Evening star., 1944-02-14

Lincoln descendants
Benefit by $82,351
Estate Tax Refund
! More Than 70 Coses
In Washington Area
Included in List
Descendants of President Abra-
ham Lincoln will benefit from re-
fund of $82, ,35111 in taxes to the
estate Of the late Mary H, Lincoln,
widow of Robert Todd Lincoln, son
of the President, who lived at 3O14
N street NV. She died in March,
1887 and her husband in July, 1926.
This refund was disclosed today
among payments made by the
Treasury during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1943. The list was
made public in the Office of Repre-
sentative james A. OLeary, Demo-
crat, Of New York, chairman of the
House Committee on Expenditures
in executive departments. More than
TO refunds were made to persons
and estates in the District area.
The tax case of the Lincoln family
dated back to the summer of 1888
when an estate tax of $794OOO was
paid, and a claim filed for refund
of part of it. The sum of more than
1000 refunded to the estate last
year included taxes of about .$65 800
and accumulated interest. Executors
of record in the case include the
American Security g. Trust Co.;
Norman B. Frost and Frederic N.
Towers of 723 Fifteenth street NV.
Son Had Notable Career.
Robert Todd Lincoln, the Presi-
dents son, had a distinguished
career, in public life and business.
He was Secretary of War under
Presidents Garfield and Arthur,
president of the Pullman Co. and
chairman of the Board of the Com
monwealth Edison Co.
Survivors include Mrs. Lincoln's
younger daughter, Mrs. Robert
Randolph of this city, who is a
granddaughter of President Lincoln
Mrs. Randolph's two children by
former marriage, Robert Lincoln
Beckwith and Mary Lincoln Beck
with, great grandchildren of Presi-
dent Lincoln, and Lincoln Isham of
New York City, son of the late Mrs.
Charles Isham, and a great grand
son of the President.
Other Refunds Listed.
The biggest refund nationally went
to the Ford Motor Co., Dearborn,
Mich. $3,549, ,958 80.
Others in the top 10 were:
American Sugar Refining Co.,
New York City, 81 ,697 ,60355: E. I. du
Pont de Nemours & Co., Whining
ton, Del, $1,298,377; Coco-Cola Co.,
Wilmington, Del. Sl,038. .407 43; New
York Central Railroad Co., New
York City. s754,632; Brown & Will
Hanson Tobacco Corp, Louisville,
KY. and Petersburg, Va, s732 ,452. 90;
Franklin Sugar Refining Co., Phila-
delphia, $3.50, 1909; estate of Thomas
&c. jenkins; Baltimore, $517,529;
Henry c. Frick, trust, Pittsburgh,
Pa, $470,15777; New York & Queens
Electric Light & Power Co., New
York City. s408,029.
rof,,v,I Of "a O1o ~, o,e.,.o
taxes was made to the estate of
the late David S. Barry, former
sergeant at arms of the Senate who
died several years ago. His repre-
sentative in the case was J. B.
Grice of the Munsey Building.
Galley Estate Gets Refund.
An estate tax refund in the sum
of $19,719.34 was made to the estate
of the late H. Prescott Galley, for
mer president of the National Saw
ings and Trust Company, executor,
for the estate.
Other local refunds on the list
included:
William G. Baker, jr., Towson,
Md, $1934443, income tax.
Barber & Ross Co., Fifth and v
streets NE, $58294, excess profits
tax
Fred j. and Elizabeth Ann Bash
witz, Alban Towers, sl,13761, in
come tax.
Laurence V. and Margaret C.
Benet, 2101 Connecticut avenue, ST.
064.l3. income
Walter Willard Boyd, Bethesda,
Md, $2,297.14. income.
Warren F. Brenizer Co., 1904 South
Capitol street, s1,171 go. income.
Ruth L. Buchanan, 1923 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, $812.59.
Cafritz Children Reinvested Funds
Trust Estate No. l, dated January
30, 1887, Morris Cafritz, trustee, l404
K street NV, $5,453.29. income.
Cafritz Construction Co., 14O4 K
street NV, s1,33193.
Telephone Company Benefits.
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co., 725 Thirteenth street
NV. s2,s31.41.
Estate of John H. Clapp (de-
ceased. the Washington Loan and
Trust Co., executor, $4,028.91, estate
tax.
Marjorie Post Davies, 8l5 Fiji
teenth street NV, $25 ,273.56.
Edith Morton Eustis (donor), 1884
Twenty-eighth street NV, $1,77424,
gift tax.
A. H. Ferrandou, 1854 Edmunds
street NV, $1,O4779.
Estate of William H. Hessick.
Fred A. Hessick and William H.
Hessick, jr., executors, Fourteenth
street and Maine avenue S.W.,
$2,65941 income.
Christian Heurich Brewing Co.,
Twenty-sixth and D streets NV,
$2,621.16, distilled spirits tax.
Kaypess Realty Co., care of H. B.
Spencer, 1101 Vermont avenue NV,
81, 1,78743, excess profits tax.
Homer L. Kilt Co., 1880 G street