The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-15
COMMITTEE TO 60
FOR W|CKERsHAM
Charges Of Alaskan Delegate
Are to Be Gone. Into
Thoroughly.
IMPEACHMENT is
RUMORED OUTCOME
Claim Attorney General De-
layed Action too Long in
Face of Proofs of
Crime.

WASHINGTON. = C. July Il
Attorney General Wickersham is to
, be Investigated by the house COM
mIttee on judiciary In connection with
! allegations OF corruption In the ad-
ministration OF justice in Alaska.
Delegate James Wickersham, of
Alaska, brings the charges against
the Acknowledgement and will push
them before the committee and in
the house Members of the commit
tee state that il the charges shall be
substantiated Impeachment proceed
ings against Attorney General Wick
ersham may lie.
The judiciary committee to-day or
dered favorable report on Dele
gate Wickersham 8 resolution calling
on the attorncy-general for all papers.
reports. documents and letters In con-
nection with the award OF contracts
by the government for coal for Forts
Liscum and Davis during the years
1905 and 1909.
Perjury, Larceny and Murder.
Behind these papers lies the story
OF the Guggenheim- Morgan syndicate
| fight for control of Alaska. Delegate
Wickersham testified before the judi
ciary committee that Attorney-Gen-
| eral Wfckersham assisted this syn
| dieate to get and maintain control
OF Alaska to the extent OF failure to
| prosecute Guggerheim agents for
| perjury. larceny and murder. and for
removing from Office government off,
Gals In Alaska, who sought 10 pun
ish these men.
| The specific charge in Delegate
| Wickersham's resolution is that the
| government was defraudcd ut more
4 f. IL. xA.uns txr
| 1903 through colfusiun in bidding and
that with tho facts before him Attor-
ney-General Wickersham prevented
| prosecution until the statute Of fimi-
| ta,tons made criminal action In sossi-
BILE
!. Delegate wickersham fiiss she
COMMITTEES tho afFidAElt 18Th j.
Douglas. former auditor OF the Gug-
genl1eim Alaska syndtcate, to sub
sfantiate his story. Mr.. Douglas is
now in New York. but formerly lived
| in Seattle. the headquarters of the
| Northwestern Commercial Company.
| the Guggenheim corporation. All the
papers submitted TO the committee
| were presented months ago TO Atter-
ney-Generai Wickersham.
Story OF Fraud and Crime.
The story told by Delegate Wicker
sham Is that In 1908 the government
advertised for coal for the two mill
ltary posts. Captain d. H. Jarvis.
treasurer for the Alaska syndicate,
and John H. Bullock, manager for
John J. Session Company. agreed on
a price subject to equal division OF
profits and submitted Identical bids.
Seasons company got the contract at
I$2s q ton. coal then selling In Alaska
at SIC 10 sI4 ton. One check sent
the Northwestern Commercial Com
pany as its share OF the profits was
$6,Tao.
The facts came to the attention
N District Attorney J. J. Boyce, OF
| Alaska. and District Marshal Dan
fSuHfvar. when the 9aEyenheim ane
rival companies engaged In open war.
fare for control Of Alaska. In Thu.
struggle a man named Reinhart wa.
murdered District Attorney Boyct
secured the indictment of man fol
the killing and also began steps tt
prosecute Seasons h Company anc
the Nortwestern Commercial Com.
many for criminal frauds In the Goa
contracts
Wickersham Holds on.
/ Delegate Wickersham charges tina
fAttorneyaxae sai ". " ickerehasn dis,
missed Boyce and Sullivan by tele-
graph, although In possession Of al
the facts and with proof OF murder
and fraud before him. After the re
moyal Of these oflicials the attorney,
general sent Stuart Mcnamara. a
special attorney for the department
Of Justice, to Alaska to make inves
tigatfon. Mcnamara reported tina
prosecution would lie, but the stat
ute Of limitations had run agains
criminal action and only civil suit
we're possible,
II II the charge Of Delegate Wick
Graham that the attorney general pur
poseIy delayed prosecution in thes'
cases that the 0uggenheim people
could escape criminal prosecution
They care little for the civil suits
but feared prosecution for murde
and bribery, which District Attorne'
Boyce contempIAted.
nelegate wickersham says the Gug
genhefm syndicate consists Of Sen
ator Guggenheim and his six broth
ers, J. Pierpont Morgan. Henry Schifi
Kuhn. Loeb g. Company and q Mr.
Graves. representative or the Eng
fish banking houaa OF Close Broth
ers.
II The concerns controlled by thes
parties are the Northwestern Com
mercial Company, the Northwestern
Fisheries Company. the Northwestern
} Steamship Company. the Northwest
ern Light Company. the Copper Rive
i railway, the Copper River and North
| western railway. the Katalla Compan,
and many others
Denies ConceQllng Map.
4 Tho war department denies abso
.. lutefy the story circulated to the ef
/ feet that 1t has concealed any map o
the Controller Bay territory. whicI
y 1t Ii alleged Is about to be gobble,
lup ~ the Guggenhein1 interests. TN
stcry was printed hsre that the wo
], mar, who told the story about tn
!, -Dick to Dick latter also declare,
, that she had seen y certain ControlIe
IBay map at the MAx department. an,
tthat III order t. hAva proof Of tn
fact she advised 0fdcrd Ptnchot o
the md and that ~ went there an
Ivertfied Il.