The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
Progress of the School Inquiry at Los
 Angeles.
Miss BlanfOrd Tells of a Note She Holds Against Chair
 man Davis
Miss Duncan's Warrant Shaved by Director Braly-Kubach Causes
 Great Surprise.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12.-Onfy two witnesses of importance were examined on behalf of the defense before the Board of Education tonight. These were Miss c. M. Blanford and Miss L.. A. Duncan. There were number of other witnesses, but they testified to nothing new.
 Miss Blanford, who is a teacher in the Amelia-street School, testified that she holds MT. Davis note for S200, and that the note came into her possession on the 1st of July, 1897. The note was for money loaned by her mother to MT. Davis in 1892. Her mother transferred the note to witness on July l, 1897. MT. Davis still had the money and was paying interest. She did not consider 1T deposit but loan to Davis. There was no security, but she considered 1t a safe investment. Her mother was an old client of MT. Davis. The note given the mother had become outlawed and new note was made in favor of witness when the mother assigned the indebtedness to witness.
 Davis is the newly elected chairman of the Board of Education, and was elected as a member of the Board of Dy the League 1OI bSllCl City Government.
 Miss l.. A. Duncan, a school teacher, testified that she had eashed her No vember warrant at the Southern Cali fornia Savings Bank, of which J. H. Braly, a School Director, is president. The warrant was for SIP. She was charged 70 cents for the accommoda- tion. The warrant had to run more than a month before it could be col hn Before cashing it she had spoken to MT. Braly about it, and he had agreed to have the bank accommodate her.
 MT. Braly is a member of the League for Better City Government, and was indorsed by that organization.
 It is expected that the defense will close its case tomorrow night. The prosecution will have rebuttal evil dence to put in and arguments will probably begin Monday.
 c. J. kubach was elected a member of the School Board two weeks ago by the City Council to succeed Joseph F. Adams, the confessed boodIer, who re- signed from the board. He will not be a candidate for reelection. Kubach was elected by four Republican votes and by the fifth and controlling vote of the Council, that of Herman Silver, who represents the League for Better City Government in that body. ku- bach has participated in the reorgani- zation of the board, and it was SUD- posed that he would stand as the Re publican candidate at the election which is shortly to be held in the ward Last night Kubach. to the surprise of every one, addressed a letter to the secretary of the Republican city com mittee absolutely declining to stand as the Republican nominee in the ward.
 It was supposed that Kubach would appeal to the people of the Seventh Ward to indorse his action in voting as he did to reorganize the board. He has been with the League for Better City Government people, and has voted with them all along.
 When asked by a Call representative tonight why he declined to make the race Kubach said: T have private reasons, which I decline to make pub- lie. I also have decided that I could not be elected to the board, as the ward is Democratic. Then, too, the good peo- pie would not turn out at a specia election, and all of the push would be against me. They would all turn out and my supporters would stay at home so I will not run"