Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-15

Alaska Syndicate concerns, and the. SEES,
nor Coal Co.
ION May "a, 1870 he said. II sent 10
Attorney General Wickersham a copy .bf
the affidavit. calling his attention To the
fact that the government had been de-
frauded of $4,000 by perjury and "a com
bination of these two corporations in tine
sale of coal to the government fey mill
tary posts in Alaska. l asked Dim to
make an investigation and prosecute
those people for the crime committed in
that transaction. l received a Ritter of
Acknowledgements May 81. 1910. a&a we
had considerable further correspondence
and on Juhe g. 1911, more than a. year
later received a letter from thes3aftor-
ney general stating that the statute of
limitation had expired
The correspondence. including the final
letter of tho attorney general. was ra'.
into the record.
II read the last letter" eonfinaed =
egate Wickersham, Ito show that the at
torney general now says that the statute
of limitations has run against the prose
cution of these men who committed per
jury and defrauded the government They
submitted false affidavits to the govern
ment and committed fraud in April and
MAY. 1905. and the statute of limitat tbhs
did not expire until May. 1911, | sent all
the evidence to the attorney general a
year before and ne failed and refused
to prosecute these people for robbing the
treasury and he permitted the statute of
limitations to run in their favor.
Il want the committee to have all the
facts so that it may know whether the
attorney general haYdeliberately shielded
these people from 4osecution for crime.
or not Ii is fair a him aud fair to me-
| say that he hast
Did you send ~ attorney general evi-
dence enough to Indicate where witnesses
could be found DO warrant an indiet-
ment?" asked RIP. Webb n. c.
Undoubtedly, ! replied the territorial
delegate. land IIfurnish@d him with evil
dence of other fines. 5rhe Alaska Syn
dictate is an Organized Crime"
"what do Nbu mean by the Alaska
syndicate?" chairman clayton inquired
Il refer to fhe Alayka Syndicate com
posed of j. pierpontj Morgan, the Gug-
genheim brothers. Kuhn, Loeb 81 Co.
Henry soi.im and Graves"
"who do .ou meafi by the Guggenheim
bEotntIS. "S"cu iYeps ANoiliS Va 4NN''N'
ka.
Senator simon Guggenheim and his six
brothers. "
who is GravfsY" asked Rep Graham.
Ills.
''He represents Close Brothers, the Eng
fish syndicate. and other English capital
ists''
Captain Jarvis added the delegate,
was the Confidential agent of Morgan
in charge of the syndicate's interests in
Seattle. He committed suicide immedi-
ately following the Introduction of this
resolution YOU are now considering. He
knew that this resolution would bring out
the facts
The Douglas affidavit charges that when
the war department advertised for bids
Tor coal to supply the Alaska military
posts. Jarvis. treasurer of the Northwest
ern Co., and John II. Bullock of the SEES
nor Coaf Co, rival syndicates. tried 10
submit bids which would ensure the
award Pf the contract to one or the other.
there peing no other competitor, agreed
to certain lighterage charges and fixed
upon a division of the profits. The Senior
Go. got the contract to furnish 1000 tons