The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-07-21
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, July 10, 1911.

TitCt ScSIct COtlSlueTaUOn oil the
charges made by Delegate Wickersham,
OF Alaska, that Attorney General Wick
ersham deliberately permitted the statute
OF limitations to run against agents OF
the Alaska syndicate who defrauded the
government through perjury to the ex-
tent Of $5o,ooo the House Committee on
Judiciary, determined to report favorably
resolution of inquiry offered by Dele
gate Wickersham,
The resolution calls upon the Attorney
General to furnish the House OF Repre-
sentatives with all documents, affidavits
and testimony now in his possession re-
lating to an affidavit submitted to him
more than year ago, and sworn to by
Mr.. n. J. Douglas, former auditor of the
Alaska syndicate, in 1908.
Delegate Wlckersham startled the
committee when in executive committee
he produced copy of an affidavit relat-
ing to an alleged criminal act, COM
mltted by Captain d. H. Jarvis, of the
Alaska syndicate, and formerly con-
nected prominently in the Government
Revenue Cutter Service, who committed
suicide in Seattle, June 22nd. the day
following the introduction of the Wick
ersham resolution calling for the produc-
tan OF the papers in the case, and by
John H. Bullock, of the John Sensor
Coal Company. of Nome. Through the
connivance of these men 1t was charged
that the government was defrauded on
coal contracts, and that evidence to that
effect was permitted to remain unacted
upon in the Attorney Generals office
| for more than year until the statute OF
limitations expired last Nav.
Delegate Wickersham furnished the
committee with Photographic copies Of
letter OF an attorney for the Alaska syn
dicate to Captain d. H. Jarvis, admitting
the expenditure of money to control the
| government witnesses in the Hazey muir
| der trial in 1908, wherein an agent of the
| Alaska syndicate was accused of muir
dering laborers employed by rival inter
ests during the construction of a railroad
in Alaska. A photograph of an expense
! account for SI,I33.4o, of M. B. Nor
rissey, employed by the syndicate it is
Claimed to entertain government wit
nesses and jurymen in that connection
also was submitted to the committee
This evidence Delegate Wickersham
| declared. is also in the possession of the
Attorney General Delegate Wicker
sham urged on the Judiciary Committee
the Douglas affidavit, involving the rep
resentatives of the Northwestern Com
mercial Company, one of the Alaska
syndicate concerns, and the Sensor Coal
Company.
"On May 24th, 1910" he said. 81 sent
| to Attorney General Wickersham a copy
of the affidavit calling his attention to
the fact that the government had been de-
frQIIHad nf Gcn hx
binatlon of these two corporations in the
sale of coal to the government for the
military posts in Alaska. asked him to
make an investigation andl prosecute
those people for the crime committed in
that transaction. | received a letter of
acknowledgement dated May 81, 1910,
and we had considerable further CORE
spondence and on June 18th, 1911, more
than year later, | received letter from
the Attorney-General stating that the
statute Of limitations had expired"
The correspondence, including the
final letter of the Attorney General, was
read in the record. 81 read the last
letter." continued Delegate Wicker>ham.
Ito show that the Attorney-Generaln now
SAYS that the statute of limitations has
run against the prosecution of these men
who had committed perjury and de-
frauded the government. They sub
mitted false affidavits to the government
and then committed fraud in April and
May, 1908, and the statute of limitations
did not expire until May, 1911. sent
all of the evidence to the Attorney
General year before and he failed and
refused to prosecute these people for
robbing the treasury and he permitted
the statute of limitations 10 run in their
favor.
III want the committee to have all the
facts so that it may know whether the
Attorney General has deliberately
shielded these people from prosecution
for crime or not. 1t is fair to him and it
is fair to me. say that he has "
did you send the Attorney General
evid nee enough and indicate where
the witnesses could be found to warrant
an Indictment" asked Representative
Webb, of North Carolina
Undoubtedly" replied the Territorial
delegate, land | furnished him with
evidence OF other crime The Alaska
syndicate is an organized crime "
What do you mean by the Alaska
syndicateH Chairman CLAYTON inquired.
81 refer to the Alaska syndicate COM
posed Of J. Pierpont Morgan. the Gug.
genheim brothers. Kuhn Loeb x Co.,
| Jacob II. SchIif and Graves
Who do you mean bv the Guggenheim
brothers, asked Representative Norris,
of Nebraska
Senator Simon Guggenheim and his
six brothers T"
"Who is Graves" asked Represent.
ative Graham, of Illinois.
"He represents Close Brothers. the
English syndicate, and other English
capitalists"
Captain Jarvis added the delegate,
was The confidential agent of Morgan
! in charge of The svndicate's interests in
Seattle He committed sn;ciA immedi
ately following the introduction Of this
resolution which you are now consider.
ing. He knew that this resolution would
4 bring out the facts.
The Douglas affidavit charges that the
| War Department advertised for bids foi
: coal to supply the Alaska military posts
and Jarvis, treasurer OF the Northwestern
Company and John H. Bullock. of the
Sesnor Coal Company. rival Of the
| syndicate. agreed TO submit bids which
would insure the award To one company
or The other, there being no other com
| peIitor agreed 10 certain ighterage
| charges and fix upon division of the
profits. The Sesnor Company got the
contract to furnish 1000 tons of coal, al
$2Sa ton, price which Douglas claimed
was nearly twice too high, and the
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