100 YEARS AGO IN THE SARATOGIAN

Thursday, Aug. 22, 1918. Seven suspected enemy aliens are arraigned in Saratoga Springs this afternoon after their meeting place in Palmer Falls was raided by sheriff’s deputies last night, The Saratogian reports.

Three deputies, accompanied by Corinth supervisor George E. Melville, arrested the suspects at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Scholtz on instructions from Saratoga County sheriff William J. Dodge. The suspects range in age from 32 to 51 years old. Mrs. Scholtz is the only woman in the group.

“So far as is known none of the persons arrested has committed any overt act, but their actions have been considered suspicious,” a reporter writes before the arraignment, “It is understood that several of them have been about the plant of the International Paper company and that they have been seen closely observing the great dam.”

The suspects have no legal representation at the hearing before U.S. commissioner Charles M. Davison. He orders Max O. Hagendorf held without bail after he admits that he had left New York City, where he was registered as an enemy alien, without permission of local authorities. Unnaturalized immigrants from Germany are obliged to register as enemy aliens in their places of residence during the world war.

Also held without bail is Otto Buchner, while the other five suspects, including the Scholtzes, have bail set at $10,000 apiece after pleading not guilty. None being able to raise that amount, they’ll remain in county jail until their next hearing on August 28.

Child Crushed to Death Under Truck

Six year old Leslie A. Cook jr. of 87 Ludlow Street dies this afternoon under what The Saratogian calls “particularly distressing circumstances” when his father accidentally runs him over with a truck.

“The machine was in the yard of the Cook home when Mr. Cook asked the boy to run back and close the garage door,” a reporter explains, “This the boy did, and then came back to the rear of the truck and attempted to jump aboard.

“His father, not knowing of his son’s action, started the truck and the boy, unable to reach the body of the truck, fell under the wheels, which ran over him. It was not until his attention was called to it by other children that the father was aware of the fatality.”

What’s Happening

War hero Arthur Guy Empey plays himself in the Vitagraph film version of his memoir “Over the Top” at the Broadway tonight. At the Palace, Carlyle Blackwell and Montagu Love star in “The Cabaret.” The feature attraction at the Lyric is the latest chapter of the Pearl White serial, “The House of Hate.”