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Show ATTENTION MONOPOLIZED BT ThE WAR SPECIALTIES Standard Stocks on the Waiting List; Anglo-French Anglo-French Loan Expected to Have Good Effect. By BROADAN WALL. By International News Service. NEW YORK. Sept. 15. Today's stork market was a duplicate of the previous session, the war stocks and specialties monopolizing attention with new high records, Bethlehem steel and Cnicihle Steel were most prominent. The balance of the list displayed a waiting attitude pending the ' consummation of the huge war loan. Veteran traders, however, have taken time hy the forelock anil made Ions commitments on the basis that the loan will be a success and the expectation, based on past events, that there will be a rise in the general list when formal announcement Is made of Its success. As the loan will give added impetus to our export trade and promises additional orders for munttions, the general market is expected to reflect this improvement. Over-night developments being favorable, favor-able, the market opened strong with new high prices for Bethlehem Steel, Crucible Steel and Industrial Alcohol. Allls-Phalmers Allls-Phalmers was also In good demand. Further Fur-ther Improvement was made during the first hour, hut buying orders diminished before noon and prices receded. Aside from the war Issues and specialties, the list marked lime during the balance of the session. Eries in Demand. Erie stocks and bonds continued In good demand and the buying represented accumulation that has been going on for at least three weeks. While rumors are current of the resumption of dividends on ihe first preferred In the Immediate future, fu-ture, tiiese are not taken seriously by person, who have been Phasing the Shares and arc familiar with the ie s of tbShffi"ko0h island Pacific was heavy owing to uncertainty regarding Ihe payment of the interest on the debentures. de-bentures. While it has been declared that the money has been raised. It has not been deposited at the First National bank, which pays ihe Interest The de-lav, de-lav, however. Is believed to be due to the physical work of issuing the rereivers certificates end placing them with the people Who have promised to purchase hem and thus supply the funds needed for the interest. Owing to the vigorous advance of the war stocks one prominent order-lot house Is refusing t0 , or" ders for the purchase of Bethlehem Steel. Crucible Steel and the high-priced motor stocks except for cash. Insist Upon Large Margins. At the seme time large commission houses are accepting orders In those stocks only from old customers and then Insisting on margins ranging from twenty-five to fifty points. This simply re-fleets re-fleets Ihe apprehension entertained by most brokers regarding suddenly-dropped shares. These brokers say the war stocks like Bethlehem and Crucible will probably go higher, hut thev say they want to be on the safe side should a collapse oc- Odd -lot houses also report that thoir customers are showing Increased Interest in the railroads and that business is very good. Willie the number of open accounts ac-counts Is not so large as it was before Ijahor day, the volume of new accounts being opened is very gratifying- |