The Washington herald., 1918-02-20
ALLEGED ABDUCTION
STIRS ALEXANDRIA
Boy Enticed From Baltimore BY
Moving Picture Operator.
TIE HERALD BURIAU,
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uG King str.rt-
Alexandria. Va. Feb. ls.-Emory
Robert Watson. 10 years old. son Of
Robert Dorsey Watson. 24Os Loretta
avenue. Baltimore. left there at sac
o'clock this morning accompanied
by q man giving the name OF Henry
A Campbell. unmarried. 2S years
old. claiming TO live at walbrock. q
suburb OF Baltimore. under the i'm
preston that Campbell was 20 take
him TO California TO enter the NOV
ing picture arena Chubby faced
watson, who is highly Intelligent
for his age. had his hopes blasted
when Campbell was brought 20 the
police station in this city shortly
before 6 o'clock tonight by Edward
Adamson. OF the Home Defense
League. Washington. and locked up.
The boy. however. is not sorry and
will be taken back to Baltimore to-
morrow by his family.
Campbell will probably be turned
over to the Baltimore authorities
tomorrow charged with abduction.
He says he has worked as q moy-
ing picture operator in different
theaters in Baltimore.
The banks OF this city. beginning
O'Clock every Saturday afternoon iu
order to accommodate employees OF
the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora
ton. who may have checks 20 cash.
This is a new departure for the
banks of Alexandria as heretofore
they have closed for the day on SAT-
urdays at the noon hour. There
will be hundreds OF employees OF the
new shipbuilding company here and
in order that all may be accommo-
dated the banks will be open until
the foregoing hour every Saturday
until further notice. This will also
be q big accommodation 20 the mer-
chants OF this city as well as TO the
employees of the new concern.
The State corporation commission
will hold a special session in the
Corporation Court here Thursday
for the purpose OF considering the
question Of service furnished by the
Washington and Old Dominion Rail-
way Company. The commission is
composed OF Christopher b. Garnett.
chairman; william T. Resh. Ale8an-
der Toward and R T. Wilson. the
latter clerk.
Mrs. Emma z. Mccuen, widow OF
John McCuen. a former resident OF
this city. died shortly after o'clock
yesterday afternoon at Norfolk. Va,
where she had resided for several
years past. The deceased was %
years old. Surviving her is a son.
Clarence Melvin Mccuen, and two
sisters, Mrs. Philip Lecuyer. Of Bal
timore, and Mrs. Walter s. Pass
more. Birmingham. Ala, and
brother. Hollis r. Cooke. Whining
ton. Del The body will be brought
here for burial
Through John d. Nornoyle, real
| estate broker. Charles Helton has
sold to 'Carrop F. Kines. Of Alexan-
J dria County. lots lSs and ia improved
by an eight-room dwelling, in ST
Elmo. Alexandra County.
In the Circuit Court for this city
in vacation today the will OF John
Penn was admitted to probate. Tes-
tator leaves his estate TO his widow.
Mrs. Ann Penn, and she qualfnsd
as execUtrix.
There will be a meeting OF the
women connected with the Billy sun
day organization at 3 O'Clock Sunday
afternoon IN the auditorium OF the
NJ. E Church South. to which the
women OF this city are invited 20 at
tend.
The State Corporation Commission
has granted an amendment to the
charter of the Fairfax and Alexan-
dria Building Association. Inc. Ross
lyn, increasing its capital stock from
500, 90 TO $500, 900.