Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Citiea and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many LocalitiesWAS IDENTIFIED BY TEETH Body • Found in Wyoming Shown to Be That of Brookston Man. Lafayette, Oct. 25.—Joseph DeWeese, age 35, met death on the plains of Wyoming efx weeks ago, and the fact has just been established by the identification of a set of false teeth in the skull of the skeleton, (found two weeks ago by a searching party in the vicinity of Cheyenne. DeWeese lived At Brookston, north of here, and went to Wyoming on a visit in August. It is believed he became deranged and wandered away. Four weeks after he disappeared, searchers found the skeleton of a man, most of the flesh having been consumed by birds and wild animals. Dr. R. T. Villers of this city had , done some dental work for De- : Weese and the felse teeth taken ’fromi the skeleton were sent here I for identification. Dr. Villers quickly recognized them as the ones he had made. DeWeese is survived by two sons living in Brookston. The body was buried in Wyoming. President Wilson’s condition is steadily improving and he is now able to attend to all urgent matters that come before him. More than 150,000 horses and ..mules belonging to the American army in France have been sold to European governments and citizens for about >30,000,000.

Secretary of War Baker has directed that automobiles which the government sells at public auction must not be purchased by or for offieers,, officials, agents or employes of the United States whd have been in anyway connected with the purchase of the machines to be sold or who have any part in the sale of the cars. , The senate Monday balked another attempt of Hl Johnsbn to amend the peace treaty, when his provision to equalize British voting power was rejected by ft vote of 40 to 38. Two Democrats, and Shields, voted with the Republicans, and 12 Republicans voted with the Democrats in opposing the amendhnent, Colt, Edge, Hale, Kellogg, Keyes, McCumber, McNary, Nelson and Sterling. Of the 18 senators absent or paired, four Republicans, and two Democrats were recorded as favoring the amendment and 12 Democrats as opposing.