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Taft Defends Alaska Elimination and Attacks Controller Bay Fallout
President Taft sent a Senate message defending his Alaska land removal order at Controller Bay while denouncing a supposed postscript claim about his brother Charles Taft. He details 12 800 acres trimmed to permit a railroad town near Cordova and rebuts charges of favoritism toward Morgan Guggenheim interests.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Chugach National Forest
Alaska
Controller Bay
Charles P. Taft
National Forest
Copper River Railroad
Morgan-Guggenheim
Cordova
Ryan
Richard S. Ryan
Controller Railroad and Navigation’ Company
Portland
Ore
Interior Department
Richard 8. Ryan
Ballinger
Controller Railway & Navigation Company
Charlie Taft
Department
Uplands
Controller Railroad and Navigation Company
Charlies P. Taft
Controller Bey
Richards
Controller Bay Railroad