The Washington times., 1920-11-01
Los Angeles Times
Attacks Record of
Frederick l.. RalUson
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Rawson and his replies are briefly as
follows:
That he takes money for his serv-
Ices and operates at a big pront: all
the income from fees that Is not re-
CURED for expenses goes to charity
he says.
LONDON PLACE RAIDED.
That his London place was raided
because OF charges of pro-German
activities: he declares the char ges
were disproved and that his three
sons were In the war.
That his secretary" was informed
as an alien enemy; he declares the
| lnterned man was not his secretary
but a needy person he helped.
That he promoted various douptfui
companies which failed. with large
loss to investors; Mr.. Rawson eS-
| planned the failures as due TO causes
that did not disprove the merit or his
enterprises.
That he misused his membership
in the Institution OF Electrical En-
gineers, London. and the letters
NJ. i. L. E., in exploiting his prayer
operations; he asserts that he was
tuition, after a hearing. and he con-
tinues to use the controverted letters
after his name.
That he was expelled from the
Christian Science church; he al
mits this is so.
That he capitalized the fears OF
people in England during the war;
he claims absolute protective power
for prayer, rightly understood.
That the statements OF cures.
black magic, deviation, miracles ana
other wonders. by which he per-
suades people to pay money TOT
treatments. are opposed to the true
doctrines Of prayer healing and so
absured that ait Is astounding that
people outside OF a lupatic asylum
can swallow" them; Mr.. Rawson
voucheS for the truth of his super
natural narratives and the reader
will be left to Judge OF their worth.
Mr.. Rawson describes himself as
the son OF Sir Rawson w. Rawson
and grandson OF Sir William Raw
son, who was knighted for his serv-
ice in the field of medicine. who's
Who" for 1916 lists two sons or SIT
Rawson w. Rawson-Col. Herbert Ed
ward Rawson, the second son, and w.
Stepney Rawson, the third son. Ihe
first son Is not named
F. L. Rawson further says>that he
Is a Westminster graduate, a member
of the Institution of Electrical En-
giueers, London, and an associate
| member of the Institution of Civil En-
gineers. He was, he declares, at one
| time a consulting engineer In London
with a large business.
The following added details are
from the London daily Mail:
"Vivid memories of Rawson as a
city man, overlooking with romantic
schemes as a company promoter. go
| back nearly thirty years, In those
days he combined science and specu-
Iation with mar,vious results, but
| none so marvellous, or so ultimately
disastrous. as the famous company,
of which he was the consulting en-
! gineer. and which was formed some
twelve years ago, for extracting gold
out of sea water. What happened to
that undertaking 10 still painful
memory"
BLAMEs EARTHQUAKE.
Again: "He entered the city and
went one better tnan Jonathan Swift
by evolving his wonderful scheme for
extracting gold from sea water. He
was very successful in selling the
stock of this new company and there
was great amount OF money in
volved when the crash came. With
his usual glibness and willingness,
| Rawson explained the disaster. He
said that just as his apparatus was
beginning to work an earthquake &C.
Cured somewhere in the Japan sea
and by a peculiar incident decreased
| the amount Of gold in the Seven Seas
| to one-half it's former amount.
| "Some years before this venture the
notorious Elmer Copper Companies,
of which Rawson was the managing
director, had collapsed. with equal
disaster to all concerned. and for some
| time Rawson was not to be found in
his usual>haunts.
"He then turned up with a mar
velous plan for the Industrial, COM
mercial and moral development of
Iceland, but that frigid country icily
refused to do anything with this won
derful gentleman.
"The next heard from him was in
London Hall in the years 1910 to
1912. Here and at this time the ven
ture of the Magic Ride was conceived
and sprung upon the public. But in
May, 1911, a petition in bankruptcy
was filed, and thus ended the career
Of the Magic Ride"
When asked in this city why he
was expelled from the Christian
Science Church, Mr.. Rawson replied
simply: Il do not know"
Therefore, The Times wired to
Boston. for information, and the fol-
lowing statement was issued to a
correspondent of this newspaper by
I,;.e board Of directors of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist: