Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
SUIT FOR INJUNCTION
Contemplated Action in Behalf
of Chancellor.
APPEAL TO LOCAL COURT
Request That Board of Education Be
Restrained.
MAY BE FILED LATE TODAY
Official Receives Approval Of Local
German Societies-Statement
by DR.. Eliot.

Papers were prepared today by Leckie,
Fulton & Cox. attorneys for DIR. William
E. Chancellor, superintendent of schools,
for possible filing in the District Supreme
Court, praying for an injunction against
the members of the board of education to
restrain them from. proceeding to hear
and try the chargesi preferred by them
against him or from removing him from
the ofhce of superintendent. The papers
may be filed in court either late this
afternoon or early tomorrow, together
with certain exhibits in the case The
board has arranged to meet tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock to begin the
trial of the case against DR.. Chancellor
1t will also be asked of the court that
the defendants be cited to appear on a
day to be named by the court and show
cause why the preliminary restraining
order should not be made permanent
The bill of complaint includes DR.. Chan
ceilors defense against the board charges
in detail.
Among other things he AYERS that the
charges are intended as a mere pre-
text for the purpose of a record upon
which to enter the predetermined judg-
ment of the board and DR.. Chancellor
charges that the board has been led into
this decision chiefly through the misrep-
sensations made to its members by Bar
ton w. Evermann and Richard r. Hor-
ner, themselves members of the board,
who, he charges, are bitterly hostile to
him.
He further charges that Prof. Ever
mann and Mr.. Horaer have by such rep
reservations SO poisoned the minds of GER
believes 1t will be impossible for them to
give him fair and impartial trial, espe-
cially If associated with these two.
To show the hostility of these two men,
bers. DR.. Chancellor cites number of
matters in detail. He asserts that Ever
mann drew acquisitions for school sup
plies on his own authority without war
rant from the board or authority in law
and that he led the board to commit
other illegal acts.
him. Chancellor, the appointment in Sep
TENDER last Of lone Gregory as colored
supervising principal, and upon being re-
FUSED threatened to oppose the Euperin-
tendent In every way possible, and ac-
cordingly at the next meeting charged
him with fraud in the examinations.
Refuses to Rescind.
The superintendent also charges that
the members of the board committed
these illegal acts and others mentioned in
the bill of complaint, but that it has per-
sistently refused to rescind its old rules
and regulation directing it's officers and
committees to perform duties inconsistent
with the statute of June 20, 1906. and did
not adopt the legal rules until October
1907. and that the board has persistently
refused to print and publish the new rules
to this day, and on account of the off,
GERS and committees of the board at
tempting to act In conformity with the
old rules instead of with the new statute
there have been frequent conflicts be-
| tween the members and the superinten-
dent in the latter's efforts from encroach-
ing upon duties.
He AYERS that the board has rendered
him a mere nonentity, and because of his
protests and objections to these alleged
illegal actions of the board and its men,
bers he says. the hostility and antagOn-
ism of the members. or some of them.
have been engendered.
Supt. Chancellor states that the charges
cover long period of time and vast
number Of questions. and although served
on him November IS he Is cited to ap-
pear for trial the 23d of the month, and
is not given time enough to prepare his
defense.
Among other things alleged by DR..
Chancellor is the fact that the charges
were not signed by the president of the
board. and that they are insufficient to
justify his removal. He cites and answers
the charges separately.
Return Of President Oyster.
Capt. James F. Oyster. president of the
board Of education, returned last night
from hunting trip. He said this after
noon he had not yet been able to get in
touch with the latest developments in the
school controversy. When told of a state
ment made by DR.. Chancellor's attorneys
to the effect that he had not signed the
formal charges against the superintendent
and the summons to appear for trial, he
laughed and remarked that there must
be an error some place, because he had
signed all necessary papers in the case
before he left the city last Sunday.
Approved by German Societies.
The proposition. furthered by DR.
Chancellor. to have German and Latin
taught in the seventh and eighth grades