The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
THE SCANDAL IN THE SCHOOLS
 YET GROWING Los Angeles Is Deeply Stirred at Devel-
 Opments. One More Warrant Has Been Traced toBraly's
 Bank. This Makes Four of These Very Peculiar Transactions of Record. DAVIS IN AN ODD LIGHT. | Chairman of the School Board Pays
 Interest on Money Held in Trust
This Makes Four of These Very Peculiar TranSa actiOnS
 of Record.
DAVIS IN AN ODD LIGHT.
Chairman of the School Board Pays Interest on Money Held in
 Trust.
Special Dispatch to the Call.

l LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.-Those dragnet affidavits asked of the l teachers of the schools of Los Angeles as part of the defense of Walter L. l Webb. the School Director charged with holding up" teachers, are proving a veritable mine of unexpected devel- opments, but not of the kind the prose- ] cution is looking for.
 i The latest result of this phase of the { case has been to place another promi- nent leader of the League for Better ! City Government on the defensive. This time it is Charles Cassat Davis. chairman of the Board of Education, whose election was heralded as a mo- l table victory in behalf of the league. 1 and presumably in the interests of 1 good government.
 In the affidavit filed by Carrie NJ 1 Blanford, primary school teacher, 1 that lady stated she had transacted ] legal business with Charles C. Davis in 1S94 and in 1897.
 | Investigation developed the following l facts: During the years 1892 and 1894 sums of money were placed in the hands of MT. Davis by the mother of Miss Blanford for safe keeping. In the aggregate these moneys amounted to $500. In place of simple receipt Mrs. Blanford was given notes by Mir. 1 Davis.
 In July of this year the daughter made an arrangement with her mother by which Miss BlanfOrd became the possessOr of these notes. This transfer 1 was made for the reason, as alleged, ! that Miss Blanford, by aiding in the support of the family, had become en- titled to the moneys represented by the l notes.
 Previous to these various payments l had been made on the notes by Mir l Davis, amounts called for from time ] to time by Mrs. Blanford. At the time i the notes were transferred to Miss i Blanford the amount remaining due 1 was only $200. The notes had become 1 outlaWed, but MT. Davis called atten- tion to the fact and stated that he was ready at any time to renew them. Meanwhile he continued to pay interest on the amount that remained. in his custody.
 Ordinarily a transaction of this kinC
 would not call for any particular no
 tice, but the League for Better Citl
 Government will probably want som.
 explanation from School Director Da
 wis and from Miss Blanford, particu
 larly in view of the fact that about tn time the notes were transferred {,
 Miss Blanford by her mother tn
 Board of Education had just made it
 appointment of teachers for the nev
 school year
 Another question likely to be aske,
 is. why, if the money was placed witt
 MT Davis simply for safe-keeping, di,
 he pay interest on the sum intrustet
 to him, or in other words, why did h.
 make compensation for a favor pre- sumably conferred by him on the per
 son whom he compensated?
 This development also recalls witt
 significance the strong protest mad
 by Chairman Davis at the last sN ssiol
 of the board against the manner il
 which the defense proposed to put il
 it's case. The plan of Webb's counse
 was and is to make every teacher an,
 employe of the School Departmen
 state under oath whether or not h
 had paid for a position, if any ap
 breaches had been made to do so, am
 to relate any business transaction
 with any School Director.
 On the evening in question, las Wednesday, Chairman Davis voice a protest as follows: ''I want to mak one statement to the board and to tn . defense. l feel that in justice to my self I cannot allow the examinatio1 as it was carried on at the last meet ing-the bringing out of simply mega
 tive estimony-without a protest