Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
BOARD SELECTS.DATE
Trial of Dr.. Chancellor to Be
Resumed Friday Next. \
COUNSEL MAKES DEMAND
Attorney Fulton Expresses Desire to
See Certain Papers.
RoUT1NEBUsINEss CONSIDERED
Pay of Teachers in Advance Of the
Holidays-Filling Of Vacan-
cies Considered.
COUNSEL MAKES DEMAND
RoUT1NEBUsINEss CONSIDERED

| The board of education yesterday de-
cided upon next Friday afternoon at
o'clock as the time for continuing the
trial Of DR.. William E. Chancellor, super
interdent Of public instruction. on charges
of INSTRUMENTATION and OF stirring up dis
| cord. This continuance was found neces-
sary as stated in The Star, because of
the illness. of DR.. Chancellor
The. session yesterday was enlivened by
clash between Attorney Fulton for Dr.
Chancellor and Capt. ]. F. Oyster. presi-
dent Of the board, into which finally AS
sistant United States Attorney Stuart
McNamara was drawn. It came as the
result OF, a request Of the counsel for the
defense for papers believed to. be in the
hands Of Assistant Supt. Hughes, and
which the defense claims is important in
the presentation of its side of the case
Another feature of the session Of the
board yesterday was the adoption of
motion to suspend the rules of the board
and allow the school teachers to be paid
twice during December. thus allowing
tnem to get pay for half a month in ad.
vance Of Christmas
When President Oyster called the board
TO order at 3:2O O'Clock yesterday after
noon, twenty minutes after. the scheduled
time, Attorney Fulton presented the GER
uneate OF DR.. Charles L. Bliss. 3O15 18th
still confined to his bed, and that he
would be unable to be around "for several
days. 1t was explained that DR.. Chan
celor Is still very sick man, A discus
az son Ia as , 70 the time for the next meeting
sumed, occupied several minutes
Vacancies in Teachers List.
President Oyster brought up the aues-
ton Of vacancies In the list Of school
teachers. and stated that he. was at a loss
as 70 what to do at this time, the SUPER
lntendent being Ill. He added, however.
that the board counsel, Mr. Mcnamara,
ADVISED that the appointments could be
made IN this interim by the assistant sI,
perintendents> Mrs, Ellen Spencer Mussey
stated that the examining board, of which
Or: chancellor is chairman. should meet
20 mold an examination Friday and Satur-
Day. and the procedure seemed to be in
doubt. Mr., Mcnamara said, in his oninio ~
the assistanA superintendent should act
| times. >, N 'e0i1
:, Otherwise. when the superintendent is
be added
Suppose pr. Chancellor continues sick
LOT long time" stated Mrs. Terrell
Does DR.. Chancellor remain superin-
MY personal opinion is that he would
resign under those circumstances" stated
assistant United States Attorney Nc
Namara But we are not confronting
that contingency"
After the date and time for the next
meeting was set, President Oyster brought
up the matter of paying the teachers
twice this month, and the motion pre-
vailed in favor of the plan.
Mr.. Fulton Brings on Controversy.
Then came. the clash of the afternoon.
attorney Fulton, addressing Capt. Oyster,
told OF some difficulties which he had had
IN getting at the documentary evidence
which was presented before the board In
the trial. Then he demanded the oppor-
tunity OF examining the typewriter copies
OF parts Of the articles which appeared
N the Educational Review, and about
which evidence has been submitted. These
copies were mentioned by Assistant
Supt- P, NJ. Hughes in his testi-
mony. the first day of the trial. It was
stated by him that the manuscript in Dr.
Chanceilor's handwriting for the article
in the Educational Review was turned
over: to him to be typewriter.
This was typewriter by Mr.. Hughes
stenographer, 1t was testified. and that
copy was revised by Mr.. Hughes and
several others. copy was made of the
revised article and that, Mr.. Hughes tes-
tilted. was sent by him to New York for
the Educational Review. Mr.. Fulton de-
manded these two typewriter copies, the
one copied from DR.. Chancellor's manu-
script and other, the articles as re vised
by Assistant Supt. Hughes and others
In reply to the demand. Assistant United
States Attorney Mcnamara explained that
the papers asked for were not in evidence
and therefore the defense has no more
right to them than any personal note
book in the possession of Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. Fulton then pointed out that they
were referred to several times in the tes-
them in his hand when he testified about
It at the trial
THE board has offered to aid the coun-
sci for the Defense" declared President
Oyster. But the counsel do not seem
to have any confidence in the board We
have nothing to hide"
Makes Demand.
Then 1 demand that Mr.. Hughes file
with the secretary of this trial board the
typewriter copy which he Haunted on the
witness stand the other day." persisted
Attorney Fulton.
Il know nothing of any such papers,"
replied President Oyster.
Mr.. Mcnamara stated that Mr. Hughes
had one of the copies referred to the other
day but that when the government asked
him to produce it attorneys for the de-
tense objected to its being put in evil
dence. He later stated that there was no
legal duty on the part of the board to
produce the papers asked for.
Attorney Fulton persisted that Mr..
Hughes should be ordered to turn over the
papers in his possession, so that the de-
Tense could examine them and thus be in
full knowledge of the records of the case.