Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-20
R. v. BOILING NAMED IN
CONNECTION WITH BR|BE
Presidents Brother-in-Law, Ship
ping Board Treasurer, Fig
ures in Probe.
By Associated Press to Every Evening

New York, Nov. 20.-R. w. Boiling,
brotlcr-in-law of President Wilson, and
treasurer of the Shipping Board, was
named in connection with a S40,O 900
bribe alleged TO have becp paid by n
Staten Island shipbuilding company to
procure unusual favors from the board +,
in testimony before the congressional
committee investigating shipping board
affairs here today
Tucker f. Sands, former vice-presi-
dent of the Commercial National Bank
Washington, testified that il was his
Understanding that 81 800 be loaned
Boiling against his note, and of which
Boiling already has paid back $500, "a
Bolling's share of the SAC, 900 "bribe'
of the Wallace-Downey Shipbuilding Cor
poration for unusual shipping board
favors.
Sands said thnt the $40, 900 ne under
stood" was to be split four ways between
himself, Boiling, Lester Slsler, former
shipping board secretary, and man
named Kranor.
Sands admitted that he had in an inter
view with Alfred w. MoCann, reporter
for The New York Globe, made allega-
tions of the alleged bribe which were
Incorporated in an affidavit, photostatic
oopv of which was submitted 10 the board
today, prepared for his Sands signature:
The transaction involved the loan of
81 800 20 Boiling against his note, of which
Boiling has paid back $500, Sands made
plain.
Sands admitted that he is under indict-
ment for allowing a shipping company
in which he was interested TO overdraw ITS
account nj the commercial national bank.
Sands said he had paid Sisler 5000
and that it was mot loan
pollinps share Of the money, Sands
said he understood to have been 50, 200,
but that Boiling did not take the ''bal-
ance" between II and the 81 800 loaned
him
Admitting to the chairman OF the
committee that he had received from
Downey $40, 900 in notes, Sands said he
could not say II il was connected with
other matters than that Of procuring a
shpbuildlng contract He admitted that
he had said in his statement TO McCann
that Downey wanted these notes 10 ap-
pear ostenslbly as security for loan.
Sands added that he got n loan from the
Commercial National Bank for SlOO,UE
for Downey, and that the sum was LETT on
deposit ther, although later uansferreC
to the savings n count
Sands identified the name of "a man
named Kranor' as John Cranor. who he
said Is promoter living IN Richmond
Va, and representative Of the DowneN
Ship uilding Company
He said that he introduced Cranor e
Boiling and Sisler. lie said he know
however. that Boiling and Sisler do
not have ANYTHING 10 do with the awarding
Of contracts in the shipping board
Sands said he still owes Boiling 5000 OF
a real estate lot Boiling sold him and ad
mitted asking him, owing to his con
nection with the President, IN use hi
influence in his behalf in connection will
Sands indictment. He said he did no
doubt he had received letter from Boil
Ing dated October Is, 1918. exhibited {,
him bv the committee chairman, IN whici
Boiling said that because ''of his relation
with the President and attempt on Boil
ing's part TO interfere with the processe
Of the Department Of Justice would no
only be open to serious misconstruction
I but improper