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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
17
John Aldus Funk, 76, longtime Pennsylvania Railroad employee and railroad pioneer in the area, died yesterday. He had retired after a long career and contributed to local railroading efforts. The obituary notes his age and standing in the railroad community.
John A Funk, a key figure in Pennsylvania Railroad history and Harrisburg resident for decades, dies after a brief illness at Garfield Apartments 21 North Fifth Street. Survived by widow Dora, son Harry, daughter Mrs Howard Spensler, brother Frank Funk of Penbrook, and two grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Mrs Spensler’s home 2013 North Fifth Street. Rev A M Stamets of Augsburg Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial in Harrisburg Cemetery. Funk, native of Gordonville Lancaster County, joined railroad service as engine cleaner, rose to engineer, served in Civil War with Company B 201st Regiment PA Volunteers, later held a pension and roles including pack policeman and deacon of Augsburg. Member of Royal Arcanum, Dauphin Lodge 160 S O F, and Middle Division Veteran Employees Association.
Members of the West End Republican Club will hold a sauerkraut supper tomorrow evening at the club rooms 1410 North Third Street. A musical program and several speakers are planned with William Forsythe of Pittsburgh delivering the principal address on current topics of interest.
William Dozier a colored man from Georgia was arrested by Harrisburg police for abducting two young girls, his daughters, from Williamsport. He claims he was taking them to their mother in Georgia due to her inability to support them. Police are inclined to accept his explanation and seek the mother to accompany him.
Reports from city and county districts show a record sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals in the first three days of the campaign led by D D Hammelbaugh of the Dauphin County Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Seals are in high demand with 50 000 more needed, booths set for tomorrow, and school children driving the effort across towns and boroughs. Eighty percent of proceeds stay in the county to fight tuberculosis as health clown Cho Cho visits multiple schools and scheduled Middletown appearances.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce will referendum vote this week on disposing of two thousand ships owned by the U S government or under contract. The set of recommendations include selling vessels under 6000 tons, transferring government ships at cost to regional groups, absorbing war losses, and promoting an American merchant marine with private operation and insurance. The committee chair is Francis J. Hall with members including Arthur D. Bacon and J. Austin Brandt.
New York December 10 Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation on November 30 numbered 7 128 330 tons an increase of 645 662 tons from October 31 This marks the sixth consecutive month of growth There is no detail on how much of the rise is due to the plant strike
Jeremiahs K. Keun of Enhaut and Ethel M. Keim of Steelton. Theodore R. Bower of Union Devenut j and Gladys T. McGregor of Harrisburg. Leo T. Connelly and Margaret M. O Leary of Harrisburg. Guy C. Rutter of Halifax and Helen M. Zimmerman of Millersburg. Parke A. Groff and Dora M. Strum of Harrisburg.
City departments failed to complete estimates for the 1920 budget and councilmen postponed budget appropriation measures. Mayor-Elect George A Hoverter attended and will join future budget meetings. Salary increase requests for patrolmen expected. City Solicitor Fox outlined agreements with nine North Front Street property owners in Hardscrabble, likely to be approved next Tuesday.
Bulgarian Premier M Stambulinsky in Geneva said he would demand former King Ferdinand be extradited and prosecute the Bulgarian cabinet members recently arrested for alleged betrayal. A Geneva dispatch noted Ferdinand in Munich and potential arrival in Switzerland if extradition is sought. Sofia reports in November claimed negotiations to obtain extradition and trial for Ferdinand and other refugees.
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