Saturday, April 21, 1917

A Saratoga Springs man is killed tonight when a trolley runs over him near Wilton, The Saratogian reports.

Edward T. Harrington works for the contracting firm of Flood and Van Woert on a project on Mount McGregor. He’s on his way back to the mountain when the accident happens around 9:35 p.m.

Something seems to have overcome Harrington before the accident. When motorman Bob Wilber of the Hudson Valley Line trolley sees him, Harrington is lying on the track near the East View station, no more than thirty feet in front of the southbound car. By the time Wilber sees him, it’s too late to stop the trolley from running Harrington over.

The 35 year old Harrington lived alone at Senecal’s boarding house. An Irish immigrant, he lived in Saratoga for the last fifteen years of his life.

Methodist conference

The Troy Methodist Conference has held its annual session in Saratoga Springs for the last eight years, but the Spa City’s streak ends this year with the conference’s decision to hold their 1918 gathering in Gloversville.

Delegates vote unanimously to meet in Gloversville next year during a patriotic session highlighted by resolutions fully committing the Methodists to America’s war effort. The U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6.

The conference calls on all young Methodist men to “train themselves to such physical and moral fitness as to be of the greatest possible value to our army and navy.” Older men should “organize themselves with military units for the defense of the homes of the people against all alien enemies within our borders.”

Methodist women are called upon to “ally themselves with the Red Cross society and assist actively in the preparation of supplies for the use of this great organization in camp and hospital.”

Delegates believe that the war provides fresh justification for a ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages. A resolution approved today calls for a petition campaign to persuade President Woodrow Wilson to close breweries and distilleries for the duration of the war.

“This will not only be a benefit to the morality of the nation, but will save enormous quantities of grain for the maintenance of our imperiled food supply,” the resolution reads.

What’s happening

The Broadway Theatre presents its final showings of the Annette Kellermann spectacle “A Daughter of the Gods” tonight, featuring the same orchestra that performed the music for the film’s New York City engagements. The extra-length picture leaves no room for vaudeville on the Broadway’s bill.

At the Palace, June Caprice, billed as “The Screen’s Youngest Star,” headlines “A Child of the Wilds.”