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New York World Charges Taft and Sherman in Major Scandals
The New York World accuses prominent figures including Nelson Cromwell and Henry W Taft of forming a 5 million dollar syndicate to acquire De Lessepe property in the Panama Canal, with government payments of 40 million dollars and records allegedly destroyed. It also alleges Taft tied to Luzon contracts and James Sherman profited from public land sales in New Mexico.
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New York
New York World
Reese
Republican Can
Republican
the World
Nelson W. Cromwell
Republican National Committee
Standard Oil
H. Harriman
Sugar Trust
de- Lessepe Company
Panama Canal
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan & Co
Paris
Washington
Morgan
Taft
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Henry W. Taft
Elihu Root
Wayne McVeagh
MacVeagh
Chicago
Bryan
James Schoolcraft Sherman
House Committee On Rules
New Mexico
Sherman
Combine
Senate
Patterson
Colorado