Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-22
Boiling Is
Drawn Into
Shi;sgs $ robe
4,
y hat Brother-in.Law
81 Wilson Participated in
Distribution Made by Al,
legged Go-Between.
Money Split Five Ways
BY Tho Associated Press.

NcW OIk, NOV. q. - AHdlkSS
that h. w. Boiling, brotiler-in-law
OF President Wilson and treasurer
OF the shipping board, participated
in the distribution OF $4,000 alleged
to have been given by shipbuilding
contract were contained in testi-
mony today before the Walsh i'll
vestigating committee. y
The money, it was changed by
Tucker X. Sands, former official OF
the Commercial National bank in
Washington and alleged go-between,
was given by the Wallace Downey
Ship Building company of Staten
Island. Others he alleged partici-
patcd included Lester Sisler. for
mer secretary of the shipping board
and John Cranor, said to have been
interested as representative ofthe
Downey company in shipping board
contracts. Mr.. Sands replies to
questions proved contradictory at
times.
Split Five Ways.
He charged there was an under
standing that $4,000 was to 60 to
Cranor and that the remaining $25,-
coo was to be divided among Cranor.
| Boiling. Sisler and himself. He at
| first said he knew neither Mr.. Boil
ing nor Mr.. Sislcr had anything to
do with the boards contract and
that he did not believe Mr.. Boiling
received any of the money.
Later. he testified, he gave Boil
ing $l,800 in the nature of loan.
bnt that Boiling paid back $500 and
that he mad taken no note from the
treasurer. Afterwards, he said, the
$1,000 was part payment to Mr..
Boiling ior his share" and that he
carried it as loan, as he "did not
think it would look right"
Don't YOU know as matter OF
fact, that this payment had nothing
whatever to do with the shipping
! board" Chairman Walsh asked,
II can't say always thought 1t
had,o replied the witness.
Money in Form Of Notes. i
Sands testified he received thb
money in the form Of notes" some
of which he discounted and de-
scribed payments to Boiling and
Sisler ms both payments" and
"ioans."
| He also asserted than the money
twas 10 be understood as a. cora-
mission to him for securing q
loan from the bank to the ship biuldl
| ing company with which the witness
was connected.
The testimony Of Sands was pre-
ceded by that of A. w. McCann.
reporter who swore he had Sc
cured from Sands an affidavit de-
failing the transaction. McCann fur
ther testified that when he took the
affidavit to Sands to sign he declined
to do so on advice of his attorney.
Previous to submitting the affidavit,
however, McCann said he had taken
it to the shipping board and had it
photostated. One copy carrying no.
tations iuA what was testified to be
Sands handwriting and which Sands
testified TO being correct except that
sdme of the facts may be little
different" was presented by McCapn~
in evidence. The document, however.
was not nlade part of the STEM
ographers' minutes.
Money Was Loan"
Sands said he did not think Boil
ing ever got a cent from anybody
for aiding to get contract-that
money given him was a loan
Later he stuck to a statement that
Boiling was to get his share of the
ransaction-that he gave Sisler
$4,000 that he had loaned
Sister for one of his companies
$4,000 on his note, which note he
still has. He said he never had any
controversy with Boiling. He also
told of purchase from Boiling
of lot for $780,
! Vouchers Lacking.
Washington Nov. 20.-Nearly
one-half of the disbursements of the
shipping board emergency feet cor
poration over period of II months,
totalling over $2,000,O00,00O, were
unsupported by proper vouchers,
according to the audit of the cor
porations accounts submitted to
Secretary Houston by the comptrol-
Ter of the treasury in his annual re-
port.
The audit was made by direction
of congress for the period of Oc-
tober, 1918, to February, 1920. and
showed total disbursements of the
feet corporation were $2,732,915,-
2l3, of which exception to the pay
ment OF ST, 4,326,243 was taken by
the comptroller because of the lack
of Supporting papers, Subsequent
production of supporting papers,
however, the comptroller said, re-
suited in credit to the corporation
of S70,625,89S, leving balance as
4 OF February of $l,ll3,700,345 disap-
proved by the auditors.
Comptroller Warwick declared
that "at least Is per cent of all
vouchers received were unsupported
| by documents or other papers ex-
planning or justifying the payment"
1T would appear" he added, "as
if the emergency feet corporation
considered approval of the resident
or district auditor as sufficient au-
thority or justification for voucher,
especially Interference to 'imprest
funds"
Alleged Auto Tire Thief
Killed by Seymour Marshal