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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
MAN FALLS THREE
FLOORS, IS DYING
Companion Held in Police
Probe of Plunge Denies
Being in Room.

While Carl Huff, 40, lay near death
in Casualty Hospital today, police were
endeayoring to clear up the mystery
surrounding his plunge from a third
story window of his home at lab Elev-
enth street southeast late yesterday.
Huff was found lying unconscious in
the small yard in front of the houSs use
about 636 ,g pm z, by nus The boV
called his mother, Mrs. Josie thinner
man, at whose home Huff had been
staying for the past few weeks.
Denies Being in Room.
After Huff had been taken to the
hospital in an ambulance summoned
by Mrs. Ruth Bishop. 154 Eleventh
street southeast, police began an in
veStigation.
The inquiry is said to have revealed
Huff and Roy W. Harding, 80, of 1904
Veazey street, were together in the front
room on the third floor of the house
a few minutes before the injured man
was found in the yard below.
In the room, police found a checker
board. arranged as though game had
been in progress. Harding denied he
had been playing with Huff, however.
AT the time Huff plunged from the
window. Harding declared, he was In
the bath room.
Man Held for Probe.
Further investigation disclosed Huff
apparently was trimming running vine
outside the window when he either fell
or was pushed Harding was arrested
and held for investigation at the fourth
precinct police station, but later was re-
leased in the custody of his attorney,
T. F. Burke.
Harding. according 70 police, said he
heard Huff call to some boys in the
street. inviting them to play checkers
with him. q few moments before his
three-Story drop.
On arrival at the hospital Huff was
found to be suffering from fractured
skull, cuts about the head and face and
severe body bruises. Physicians declared
his chances for recovery are slim.
Before the arrival of the ambulance
which carried Huff to the hospital. Mrs.
Julia Hartley. 146 Eleventh street south
east. saw him lying in the yard and
tainted. She was revived by members of
her family.
Prior to joining his sister. HUFF. an
electrician is said TO have been con-
nected with a travelling carnival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
TENTATIVE PLANS CONSIDERED
FOR EDISON MEMORIAL LIGHT
Preliminary Discussion Held Proposed Monument to
Be Located in Capital.

The location and form of struc-
tilre to project the gigantic beam Of
light which is to be national me
mortal to Thomas A. Edison, prob
ably in the vicinity of Hams Point,
were discussed today by special local
committee of the memorial organiZa-
ton, with Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd,
director of the office of public build
ings and public parks.
Discussion. however. was entirely pre-
liminary. and a further meeting will
be held next Monday. when the matter
viii be presented to the Pine Arts
Commission.
No funds are to be raised publicly
either in Washington or elsewhere, it
was stated by Fairfax Naulty. engineer.
who is secretary of the committee. The
cost of the memorial is to be met by
private interests. and the memorial is
10 be presented to the National Capital
as the normal location for q national
memorial 10 Mr.. Edison
The form most favorably considered
was understood 70 be that of a Grecian
tripod and hrazier This would be Of
bronze. structure probably not more
than IS feet in height. with big bowl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30

on top supported on three slender legs.
From the bowl would be projected a
powerful searchlight which could be
seen 100 miles in all directions. This
light would be not only a thing OF
beauty. an intangible beam. with the
light itself a memorial 10 Edison, but
it would serve in addition practical
purpose as aid to navigation for both
ships in the Potomac and for aircraft
over the Capital.
Members of the committee discussed
various phases of the memorial from
the angle ofStheir own professionals.
Alexander wetmore, assistant secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, repre-
senting science: Capt. Frederick He'll
veg. q. S. N, superintendent OF the
Naval Observatory, representing naviga-
ton; c. Melvin Sharpe of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. representing power
and light: Isaac Cans OF Saks & Co.
representing commerce.: l.. Stoddard
Taylor. manager of Belasco Theater,
representing the stage, and Fairfax
Naulty representing engineering.
Mr.. sharpe acted as temporary chair
man of the committee and outlined the
proposal FIRST to Col. Grant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
Union Files Brief in Support
of Traction Companies
Asking Taxi Curb.
INTENT OF CONGRESS
CITED AS REGULATORY
Appeal to Public Utilities Body
Hits Fleets of Hackers Vehicles
Operating in Capital.

The Amalgamated Association Of
Street and Electric Railway Employees
Division 500, filed with the Public Utili.
ties Commission today a brief pleading
for relief from unregulated competi-
ton by taxicabs.
TIE brief was forwarded under the
signature Of M. w. Poole, president
and John H. Goodman. secretary. II
was prepared by Attorneys Daniel S
Ring and Walter s. Bastian.
The Amalgamated is well known as
among the most conservative OF the
labor movement. It's members here are
employees of the Capital Traction Co,
as the washington Railway 81 Electric
Co. maintains an open shop policy
This Is the first time the union ever
has asserted itself locally on a contro-
versial question not strictly confined
to capital-labor policies.
Workers Back Employers.
In explaining its position, the union
saws: The members of the union have
not always been aligned shoulder to
shoulder with their employers. Many
items of disagreement in the past have
clearly defined the traditional line
demarcating capital and organized
labor.
But in this instance. feeling that
they are an integral part Of the trans
portation system Of the city, feeling
that the interests Of the public they
serve and the company by which they
are employed and their own interests
are identical, this organization and It's
members stand souarely behind the
nroposition of regulation for taxicabS
in the District of Columbia for the fol-
lowing reasons:
Because it Is necessary to regulate
all utilities and allow none to compete
unhampered in the same line OF &C
tivity in the very essence OF fairness
Congress Intention Cited.
Because it is necessary for the
benefit of the public to maintain
permanence in the utilities serving the
public and in the standards OF service
rendered by them.
Because 1t is necessary to prevent
the present high standards Of local
utilities declining in some instances to
a level of non-regulated responsibility
"And, finally, because it is the mani
fest intention of Congress that the
Public Utilities Commission act in such
a matter"
Taxicab Fleets Are Scored.
The body of the brief has harsh
words to say of the fleets of taxicabs
cruising the streets of Washington
today. In one place they are described
as tramp steamers, in another as
Japanese jinrickshas, in another as
mushrooms, and in a fourth as Arabs
Any person who will present rental
agency with a SIS bill and produce a
hackers license can set up business as
an unregulated public utility, in COM
petition with the long established
street car concerns, which are compelled
to submit to burdensome regulations in
the public interest, it charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
personal BEHAVIOR"
SUBJECT OF LECTURE

DR.. J. Duerson Stout, psychiatrist,
will discuss Personal Behavior in the
third lecture tonight of a personality
development" course sponsored by the
Phalanx Fraternity and the religious
and social departments of the Y M. c. A
DR.. Stout will explain the psychology
OF personality and how it affects the
human behavior. The discussion, free
to all men, viii take place in the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. building, 1886 G.
street at 8 o'clock.
Col. WILDER S. Topper, authority on
Spanish American history and customs,
viii give an illustrated lecture on Latin
America tonight at $50 O'Clock in the
assembly hall of the Central Y. NJ.
C. A. His subject will be Between the
Canal and the Rio Grande." The pub
lie is invited. There viii be no admis-
sion charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
Crucial Tests Made.

DR.: Rauth has several crucial tests
TO show that the child is not describ-
these tests is to have the subject fiXate
his attention for 35 seconds on simple
geometrical design. Then it is with
drawn and the child left looking upon
pure white screen. He is given a
pencil and asked to trace over the
lines he sees in front of him. The
results are obvious tracings, not draw
ings from memory. These children are
unframed in drawing-yet the proper
tons come out almost exactly right
and little irregularities purposely intro
duced in the figures, such as breaks
in lines, appear just as they were in
the original
Another trick Is to use two identical
pictures, except for one or two minor
details. With one of these pictures the
child becomes familiar. It is used five
or six times in the same experiment
or 1t may be some storybook picture
in which the subject has shown spe-
cial interest. Without saying anything
to the child DR.. Rauth introduces the
other picture. The true "eidetiker'
never is caught by the insignificant
changes in detail. He describes the
substituted picture just as it is, be-
cause he Is describing what he sees
and not what he remembers.
1t Is not necessary. however, to use
pictures. The "eidetiker" gets these
images. which by an effort of the will
can be recalled indefinitely as actual
physical pictures and not as memories
OF objects in which he becomes inter-
ested in his daily life. These children
never had been in Washington before.
DR.. Rauth asked several of them to de-
scribe the Catholic University Building
in front of which they had gotten out
of his automobile. They had seen il
only momentarily. Nothing had been
called to their attention. They in1ne-
diately began to describe details of the
architecture and of the statue in front
of the building, obviously because they
saw the structure itself on the neutra.
screen before them. They were asked
to describe the altar in the school
chapel, with which they are very
familiar. Still with the attitude OF
looking at a real picture they could de-
scribe technical details-the number CT
candles in one place and the number
in another-which no child could be
expected 10 remember without special
training.
Many Have Faculty.
The discovery that such a great pro-
portion of the children have this faculty
Is the surprising feature of Dr. Rauth's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
GAS COMPANY SUBMITS
PRESSURE GAUGE LIST
Includes IS Tentative Locations il
Residential Sections for In.
sta1Iation.

A list OF IS tentative locations for
installation of pressure gauges by the
Washington Gas Light Co. was sub
mitted by Walter M. Russell, its chief
engineer. to the Public Utilities Com
mission yesterday The installation of
the gauges was ordered by the commits
sion when it increased the pressure
limits allowable in the company's mains
from 10 inches maximum and from
, 10 inches minimum.
The locations are scattered through
various residential sections of the city.
A further list of Is locations in the
downtown business area willie be sub
mitted later.
The commission will consider the
appropriateness Of the different loca-
tons next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
"OLD IRONSIDES"
Will WINTER HERE
Secretary Adams Says Decision as
to Frigate's Anchorage
Is for Economy.

The frigate Constitution viii spend
the Winter at anchor in the Potomac
River as measure of economy.
Secretary of the Navy Adams said
today "Old Ironsides" would be locked
for the rest Of the year when 1t reaches
here November on the last stop
OF its Atlantic seaboard tour.
In q letter to Senator Reed OF Penn
sylvania Adams explained the step was
a measure Of economy. adding.
The old ship is costing us at the rate
Of 5000, 900 a year"
Reed had asked the Secretary to have
the Constitution stopped at Chester,
Pa, on the return to the Boston Navy
Yard from its present cruise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
FLOUR FUND INCREASES

Almost a third of the funds needed
to purchase carload of flour for des-
titute West Virginia miners has been
obtained in the drive launched last
week, Mrs. Todd C. Sharp chairman,
announced today. Many donations of
old clothes also have been made.
A card party will be held November
7 in the Masonic Temple at Eighth
and F streets northeast. The proceeds
will go toward buying -four. Mrs. James
B. Driscon will be in charge. She will
be assisted by Mrs. William Daugherty.
Mrs. Sharp said all donations might
be sent to the headquarters, 1l9 c
street southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
BAZAAR DATES SET

The Ladies Guild of Calvary M. E
Church, Columbia road between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, will hold
its annual bazaar on the afternoons
and evenings of November II and 10,
The executive board in charge of ar
engagements is composed of Mrs. Edwin
Dice, president; Mrs. j. S. Bixler, first
vice president; Mrs. Henry l.. Hunter,
second vice president; Mrs. Elliott F,
Brumbaugh, recording secretary; Mrs
E. E. Ingle, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. Elwood Meitzler, treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
In some it is barely per-

investigation. In some it is barely per-
ceptible
Few details can be seen, and the pic
lures vanish quickly. With such chill
dren the phenomenon is just over the
! line from the physiological after image
From these the pupils range all the
way to those shown in Washington
yesterday, where the phenomenon ap-
proaches closer to the memory image
with It's wealth of details, but still pre-
serves the actual reality of the after
image.
The experiments of the German
workers show that the eidetikers learn
best from education of the object les
son type with symbols, such as words
reduced to minimum. DR.. Rauth and
his assistants are now working on a
revision of the methods of teaching
elementary school subjects now in use
at the school, which are essentially the
same as those used in public and pa
rochial schools everywhere, for special
application to the eidetic children. If
they are shown to progress much faster
in the common school subjects than
children who do not possess the faculty
but who show the same intelligence
quotients, the study may point the way
to changes in educational theory which
will extend into every school and cause
the school population at large to be
classified as eidetikerS and noneidetikerS
American educators have paid no atten-
ton to the matter in the past because
of the common impression that the
faculty of forming the eidetic image
was a rare curiosity.
Another problem he plans to work IS
the correlation of various types of
eidetic imagery-such as the dominance
Of color or action details-with physical
types. The great amount of material
on hand makes this possible for the
first time. Then it may be possible
to find relationships with various per-
sonality differences.
Boys and Girls Similarity.
The German workers found no diff
ference in the prevalence of the faculty
between boys and girls. But an ex-
animation of 40 girls picked at random
from q girls school in Washington
failed to reveal a single case. There
should have been 20 showing the faculty
to some degree. DR.. Rauth is not sure
whether the worker happened to get
very bad selection, whether the tests
were improperly conducted or whether
there is an actual lower incidence
among little girls
1t is necessary to bear in mind. DR..
Rauth stresses. that there is nothing
abnormal about the "eidatiker" The
children shown yesterday were as typi-
cal American boys as could be found
anywhere, bashful at being shown
off" and in hurry to be away to see
the sights of the town as they had
been promised. st. Mary's, Dr. Rauth
emphasized, is not in any sense a
reform school or school for problem
children, so no character abnormali-
ties can be associated with the eidetic
imagery. The work Is part OF q far
reaching program 1naugurated by the
department to study boys as they
actually are, under the controlled con-
ditions possible at the school with its
large boy population, in an effort to
ton for children everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30

Rafael Sabatini, the distinguished
English Italian novelist. will appear for
the first time before a Capital audience
next Tuesday evening at 6:l5 o'clock,
when he will speak at the Central High
School auditorium.
The writer, whose romantic. historical
novels, "Scaramouchey' Capt. Blood"
and sea Hawk" are known through
out the world will be introduced by
Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington COR
respondent for the London Times. Sa-
batini will have the choice of two
topics, History in Fiction" and "Fic-
ton in History" both of which are
closely interviewer In his past writings.
Appearing as the guest of the Com
munity Institute of Washington, Saba
TIM will be the first speaker of the sea-
son in the Institutes literature series.
InaSmuch as there is great demand for
tickets to hear the novelist on this, his
first American lecture tour, Mrs. Lyman
B. Swormstedt, secretary of the Com
munity Institute, announced today that
tickets have been placed on sale at the
T. Arthur Smith Bureau, the Willard
Hotel, A. A. A. headquarters or may be
ordered by telephone at National 1900,
the institutes Office.
Sabatini will arrive here Monday aft
ernoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
Hon. John J. Raskob, Chairman.
Democratic National Committee,
National Press Building,
Washington. .. c,
october %, 1881.
My Dear Mr.. Chairman:

VI.
Your communication the committee asking
platform should contain regarding
Naturally
Americans -a-mllon residents of the
the
policy the platform of
Democratic marked difference
Columbia the
which they ive
prvng of all enforcing their ideas
suggesting subjects for inclusion in the plat
while there exists vital need for recognizing Amer
citizens and for according just share OF participation in
Government country.
the above mentioned suggesting and earnestly
inclusion following Columbia
in the forthcoming platform:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
District of Columbia.

We fav0r granting to the residents OF the District
President Vice President and the
the courts of the United
is citizens a State by aliens
Denial ofsu Amer hts to
community American is contrary to the
dtiOnal policy Democratic which has always
faithfully the tie between
ton and representation.
hOd officials appointed to administer the
government of Territory together with the District
Columbia, should be bonafde residents of the
tOryO IN which their duties performed
Democratic party in the District of Columbia
them this
their National PLATFORM We Washing
humiliation witnessing
continental contiguous United States except the District
OF Columbia. L
worlds republic just
rooted consent of the governed except in the District
relation function the District
dents obey They take part in making the laws which they
In relation taxes function is to pay
1880 than Is
States they nothing like other National
concerning the kind they shall and now
relation National sole
obedience command Though they sent more
sailors the States they
councils which determine
They representation in the Wnc
requires them to fight TO bleed, and perhaps to die
National Government they the footing
aliens.
Supreme than aliens in the right
to and be sued.
population District of Columbia ouranks States
population of voting outranks 10 States The District
population State at the time of its
the Union with the single exception Oklahoma
this time burden with additional argument
District Columbia
proper request full hearing this question
1t sincerely hoped that this matter will have your favorable
and friendly sincerely,
JOHN F. COSTELLO
National Committeeman for the District of Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
Plan Halloween Bake Sale.

RIvERDALE. Md. October 80 (Spe-
cial) A Halloween bake sale will be
held all day tomorrow at West Madison
avenue and the Washington Baltimore
Boulevard by the Woman's Club of
Riverdale for the benefit of local vel
fare work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
The District Plank.
Democrats Are Urged by Committeeman Costello
TO Include in Their Platform Declaration of
Americdnism for the Voteless Residents
of Washington.

Columbia today that he had forwarded the oono letter
his District Columbia Democrats desire in the
ndtio platform:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30

portion of the children have this faculty
Is the surprising feature of Dr. Rauth's
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
OAKLAND HIGH NEWS

o. H. S. Dramatic Club announces
the preparation for the presentation
of the comedy play, "The Alley Daffo-
dill" Members of the club will in
clude character members of previous
years who are now attending o. H.
S. and twenty-five others selected
from the Junior and Senior years.
Try-out for the number of entries
will be made in the near future. POST
graduates will be included in the club,
but cannot take speaking parts in
any play.
Pupils of the school received their
report cards Monday afternoon.
Today the Geometry club will go
on a surveying trip, accompanying
Mr.. F. R. 'Corliss, local surveyor.
The next issue of the school paper,
The Acorn, will be published soon.
The Commercial club was organized
yesterday. The officers are: president,
Austin McRobie; vice-president, Oma
DeBerry; secretary, Vera Adams;
treasurer, Walter Shreve. Program,
refreshment, decoration, entertain
ment, and humor committees were
nominated. lbs:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
DEFECTIVE LIGHTS LEAD
IN FAULTY AUTO DEVICES
S2,317 Reports from Save-a-Life
Inspection Show Bad Brakes
Next Chief Offenders

With little more than two weeks
of the inspection period remaining,
E. Austin Baughman, Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, yesterday warned
motorists that there would be no lien
iency on the ruling that 1882 license
plates would not be issued to an auto
mobile owner unless his machine Of
fically has been marked satisfactory.
Third of Autos Inspected
Although the campaign has been in
operation for a month, and the period
has been extended two weeks over
that of last year, only about third
of the automobiles registered in Mary
land have been inspected to-date, Mr..
Baughman said.
State police have been ordered to
continue to divert all Maryland auto
mobiles without the official red and
white stickers to the nearest station.
Reports from save-a-life inspection
stations throughout the State reveal
that defective lights out-number all
other flaws in the safety mechanisms
of the automobiles examined thus far.
The office of the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles yesterday said that
while 1875 automobiles have been
inspected to date, figures are available
only from the S2,317 reports which
it has tabulated. These figures show
that the lights of 29,049 machines
either have been adjusted or replaced,
while faulty brakes on 1920 auto
mobiles have been refined or adjusted.
Windshield Wipers Faulty
Windshield wipers follow brakes in
point of numbers with 1920 replaced
or repaired, while 4,446 horns have
been found defective. About 1900
mirrors have been replaced and $50
obscured markers have been corrected,
according to tabulated reports.
Since the opening Of the campaign
over 1900 cars have been inspected by
the seven official inspection stations
in Oakland. These stations are Cen
trail Garage, Auto Electric Service,
Treacy Garage, Sharps Motor Com
pany, E. S. Evans, C. H. Browning,
and Kerins Brothers Garage.