Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-01
BOILING AGAIN
DENIES GOT ANY
PART SANDS FUND

new 1OEk, NV. U-R. WiIm.
Boiling, treasurer of the I-ni,.,
States Shipping board and bro,bS'
tn-law of President Wilson, tod,,
emphatically denied charges that y
had participated in the SO 200 funs
alleged to have been distributed t'
Tucker X. Sands for securing a con
tract with the shipping board.
Boiling was a voluntary witns..
before the Walsh congressional com
mittee. The charges involvinrrM,
Bolling's name were made by Sans,
when he appeared before the com
mittee last week. Sands allege5
that he received $4,000 in not.
from wallace nowney of which az
GOO was divided between himseI,
Boiling, Lester Sisler. a former Soc
rotary of the board and John
Craner, representative OF Downs
Lester Sisler. who was named nv
Sands as participating in the distri
button of $4,000 Of the $4,000 funs
also appeared voluntarily before ma /
committee. Sister was shown
photostat copy of Sands chargss
now a part of the record. and bs
made positive denial of the charpos
against him. He characteri,pd
Sands charges as "hallucination,"
Supplementing a statement mads
to the press today which was real
into the record of the proceedinpx
Boiling testified that his first intima.
ton of the charges came to him in
the form of an anonymous letter ad.
dressed to Joseph p. Tumulty fol.
lowed by a similar letter addresses
to William G. McAdoo. o..
There is not a word of truth in
the allegations made by sands" Boil.
ing said.
He said that the letter which de.
clared that he participated in the
funds. had been turned over to the
department Of justice. He also tes.
titled that the. charges against his
name and reputation had been in.
vestigated, not only by the depart.
ment Of justice. but by shipping
board officials and had been found
to be without foundation.
Alonzo Tweedale, comptroller Of
the board testified that prior to his
recommendation of Mr.. Boiling for
the appointment as treasurer Of the
shipping board he had been IN.
formed of the charges by Boiling
himself.
The witness said that he considered
Mr.. Boiling an "eminently straight.
forward and honorable man."
Boiling" he said. had millions Of
dollars in his hands every day. |
would trust any matter to his care
knowing it would be taken care Of as
well as I could do it myself"
Transactions CT the Province Eng.
neering Co. with the shipping board
were reviewed in detail. The testimo.
ny was that the shipbuilding compa.
ny's credit did not at that time justify
the awarde of the contract for the con.
struction of 10 tugboats with an az.
gregate cost of $3.50 900, in accord.
ance with this demand for additional
credit by the shipping board John 7
Craner, agent of the Wallace Downey
Shipbuilding Corporation, was sent 10
Washington to seek further credit in
order to assure the execution Of the
contract. Craner the evidence showed
sought s125,0o0 additional credi,
through the Commercial National BanA
of Washington. of which Tucker X
Sands was then vice president
On March Is, 1918. the shipping
board received a letter from the bank
over the signature of Sands. stating
that the corporation had been granted
line of credit totalling s12500O This
letter as documentary evidence was
accepted as binding the bank BY the
shipping board and the tugboat con-
tract was put into execution.
T. Ed. New. assistant comptroller Of
the shipping board. testified regarding
the boards investigation into the ab
ity of the Providence Engineering Co
to carry out it's contract for the build
ing of 10 tugs. He said sI25. 600 WORK
ing capital was deposited to the credit
of the corporation in the Commercial
National Bank.
II never have heard of any commits
sions being paid to members of the
board or any enc connected with it. for
securing contracts" he said.