The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-08-12
QDES MONIES - -
PRICES RISE
Foodstufis All Boosted Apparent.
sai.t
y Without Any Reason.
CONSUMERS ;!ylsSq!|y|! E||s!' NyGH AROUSED
Great Indignation Results When 1t Be
comes Known That Ccalcrs Are Try
ing to Take Advantage Of the Wa
Situation-Pellagra In Iowa. .

DeS MOines. Aug. ia canvass O
the retail district of les Moline:
showed that practically all staples il
the market have been advanced il
price the last two weeks, and thl:
without any apparent reason. The re
tail price of -four has been boosted
nearly 80 per cent. The import ed
commodities seem not to have beel
affected as greatly as the domestic
There is Indignation among the con
sumers over the work of Spectator:
in raising prices of foodstuifs.
Do Not Discuss European War.
The regular army men and officer!
in camp here with the Iowa nationa.
guard are carefully RETAINING from
discussion of the European war, or, Il
least, of expressing any opinions one
way or another that, il printed. nigh
cause embarrassment. They say thai
they believe the order of the president
that all American officers should lieeI
from saving anything about the Euro
pcan situation is the right policy. The
regulars here are the Twenty-nintt
infantry, from Fort Porter, N. Y, il
charge of Lieutenant Colonel Tate
The camp is under inspection from
several regular army officers.
Trouble over Auto Numbers.
Application of the Iowa law as tt
registration of automobiles continues
to have embarrassmentS. and just now
Tie problem Of the handling of mum
bers for dealers is causing state Off
Gals some annoyance. The attorney
general has been asked to rule on the
law as to the right of dealer to use
his cars with dealers numbers fol
pleasure or for hire, provided he has
one car with his personal number
thereon The claim is being made
that when dealer registers one cal
privately, he can place his dealers
number on all others and use them in
any way he sees fit.
Another Discrimination Case.
The formal complaint has been filed
with the interstate commerce com
mission for u revision of the Iowa in
terstate rates, or rather reopenina
Of the interior Iowa cases, with a$Vis v
to investigation as to whether or mol
the determinations that were found
in a former hearing have in fact bear
removed, This was decided upon
some time ago and an agreement
made that the case should be com
menced soon after the announcement
in the adv need rate case. The new
case will involve the Iowa proper
tional rates east and west.
PeIIagra In Iowa.
The state board of control received
word that an insane woman at Jeifer
son. Greene county, was being for
warded to the state hospital at Chero
kee suffering from pellagra. 1t was
stated she came from Oklahoma and
did not have residence in Iowa. This
is the first case of pe!lagre reported
in Iowa for u number of years.
Death Of Prominent Iowan.
Officials of Drake university have
been informed OF the death at Center
vile of Dr.. j. l.. Sawyer, a member
of the Drake official board and long
identified with the college and with
the church DR.. Sawyer was son-ln
law Of the late Governor Drake OF
Iowa and brother-in-law of Theodore
Shonts of Now York city
pyn-rite Fish In Rivers.
The state game warden is making
an investigation into the killing of a
lurge number of fish in the Coon river
above Des Mcincs. They are said to
have been killed by dynamite. The
Iowa streams are fairly well filled