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TESTA EALURE ’ aN us 2s a ——— — «BREMNER DIES; , $100,000 RADIUM New Jersey Congressman, Ill for Four Years, Fought Caricer Heroically. ‘HOPEFUL TO THE END. “Wanted to Go Back to Wash- ington and Urge Law Cre- ating Radium Institute. BALTIMORE, Feb. 6.—Robert Gunn Bremner, member of Congress from the Geventh NewSJersey District and e@itor of the Passaic Daily Herald, died to-day of cancer at a local sant- tertum where he hdd been undergo- Adg radium treatment since last De- cember. He had been suffering from the disease for four years. Mr. Bremner was thirty-nine years old and married, but had no children. Mr. Bremner came to Dr. Howard after physicians in this country and Europe had vainly tried to cure him. It was found that the disease had made such inroads upon bim thi little could be done to help him that the fight against ‘death would be made with all the odds against bin. Mr. Bremner was optimistic, how- ever, and tubes containing $100,000 worth of radium were applied to ti growth. For a time the patient seemed to improve and members of his fam- ily frequently expressed the belief that he would recover. They clung to thie hope until a few days ago, when the sick man was seized with a sink- ing spell. Mr, Bremner’e election to Congress was accomplished while he lay in bed fl. He did not make e speech. The election is ald to have been a tribute to his pluck. On, the might before the election (Prestéent Wilson, then Governor of ~ New Jeresy, visited Passaic and made @ speech for Bremner. Mr, Bremner was a native of Keiss, Caithness, Scotland, whence his fam- ander. Bremner, is living in Camilla, Canada, _ . WASHINGTON, Fob. §—Repre- eentdtive Bremmer’s death, though not was a shock to his in Congressional circles, where hin fight for life had been watched ‘witm much sympathy. After confer- ences between Speaker Clark and Democratic Leader Underwood it was determined not to adjourn the House at-once, because of the great pres- @ure, of business, but a resolution wae agreed upon for adjournment as eoén as the business arranged for tire day bad been disposed of, Another resolution was drawn to ‘Vexpreta the sympathy of the House ® committe was appointed by Speaker Clark. Myr, Bremner was last in the Houso the day Congress adjourned for the Ubrietmas holidays and while he chatted freely and w was in much®agony. W! dying last night the House was dis- cussin, bill for a bureau of Jabor It was his hobby. President Wilson and Secretary ‘Tumulty were deeply affected when * they learked of Reprosentative Brom- tuer's death. While Bremner und went radium treatment both the President and Secretary Tumulty kept in close touch with the hospital at Baltimore and sent many m e@ages of encouragement. Secreta: ‘Tumulty will attend the funeral. PASSAIC, N, J., Feb. 5.—When news of the death of Congressman Robert Gunn Bremner was received here Ma- yor George M. Seger ordered the flags li city buildings to be half-mast. a mi respect. Flags were ed jalf-mast on many other the city. LESS: MEAT IF BACK ~~ AND KIDNEYS HURT Take a glass of Salts to flush Kidneys if Bladder <¢ % bothers you. Eating meat regularly eventual; Pi Renato ae other, says a well-kuow: ithority,, be- cause the uric acid in meat excites the they become overworked; get sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts of ress, part rly backache and mis- ery to the kidmy region; rheumatic t severe headaches, acid stomach, tion, torpid liver, sl bladder and urinary irritation. ‘The moment your back hurts or kid- ped aren't acting right, or if bladder hers you, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from eny good pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your Kidaoys will then act fine. This famous salts o maiie Grows the. scid ofr 3 aad lemon juice, combined with a, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity; to neutralize the acids in the urine no longer irri- tates, thus ending bladder disorders, dad Salts cannot injure any one; makes « delightful effervescent lithia- water drink which millions of men and Eomen tale sew aed thee te beep, tbe 2 eS SE a Kelly's santtarium to try the radium | aaa Divoree a Tangled Pro Ow THE"STATE MARRIAGE” OF TwE EuTuRE CAN MADE veRv SERlous “Has Any Anti-Divorce Advocate Ever Offered a Constructive Alternative?” Asks the Rev. John Haynes Holmes of the Church of the Messiah. “No Man and Woman Who Have No Love for One Another or Perhaps Hate Egch Other, Should Be Forced to Live Together as Husband and Wife.” By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. If a husband and wife enter a court that has the sanctity and privacy ity emigrated to Canada when he |°f & confessional, if they testify truthfully that there is an utter absence of was e youth. His mother, Mrs. Alex- ‘love between them, if they are allowed time for reconsideration, but do nos, 4 reconsider, if the court vainly attempts to remove the difficulties in the way of reconciliation, if the effort to Yeawakesg love proves useless, if an appeal in the name of the family to a joint sense of responsibility falls flat, and if @ divorce is not granted—twhat ts to be done? What positive solution have the opponents of ” Sivores ho bur tal that Wiidh tho Nev. Jouk Haynes una teaitmeiee ete TS Holmes of the Church of the Messiah rightly calls “the most sadly tangled problem of our time?’ When was wuss TPT rans, it ever an answ6r to a problem to say, “Do nothing?” If divorce won't make the sum of a wretched marriage come out right, what will? What te fo be done? Dr. Holmes and many of us will be interested in the replies which such ‘able burden. ALTERNATIVE? “Has any ever offered a constructive alterna- tive?’ Dr. Holmes querted, when 1 volume vorce.” In it the author takes a posi- called garrisons as the Senator from Loutsi- ana on the one hand and Ellen Key on the other. “T have always been unable to un- derstand,” continued the clergyman, the absence of a constructive effort on the part of society to bring about the right sort of marriages. It there were more of an effort in this direc- tion, there would be no need of con- suming #0 much energy over this question of divorce. The ility of the family de- pends not if ee much upen — keeping people together who have once married ae upon preventing the marriage of these people un- til they have given some reason- assurance of their knowl- conditions, their eerious- “What is the type of marriage which you believe most likely to auc- ceed and which you think coctety should encourage?” 1 asked. Dr. Holmes's dark eyes glowed. He is a young man, but I fancy he lodks even younger than he ts, with his smooth-shaven, almost timeless face, his buoyantly alert carriage, and bis rapid play of expression, I de! the phrase “live wire,” but there really {a @ suggestion of vomething electrical about him. LOVE THE EXCLUSIVE ELEMENT OF THE TRUE MARRIAG' “There is no marriage, in the truest sense of the word,” he replied, ‘“un- less love is the exclusive element out of which it is built, The marriage ts not the outward ceremony or inatitu- tion—it is not the plighting of the troth, the giving of the ring, or the speaking of the benediction. The true marriage is nothing more nor less| period of a year Dersons as Senator Ransdell of Louisian: ‘question. Senator Ransdell is fathering a forever prohibit divorce with the right to remarry in the United States. But :@0 far he has not divulged what he would put in the place of the legal sev- ‘erance of two persons to whom a legal relationship has become an intoler- ry wee be able to make to this amendment which would WHAT 18 THE CONSTRUCTIVE absent, or is adulterated by an ad- mixture of some other moral element, anti-divoree advocate} the marriage is just to that extent so much the less a true marriage. “It ts because we are beginning to jahowed him the report of Senatvr|Fealize this fact that we, are feeling Ransdell’s activities. Dr. Holmes, you| more and more abhorrence every day should know, Js the author of an|for those marriages which are bound extraordinarily sane and candid little | for reasons of family, or convenience, riage and ‘pi-/ or worldly station. Tt is because of this fact alen, that wé are beginning esrential condition of true marriage in this modern world is the economic independence of women. “Any motive, be it a desire te have a home er te keep property intact, or te perpetuate the family, er to gain tion midway between such = understand, little by little, that an love, which leade a woman er a man inte the marriage relation, constitutes in Itself a nullifieation ef the marriage at the very outest. “But though the origin of marriage 1b to be found in the heart of the ine dividual, it is equally true that the results of marriage are to be found in the fabric of the social ‘whole, Therefore, society has always insisted upon stepping in and itself how this union a and maintained, “And just how far do.you think that social control should go to-day?" I jnquired. “In the firet place, society must hold and exercise the right to for- the marriage of the unfit. In ‘ditions of mar Such cigid restri thrown about the union ef eveny man and every woman, that all hasty, ill-considered, fanciful and ignorant marriages weuld be ren- dered improbable, if not impossi- ble. And, lastly, a civil mi be held the true and only alization of the union, theugh the civil ceremony need not inter- fere with any additional religious service, 5 CANDIDATES FOR MARRIAGE SHOULD GET ACQUAINTED. “It should be made necessary for a elapse between blem, But Opponents Fail to Suggest Any Alternative Remedy fF DR. JOHN HAYNES HOumeS SHOuLo BE PRIVATE = ‘N THE NATURE OF | that some degree of lasting affection between the two persons is present. I'm not at all sure that the old custom ‘of calling the banns in church was & with a reminiscent le, “Then both parties should receive some adequa., training for the mget- ing of the responsibilities of this state, which is more momentous for the interests of the individuals con- cerned, to say nothing of society at WOMAN ELECTION CLERK, ATTACKED, ACCUSES POLTIAN Miss Mary Waish Tells Chicago Police Ward Leader Struck and Knocked Her Down. CHICAGO, Feb, 6.—Miss May Walsh, twenty-four, pretty little woman who served as Democratic clerk of election in the Fourth Ward on registration day, was under the large, than any trade or fon, for which a training of years is thought obligatory. In ather words, society should take upon itself to pro- yide that preparatibn for marriage be as definite a part of an education as preparation for any other of the infinitely less important walks of life; and then see that nobody ts allowed to enter the marriage state who has neglected this education, “Not any and every state official should be allowed to marry persons, but only certain dignified, honorable and intelligent ,entlemen, I think this duty might well devolve upon re- tired Justices of the Supreme Court.” NO LOVELESS COUPLE SHOULD BE FORCED TO LIVE TOGETHER, Dr. Holmes paused a moment, but Wie next words when thoy caine were spoken with @ quiet and sincere gravity. “No one of us would think It right in the beginning to foree a man and a woman te live ¢ anether. Thie weuld be rever- sion te the barbariem of marriage by capture, or barter, or family Lf to live together as husband and wife after love has teen de- stroyed by cruelty or betrayal, and hatred of the worst kind has been developed? “We have already got to the point when we condemn the joining of marriage relations when the union of affections does not exist. Why also should we not condemn the con- tinuance of marriage relations when the union of affections, for one reason or another, has disappeared? “I do not believe in any such free and easy conditions of divorce as those advocated by Ellen Key and other rampant Individuali: If the process is undertaken, it should be as solemn and in many ways as dift- ficult as the original process of mar- riage. The divorce judge should be @ person of special intelligence and understanding and the sacred privacy of the confessional should be ob- jwerved in the courtroom, But sup- pose that after persuasion and re- flection two persons ask in dignified seriousness to go their separate ways, ask to be allowed another chance for | happinese--what fits their case if not than union of souls in the spirit of |the betrothal and the wedding, that divorce?” partect love, and where this oplrit,t: | there may be gome assurance at least Just thata-what? care o fa physician to-day when Jo- seph McDonough, @ ward worker, was arraigned on the charge of bru- tally assaulting her, Acompanied by Edward Oehl, Re- publican election clerk, Miss Walsh went through her precinct last night verifying the registration lists, Wheat she stopped at the McDonough home, she told the police, McDonough, a man of powerful build, called her a vile name and struck and knocked her down, McDonough was arrested early to- day and promptly bailed out by a can- didate for Alderman, will fight for Al- dermantc nomi) ations in the prima- ries Feb. 24 it was announced to-day when the time for filing candidates’ petitions expired. Mrs. Raymond Robins, wife of a Progressive party leader, filed for the Bull Moose nomination in the Seven- teenth Ward, just before the entries closed at midnight. Two other Pro- gressive women, Misg Marion H. Drake and Mrs. Julie Agnew, are candidates in other wards. ‘The Democrats have two women candidates for Council geats, Miss Bara M. Hopkins and Mrs. Marie Mrs, Josephine C. Kanecko, Mra, Lydia McDermott and Miss Maude J. Bail. a, CHARITY BALL TO-NIGHT. thé annu New York Nursery and Child's Hos- Ing ae ple. To meet the modern demand, have beet the tango and maxixe, Mayor Jolin Purroy Mitchel | Mitchel and officers from the Nevy | and Governot’s Island are to attend, many, other distinguished guests, | grand march will commence O'clock, led by, Mrs, Algerno: Sullivan, who Jed it street was a fashicnal Jury to-day disc Peper, a shloon-keeper, of No. One Hundred and Fifty-ninth stree the killing of John P. Moor No. 462 We Oni ourth street, Mooney was ai while drinking Peper’s saloon. tur verdle! 44, the rear Atter the fury hd. arrest. ned t, Pei i charged with viblating he C2 ‘| until W. W. Farley, Excise Commis- He dented the | Pr } roads will lead to-night to harity Ball, which ts to be m at the Waldorf-Astoria, in aid of two of the smaller ballrooms n set aaide for the dancing of i J. P. Mooney. ner Hellenstein and @ Coroner's reed John B. M. 481 Weat ot by Peper on Jan. 16 oft Te- julitven | _5, 1914 NO SUNDAY DRINK OES NOW ON A NEAR SANDWICH \Good Old Jury Stood for It,|! but the Court Set the Verdict Aside. 4a! BALTIMORE SWIMMER AND CABBAGE BOUQUET FROM, SHIP'S CHEF ¢ IT ISN'T A REAL MEAL, And It Insults Intelligence, _ Says Justice Philbin, to Say Drinkers Go After It. Goodby, ,péor ttle, emaciated “Raines Law" sandwich! Justice! 2 Philbin in the Supreme Court) @ mang your requiem to-day and unless he is reversed by higher courts, his decision becomes the law, and that’s the end of you. Albert Futtrer has—or did have sioner, swooped down upon it—e hotel with a Sunday back room re- freshment parlor at No. 1881 West- chester avenue, the Bronx. Several Sundays in succession Farte: spe- clal agents visited Buttner’s, only to learn that instead of serving meals to patrons the centre of each table was laden exclusively one tiny, lonely, near leather sandwich, sup- posed to be a lawful meal. Under the liquor license regulations Buttner got @ license to sell liquor on Sunday if he served meals with the I'quor, and as Farley didn’t think a near leather sandwich a meal for all comers he sued Buttner for the liquor tax bond. THE JURY SHOWED TENDER RE- GARD FOR SANDWICH, A jury trial wae held at Buttner’s request. The jury had liberal views and might have known a thirst in ite time, for it returned a verdict favor of Buttner and permitted im to retain ie iicense—and his sandwich. This didn’t satisfy the Court. “The testimony of Mr. Farley's wit- nesses,” says Justice Philbin, “te dea- recetved it with smiles, Inacribed on it was “To the and darling of the Grosser Hy ‘ band, was always and cheering up back and wished they cot tucked away in D. Jones's damp er, Mrs. Harris te noted in society for her swimming while abroad sojourning Constance in Switzerland she opportunity to save from a watery grave a French count who bad been boasting of his natatorial powers. ag TOKE OFF HER CLOTHES AND DIVED INTO LAKE. “That count bragged ef what a fine swimmer he was,” said Mra. Harris, “till you'd have thought Be was Annette Kellermann in i SHIP'S ENGINEER KILLED. BY EXPLOSION AT SEA Three Other Members of the Crew of the San Gregorio Seri- ously Injured.» ‘The oll tank steamer San Gregorio, in tosday from Rotterdam, reported that on Monday evening last a vaive box in her engine room broke, filling the compartment with live steam. Wiliam Kemp, an engineer, was ecalded to death and three other membera of tho crew were burned, They were in the ry horpital whon tho vessel came in|! to-day. yy i —_—_— 19 INJURED IN AUTO CRASH, struck ‘a sightsceing automobile. All those hurt are Florida people. resorted to Mr. Buttner’s hotel during the hours when meals were regularly served therein for the purpose of ob- taining a meal. “To assume that the defendant and hin witnesses, with their experience, incerely believed that sald perso: under the conditions they themselves described, visited said hotel in good faith to obtain a meal and not solely for the purchase of would be tantamount to charging him with lack of ordinary intelligence, And then Justice Philbin speaks in cold, judicial language of the sym- pathetic Jury: “The fact that the jury reached the conclusion it did, notwithatanding ht of evidence, Ii ell ee There is always a regulations a ronal conduct, such as that upon which the plaintiff based his case, The verdict will be eet aside and a new trial ordered. a aieenae MEN’S FROCK COATS MUST GO Cuttege’ Decree Also an inch Trou- ser Braid ter Evening Depes, ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—By an edict of the Internat! Association of Cus- tom Cutters jesstonal Gouthern gen- tlemen, statesmen and Indian Goctors ve Geclarad “out of atyie.” The Gerhardt, and the Hocialists three— ch sociation, the ceremonial dress of the daylight pee will be the cutaway, or Incidentally, it is decreed that m faites aaa let ease "wet Wal'appear in nightahirta, uy the cuts Nt trousers ANDREW DAVE) 40 Mopvern Grocery STRICTLY FRESH BUTTER | KILLS FAMILY AND RMEEL | GIUHEN, Germany, Feb. 6 — After killing his wife ‘and four children with mmitted front of TORES Fi and Colts. A Quick Relief Hale’s Honey ef Norehound and Tar oo healing, eooth sone tr te all thot ‘Balt