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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-16
Can 7akeH,'
SqysLodger;
IT. Is Gas
"By the time you get this let
ter will be dead"

Sitting in his room in a lodging
house, 1900 block Thirteenth ST..
N. w., a man believed to be Ben
jamin Clarity, Baltimore, wrote
that letter last night, walked to
the corner mail box, posted it to
his wife in Baltimore, returned to
his room, turned on the gas and
ended his life.
When Mrs. Clarity received the
letter today she notified police who
went to the rooming house and
found the man dead.
II Have Suffered"
Clarity registered at the place
yesterday afternoon. He told Mrs.
Anne Barnett, the manager, that
he was planning on going into
the ballroom business. He had
previously been in that business
ir Philadelphia, he said.
Mrs. Barnett said the man
seemed worried. He told her he
had had family trouble and that
his home had been broken up.
According to Mrs. Barnett, he
said:
II have suffered and how.
But it was my own fault.
have no one to blame but my
self. / started chasing around
with an 1S-year.Old girl and
that led to my home being
broken up. Well, I can take it."
Body at MOrgue
Mrs. Barnett said that after
he went to his room he asked her
for some ink and wrote a num-
Der of letters. About dinner
time he went out, posted them,
then returned to his loom.
He was about 6 feet tall, about
IS years old, and wore glasses.
He was Immediately dressed and
carried two suitcases of clothing.
The body was taken to the
District Morgue.
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Ocean Air Mail Now Possible Lindbergh Tells Probers
Study Shows
LiuiingCosts
In Capital

Climaxing nearly a years work,
statistical experts at the Labor De-
partment have prepared an ex'
hauStive report on how much it
costs Federal employees to live in
Washington.
The report will be completed
by approximately December /
and, since it concerns the cost OF
living survey requested by Presi
dent Roosevelt, undoubtedly will
be sent to the White House.
Its release, Government eXecu
tives point out, will preface the
launching of a second, but shorter
survey, on which the President
will base his decision whether Fed
eral employees should be given back
the remaining third of their origi
nal IS per cent pay cut.
Expenses Analysed
The first report will give a de
tailed analysis of how 489 repre-
sentative Government employees
spent their salaries in 1882 and
1898.
It will show that unmarried
civil service employees living here
spent 24.8 per cent of their pay
checks for food, AL for housing
and 8.3 for clothing.
They spent more for recreation
than for clothing, it will be shown
60 per cent of their incomes going
for pleasure, and that does not
include automobile upkeep, since
automobiles are listed under
transportation
Single men paid out three times
as much for amusements as un
married girls.
Marriage Costs Revealed
Married employees carried
heavier life insurance, paid more
rental, and bore heavier medical
expenses, the report will indicate
Due to the efforts of Miss Faith
Williams, chief of home economics
statistics, and her assistants
Frances Rice and Gertrude
Schmidt, the report already is
completed, but it must be checked
and published.
OF the 489 employees studied, Al
were single men; rs, unmarried
women; and 366, married per
sons. Their salaries ranged from
$1,000 to $4,000 annually.
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Prince In Court to Aid
Vanderbilt Widow

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 G.N.SO.
The democratic Prince Gottfried
zu Hohenlohe Won Langenburg
sharpened his rapier today for a
verbal duel in defense of a lady'S
honor.
With his bride at his side, the
titled PruSSian went to Supreme
Court, there to listen until called
to testify for Gloria Morgan Van
derbilt in her fight for custody Of
her child, 10-year-old Gloria.
The prince, once the fiance OF
Reginald c. Vanderbilt's young
widow, arrived here yesterday for
the one purpose Of branding as a
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WHITE HOUSE
To BUILD Up
CONFIDENCE
Speakers Assuring Business
All Is Well; Mute on In
fIation, However
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

President Roosevelt is under
taking a series of steps designed
to meet the plea of organized bus
mess that the Administration do
something to restore confidence. J."
Three such moves, seemingly
unrelated yet all a part of the
general program, have already
been taken. More are in prospect.
/. The NRA has been de-bally-
hooed, and industry has been in
formed that under the new set-up
it will be given a larger degree of
self-g overnm e mt. The "crack
down" era and the time of indis.
criminate threatening is ended.
Industrial leaders have been told
they will be allowed wide latitude
in cleaning up your own chisel.
erS."
RFC to Extend Loans
2. The RFC is ready to extend
all its existing loans for another
five years, providing the Govern.
ment'S collateral won't suffer by
the extension. This is an indiea.
ton that the RFC considers the
general business outlook is good.
3. Donald R. Richberg, head Of
the policy committee of the New
Deal, is assuring business leaders
and the public generally, in
speeches and private converse,
tions, of the Administration S
willingness to coop crate. In
Indianapolis last night he assured
the chamber of commerce that
the Administration is not plan.
ming any sweeping changes or
the adoption of any novel
theories"
Cabinet Assuring
Cabinet officers, too, in their
speeches are taking special pains
to deny that the administration
has any intention of destroying
the private profit system in bust.
ness and industry. They are as.
surfing audiences that the Gov
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Afraid to Shoot King,
Accomplish Admits

four days and nights in the for
ests of Fountainebleau and Meltln
He revealed that he, as well
as Kalemen, was under orders to
kill the king, but that his courage
failed because of fears he would
hit an innocent spectator as the
monarch rode through the streets
of Marseille.
Kralj explained how he and
Kalemen, given instructions, pro
ceeded to Marsaille, where:
"A thick crowd began to
CONTINUED q Page 2, Col. ~
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Will Rogers
SAYS:

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Oct.
16.-I have been sitting here
reading sermons. On SUNDAYS
politics is transferred from the
platform to the rOstrum. In
October on election years It's
awful hard for a sinner in
search of spiritual advice to
drop into a church and receive
any of it, but instead he can
hear an awful pretty theOlogi-
cal talk on THE NRA." "Funda-
mental Principles" and ELECT
Brother Jones, He Will Lead Us
out of This Mire Of Misery"
Copyright, 1884. Mcknight 6yDd etel
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BY MEYER HANDLER
International News Service

MELUN, France, Oct. 16.-The
first full story of the cold-blooded
determination with which Vlada
Georgieff, alias Petrus Kalemen,
carried out the assassination of
King Alexander of Yugoslavia re.
CARELESS of consequences was told
BY one of his accomplices here
today.
The speaker was Mic Kralj
alias Sylvestre Malny, Yugoslavian
terrorist, arrested after spending
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,RFC to Ask More
Power for Loans

That there is a strong prob
ability that the RFC will ask the
next Congress to extend certain
portions Of its lending power
which expires January 81 was
expressed by Jesse Jones, RFC
chairman, at the White House
today. He said he believed the
operations Of the RFC furnished
the only method to unfreeze real
estate mortgages and to assist
in necessary railway financing.
He also declared that thu RFC
would not have to ask Congress
for any more money, as it was
paying its way as it goes along.
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lie nurses sworn word that he
was in Mrs. Vanderbilt's room at
night in pajamas.
With Vanderbilt Sisters
In a blue double breasted suit
he arrived at court with the three
Vanderbilt siSters-Gloria, Thelma
LADY FurneSs) and ConSuelo
CMrs. Benjamin Thaw) an d
Harry Hays Morgan, their brother,
just before Justice John F. Carew
! >.r d. '* closed to press
ana $50"
The Hohenlohes slipped into
lContinued on Page 2. Col s.
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STRUCK BY AUTO

William Linberg, 40, of the Bal
timore Hotel, is recovering in EN-
Urgency Hospital today from in
juries suffered late yesterday when
struck by an automobile in the
300 block of Connecticut Ave.
N. w. Theodore R. Barker, %, Of
Cheverly, Md. was driver of the
machine. according to police.
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Missouri Pacific
Denied Judge Suit
By International News Service

BY InteFnatiOnaI NeWs Service
The Supreme Court yesterday
denied the petition Of trustees Of
the Missouri Pacific railroad for
permission to file a suit to pro-
hibit Federal Judge Charles B.
Davis, of st. Louis. from hearing a
dispute between the Missouri Paci-
fic and receivers of the Wabash
railroad over ownership of the
$30,O0O,000 American Refrigera-
tor Transit Company.
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STOLL'S
SAFE RETURN
FORESEEN
miIy Optimistic Despite
Expiration Of DeadIine
Set by Kidnaper

LOUISVILLE, KY, GN.SD.
Belief that Mrs. Alice Stoll will
be returned home unframed, al.
though there is no proof or assur-
ance whatever of this, was voiced
today by member of her family,
just returned from an attempt to
make a contact with her kid
naper.
! Reports that telephone wires
leading to Berry v. Stoll's home
had been tapped reached authori"
ties today. Linemen Immediately
were sent out to check and more
guards were posted.
Federal agents today mysteri-
ously deserted the search OF the
Stoll neighborhood for clues to
the fate of Mrs. Stoll. Although
no explanation was offered, their
quitting the hunt was believed to
indicate the finding of some new
clue which demanded their full
attention. -,
AS the sixth day since the kid.
mapping of Mrs. Stoll passed
without word from her captor,
authorities weighed the theory
that the ransom note left behind
was a deliberate screen planted in
an effort to veil the real identity
Of the kidnaper.
Deception Seen
A study of the phraseology OF
the ransom note suggested to po'
lice that the criminal was an edu-
Gated person who wished to
create the impression a probes
sional gang of "snatchers" was
behind the kidnapping.
The note read in part:
1--WE are a well-Organized unit
who know our business"
The stilted language Of this
sentence, with other utteranceS in
the note. convinced many detec-
tives that no professional had
engineered the crime.
RED Herring" Scented
The further statement con-
tanned in the note that the kid.
napers were Socialists trying to
get back what is owed us" was
termed an obvious red herring"
drawn across the trail.
The note mentioned Nashville,
Milwaukee and two other cities
(unrevealed as likely places for
the $50, 900 ransom sum demanded
to be passed. The money placed
in Nashville has gone unclaimed
and Berry Stoll, husband Of the
victim, vainly awaited word as to
where the kidnaper or kidnapers
would like the sum transferred.
The ransom note apparently
was originally framed to be used
in the kidnapping of C. C. StoL,
head of the Stoll Oil Refining
Company, and father-in-law of
Mrs. Stoll. The name of the elder
Stoll was still contained in the
note left behind.
Mrs. Stoll was kidnapped after
the invader had spent one hour
and 20 minutes in the Stoll home
ostensibly as a telephone repair
man.
Federal agents we're not yet
thoroughly convinced that anyone
but Mr.. Stoll was ever considered
as a victim.
Despite the absence Of COM
munication from the kidnaper,
the Stolls appeared optimistic.
Family Still Hopes
George Stoll. vice president of
the oil company and brother of
the victims husband, told Inter
national News Service the family
was still hopeful" He said:
ut would not be so bad II we
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Husband, Money
Reported Missing

Albert Frank Storm, 38, of the
5000 block Belmont Rd. N. w.,
today was reported missing by
his wife, Mrs. June Storm. She
said he left his place of bust.
ness in the 1900 block Connec.
ticut Ave. N. w. about 3 a. m.
today with a large amount of
cash on his person.
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Gas Well Magnet
For Utica ThrOngs

UTICA, N. Y, Oct. 16 G.N.SO
Highways to nearby Camden were
thronged today with crowds eager
to see the new high-productive
gas well, one of the largest in the
State, which blew in late yester-
day.
The well, owned by the Bender
Syndicate, has a pressure of IT,
900, 900 cubic feet per day.
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LIQUOR STOLEN

Theft of so cases of whiskys,
wines and cordials, was reported
today by Michael Hurwitz, Sligo
Park, Md, proprietor of a market
in the 400 block of R St. N. w.
He told police thieves had entered
his store during the night by
jimmying the front door.
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HURT IN FALL

Nathan Rather, 26, Of the 140O
block Spring Rd. N. W., is recover
ing in Walter Reed Hospital today
from injuries suffered yesterday
when he was thrown from a horse
on the Rock Greek bride path
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WASHINGTON FORECAST
Fair tonight and Wednesday; slowly rising
temperature. Full Weather Report on Page IL.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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such participants cannot be determined
until the law is enacted and applications
have been made by them. That lntorma-
ton is essential for an actuarial analysis.
| believe there are2 t2 municipal employ
ees: and possibly there are as many as
"a Federal employees that receive sala-
ries under $2,400 90 yearly VINO might
join
2nd Member FIR Christansted Town
(Gha6ertl: Mr. Vice On 4rman The Com
mittea has consi1.rel that phase of the
question and that's WY it states IN the
report until such time as the Colonial
Council shall obtain the necessary and
required information 1t would recon-
mend that the entire proceeds from the
retail sale of distilled splri.s be paid INFO
the pension fund
1st Member for Chrlstiansted Town
(Canegata): Mr.. Vice Chairman. lake
the entire number Of employees that are
going to contribute and that VIII give
yUu the ANALYSIS If Federal employee
changes his mind that would make no
difference.
1st Member for FrederiKsted Town
(MerlUiy2): Mr.. Vice Chairman: We may
take Municipal employees only and let
Federal employees try TO get pension
through Federal Agency.
LIST Member for Chrstlansted Town
(Cane0ata) Mr.. Vice-Chairnan Appoint
mems of Federal employees SO ecltlcalty
state that th7y are not entitled TO pen
sion
End Mem ser for Christiansted Town
(Chabertl: NJ Vice. Chairman. Accord
Ing to sact1l Of the ordinance. even II
you take ia Federal employees their be-
nefits will not b. based or an amount
greater than So, 10000. Two years ago
all the insurance agents promised that
they were going TO get actuarial reports,
but up to no " they have rot lone any
tking
lst Member for Fred sriks ted Town
(Merwin): Mr. Vice Ghairman There is
an insurance agency in Washington
from wnc1 report c)u b. gotten A
report coming from an agency IN Wtsa-
ing. on WOULD be more satisfactory than
from any other Insurance Company.
5th Appointed Member Joseph: Mr.
Vice. Chairman. | want an interpretation
oniSection Al, paragraph Of the Colonial
Law where II says:
IN ordinance can De ally adopt
cd before IL has oeen discussed 8
several times. $3.50. ........
What is meant by several times.
1st Member for Cnristiansted Town
(Caneontd: Mr. Vice Chairman. What
does that mean? 1t means you must
have three discussions on an ordinance.
At the first discussion so and so must be
done The law saws Won must have three
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srt' Member for Christiansted Town
II obioc Mr.. Vice Chairman. If such
De sion system was established years
az, those persons who have retired from
government service wou be enjoying a
pension
lst Member for Fre6riksted Town
(Merwin): Mr. Vi:e-Ch 4irman. We are
now taking care of such people by our
present pension system. the only thing
is those pensions are BASED on what cash
we have on hand at the time application
is made Under The bill now before the
House employees who have reached
certain age will be retired aus taken care
of.
End Member for Chrstiansted Town
(Chabertl. Mr. Vice Chairman. OnsDige
2. dissection (f) of the DILL there is Of.
ragraph which would in crest the honor
able Bird Member for ChristanSted 10 En.
it reads:
'All former employees of the Ma
niciBaltv, a lr widows. who
have attain RI aye Of SO years.
or whose c.r:ln, apces b-fore
tha age ant the grant of
p~nsLn in ne discretion of the
pension board. etc. shall be ent-
lied 70 a pension.
There are few cases Wners lev per-
sons who have Eeen in Government SER
vice will have the cl5ne 70 c)me 10 and
show that they have served the Govern
mont and are entitle to pension.
3rd Member for CHRISTIANS II Town
;Fabio) Mr.. Vice Chairman. hat sub
section exactly answers my purpose
The Vice. Chairman: 1t Is dntortunatS
that this b il has c)tGe members at
such late nOur.
End Member for Chrisransted Town
(ChabetD Mr. Vic- Chairman This is
nothlng new, this l. the San9 bill that
was introduced In Ii Council two years
ago
The vote was taken on the Committee
Report with the resul; taat lt Was unanl-
mously adopted ;,
LIST Appointed M9moer (Moorah9adJ
moved that LIST discussion oe closed
The motion was plt to che vote ana
unanimously adop 81.
End Member for Christiansted Country
District (Francis) moseu mat Znd Glscu4-
sion come on today.
Lieutenant GOU3r2or Laurence w.
Craner: Mr. Vice Cndlsmaa. With :
card 10 Obtaining an actu rial report GA
this ordinance | should be happy TO DO
everything can to get such report. Out
| wish 10 draw attention to the fact that
an actuarial analysis of any value eaLnot
be made in connection with this ordl-
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less.
Appointed Member Joseph: I'm.
his section Of the law a good many
e laws enactsd here could be de-
d illegal.
Appointed Member Coulter: Mr..
Chairman. | think what is confu-
the honorable 9Th Appointed Men,
J PARAGRAPH IL of the Rules of bust
which prescrioes wnat shall stake
at first, second and third discus
which must not take place before
mes twanty-four hours. Paragraph
the Rules of Business says:
''At the 1sr discussion the Draft
of Ordinance is to be discussed
only as to its general contents.
After the matter has been 50 dis
cuSsed, the Council will deter
mine. provided the motion origl-
mates from a member whether it
shall progress further but if il
be motion from the Govern.
ment, il shall without vot-
ing go to the End discussion. 49,.
At the End discussion, which must
not take place earlier than times
q hours after the close CT the
lst discussion, the single para
graphs of the draft with the
amendments proposed thereto are
to be discussed in such sections,
as the Chairman may find appro-
pirate. Immediately after the dis
cussion of each paragraph or each
section has been closed. they and
the amendments relating thereto
are to be put to the vote; ...-
At the 3rd discussion, which must
no. take place earlier than 6 times
"a hours after the close of the End
di cussion, only those amend
ments which the Governor in viz
tue of Par. AL of the Colonial
Law may propose along with the
paragraphs to which they relate.
and the draft in its entirety are TO
be discussed and then put to the
vote. .....
ibly those three paragraphs are con-
~ the honorable member.
, Appointed Member (Joseph): Mr..
Chairman. must say for the sake
e record that | am DOT confused. |
the Council to be perfectly straight
that'swhy lloroughr upthe question.
recess of 20 minutes was given.
ring the recess lst Appointed Mem
Mooreheadl, 9TH Appointed Member
,ph) and End Memoer for Chris tiaH.
Country District I(Francis) left the
.iny and as only 9 members were
emit at the resumption 1st Me mber
1rederiksted Town (Merwin) moved
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"All former employees of the Ma.
niciBalitv. 1r widows. who
have attain RI aye Of 50 years
or whose C.r:ln, ajces b-tore
ira age W ant the grant OF a
p~nsLn in ne discretion of the
pension board, etc. shall be enti-
He'd 70 a pension.
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REFUSES
To SEPARATE
TRIALS
Cases Set for Feb. s on Pleas
For More Time by Prose-
Cutor and Defense

Two local CWA supervisors,
charged with larceny by trick"
in connection with alleged at
tempts to persuade CWA workers
to pay money to officials in re-
turn for remaining in their jobs,
were arraigned today in Police
Court before Judge Gus A.
Schuldt, who set February 6 as
the date for trial.
The men are Thomas E. Archer,
At, of the 1900 block Euclid st.
N. w., arrested Tuesday, and Joe
George McAlwee, 81, of the 170O
block Park Road N. W., arrested
Wednesday.
Although originally set for to-
day, the trial was postponed until
February at the request Of
Assistant District Attorney David
A. Hart, prosecutor in the case,
and Archer's attorney, S. Joseph
Donahue, who stated that the case
was $50 unusual" he desired fur
ther time to prepare evidence.
Frank Fuller, attorney for Nc
Alwee, asked for a separate trial
for his client Immediately, on the
ground that McAlwee had re-
ceived such unfavorable publicity
in the case that the sooner it was
settled, the better. Judge Schuldt
refused the request, ordering that
both men be tried at the same
time.
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TAX REFUND|NG
BENEFICIAL
To MANY
Treasury Returns $12,212 to
Riggs Bank; individuals,
Firms Get Sums Back

Riggs National Bank has been
awarded income tax refunds to-
falling $12,212.30, the Treasury
Department revealed in its tax re-
port to Congress today.
Other refunds are:
Mrs. Helen Parker Willard,
17O0 block Nineteenth Street N.
W., $13,S3O: Real Estate Mortgage
and Guaranty Company, 1900
block K Street N. W., $1,372; Mrs.
Hannah B. Sanders, 2600 block
Tilden Street N. w., $2,O55;
Charles schafer, $500 block Eight
eenth Street N. w., $508; Seventh
Street Saving Bank, 1900 block
Seventh Street N. w., $1,561;
Southern Railway Company,
$2,838.
Trolley Gets Refund
Miss Mary v. Walcott, 100
block Twenty-second Street N. W.,
$533; Helen K. Willard, 1926;
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, Tenth and E Streets
N. w., $2.759: American Security
and Trust Company, Fifteenth
and Pennsylvania Avenue N. w.,
$1,139; Mrs. Helen P. Bastedo,
5000 block w Street N. w., $2.209;
Mrs. Grace Hubbard Bell, $1,237.
Mrs. Cora Berliner, 1400 block
Columbia Rd. N. W., $3,506;
Henry A. Berliner, $500 block
Tilden st. N. w., $1,904; Bugle
Coat and Apron Company, 2100
block L st. N. w., $847; Com
mercial National Bank, 14O0 block
G st. N. w., $1,165; Evening Star
Newspaper Company, $721.
Others Benefit
Thomas j. Fisher and Com
pany, TOO block Fifteenth st.
N. W., $615; Edward Frank, 1900
block Columbia Rd., $5,344; Mrs.
Eula J. Nelson, 1000 block Mas
sachusetts Ave. N. w., $3.50;
Herbert Friedenwald, 21OO block
Bancroft Pl. N. w., $563; Ran.
dali H. Hagner, 1900. block Con-
necticut Ave. N. w., $618; w.
Charles Heitmuller, 800 block
Jefferson St. N. w., $7O6.
George D. Horning, $500 block
Sixteenth st. N. w., $1,074; Mrs.
Martha c. Karolik, 210O block
Decatur Pl. N. w., $3,746; Mrs.
Louise B. King, 1000 block Cathe-
dral Ave. N. w., $2,067; Mrs.
Henry Hibbs Legg, 1900 block
Twenty-third st. N. w., $527:
Mrs. Vernie Mann, 1900 block
Sixteenth st. N. w., $842; Samuel
Miller and Company, first block
N st. N. E., $1,977, and Arthur
and Mrs. Blanche O'Brien, Trans
portation Building, $4,3e0.
Mrs. Hattie L. Corby. of Rock
vile, Md, was allowed a refund
of $10,879.