South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-06
Elkhart News

News Times Special Service:
ELKHART Aug. Sixty mould
ers. employed by three Elkhart
foundries working on war contracts,
Monday morning walked out and de-
manded a minimum wage OF 50
DAY and a nine-nour day with time
and one-half for overtime work.
The factories affected by the strike
are the Elkhart Foundry and Ma
chine company. the Elkhart Bridge
and Iron works. and the Concord
Iron Co. Judge J. J.. Hartman and
W. T. Smith OF the county council
Of defense have called a meeting OF
the strikers and their employers at
which the defense council will order
the strikers 70 return 10 work or
those in the draft age will be placed
in class one and indicted into
service.
Abram X. Funk, rs years old. one
of Elkhart's most highly esteemed
citizens. who came from Chicago to
enter business here In 1858, died at
his home Sunday following an i'll
ness Of two weeks.
Mr. Funk had been in failing
health for some time, but the severe
hot weather of the past two weeks
aggravated the weakness and he was
forced TO give up his work as secre-
tary OF the Mennonite Publishing
company a week ago.
Three daughters survive. They are
Miss Maude Funk and Mrs. Wilbur
Gray of this city and Mrs. Ernest
1 Roller of South Bend. The funeral
service will be held Wednesday aft
ernoon.
In July. 1917. with % licensed
saloons in operation, the Elkhart po-
lice made 164 arrests of which So
were on the charge Of public intoxi-
cation. The report for July, 1918.
with no saloons in operation, shows
that 1O1 arrests were made, of which
five were for intoxication.
( OF the five arrests only one Of
fender admitted that lie secured his
'1ikker" in Elkhart-he had pur-
chased il before the saloons were
eliminated and had kept il in his
/ cellar. Two asserted that they Sc
cured theirs in South Bend, while
the other two offenders carried their
booze" from distant points.
Plans are complete for the organ
4 ization Of a colored Missionary Bap-
/ fist church in this CITY next Sunday.
/ The church will be held temporarily
in the old Masonic temple. Rev. J.
y. Ray of Muncie and Rev. James r.
Smart. an evangelist, will speak at
the opening services. The choir of
Mt Zion Baptist church Of South
Bend will sing
If the Elkhart company Of the In
diana state militia is fully equipped
by Monday, Aug. 26, its members will
! go to Lake Maxinkuckee where the
( first annual encampment Of the state
organization will be held that week
according TO an announcement made
ar a business meeting following the
regular drill of company Z Monday
night.
The members Of the company have
been looking forward to the en-
campment for several weeks and Il
il possible that if they do not go to
Lake Maxinkuckee a two or three
day outing will be held at one Of the
lakes near the city.
The large new iron bridge being
I erected over the st. Joseph river
here will be completed by Nov. I ac-
cOrding 20 an announcement made
by officials Of the Elkhart Bridge
and Iron company Monday.
Mrs Frederick Schundt IS
years old. is dead at her home here
after an illness which has extended
over the past six months She was
born in Germany. The survivors
are two sons. John and William Of
Valparaiso, and two daughters. Mrs.
Gust Magg of Valparaiso and Mrs.
Charles POeh1 Of NTfcbipau civ