Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
SOUTH BAY TEACHER
DECLARED O|SLOYAL
DEFENSE COUNCIL ASKS STATE
SUPERINTENDENT TO REVOKE
c. r. CARR'S CERTIFICATE.

~ W. OARHt AOiA1E
Seditious and disloyal utterances
alleged to have been made by Charles
r. Carr, teacher at the consolidated
school at South Bay. warrant the re-
voking of his teachers certificate, the
County Council of Defense declares
In petition presented to Mrs.
Josephine Preston, state superintend-
ent Of public instruction, this week.
Acting upon the petition, Mrs.
Preston has announced that she Will
conduct hearing, Saturday, Feb
ruthy 2. and has instructed Carr to
appear at that time and show cause
why his certificate should not be re-
voked. At that time, according to
statements made in the petition, the
evidence supporting the charges
against Carr will be presented BY the
Council committee.
Three Charges Of Disloyalty.
Three charges, all Of an unpatriot-
ic and disloyal character, are pre-
ferred against Carr, The first ana
chief Of these is, the petition alleges,
that at public meeting at South Nv
schoolhouse during the Second Lib
erty Loan campaign, ON or about o.
tober IL, he referred to the present
war as .unholy and unrighte0un,
wholly commercial war" and s4i4
he would not contribute cent N :
thing to help the government in the
conduct Of the war d contribute n
any way to its success"
The petition goes on to say that
the statements were publicly made
at meeting attended BY Prosscuting
Attorney O'Leary. Mrs. Frsd W.
IAgatz, Arthur 4. BrypinS. Davi1
BarnhArts.sand sundry school chill
dren."
The second charge against Carr =
based on the allegation that . short
time after this meeting Ne repeated
statements Of this character ''in pre-
ence OF Fred Hall and othsrs'' and
Saying especially that he would NOT
work at shipbuiiding or anything 70
assist In carrying on the war
/ The third charge alleges that ~
Constructed and hindered'' the Gec-
|ond Liberty Loan ''as much q may
be-" discouraged his pupils from
engaging in an essay competition In
aid Of the loan ana by conduct, bear
ing and utterances endeavofed 70
imbue his pupils with the idea Of the
unholiness and unrightsousness Of
the present war;
Other Matters involved.
The filing Of the charges against
Carr followed considerable investigA-
tion by the County Council and an In
formal hearing some weeks ago at
which he was present and was asked
to explain his statements. The met-
ter was also taken up by the school
board of the consolidated district.
which consists Of the old South Bay.
Pleasant Glade and Puget districts,
as the result Of which he was nrst
dismissed and then. at a later meet
ing, reinstated upon the presentation
of a petition signed by some 100
residents of the districts. Injected
into the situation at that time, how
ever, was personal animosity Of some
patrons OF the consolidated district
toward one of the board members,
and also hostility toward teacher
who has since resigned. while some
signers of the petition later asserted
the situation had been misrepresent-
ed to them.
The petition filed agairGt Carr ID
the first of its kind to be presented In
this state. For that reason and also
because it concerns a local teacher,
1t is expected that a large crowd will
attend the hearing.