of
keyser, w. Va. Parker had much
money on his person. having Just re
turned home after selling cattle. and
Robinson is alleged to have seen the
money. a shot that took effect in
l'arker's right shoulder attracted Of
iccrs. but Robinson escaped without
gcttipc Parkcrs wallet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
NEW TRUCK INSTALLED
Southsidc Now Has Fire Department
Equal to Any In City.

At the stroke of IL yesterday noon.
the newly organized Truck Company.
No. 3. was put in commission with
quarters in the Southside frehouse, at
Tenth and cambridge Streets. Ten
men. under the command of Captain
Stephen A. Chasia, formerly of No. 3,
com pose the new arm of the City Fire
Department
The Southside now has complete
and modern equipment The apparatus
is handled by full complement of
paid firemen. and the station force is
a. large as the Board of Fire Commits
sioners allows any company. Engine
Company, No. 10. has fourteen men
under Captain Herman Colby. max
ing the fire-fghting force twenty-five
The new company was put through
its PAGES yesterday afternoon, and the
apparatus was given a test run. \
large number of curious persons were
out the witness the whirl. The busi
ness people are especially pleased with
the acquisition Of the hook and ladder.
as its need has long been apparent. The
outlying districts of Woodland Heights,
Forest Hall, Swansboro and Oak Grove
are also assured better protection by
the addition OF the new company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
send Roy to .Iuvenilc court.

Lorn Cannon. fourteen years old,
charged with stealing a mule. WAS ar
rested yesterday afternoon. He was
sent to the Juvenile Protective Associa :
tion. to await trial IN the Juvenile
Court The boy is said by his parents
to be incorrisible. He was arrested
last week OF n similar charge in South
Boston, He was accompanied TO that
place by Raymond Jenkins. n Swans
t'oro boy. who was thought to have
been Kidnapped. On receipt OF a tele-
gram from the police an older brother
OF jenkins went to South Boston and
brought tho boy to his home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
VIII Give Social Tonight.

The Philathea Glass OF Stockton
Street Baptist Church will give q social
tonight at o'clock in the Sunday
school room. Among the invited guests
VIII be the members of the Baraca
Glass OF the church. ]. G. Elryson.
president OF the Baraca League. will
make the principal address Others
who Will speak are Mrs. II. III, Ellet.
president of the Philathea Lengue; II.
M. Starke. an official OF the Baraca
League. and ]. Il. Schultz president
OF the cambridge Street Baptist Ba-
raca Class Mrs. Lynton b. Lloyd Is
tho teacher of the Philathea Glass.
Under her direction u musical pros
gram will be given. Shamrock Tea
will be s&'ved
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
HELD UNDER BOND
OF $1,000 EACH
Preliminary Hearing of Four Men
Charged With Killing Bowers
and Smith.
Especial to The Times Dispatch


Bristol, Va. March 1.-THE prclim-
mary hearing of Allan and Lincoln
Nave, Dan Lewis and Creil Mckinney,
charged with having shot and killed
DR.. James Bowers and Lawson Smith.
at an oyster supper at Fish Springs.
Carter County. Saturday night. was
held this afternoon before Magistrates
Folscome and Mayes, and resulted in
tho accused being held in a bond Of
$4,000 each.
Such evidence AS was adduced tend
I'd to substantiate the claims Of the
accused that they shot in self-defense.
Brass knucks, which it is claimed Bow :
crs and Smith wore at the time OF the
trouble. were exhibited. An eleven
year-old girl identified one set OF
knucks as having been worn by DR..
Bowers at the time of the tragedy. The
dead men were brothers-in-la law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
THREE CAPITAL CHARGES
Grand Jury Returns True bills Axoi,s,

Grand Jury Returns True Hills Against
Negroes.
indictments against three persons
on capital charges We're returned yes
terday afternoon by the special grand
Jury in Hastings Court. Part III. True
DIS were also found in several Other
minor cases.
me hrst of the murder charges TO no
tried Is that of John Brooks, colored.
VINO three months ago shot and instant
~ Killed his WIFE After three monte
IN the hospital. recovering from self-
inilcted wounds the accused was ar
raisned before Justice Maurice In Pc
nee Court. Part H.. Yesterday morning
ne waived preliminary hearing. and
was sent on 10 the upper court. Judne
ernest H. Wells set the trial of his
charge for April 7. Charles TAYLOR
coiored, will be tried April s. and i.ora
Coleman, colored, on the next day .Jobn
thompson and John McKisson, coll
ored viii be tried April il for high
way robbery.
Sets Dates for Civil Cuser.
The civil docket for the March torn,
is unusually large. and contains scyi
erai important cases. The following
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE
DIR. j. F.. Ragland. OF Ceutralin, VIII
Oppose Captain w. w. Baker.

DIR. j. r. NaSland, or Ceutraftn, VIII
Oppose Captain w. w. Baker.
Signs point to triangular fight for
Legislative honors in Chesterfield Coun-
ty. Another candidate. in the person
of DIR. ]. T.. Ragland. of Centralia. has
doomed up. His candidacy was launch
ed yesterday after a conference with
friends in this city. Captain w. w.
Baker. the veteran legislator. last week
came out with strong platform, and
will make hard fight to retail his
seat.
DR.. RaGland is one of the best known
of the younger men In the county He
In engaged in the practice of medicine
in his home town and throughout his
section. He was an arden worker for
Andrew Jackson Montague in the last
congressional primary, and went to the
State convention at Norfolk as a Will
son man. In the recent agitation for
the removal of the county courthouse
from Chesterfield Courthouse to Ches-
ter. he was n bitter opponent of tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
ASK FOR INSTRUCTIONS
Grand Jury Not Satisfied About Guilt
of Alleged fSigamint

Convinced that criminal intent was
lacking. the special grand jury yester-
day, in Hustings Court, Part H., hest
lated to find true bill against Albert
l.. Clarke. thirty three years old, charg-
ed with bigamy After coming back
ana receiving instructions from Judge
Wells. the jury returned the indict-
ment.
clarke. who was arrested last Mon
DAY on a charge of having two living
wives, claims TO have thought that he
mao been legally divorced from his first
wiIe. me grand jury thought that the
eNtehuatihE circumstances should be
taken into consideration, but was in
structed by the court that it had moth
ing TO do with that side of the oues-
tion. 1T will be up TO the trial Jury to
determine the extent of the ofrcnses
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18

Part IL The matter was taken undeH
consideration.
At the trial of the case the plain-
tiffs were awarded damages IN the SUM
OF $4,000 for alleged breach OF contract
Tho case involved a concession to oper4
ate wheels OF fortune at the fair Of
1s1i. The defendant company was al
legged to have limited the number of
machines without Just cause.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
Ara,,e to Set Aside verdict.

Arguments to set aside the verdict
In the suit OF tho Virginia Amusement
Concession Corporation against the
Virginia state Fair Association, were
heard before Judge Ernest II. Wells,
yesterday morning in Hastings Court.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
o==NEWS OF=-,o
SOUTH RICHMOND

movement, and was successful in chole-
ing OF tho scheme.
There is a possibility that r. H.
Bruce, of Chester may be the third
candidate. Mr.. Bruce Is a young busi-
ness man who has been frequently
mentioned for the position. At present
he Is touring Cuba. but friends OF DR..
Ragland assert that he will support the
Centralia man for the place
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE

Prepared for the market In the clean
esi, best lighted. best ventilated coffee
eS aaic SHIN in world, where auto
touch of a hand. IT'S pure. clean and
good 10 drink: That's White House
coHee. served all this week free
at Mccarthy Haynes's store. Sold
only in net sanitary tins TO keen ali
badness out and all goodness in.
advertisement \
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
RECEIVERS APPOINTED.
Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy
AGainnt HAMPTON Contractors.

ISptCIaI 10 Tie IIneS-DlSpatch.I
ardson & Son, contractors. of Hamp-
ton, were made defendants to-day in
an involuntary petition in bankruptcy
the Richmond Structural Steel Com
pany. Philip Jockey Company. and the
Bickford Sand and Gravel Company.
Lackey were appointed receivers.
Liabilities. it is claimed, will amount
to more than $4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18

The funeral OF John TalleY was CON-
Quoted yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock from Decatur Street Methodist
Church. Rev. r, M. White. the pastor.
officiated. Interment was in AfaurY
Cemetery.
Dir. Talley was eighty-two years OF
age. He died Saturday afternoon at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Robert n.
Jenkins. 90 West Ninth Street, from
old age. He is also survived by his
daughter, Mrs. Lee Latham. M
Personal Mention.
Miss Clara Holden stamp clerk at
Manchester Station OF the post-offtca,
has returned to work after several
days absence caused by mashed hand
received while at work
Frank L Lutz left Sunday night foS
Glassboro N j., to attend the funeral
OF his brother. r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18

Charter Issued.
Falls City Construction Company. Ken
lucky corporation. with $4,000. domesticated.
with r. .. Crockett, statutory agent, Taze-
we'll. Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10
CHANCE is WILLING
TO TRADE HAL CHASE

Detroit, Mich, May 9-When the
New York American league team
reached Detroit this afternoon, Man
ager Frank Chance was asked if there
was possibility that First Basema1
Hal Chase might be traded to the De-
troit team.
Il am willing TO trade Chase to De-
troit, providing l get fair exchange,
said Chance.
What do you consider a fair ex-
changer" avs asked.
Il can't tell. know of but two men
on the Detroit team-CrawGod and
Cobb"
Would you trade Chase for Craw,
ford?"
Chance shook his head.
Would you trade him for Cobb"
NO"
We'll, who would you trade hin
for?"
There are two men on the Detroit
team who would comprise a fair ex.
change"
From this conversation it would seen
that Manager Chance is not very will.
ing to consider deal for Chase.
Every team in the league would oe
very willing to take Chanse, but none
of them is willing to give me more
than three or four substitute players
in exchange" said Chance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10
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NEGRO NABBED FOR
ROBBING THE MAILS

Henry Simpson colored porter long
employed by the Holiday book store,
was locked up yesterday upon the
charge of abstracting money from lat
tiers sent the house. A decoy letter
containing several marked coins was
fixed up by Inspector McKew here, and
Simpson fell for it when he went for
the mail at noon, the marked coins
having been found in his pocket when
a search was made.
For some time money has been miss
ed from the mail sent the house, M,
Charles Lingo said yesterday. and as
Simpson brought in the mail daily sus-
picion rested upon him. Yesterday
Mr.. Lingo reported the matter to In.
spector McKew, and within two hours
Simpson was meditating behind the
bars.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10
NO COMEDY IN BASEBALL;
BE SERIOUS, SAYS CHANCE

stuff and then began to extend him
self 1t was forced to humor, if humor
nyisms having been exhausted, he
simply made a fool of himself Be-
fore the game was over he had at
least caught up to Altrock's head star
in that respect.
Maybe the idea of these two is
that they can make the opposing
players laugh, or perhaps make theta
as disguised as some of the crowd,
so that their attention will be dis
tracted and they will err by failing
to keep their mind on the play.
Whether they have been ordered by
Manager Clark Griffith to do this sort
of thing is easy to answer. They
would not do it without the approval
Of the manager.
The fact that Griffith is a friend
of his, however, did not make any
difference to Chance. When the
game was nearly over, the peerless
leader walked toward the Washington
bench and spoke his nina to one
of the Washington would-be come
dams. Had as much as one word in
the same tone been offered in return,
the one addressed probably would
have learned how hard Chance can
punch man. The silence of the n
tic man was promise enough to the
peerless leader that the same sort OF
thing would not be perpetrated in his
presence again, and it has not beel
as yet. The very next day it was con-
spicuous by its absence. though the
same pair did the coaching.
Chance never encountered such a
proposition in the National league.
Not a single National league team
has had q man in recent years who
attempted to be a clown on the
aching lines and the experience
was new to him He believes that
the fans pay their money to see first
class baseball played, to see good
pitching, batting, base running, field
ing and generalship. If it were not
this that they want to see, he argues,
they would do just as well by paying
minor league prices to see minor
leagues play ball and they could get
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10
U. c. v REUNION,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
May 27-2S-29, 1918
Travel via the reliable
Central Of Georgia Railway

Round trip tickets at exceedingly
low fares will be sold from practically
all points, on May 24-25-26-27-2S, and
for trains scheduled to reach Chattz-
nooga by noon, May 20, with fnaI
return limit June 5, 1913. There viii
be liberal stop-over privileges.
The Central of Georgia offers ex-
cellent service and convenient con-
nections at Atlanta, with the Western
& Atlantic r. r. ("The Battlefield
Route') for Chattanooga; through
coach will be operated on train leav-
ing Americas $40 a. m. May rs, car
to be handled on Georgia division Spe
cial from Macon. For information as
to special trains, schedules of regular
trains, fares, sleeping car arrange
ments, or any detail, ask the ticket
agent, or communicate with j. z
Hightower, agent, or
JNO w. BLOUNT,
District Passenger Agent, Central I'll
Georgia Railway, Macon, Ga
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10

Frank Chance is a man who be-
lieves in the serious side of base
ball. Comedy on the coaching lines
doesn't make hit with him. He can't
see where foolish antics have a place
in the national game. Perhaps he IS
not far from the right view.
In the very first game of his
American league career his charges
were shot against the Senators,
which, according to the boast of some
Washington fans have tho funniest
pair of coachers in the big leagues,
Germany Herman Schaefer and Nick
Altrock Chance had sample Of
their gallivanting on that occasion
and then later when the Capitolians
made their first visit to New rorK
last week, From the very beginning
Chances sense of humof failed to De
appealed to, and after the second dose
of it he had become disguised.
Before the opening home game In
New York, Altrock projected himself
into the limilight before the fans by
attempting to act like every sort of
lunatic he could think Of He did
foolish tricks with the ball, assumed
various gawky attitudes and mean
time twisted his face into all the
grimaces he could contrive. Occa-
sionally, he would utter some sort OF
piercing shrek such as one would eX-
pect to hear around madhouse.
Some of the spectators thought n
was excruciatingly funny. AS to the
opinion of the majority, there may be
some dispute, but it is no mistake
that some, and many Of those pres
ent felt turning of the stomach ana
wished that some civil official en-
ployed especially for that purpose
would come and get him as re-
cruit to the champions of the Padded
Cell league
When the game began Altrock took
up a position in the coacher's box
behind first base, and Schaefer be-
hind third The latter was witty at
times at the start, with only an occa-
sional bright remark that provoked
real laughter. But before the game
had gone far he realized that he was
10. Ike ping up a cont ant run OF such
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10
VALDOSTA IS
AGAIN WINNER
COrdGIG Pushed Further Down
the Ladder

Faidosta, Ga, May 9-Valdosta to-
day pushed Cordele further down the
l"rcentage column by landing the
second game of the series here by the
score of to 3. cellars, the hefty
soIthpaw of the local pitching staff
held the Cordele batters safe. though
they garnered a total of II runs off his
delivery Mccormick did the back
stopping for the locals.
The two teams evened up in point
of hits and errors, these having to-
tailed IL and 4 for each team. Cor.
dele's errors were expensive, however,
being responsible for a part of the
runs that Won Banks and Gillespie
performed as the Cordele battery
throughout the game. Today's victory
gave the locals the first two of the Sc
ries, and they are confident of win
ming tomorrow. The score:
R. H. Il
Cordele Observation-Disclosures. IL 4
Valuosta .................. IL 4
Batteries-Cordele, Banks and Gill
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10

slammed out a homer, with men on
bases. Further recollection of that
even is unpleasant for local fans.
Yesterdays game wade it more man
ifest than ever that the locals are out
classed by Waycross in every depart
ment of the game. The game was 4
good game, we'll played and we'll man
aged, except that Waycross had the
better of it all the around. The Way.
cross players handled themselves with
more vim and ginger, and Manager
Wahoo outgeneraled the local manager
by keeping a better grip on his men at
every phase of the contest. The shift
ing of Reilly to short helped somewhat
in Strengthening the lineup Wagnon
having been placed in center.
Still the locals cannot get over quite
enough to defeat the Waycross team.
Either the local pitchers are not in a
class with those of visiting teams, or
the visitors are better batters and
know how to hit when hits mean runs.
Either one or the other of these things
must be true-maybe both. The locals
cannot now possibly finish better than
by taking one of the series. In fact,
it is rather manifest that the Americas
team is so badly outclassed that it will
never climb into the first division.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10

Summary-Stolen bases, Fenton;
two base hits, McLain, Bowen; home
runs, Medlock; hits off Semmes, 3, and
one home run; off Pruitt, Q; off Head,
Z; struck out, by Semmes, 2 in first in
ming by Pruitt, 5; by Head 5; base on
balls, off Semmes, l; off Pruitt, 8; off
Head, L. hit by pitcher, Pruitt, 8; by
Head, g.
Time of game, hrs, Is Minis.
Umpire-Bennett; Score-Chapman
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10

better humor by paying ten cents 10
go to a moving. picture vaudeville
show. He does not like TO see the
game turned into joke.
The day after the run-in between
Chance and the Washington joke
mot joker the New York leader al
lowed word to sift to the. rival camp
that he favored an appeal to Presi-
dent Ban Johnson to put an entire
quietus on clown work unless the
Washington management should see
fit to tone it down sufficiently.