The Washington times., 1914-02-07
DEFENDS NEWLANDS
IN CHEVY CHASE ROW
Or. DeVereux Says County Sold
Site Senator Gave for
School IS Years Ago.

Rapid Cross-fire OF charges continued
'oday between the Chevy Chase and
-nti-Chevy Chase factions IT the Mont
Eomery county school war. tie prin-
pal battle of wE;h, staged in the
Statehouse at Anuspolis Thursday,
ape near resulting ser 'ouSly for o.
Sood II. Oowell, leader Of tn Word
~ide coal:i gent of Ine anti Dowel!
Is af ID home of his parents sl62 Mt
i,ISSEant street, tHIE city, suffering
ne a fractured sksil His coneiuou
: tR5Sov-ilg.
Dr.. ]. Ryan Devereux today came 10
the defense of Senator NeV'lands, whose
name has been used freely by the
warning factions.
Concerning the charges that Mr..
cummings, B. Ashby Leavel and my
self are playing politics and that GER
tain persons hope for the enhancement
If property values through the erection
VI the proposed school, none of us care.
But ] would like to say for myself ana
The people Of Chevy Chase, that
great injustice has been done Senator
Francis @. Hewlands-
1T has been insinuated by the oppo-
Sition that Senator Newlands Is giving
he site for he school at Chevy Chase
With the prospect of gaining thereby.
Nothing could be more unjust Senator
school building at Chevy Chase fifteen
years ago. Il was given with the
specific stipulation that II should be
used as a public school site. After per-
hitting the ramshackle structure on the
site to decay, the county sold the site
land and kept the money.
Fright on top Of this. I, as the repre-
sentative OF the residents of the sub
urb, waited on Senator Newlands, and
begged him to give us another site.
He, nor his business colleagues, favored
the location of the school near his
property.
No Boon To Realty.
He realized that a put li1 school
IlIilding. such a. would Re = :ilt, would
not augment the valus OF adjoining
Iroperty.'' continued Dr. I,cvcreux,
But, as a public spirited citizen. he
lave the land, aud nov he is being
raaligred for his Charity. This Is Ghe
feature of the sauabtie that the people
Of Chevy Chase Lament.
A MISUNDERSTANDING, due to state
rnents made by the faction which op-
roSes the appropriation OF money for
the school building is responsible for
s,ll this contention.
The bill does not call for q high
school at Chevy Chase. It would not
Cept the county board of education to
decide on the location of a county high
schooL
Mr.. Cummings measure provides for
a suitable school building to accommO-
date the rapidly increasing needs OF
the people of Chevy Chase. The bill
provides for an entirely local estab-
ishment- 1t is not being built for the
"hildren Of residents further up county.
somebody has misinformed the resi-
dents of other suburbs in the county
Concerning the purpose Of the measure.
They think we are trying to have the
rounty high school located at Chevy
Chase"
Andrew J. C'Cy'O Cummings, delegate
10 the Maryland Assembly and author
Of the bill providing for the school, en-
phaticsIly denied the allegations that he
Is playing politics in the matter.
Cummings Defends Bill.
"A school building is needed at Caevy
Chase. My bill does not call for high
school building" said Mr.. Cummings.
When you consider that Chevy chase
pays q per cent of the taxes Of the
county, why shouldn't its school chill
dren, at least. be provided with a decent
school They cannot go to District
schools The hearing at Annapolis,
which has been referred TO as an at
tempted secret conference, was q mat
ter Of purely local concern. The Chevy
chase people were expected to be there
4 misleading rumor being put in circu-
iation, delegations OF other residents
appeared at the meeting, causing much
confusion and annoyance"
B. Ashby Leavell takes the same
attitude of DR.. Devereux and M.
Cummings He says that misinforms-
ton has caused the row.
Another hearing on the Cummings
bill will be held before the Mont
gomery county delegation at Anna
polls Wednesday morning at II