The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-28
MR.. LAWSON PICKS
UP HIS FALLEN
LANCE

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By HERBERT KAUFMAN.
THE shades of De Soto and La Sale pnchng them
selves this afternoon More astounding
reached the Styx than word OF Lieutenant Cookers
Gulf to-Canada flight.
end of the Mississippi river the other Croker leaving
Houston, Tex, with two sandwiches and 24O gallons OF
gasoline reached the Great Lakes in eleven and oneha
hours
The Rev. Jasper was rght-"The world do move
Another high flyer Thomas Lawson, of Boston, adj
uniting the loss of $3OOOO00O fortune and $16O00OOO
BESIDES within space of ten years. says that ne is back
his feet with debts paid and enough to spare for re-
entrance the lists of finances
He informs Wall Street that he plans to take $10oOo0oO
out of the market this fall If he gets it. he deserves it.
Such fulfilled confidence is quite worth the pack to
country crowded with one-knockdown cutters.
Good NeIDs Which Could Be Better.
THESE hurryful days except at council tables.
United States claims for Rhine occupation expense,
after months of hairsptng negotiations, have finally
been settled.
pleased hear of proposition iquidate the
$4OO0OOoOOo which France still owes
Washington hasn't caught the chrp Of interest
that vast tax-releving
President Harding recent ntimaon that the next Con-
gress would be advised scale all down the line has
not been followed by similar messages from the White
House.
Mr.. Mellon has meanwhile insisted that wen have to
stagger along indefinitely under present mposts Party
platform builders will probably change his mind for him.
Votes promise to have sharp for pledges
next year.
WuL FOF0 HeU0 o. NeU 1JCkeC@
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Times wires from
~ New Orleans that William Randolph Hearst is ready
to support Henry Ford an Independent.
If backed by the influence of Hearst pubca-
TONS with their millions of readers pivotal points
throughout the United States sentiment for Ford already
permeating South Middle West would be practically
nsurnountabe barrier to any rival candidate
Family and apparently irreconclable factions have
headed stands an unparalleled chance to win the field
There's less interest hereabouts leagues and world
courts than myopic statesmen and their purblnd advisers
think.
We've home job that needs all the attention local wits
and wills devote to the task.
Our first obligation is to TetGGn leadership In the
production of raw materials and manufactures.
The greatest industriast Of history appeals to the
imagination Of mutudes the competent preserver
Of the traditions and policies in which that prosperity
rooted.
You tell where fvver its maker viii land.
Shit ting Clouds OUer Europe.
ONE cloud purges itself and leaves the Near
East, after many years. under skies. Turkey
and Greece suddenly compose their differences Athens
emerging from the negotiations with saved face CALAMITY
fOgives the debt but takes title to debated districts and
railroads.
delegates breathe prayer Of thanks and ak
pectantly return to less tough muttons
Diplomacy however, continues to pursue futile paths
through the Ruhr mbroglio
The communist strike predicted spreads through the
region Three hundred thousand workers disregard the ad
Of German unions and gather under the red flag.
MOscOU Goes Mischief -lNukinQ.
OSCOW mischiefmakers reputed everywhere with
wi schemes and funds An uprising of unreasonable
Berlin expresses hunger and hate conspe with
Russian plots to throw central European into
the of bolshevsm
Paris discounts the and perceves possible ad-
vantages from the situation.
Fear of anarchy force the aherland choice
of two desperate problems and conclude satisfactory
with the allies.
Schlageter moving spirit behind the gangs Of terrors
occupied territory and confessed of criminals
to responsibility for the destruction of bridges and
transportation SYSTEM convicted by courtmarta and
summary executed.
The Rhine has the and bloodshed
God help the world does control obdurate
ministries.