Man Elopes
With Brother’s
Wife, Charge
Two Homes Split as Colorado
Rancher and His Sister
in-Law Drop Out of
Sight.
By International News Service.
Denver. Oct. 27.—Suit for divorce,
charging cruelty, has been filed in
the county court at Brighton, Col.,
by Mrs. Elizabeth Martin Farmer
against John Henry Farmer, 44.
widely known and well to do rancher
of Adams county, following the dis
appearance of her husband.
Nation-wide search has been insti
tuted for Mrs. Dora Farmer, 2.1, wife
of Frank H. Farmer, John Henry's
brother who left her home, which ad
joins John Henry's estate.
The sudden and simultaneous dis
appearance of John Henry Farmer
and his brother's wife comes as a
climax to neighborhood gossip that
had involved the missing pair for
many months.
Mrs. John Henry Farmer told In
ternational News Service that she
had asked Denver police and pri
vate detectives to search for her
husband and Mrs. Dora Farmer,
who, she declared, had eloped, leav
ing Denver together on August. 29,
taking with them Frank Farmer's
3-year-old daughter, Aldine.
Two Homes Wrecked.
The story told by Mrs. Farmer
and corroborated by Frank H.
Farmer, husband of the missing
woman, reveals a double domestic
tragedy that has kept the Eastlake
district. 15 miles northwest of Den
ver, agog wdth gossip linking the
names of Jphn Henry Farmer and
his sister-in-law in a clandestine
Jove affair.
.rorm Henry Farmer formerly was
president of me Eastlake Com
munity fair, president of the
^ Adams County fair, director of the
Eastlake bank, secretary of the
Eastlake Grain Elevator association,
and active In civic and social affairs
In the town of Eastlake.
In a note mailed In Denver to his
wife on August 29, she told Inter
national News Service, Farmer said
he was driven to action by gossip
that had spread about the com
munity.
“I have decided to get out and end
It all that way," he wrote, according
to Mrs. Farmer.
Took Little Girl.
Investigation by a Denver detec
tive agency is said to have showed
that Farmer and his brother's wife
left Denver on the August date in a
large touring car, taking with them
little Aldine.
The car was traced on the Look
out Mountain road, detectives re
ported to Mrs. Farmer, but there
all trace was lost.
Descriptions of the missing man
t.nd woman have been broadcasted
over the nation.
Without a trace of bitterness Mrs.
John Henry Farmer, at her home
in Eastlake, in the center of an ex
tensive estate, told her story, fol
lowing filing of the divorce suit.
“John has run away with Frank’s
wife,” she said. '’We are trying to
find them. But I don’t want to have
them to go to Jail. Frank and I are
willing to let them have each other,
if that is what they wish. I would
like to have a definite property set
tlement. and, of course, if the law
sees fit to punish them I guess
there is no way I can prevent it."
Happy 20 Years.
Mrs. Farmer declared their home
life had been happy for the 20
years they had been married, ex
cept during the past year.
“One time, about 10 years ago,"
she said, ‘"another woman tried to
come between John and me, but
that affair 'blew over' without
serious trouble.
“John was susceptible to the
wiles of women, but he always was
a good provider for his family and
I thought he had too much sense to
do anything like this."
Frank Farmer, husband of the
missing woman and brother of the
missing man, who lives on a nearby
ranch in the Eastlake district, de
clared he was "willing they should
‘have each other, If that is what
they desire.” Farmer said ho
would be satisfied It he could get
little Aldine back.
Song Writer Appears
at Rialto This Week
Egbert Van Alatyne, aong writer,
will appear, with hla company, to
day and fhe remainder of the week
at the Rialto theater.
Mr. Van Alatyne la one of the vet
erans of Tin Pan alley, an institu
tion peculiar to American music.
Old-timera will remember “In the
Shade of the Old Apple Tree.” the
song which first brought him fame.
He will play several of his old time
airs, as well ns some of hla more
recent successes.
Shenandoah on Flight.
iAkehurst, N. J„ Oct. 27—Uncle
Sam's biggest dirigible, the Shenan
doah, took the air shortly after 7
o'clock today for a 700 mile trip to
Richmond. Va., by way of the Shen
andoah valley, and return, ns part of
the celebration of Navy day. Ideal
weather conditions prevailed as the
former ZR-1 turned its nose toward
Philadelphia.
AH V KKTISKM KST,
Dermatologist Gives
Complexion Secret
The great secret of kreping the far*
young iw to keep off the dead cuticle,
according to a noted English dermatolo
gist. It Is well known that the surface
-kin Ik constantly dying, falling off in
imperceptible particles, except in some
diseased conditions, when the same ap
pear like dandruff. Hut the particles do
not. drop off immediately they die, being
held for awhile by the live skin.
To have ♦ke dermatological surgeon
peel off the entire cuticle at one time
is a painful and expensive process. The
r same result is obtained by applying or
dinary mercolixed wax. as you would cold
cream. This is both painless and inex
pensive. The wax, procurable at any drug
store (one ounce usually suffice-), hastens
the natural shedding process It gradually
absorbs the dead and half-dead -kin, re
vealing the Dew, healthy, youthful akin
beneath.
ALONG AUTOMOBILE ROW
Road Building Gains.
That the construction of modern
automobile roads and paved streets
in this country Is gaining In volume
year by year Is shown by statistics
just announced by Highways Infor
mation Service, New York. The fig
ures Bhow also that highway con
tracts awarded during the second half
of the year average in volume only
about 25 per cent less than those let
during the first half and that there
is not a month of the year in which
a large amount of construction placed
is not under contract.
In 1920 a total of $530,848,000 In
new road construction was awarded
in this country. In 1921 the amount
was $630,712,000, an increase of $99,
864,000 over 1920. Last year contracts
were awarded to the amount of
$669,428,000, an increase of $38,716,
000 over 1921. and $138,380,000 over
1920. From January 1 to June 1,
this year, a total of $384,774,000 was
placed under contract. At this rate
new highways for which contracts
will be let during 1923 will cost ap
proximately $794,000,000, a gain of
about $126,000,000 over 1922.
4-Wheel Brakes Popular.
Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker, vice
president and director of sales of the
Rickenbacker Motor company, who,
with Chief Engineer Evans of the
same concern, is now in Paris,
France, radios the statement that
“90 per cent of all the automobiles
exhibited in the Paris show are
equipped with four-wheel brakes.
-"And at least one prominent manu
facturer has paid a high compliment
to American engineering genius by
adopting Rickenbacker brakes for all
his 1924 models.”
Light Cars in Demand.
How rapidly the trend of sentiment
is swinging toward the use of lighter
motor car equipment, Jn order to
more satisfactorily meet present-day
traffic conditions, is emphasized in
the tremendous increase In sales of
the Ford Motor company for the first
three-quarters of the present year.
An analysis of these sales shows
that the sentiment is not alone among
passenger car buyers, but extends to
commercial car purchasers who are
finding that the smaller motor haul
age unit effects more efficient, speedy
and economical delivery service.
Marriage Kept Secret in
Columbus for Four Months
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bre.
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 27.—The sale
of residence property in this city be
longing to her today revealed for the
first time a marriage between two
Columbus people which had been
kept secret for more than four
months.
The couple Is Miss Adira Lay,
bookkeeper In a local store, and Otto
Schreiber. clerk in the same store.
The couple went to Carroll, la., June
25 and was married there, returning
at once.
Indian Girls Attempt
to Escape From School
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 27.—Three
Indian girls from the Omaha reserva
tion near Macy ran away from the
government school pt Genoa, and
started to walk home. They stopped
at a farm house and asked for din
ner. From there they were traced
to a point south of Lindsay, where
they were caught and returned to the
school authcd-ltles.
Stutz Tourabout Novel.
One of the most Interesting devia
tions of the "sport” car presented this
year is the new Stutz Six five-passen
ger tourabout. Just announced by
the Stutz Motor Car Company of
America, Inc.
The Stutz Six tourabout, as the
name Implies, is a specially equipped
touring car embodying refinements
that add materially to the car’s trav
eling ability as well as to the con
venience and comfort of the passen
gers on overland Journeys -of any
length.
Not a so-called sport car in the
sense of being freighted with a lot
of extraneous fitments, the Stutz
Six tourabout presages a new idea
in motor car conveniences. It incor
porates only such special equipment
as, in the expert Judgment and broad
experience of Stutz engineers, will
really be of actual service to those
who drive it, particularly for touring
purposes.
New GMC Truck.
Production has been started at the
General Motors Truck company, Pon
tiac, Mich., of a new truck with a
high-powered motor to meet the de
mands of contractors, bus operators
and truck ow'ners in mountainous
territories. The chassis of this truck
Is of the standard two-ton type, but
the motor is that usually found in
the three and a half ton GMC truck.
In appearance, the truck is the
same as the standard GMC model; it
carries a special hood, a higher radia
tor and can be furnished in any one
of four different chassis lengths at
$625 additional list price.
New Peerless Branches.
In line with the Peerless Motor Car
company's recently announced na
tional expansion policy, additional
factory branches have been opened
in Kansas City and Dallas. Both
wholesale and retail sales of Peerless
cars will be handed by each branch.
Peerless Is now operating branches
in 10 of the country's largest cities
The others are located in New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Washington
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and San
Francisco.
4-Wheel Brakes O. K.
Undoubtedly the most spectacular
and practical demonstration ever giv
en of the latest development In motor
car design—In this case the four
wheel brakes—is being carried to
thousands of villages, towns and cit
ies by the fleet of Oakland true blue
travelers which are speeding from the
factory to the furthermost Atlantic
and Pacific coast cities of the United
States.
The cars have been on the road
for more than a month and in that
time have given more than 600 dem
onstrations on oil-soaked pavements
that have been wet down to present
the most treacherous conditions a
driver could meet. The cars have at
tained a speed of from 35 to 40 miles
•an hour on these wet pavement tests,
have stopped in a short distance and
what is more important have not
swerved a fraction of an inch from a
straight line. The wheel marks on
the pavements have been as straight
as the street car tracks near which
the demonstrations were frequently
given.
In all these exhibitions one or more
of the officials of the cities in which
the demonstrations were given—the
police chiefs, fire chiefs, mayors or
councilmen rode in the Oakland dem
onstrators and letters were volun
tarily given to the drivers commend
ing this new safety factor in automo
bile driving.
Throughout the west the Oakland
drivers struck weeks of rainy weather
in which the roads and trails were
simply masses of gumbo, yet despite
this handicap all the cars have made
their itinerary on time.
New Enclosed Model.
A light-six five-passenger coupe
which admirably combines sedan
comfort and roominess with the so
ciability of the coupe has Just been
announced as an addition to the
Studebaker line. The five-passenger
coupe body Is mounted on the stand
ard light-six chassis. It is distin
guished by Its beauty of line, roomi
ness, excellence of body construction
and high quality of its equipment.
The price is $1,475 f. o. b. factory.
YOUR CLOSED CAR FROM
“A SAFE PLACE TO BUY”
/
Months of effort have been spent refinishing and
conditioning our present stock.
Cadillacs Essex Haynes Paiges Jordans
And Many Others
Truly fine cars offered to you under the famous
Hansen policy that for years has stood for the high
est development in used car business. Our won
derful payment plan allows you to purchase with
only a small down payment or your car in trade
and the balance on very easy terms.
J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co.
HA iney 0710 Farnam St. at 26th
Among the Leaders
There are fully 150 truck manufacturer*
in America, but 85 per cent of the total
production comes from ten factories.
Among these first ten are Graham
brothers, whose rapid advance in the
1 ton and 1 Vi ton truck field is due, un*
questionably, to the impressive manner
in which Graham Brothers Truck ha*
proved its fitness for extraordinary feat*
of endurance and economy.
i Ton Cha nil f,3iS: Tob- *****
(•It Dai roll or Bramaailla, la4
O BRIEN-DAVIS AUTO CO.
23TH AND HARNEY STS. TEL. HARNEY 01IJ
Sale* and Service Branches at '
Council Bluffs, la.
Denison, la.
\ A Body for Rrmry Linm of Bualnow
Graham rothfrs Trucks
SOLD BY DODOL BR,QTHEI<S DLALLK.S LVLl-LYWHU<E
IIupp Shows Power.
A heavier counterbalanced crank
shaft, larger bearings, lighter pis
tons and lighter connecting rods, are
some of the engineering refinements
which make It possible for the new
Hupmoblles to develop their greater
power more easily and smoothly, ac
cording to Frank E. Watts, chief en
gineer of the Hupp Motor Car cor
poration.
The power curve of the new car,
as carried by Hupp engineers from
a series of recent tests with the new
engine, shows a rapid, steady and
even Increase of power from the point
where the engine seems scarcely to
be turning over, up to 2,000 revo
lutions per minute, when the speed
is in excess of 40 miles per hour.
Brake horse power continues to
develop evenly until a speed of 45
miles an hour is attained, when the
maximum of more than 37 brake
horse power is reached and held as
the speed Increases above that point.
Only 31 brake horse power was at
tained from the previous series en
gine. It was reached at a lower
speed, but not *held as the number
of engine revolutions increased.
Trucks in Japan.
Colonel Fred Cardway, International
distributor of Pierce-Arrow cars and
trucks, has Just secured the third or
der for Pierce-Arrow trucks which
has followed the Japanese' earth
quake. The first and second orders
already have been filled and shipped
and the third order will be executed
Immediately.
The third order for 50 two-ton mod
els was placed by the Imperial Jap
anese National railroads. The trucks
will be employed largely for terminal
w'ork at Toklo and Yokohoma and
they have been purchased not only
for use during the Immediate crisis
but as permanent handlers of short
haul freight at the chief railroad cen
ters of Japan.
Novel Tool Box.
A comparatively simple refinement,
yet one designed to bring a lot of
comfort to the motoring public, is
the side-entrance tool compartment
built under the front seat of the new
Reo Six five-passenger touring car.
Type Now Democratic.
“What a wonderful development
the closed car Is," says Mr. Killy,
distributor for Hudson-Eesex cars.
“Everyone who has an open car
wants a closed one—all of which
leads up to the fact that Hudson-Es
sex a few years ago staked Its entire
future on the enclosed car—their
plant was built, arranged and equip
ped with the Idea that eventually the
“glassed-in” models would hold the
center of the sales stage.
“A few years ago closed cars were
mostly a few ornate sedans or lim
ousines which sold at a price so high
that few people ever anticipated ever
owning a car of anything like the
type.
“The thing that foolishly held back
the production of closed cars for at
least five years was the manufactur
er's idea that when he built the mod
els he must build them for the weal
thy. And rightly the common sense
motorist could not understand why he
should pay twice the price of a tour
ing car for a sedan.
“The Hudson Essex answer to this
was the coach—a strongly built en
closed car with a body that would
outlast any chassis, at a price only a
few dollars more than the open
types.”
Mechanical Gear'Shift.
At the display room of the Apper
son Motor Car company this week
there U a special demonstration of
the mechanical gear shift which is
standard equipment on both tbe Ap
person six and eight cylinder cars.
This device, which is purely me
chanical, shifts the gears by releas
ing the clutch the same as on other
cars. The gear desired Is pre-selec
ted by moving the selector on the
steering wheel into notches which
designate the different speeds. Noth
ing happens until the clutch is re
leased. You can drive along In high
gear with the selector set for second
gear and, when you have to stop for
traffic, you merely depress the clutch
and you are in "second."
Classitied ad news is good news.
Read It now.
Farmer Asks Damages
for Injury From Cattle
Special Dlapatch to The Omaha Bee.
Aurora, Neb,, Oct. 27.—J. P. Hoff
man, farmer residing near Stockham,
has brought suit In district court for
$5,0000 damages against Philip Ochs
ner, Edwin Ochsner and Frederick
Ochsner.
He alleges that he was Injured by
trespassing cattle of the defendants
which ran over him, knocked hird
down and trampled on him. He alleges
that he suffered a fracture of the
right ihoulder and that the musole*
and tendona of the ihoulder and back
were tom.
Endoavorers to Meet.
Special IM.patch to The Ornahn Bee.
Aurora. Neb., Oct. 27.—The alxth
district Christian Endeavor conven
tion, including Merrick, Seward, But
ler, Polk, York and Hamilton coun
ties, will be held In Aurora Novem
ber 1, 2 and 8. at the Presbyterian
church here. It Is anticipated that a
large number of delegates will be pres
ent.
_
I’ll Be Waiting for You
Day or Night
Come to the Apperson sales room
this week and I will show you how
to shift gears mechanically. It is
the greatest thing the automobile
industry has developed—on the
most remarkably fine car today.
Don’t miss it.
Mechanical Q. Shift, Esq.
Apperson Sales of Nebraska
AT lantic 3081 2210 Farnam Street
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