Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1899

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February 07 1899

A New Lawyer 07 Feb 1899, Tue Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

A NEW LAWYER
Bertram Claud Jenkines the latest Addition to the Bar.
Yesterday Bertram Claud Jenkines, brother of Albert G. Jenkines, was admitted to practice at the bar of the Cass circuit court.
This latest addition to the bar register, is a young man who is qualified to lend additional force to the high character of the bar of the Cass circuit court. He is a native Virginian and in the style of his manner before a court is not unlike his brother. His first address to a court was made a couple of weeks ago in a case before Justice Newer, at which time this resemblance in style was noted. Such a similarity, however, is not unnatural. Young Mr. Jenkines is a graduate of the Pacific Methodist college, having taken the degree of B. S. in that institution in '97. Since then he has devoted his attention to the law, reading under a talented preceptor in California, and for the past six months reading very closely in the office of McConnell & Jenkines in this city. Preparatory to taking a final course in the law his admission to the bar as a practitioner is a helpful step, and the course of the young attorney will be watched with interest by the many warm friends whom he has gained during his brief residence in Logansport.

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March 27 1899

Bertram C. Jenkines First Suit 27 Mar 1899, Mon Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Bertram C. Jenkines, the attorney, entered his first suit Saturday in the Circuit court, in the case of Joseph P. Cranshaw vs. Nettie Cranshaw, suit for divorce.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1909

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November 28 1909

Strength of Local Team Gives Capablanca Trouble 28 Nov 1909, Sun Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com

Strength of Local Team Gives Capablanca Trouble
Wins 25 of His 31 Games
Jose R. Capablanca met thirty-one players last Wednesday at the Chicago Chess and Checker club in one of his incomparable simultaneous exhibitions. Among his opponents were many of the best players in the city.
The general strength of the team probably accounts for the fact his score was not as good nor his time as short as in other exhibitions on his present tour. In four hours he defeated twenty-five adversaries, drew with two, and lost to four.
The winners were O. Chajes, F. H. Chase, E. Michelsen, and C. W. Phillips, while H. D. Smith and L. Uedemann drew. The losers were J. W. Barnhart of Indianapolis, A. H. Coe, W. M. Cox, T. Demarais, T. Diven, A. Edler, S. Ehrlich, K. Erdeky, E. Everett, L. W. Felt, R. C. Griswold, H. Hahlbohm, B. C. Jenkines of Logansport, N. Lykke, Dr. McGrath. M. Menn, E. H. Miller of Philadelphia. F. Newman, L. Ostberg. Dr. Phillips, B. Pollock, D. Sullivan, J. M. Stolnitzky, W. Stuchfield, and John Winter.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1911

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September 14 1911

September 14, 1911. Pretty Fight Is Being Made. Horner and Barnhardt Battling for First Honors in Chess Tourney. Jewel Is Close Behind. … The contestants stand as follows: B. C. Jenkines, Logansport 8 won, 2 lost.

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September 21 1911

September 21, 1911. Barnhardt Is New Champion. An Indianapolis Man Won State Chess Championship at Local Tourney. … The prize for the most brilliant playing was awarded to B. C. Jenkines, of Logansport, this prize being a miniature chess table and set of men.

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September 24 1911

Devotees of Chess 24 Sep 1911, Sun Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com

The Indiana State Chess association held its championship tournament at Columbus on Sept. 12, 13 and 14.

B. C. Jenkines was elected president of the association.

One of the games with a termination of pretty surprises was as follows:

O. K. Horner (white) vs. B. C. Jenkines (black)
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-Q4 2. PxP QxP 3. N-QB3 Q-QR4 4. N-B3 B-N5 5. B-K2 N-KB3 6. O-O P-K3 7. P-Q4 P-B3 8. B-Q2 Q-Q1 9. P-KR3 BxN 10. BxB QxP 11. Q-K2 Q-N3 12. N-R4 Q-B2 13. B-N5 B-K2 14. KR-K1 N-Q2 15. R-Q1 Q-R4 16. BxN BxB 17. P-QN3 R-Q1 18. P-B4 O-O 19. Q-B2 N-K4 20. B-K4 P-KN3 21. P-QR3 P-QN4 22. N-B5 QxP 23. PxP PxP 24. P-B4 RxR 25. RxR R-QB1 26. PxN RxN 27. PxB! P-KR4 28. BxP! Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 e6 7. d4 c6 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxd4 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b3 Rd8 18. c4 0-0 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Be4 g6 21. a3 b5 22. Nc5 Qxa3 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. f4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. fxe5 Rxc5 27. exf6! h5 28. Bxg6! 1-0

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1917

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May 12 1917

Bertram C. Jenkines Consitutional Delegate 12 May 1917, Sat Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

BERTRAM C. JENKINES CONSTITUTIONAL DELEGATE
Bertram C. Jenkines, who yesterday announced himself candidate for the office of delegate from Cass county to the Constitutional Convention of Indiana needs no introduction to the people of Logansport and Cass county. Mr. Jenkines has been prominently before the public for many years. His record is clean. He has a keen insight into public matters and a public spirit commensurate with the demands made upon him at any time and occasions. He has a well trained legal mind that will be a valuable asset in handling the intricate and important problems that come up in connection with the constitutional convention.
Mr. Jenkines is morally clean; intellectually capable; clearly and forcefully for all the important measures that engage the attention of the public and indicate the progress of society toward higher standards of life. Bertram C. Jenkines is trustworthy and the best interests of the people may be safely trusted to his keeping as a delegate to the constitutional convention. His petition is expected to bear the names of at least thousand of the best and most influential citizens of city and county.

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May 14 1917

Announcement 14 May 1917, Mon Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Delegate to Constitutional Convention of Indiana, subject to the will and wish of the voters of Cass county.
Election September 18, 1917, BERTRAM C. JENKINES

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1920

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August 11 1920

Local Players In Chess Match 11 Aug 1920, Wed Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

LOCAL PLAYERS IN CHESS MATCH
WINNER WILL CHALLENGE WORLD'S CHAMPION CHESS STRATEGIST.
It is understood that Dr. J. W. Steward and Attorney B. C. Jenkines, of this city, are now in a chess match with the understanding that the winner will challenge the winner of the Lasker-Capablanca match, and a series of games will be played at the Logansport Country club in the summer or early fall of 1922.
Something like twenty years ago Dr. Lasker, the world's champion, visited Logansport and played some fine exhibition games. Should he return in 1922 and by his venture, leave the world's championship in the hands of the medical or legal profession of Logansport, our city will thereby win renown, and our local players—an unexpected glory.
Stewart says Lasker is sure to win the forthcoming match, while Jenkines is equally certain that Capablanca, with whom he has played, will be the victor. Time, patience and endurance will tell which of these two gentlemen properly diagnosed the case. We put our money on the doctor.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1921

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April 29 1921

April 29, 1921. Capablanca Wins Chess Match. … Now that the world championship has been settled, let us have a Match between Dr. J. W. Stewart and Attorney B. C. Jenkines, to determine the city's championship. Shall the skill of the surgeon or the acumen of the lawyer, prevail?

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1924

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February 02 1924

Russian Champ Wins Matches 02 Feb 1924, Sat The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) Newspapers.com

RUSSIAN CHAMP WINS MATCHES
ALEKHINE DEFEATS 19 LOCAL PLAYERS.
Pettengill Put Up Stiffest Game Surrendering After Three Hour Tussle.
Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess master, gave a very pleasing exhibition of his genius at the match given at the Indiana club last night under the auspices of the South Bend Chess club. Alekhine met 19 players, defeating them all. While playing 17 games over the boards he conducted two games blindfolded against S. Grossman and D. P. Moore. The local experts although assisted by a large crowd of onlookers were no match for the Russian.
Those who participated were S. Grossman, D. P. Moore, W. J. Mailholt, Arnold Saigo, Andrew Wiener, John Buzby, J. G. Malmberg, Frank Goss, J. A. Judie, jr., George Crane, Robert Happ, D. D. Schurtz, Orie Parker, F. M. Gardner, Rudolph Campbell, W. W. Ridenour, S. B. Pettengill, E. H. Slick, of this city and B. C. Jenkines of Logansport.
Jenkines with a bishop and two pawns ahead fell into a pretty trap and lost on his 28th move.
S. B. Pettengill was the last to surrender, having a block position and the advance in material until his 46th move, finally suffering checkmate in 50 moves after a struggle lasting three hours.
Alekhine goes from here to Chicago where he plays at the Hamilton club and other organizations, and will then continue his tour which takes him to the Pacific coast and back.

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February 04 1924

Russian Champ Wins Matches 04 Feb 1924, Mon Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Russian Champ Wins Matches
Alexander Alekhine, Russian Chess Master, gave an exhibition of Chess strategy at the Indiana Club, South Bend, Friday night of last week. He was confronted by nineteen opponents, playing two of the games without seeing the chess board.
As is usual, with this great player, he won all of the games contested. Attorney Samuel Pettengill of South Bend, and Attorney B. C. Jenkines, of this city, gave the champion the hardest match of the evening, but both players finally lost to the ingenious Russian.
The South Bend Tribune in speaking of the game, has this to say in reference to our local player:
“Jenkines with a bishop and two pawns ahead fell into a pretty trap and lost on the 28th move.”
Alekhine is in this country for the purpose of arranging for a match with Capablanca, the Cuban, for the championship of the world. Capablanca demands a purse of $10,000 before agreeing to play for the championship.

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August 20 1924

Accepts Chess Invitation 20 Aug 1924, Wed Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

ACCEPTS CHESS INVITATION
B. C. Jenkines, attorney, has been invited to participate in the tournament of the Western Chess Association that will open at Detroit, Saturday, August 23. He will attend. Some of the foremost chess players of the country will take part and in order to win the tournament the player must oppose all participants. The games will be staged at the Detroit Union League club.

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December 01 1924

Jenkines Beats Champion 01 Dec 1924, Mon Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

JENKINES BEATS CHAMPION
B. C. Jenkines, local attorney, was the only one of sixteen players at chess to defeat Newell Banks of Detroit, national chess champion, in the sixteen games played simultaneously by Banks at the Y. M. C. A. in South Bend Saturday night. The champion won twelve of his games, tied two and lost the one to Jenkines. The Logansport attorney's feat places him high among the chess players of this section of the United States.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1925

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February 04 1925

Elks Planning Chess Tourney at Rooms 04 Feb 1925, Wed Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

ELKS PLANNING CHESS TOURNEY AT ROOMS
More laurels were garnered by Delbert Brown, the Logansport checker champion, when he defeated nine of his twelve opponents and tied the other three contenders in the second tournament held at the Elks club last night. Mr. Dawgett, the state champ, failed to show up.
Players who were able to tie Brown last night were Fred Tam, of Pulaski; Milton Sparks of Idaville; Frank Wall, city. Brown played his twelve opponents simultaneously. Another checker tourney is to be arranged at later date by U. S. Hauck, chairman, while upon this occasion B. C. Jenkines will also make his debut when he will meet all comers at chess.

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August 19 1925

Invite Jenkines To Chess Tourney 19 Aug 1925, Wed Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

INVITE JENKINES TO CHESS TOURNEY
B. C. Jenkines, local attorney and chess player, has been honored by receiving an invitation to enter the national chess tournament to be held at Cedar Point, Ohio, August 26 to Sept. 5. The affair is being sponsored by the Western Chess Association of Detroit. Entrants are limited and made only upon invitation from the association. Five prizes are offered, the first being for $150.
Jenkines entered the tournament at Detroit last year for his first appearance in a national contest and placed seventh in a field of eighteen starters. He has not fully decided but hopes to be able to accept the invitation this year again.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1926

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March 24 1926

Cass Prize Raised 24 Mar 1926, Wed The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Cass Prize Raised.
Announcement that the prize money for Cass county has been raised was made by Bertram C. Jenkines, of Logansport, county chairman. Mr. Jenkines has been active in bringing the contest to the attention of the school officials of his county.

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August 12 1926

Jenkines Gets Entry Blank 12 Aug 1926, Thu The Logansport Morning Press (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

JENKINES GETS ENTRY BLANK
An Invitation to enter the western chess association tournament at the Hotel La Salle, Chicago, August 1 to September 1, has been received and probably will be accepted by B. C. Jenkines, local attorney. He took part in the meet of the association at Detroit two years ago, winning five games.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1928

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February 28 1928

Bertram C. Jenkines 28 Feb 1928, Tue The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

BERTRAM C. JENKINES, Logansport, has made his residence in Hammond and is practicing law here with the firm of Jenkines and Brown.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1929

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April 22 1929

Form Checker Club Tonight 22 Apr 1929, Mon The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

FORM CHECKER CLUB TONIGHT
Prominent Hammond citizens, interested in chess and checkers, will meet tonight in the rooms of the Rooster club in the First Trust building to form a chess and checker club. The meeting will be held at 8 p. m.
Folk who are devotees to these two games are asked to attend the meeting and join the organization to be founded.
Among those who are interested in the movement to found a society in Hammond are: Attorneys Jenkines, Brown and Fall, and Drs. Chevigney and Hoffman. Walter Sanderson of the First Trust is also ready to help form an organization to promote interest in Hammond among those who love to play chess and checkers.

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August 31 1929

Group of Chess Notables Competing in Tourney Here 31 Aug 1929, Sat St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

Group of Chess Notables Competing in Tourney Here
Standing, left to right—John Winter, Detroit; V. Sournin, Washington, D. C. champion; H. Hahlbohm, Chicago, Illinois University champion; Samuel D. Factor, Chicago, Western Chess Association champion and member of the Olympic Chess Team; G. H. Perrine, Centralia, III.; Eugene J. Roesch, 1927 St. Louis champion; J. A. Anderson, present city champion; L. T. Maenner, St. Louis, newly-elected president of Western Chess Congress; B. C. Jenkins, Hammond, Ind.; R. S. Scrivener, Memphis, Tenn.
Seated Herman Steiner, New York champion and member of Olympic Chess Team; Dr. A. E. West, Kalamazoo, Mich., referee; Norman T. Whittaker, Washington, D. C, and National Chess Federation champion of 1927.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1932

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April 03 1932

April 03, 1932. Seek Judgeships. Candidates filed for Circuit court judge are … Bertraum C. Jenkines, Gary, Democrat, Lake county…

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May 06 1932

Superior Court 06 May 1935, Mon The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

ALONG WITH THE THREE other superior courts of the county, Gary Court rooms 3 and 4 will start a week's vacation period today. Judge B. C. Jenkines will spend the week visiting a brother while Judge Homer E. Sacket will remain at home, spending part of the time reading briefs on the Johnson vs. Clayton case.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1935

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May 22 1935

Chess Meet Won By R. E. George 22 May 1935, Wed The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) Newspapers.com

CHESS MEET WON BY R. E. GEORGE
R. E. George is winner of a chess tournament conducted by the Northern Indiana Chess league in room No. 802, Sherland building, over the week-end.
Four of the six member cities in the league competed, Garrett and Elkhart forfeiting. Mr. George won all three of his matches.
Robert Hopp, of South Bend, placed second, his one defeat being at the hands of George. Alexander L. Jonas, of Knox, and Judge B. C. Jenkines, of Gary, tied for third place, drawing in the match between them and losing their others.
James Trembois, of Gary; Edward Slick, of South Bend, and Mr. Paul of Knox, tied for first place in class B. They were the only entries in that division.

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August 27 1935

Judge Jenkines In Hospital 27 Aug 1935, Tue The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

JUDGE JENKINES IN HOSPITAL
Experiencing ill health for several weeks, Gary Superior court judge, B. C. Jenkines, yesterday entered the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago for a ten day rest treatment and clinical advice. He expects to be back in Gary to take up the fall court term which opens September 9th.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1936

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June 09 1936

June 09, 1936: Bet Method Is Explained By Vincent Of Exposition Co. — Deputy Prosecutor John Stanton announced this morning that he has not yet been served with the restraining order granted by Superior Court Judge Bertram C. Jenkines against interference with the dog track to be operated in Hammond by the Calument Exposition Co., Inc.

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June 11 1936

Enjoin Dog Racing At Hammond Track 11 Jun 1936, Thu Muncie Evening Press (Muncie, Indiana) Newspapers.com

ENJOIN DOG RAGING AT HAMMOND TRACK
Lake County Judge Overruled by High Court.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 11.—(U.P.) A temporary writ of prohibition against Judge Bertram C. Jenkines of Lake Superior Court to forestall proposed dog racing at Hammond was issued today by the State Supreme Court.
The high court set June 22 for hearing on petition for a permanent writ and ordered the Lake County judge to show cause why it should not be granted.
Judge Jenkines granted a temporary restraining order June 8 to the Calumet Exposition Company, Inc., prohibiting Lake County and Hammond authorities from interfering with proposed operation of a dog track.
Prosecutor Fred A. Egan of Lake County appealed to the supreme court for the writ of prohibition preventing the superior court judge from acting further in the case.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1937

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February 16 1937

The Times, Munster, Indiana, Tuesday, February 16, 1937

Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1937

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Government Leaders 16 Feb 1937, Tue The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Government Leaders
On the 100th anniversary of Lake county, the men pictured on this page head the various governments and courts of the community.
To them is entrusted the official duty of legislation, administration, and the rendering of justice. They supervise the governments and courts of more than a quarter of a million people.
What Lake county will be years, 20 years, and, perhaps, 30 years hence, depends in a large measure on these gentlemen and their official acts. For that reason, they are accorded a special page in this centennial edition a page that marks a milestone in the official history of the region.
The Hammond Times, in behalf of the readers of this edition, urges these officials to look forward to the future, and to build a solid foundation ... on which to build the superstructure of Lake county's next 100 years.

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Set Up Room 4 16 Feb 1937, Tue The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Set Up Room 4
Superior court Room 4 was established for Gary in 1927 and Claude V. Ridgely, of Gary, was appointed to fill the bench. Judge Ridgely was defeated for reelection by Bertram C. Jenkines in 1934, and the latter is still on the bench.

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March 06 1937

Chess Tournament In Gary Tonight 06 Mar 1937, Sat The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

CHESS TOURNAMENT IN GARY TONIGHT
Taking the place of the former city wide championship tournament, an intramembership contest of the Gary Chess and Checker club, will be held at the Gary YMCA tonight and a second play at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. A chess set and chess board will be awarded the first and second winners. Among those scheduled to play are Judge B. C. Jenkines, Frank and Walter Hallman and D. E. Rhead.

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July 03 1937

Oltz Given Fireworks Injunction 03 Jul 1937, Sat The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

OLTZ GIVEN FIREWORKS INJUNCTON
Despite the opposition of the Hammond city administration against the sale of fireworks in the condemned Paxton building near the southwest corner of Hohman avenue and Russell street, Lyman Oltz obtained a restraining order yesterday from Superior Judge Bertram C. Jenkines, of Gary, enjoining the city from interfering with his sale of pyrotechnics in the structure until July 6.
City Comptroller Bertram Smith, who issues fireworks permits, explained today that he has refused to license the Oltz enterprise in the condemned Paxton building because of the danger involved.
“Notwithstanding the express wishes of the city administration to protect the buying public from possible injury in the old structure,” Smith said, “Mr. Oltz obtained his restraining order from Judge Jenkines without our knowledge and now is selling fireworks in the condemned building.
“We can do nothing about the situation until next Tuesday when the restraining order is returnable in Judge Jenkine's court. Our only hope now is that the building will not collapse or otherwise endanger the lives of the people entering it.”
Oltz restraining order prohibits Fire Chief William Nill and Police Chief Thomas Martinson from interfering with his operations in the building. He applied for the injunction after both Comptroller Smith and Mayor Frank R. Martin had refused to allow the condemned structure to be used as a merchandise establishment.

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October 12 1937

Former Local Lady Is Dead 12 Oct 1937, Tue Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Former Local Lady is Dead
Daughter of Former Logansport Attorney Dies at Hammond.
Mrs. Emma C. Brown, 34, wife of Attorney M. Clyde Brown, formerly of this city, and daughter Judge B. C. Jenkines, also a former local resident, died at the St. Margaret hospital, Hammond, Ind. at 9 o'clock last night. She had been a patient at the hospital five weeks.
Mrs. Brown's mother, the late Mrs. Emma Cornwell Jenkines passed away at her daughter's birth, March 15, 1903.
Surviving Mrs. Brown are the husband, M. Clyde Brown, a Hammond attorney and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Brown, 1727 High street, a daughter, Mary Claudine, age fourteen, a son, Robert Jenkines Brown, twelve, and her father, Judge B. C. Jenkines of superior court No. 3, Gary. Indiana.
The body will be returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Jenkines, 2100 East Broadway, Wednesday from where funeral rites will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. J. T. Bean of the Broadway Methodist church in charge. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope cemetery.

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Emma C. Brown, Mar 15, 1903-Oct 11, 1937
Mount Hope Cemetary, Logansport, Cass county, Indiana

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Mrs. Brown, Wife of Lawyer, Dies 12 Oct 1937, Tue The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

MRS. BROWN, WIFE OF LAWYER, DIES
In failing health for a year, Mrs. Emma C. Jenkines Brown, wife of Attorney M. Clyde Brown of Hammond and daughter of Superior Judge Bertram C. Jenkines of Gary, died last night in St. Margaret's hospital.
Besides her husband and father, Mrs. Brown, who was 34 years old, is survived by a daughter, Claudine, and a son, Robert.
Mrs. Brown, who resided at 6623 Monroe avenue, was born at Logansport and had lived here 10 years.
Brief services will be held tomorrow at 4 p. m. at the Neidow funeral chapel with the Rev. R. O. Kimberlin officiating. The remains will be taken to Logansport for services to be held Thursday at 2 p. m. from the home of A. G. Jenkines. Interment will take place at Logansport. The body may be viewed at the funeral home.

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October 13 1937

Brown 13 Oct 1937, Wed Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) Newspapers.com

BROWN
Funeral rites for Mrs. Emma Brown, 34, formerly of this city, who succumbed Monday night at St. Margaret hospital, Hammond, will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Jenkines, 2100 East Broadway, with Rev. J. T. Bean officiating. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope cemetery. The body was removed to the Jenkines home Wednesday.

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February 26 1938

Bund Injunction Case To Be Heard March 8 26 Feb 1938, Sat The St. Louis Star and Times (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

Bund Injunction Case To Be Heard March 8
GARY, IND., Feb. 26—(U.P.) A motion to make permanent an injunction banning all activities of the German - American Volksbund in Lake County, Indiana, will be heard March 8 by Superior Judge Bertram C. Jenkines.
He issued a temporary order yesterday restraining the Volksbund from soliciting members or holding any meetings in Lake County. Named as defendants in the application, filed by Attorney Richard S. Kaplan, were Fritz Kuhn and Wilhelm Kunze, Bund officials.
Kaplan charged Bund activities “endanger the happiness, good will, reputation and homes of American citizens.”
He said he acted as a citizen and a member of the Jewish faith. The injunction also prohibits the Bund from attacking or vilifying any member of the Jewish religion, attacking the principles of the United States constitution, or leasing any premises in Lake County.

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Gary Court Bans Bund Activities 26 Feb 1938, Sat Evansville Press (Evansville, Indiana) Newspapers.com

GARY COURT BANS BUND ACTIVITIES
GARY, Ind., (AP) Feb 26—Superior Court Judge Bertram C. Jenkines has enjoined the Amerikadeutscher Volksbund, a Nazi organization, from extending into Lake County.
The restraining order was issued on petition of Richard Kaplan, Gary attorney who said he acted for himself as a Jew.
Kaplan's petition said he sought to “prevent bloodshed, riots and attacks on good names, reputations and good will of American churches, schools and racial groups.”

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Court Bars Nazi Bund Activities In Lake Co., Indiana 26 Feb 1938, Sat Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com

COURT BARS NAZI BUND ACTIVITIES IN LAKE CO., IND.
Meetings, Membership Work Banned by Writ.
A temporary injunction restraining the American Deutscher Volksbund [familiarly known as the Nazi Storm Troopers] from soliciting members or holding any meetings in Lake, county, Ind., was issued yesterday by Judge Bertram C, Jenkines of the Lake County Superior court.
Named as defendants in the application for the injunction, filed by Attorney Richard S. Kaplan of Gary, were Fritz Kuhn and Wilhelm Kunze and two Lake county bund members given as John Doe and Richard Doe. Kuhn was referred to as national president of the bund and Kunze as an organizer.
Says Good Will Periled.
Kaplan said he filed his bill as a citizen and a member of the Jewish faith. The bund, he stated, “endangers the happiness, good will and reputation” of many Americans, and added that if a proposed meeting in Hammond were held Monday night there would be danger of rioting and bloodshed.
Judge Jenkines set March 8 as the date for argument on a motion to make the injunction permanent. Considerable opposition to the German-American bund already had developed in Gary and Hammond. Several German-American organizations had passed resolutions condemning its activities and the Hammond park board, after learning the aims and nature of the bund, had withdrawn its permission for Kuhn and Kunze to use the Hammond municipal auditorium.
Meeting Ends in Disorder.
The Chicago Storm Troopers' meeting Wednesday in the Germania club, attended by about 1,000 persons, broke up in disorder after Kunze had made a speech assailing Jews and praising Nazism.
Two youths who refused to salute the Nazi flag engaged in a scuffle with William Wernicke, a Nazi sympathizer. Wernicke and one of the boys, John Fisher, 2936 North Major avenue, were arrested, so was Emil Horitz, a Glenview member of the bund, who smashed a newspaper man's camera. All the cases are to be heard in the Boys court on March 11.

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March 20 1941

Judge Jenkines Back On Bench Next Monday 20 Mar 1941, Thu The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Judge Jenkines Back On Bench Next Monday
Judge Bertram C. Jenkines, former attorney, but who presides over Superior court room No. 3, in Gary, today is convalescing from a minor nose operation which he underwent this week in a Gary hospital. He is expected back on the bench Monday. During his absence Attorney Harry P. Sharavsky is acting judge.

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March 27 1942

Judge Jenkines in Primary Race Again 27 Mar 1942, Fri The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Judge Jenkines in Primary Race Again
INDIANAPOLIS. March 27. Two Lake county men filed their notices of intention to run in the Democratic primary in Secretary of State James Tucker's office today. They are: Bertram C. Jenkines, Gary Democrat, incumbent judge of Gary superior court room three, for renomination, and Adolph J. Schabowski, Gary, for representative from Lake county.

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April 03 1942

For Judge Superior Court 03 Apr 1942, Fri The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT
To The Editor, The Hammond Times: I hereby announce my candidacy for re-nomination on the Democratic ticket as Judge of Lake Superior Court No. 3, sitting in Gary, subject to Primaries Mar 8, 1942
BERTRAM C. JENKINES

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April 06 1942

Judge Jenkines Candidate For Renomination 06 Apr 1942, Mon The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

JUDGE JENKINES CANDIDATE FOR RENOMINATION
Superior Court Judge Announces His Candidacy In May Primary
A trial lawyer of more than 30 years' experience, Bertram C. Jenkines, Democrat, today announced his candidacy for renomination as judge of room 3, Gary superior court, in the May 5 primary.
A member of the Lake county bar since 1928, when he came here from Logansport, Jenkines has occupied the bench in room 3 since Jan. 2, 1935, having been elected to the post in November of the preceding year, and re-elected in November, 1938.
A native of West Virginia who received most of his formal education and law preparation in California, the jurist launched his legal practice in Logansport (Cass county) in 1899. Subsequently he became a member of the Logansport law firm of McConnell, Jenkines, Jenkines and Stuart, with which he remained until re-establishing himself in Lake county in 1928.

Admitted in 1907
He was admitted to practice before the Indiana supreme and appellate courts in 1907.
High spot of Jenkines' career as a trial lawyer came shortly after he had joined the Lake county bar, when he was chosen special counsel in appealing to the supreme court the conviction of a defendant in the case involving destruction of the State theater in Hammond as a result of a violent explosion. In the appeal he won reversal of the judgment and acquittal of the defendant.

Friends Laud Him
Friends of the jurist who indorse his candidacy for a third term hold that he possesses “those qualities of mind and heart which fit him admirably to determine the rights of litigants solely upon their merits.”
“During his seven years on the superior court bench,” they say, “Judge Jenkines has tried many important cases, his court being one of the busiest in Lake county. Many important trusts, in which thousands of people had an important stake, have been adjudicated before him, among them the liquidation of several leading financial institutions of a former day such as the First National bank, the National Bank of America, the Gary Labor bank and the Federal Building and Loan association.
“No one can gainsay that all the litigants appearing before him, irrespective of race or creed, have received justice at his hands. His popularity is borne out by the willingness with which litigants of all classes cause their cases to be submitted for judicial determination in his court.”

Held In Respect
The candidate's relations with his colleagues of bench and bar, and with labor and industry, have been such, his supporters hold, “as to promote mutual respect and confidence.”
“The people of the county, regardless of politics, see in him a man to whom they can look to up hold the majesty of the law and to administer justice in strictest conformity to the law and the rules of evidence,” they say.
“In room 3 of Lake superior court, there are no favorites, each litigant and each lawyer standing upon precisely the same ground, with justice administered to all.”
A lifelong Democrat, Jenkines has been active in the affairs of his party throughout his 14 years residence in the county, and before that, in Cass county.
A resident of Hotel Gary, he has two grandchildren, Mary Claudine and Robert Jenkines Brown, of Hammond, in whom be takes a lively interest.
Before ascending the bench in 1935, Jenkines operated two law offices simultaneously, one in Hammond and the other at 738 Broad way here. Adv.

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May 06 1942

Egan Defeats Jenkines 06 May 1942, Wed The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Egan Defeats Jenkines
Judge Jenkines was defeated by Fred A. Egan of Gary, former county prosecutor and ex-state senator, 9,633 to 6,119, with six precincts out.

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July 09 1942

Court 09 Jul 1942, Thu The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Judge B. C. Jenkines in Gary said that he would hold special court sessions throughout the summer for the convenience lawyers and litigants. He will hold his first session July 23 in Gary superior court.

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September 29 1942

Judge Jenkines to Play for Checker Championship 29 Sep 1942, Tue The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Judge Jenkines to Play for Checker Championship
LOGANSPORT, Ind.—(U.P.) Judge B. C. Jenkines of, Gary will meet Glen Donley of Logansport today in the finals of the state chess tournament.
Jenkines triumphed yesterday over John Van Benton, Indianapolis chess star, winning one game and drawing the other. Donley defeated John Geyer, Logansport two and one.

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October 28 1942

State Chess Winner 28 Oct 1942, Wed The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) Newspapers.com

STATE CHESS WINNER
LOGANSPORT, Ind., Oct. 28 (Spl.) B. C. Jenkines, of Gary, superior court judge, defeated Glen Donley, Logansport in the state championship chess match in the Y. M. C. A. here this week.
Jenkines went to the finals through victories over A. D. Gruenbaum, Indianapolis; Paul Meyer, Logansport, and John Van Benton, Indianapolis.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1943

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April 11 1943

Donald Brooks Wins At Chess 11 Apr 1943, Sun The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) Newspapers.com

DONALD BROOKS WINS AT CHESS
Victorious in 18 straight games, Donald O. Brooks, 1109 Stanfield street, won the northern Indiana chess championship Friday night in the clubrooms of the Gary, Ind., Chess club. The tourney matches, among 10 of the best players in the state, lasted several weeks. B. C. Jenkines, of Gary, finished second in the meet.

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May 07 1943

State Chess Tourney Will Be Held May 30-31 07 May 1943, Fri The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) Newspapers.com

STATE CHESS TOURNEY WILL BE HELD MAY 30-31
LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 7 (Spl.)—The second annual state chess tournament will be conducted at the Logansport Y. M. C. A. May 30 and 31, it was announced Friday by Glen Donley, president of the Logansport Chess Club.
Judge Bertram C. Jenkines, of the Gary superior court, who won the first state tournament last year, will defend his crown.
Five Indianapolis players have indicated they will enter the tourney, and several other Indiana cities will be represented.
The tourney will be an elimination.
Judge Jenkines defeated Mr. Donley in the finals of last year's tournament.

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May 27 1943

Judge Jenkines To Defend Chess Title 27 May 1943, Thu The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

JUDGE JENKINES TO DEFEND CHESS TITLE
LOGANSPORT (U.P.)— Drawings for the second annual state chess tournament, which has drawn entries from every part of Indiana, will be held at 1 p. m. Sunday, and matches played Sunday and Monday, tournament officials announced today.
Topping the list of entrants were Defending Champion Judge B. C. Jenkines of Gary and Charles Moore of Indianapolis, central Indiana champion.
Other entries were received from Indianapolis and Gary, as well as Fort Wayne, Marion, Anderson, Portland, South Bend, Kokomo, Peru, Markleville and Logansport.
Matches will be played at the Logansport YMCA on an elimination rather than round-robin basis, officials said.

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May 28 1943

State Chess Tourney 28 May 1943, Fri Princeton Daily Clarion (Princeton, Indiana) Newspapers.com

STATE CHESS TOURNEY
LOGANSPORT, May 28.—(UP)—Top-notch chess players from all over Indiana will meet at Logansport Sunday and Monday for the second annual state chess tournament.
Matches will be held in the YMCA at Logansport.
Topping the entries are the defending champion, Superior Court Judge B. C, Jenkines of Gary, and Charles Moore, of Indianapolis. Moore is central Indiana champion.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1944

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May 23 1944

Jenkines, State '42 Chess Champ, Defeated in Meet 23 May 1944, Tue The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com

Jenkines, State '42 Chess Champ, Defeated in Meet
B. C. Jenkines, former Hammond attorney, who was the 1942 state chess champion, was defeated Sunday at Logansport by Isadore Greenhut, Indianapolis, early in the second round.
This was the third annual state tournament for the Gary Chess club and the Gary members were defeated in early rounds of the meet.

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Bertram Claude Jenkines, 1945

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May 14 1945

State Champion Enters Chess Quarter Finals 14 May 1945, Mon The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) Newspapers.com

State Champion Enters Chess Quarter Finals
LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 14—John Van Benten, Indianapolis, defending state champion, entered the quarter finals of the annual state chess tournament here by defeating Alfred Gruenbaum, also of Indianapolis, Sunday afternoon in the second round of the tourney.
Judge B. C. Jenkines of Gary, 1942 state champion, and Glen Donley, Logansport, 1943 winner also survived the opening rounds of play. Judge Jenkins won over R. H. Galloway, Logansport, in his second round match, while Mr. Donley eliminated D. E. Rhead, Gary.
Other quarter finalists and the opponents they defeated in second round matches are: Don Freehafer, Logansport, over Attorney Edward New Indianapolis; George Martinson, Gary, over John Witthammer, Gary; Fred Flauding, Portland, over R. C. Kloepfer. Logansport; D. O. Brooks, Gary, over Bert Hoffmann, Indianapolis, and Kenneth Rearick, Gary, over E. O. Metzger, Lafayette.
Greencastle, South Bend, Marion, Connersville. and Markleville also were represented in the tourney.

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May 15 1945

State Chess Champ 15 May 1945, Tue Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana) Newspapers.com

State Chess Champ
LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 14.—(UP)—John Van Benten, Indianapolis, today retained his title as state chess champion by defeating B. C. Jenkines of Gary, 1942 title holder.

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