Show Shipping Shares Lead Wall Wal Street Market NEW YORK Aug 18 Special Special stocks particularly shipping shares contributed largely to the activity of today's market with moderate reactions in rails rail and other investment issues Heavy trading In United Fruit Fuit at an anI extreme advance of almost 7 points with I I contrary movements moVement in other the final hour The closing was Irregular Heavy Hevy trading a at ar Irregular prices at attended attended attended at- at tended today's active opening United States Steel Reading and the leading leding coppers coppers cop- cop pers tiers changed hands In single lots of 1000 to shares the two first named at concessions while Anaconda Inspiration and kindred issues showed moderate im Im- im- im provement Rails Rals were under pressure Reading Heading soon yielding 1 llA points and marines were variable with a fractional loss for the common stock and a corresponding corresponding corresponding cor cor- responding advance for the preferred Cuban featured the high priced specialties on its point 12 point advance advance advance ad ad- vance to the new record of I |