The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27
Crown Pointers Paid To
Keep Wedding Secret and
Fail To Do So.
ELOPEMENT
chicagOans Go to County Seat In
Auto and Marry-Face
Trouble at Home.

Chicago. July 27.--"Mr. Chambers
lain paid the minister and the mar
riage license clerk TO keep this thing
from the newspapers, and now they
have let the cat out o. / wish I could
smash that marriage clerk You bet
ter wait here until Mr.. Chamberlain ar
rives. Perhaps he can reach an UNDER
standing with you. This affair must
not reach the ears OF Lulu's father
said Mrs. John G. Keasel, 457 Orchard
street in speaking OF the elopement OF
her niece, Miss Lulu Roth with George
L. Chamberlain.
we cannot live on love and must
eat, but If it hadn't been for our going
into a Wabash avenue restaurant at 3
O'Clock in the morning .the secret would
not have been out. ] am sorry because
my father will be furious" was the
expression OF Miss Lulu Roth, daugh-
ter Of Henry ]. Roth OF 1882 Perry
street Ravenswood. yesterday when
questioned regarding her elopement to
Crown Point, Ind. on Thursday with
George J.. Chamberlain. superintendent
of the Standard Underground Cable
| company of New York
Mrs. John G. Keasel of 457 Orchard
street. called aunt by the bride.
though she is only cousin to her de-
ceased mother, was wrathy when she
learned the elopement had gained pub
licity.
! Trouble Is Sure.
And so It was with all parties in
terested and nobody could figure out ex-
actly what would happen except that
trouble was sure. Chamberlain is a
widower s2 years old and the bride
/ claims 10 be 20. but II she said IS her
statement would not be questioned 1t
was nothing against Chamherlain's per-
sonality that caused the Opposition. hut
lsnereiy the fact that the elder Roth aid
not want hts daughter to get mar
ried and figured on her continuing to
serve as housekeepet to himself and
Is years old daughter Gertrude.
The groom. bride, Miss Carrie Split
/ hoff of 641 Irving Park boulevard. s.
NJ. Moore Of Louisville, Ky. in Chicago
on business in connection with a mag
azine publication, and Mrs. KeaseI
j formed the party that drove out of Chi
cago in an auto Thursday afternoon.
/ They sped on TO Hammond Ind. but
were disappointed in not being able to
procure the necessary marriage permit
and had to go the full twenty-three
miles to Crown Point The Rev. T. H.
Ball of the Methodist church did the
rest.
Secret IL Out.
/ After a speedy drive home and the
lunch aforesaid, the bride repaired to
the apartments Of Mrs. Keasel and the
! groom to his at IA Park avenue, and
the world wasn't expected TO be a bit
the wiser. Chamberlain has been es-
tablished in Chicago for several months,
/ during which time he met his bride and
/ fell in love at once. He had just been
directed to go to St. Louis temporarily
and decided to get married before he
! started.
1t was rumored that on the way out
Miss Splithon and Moore were talking
about making it double header" but
Mrs. Keasel says that was only Josh"
and that the two had never met pre-
/ vious to the auto ride
! Almost heartbroken over the discov-
/ cry of the wedding. Mrs. Chamberlain
stated she intended quitting her home
and informing her father two weeks
| hence. when Chamberlain would return
| from ST. Louis and she would accom-
pany him to New York.