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on the island. This plan would ultimately bring in nearly $ 10 million for the war effort, or approximately $ 9 per person in the territory. As treasurer, he also fought a legal battle against the Porto Rican
American Tobacco Company. This battle eventually made it to the
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Triangle in Porto Rico By W. G. Coxhead, Secretary of Y. M. C. A. at Camp Las Casas. Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine (1868–1935). San Francisco: Apr 1919.Vol.VOL. LXXIII, Iss. No. 4; pg. 343, 3
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on corruption charges and was removed as treasurer by the governor in 1921. However, he was later acquitted of charges.
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