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Show WAR NEWS FAILS TO bKlfid HIGHER PRICES IN STOCKS Market Recedes After Early Advance, Greatly Disappointing Wall Street Speculators. ' i XKW YORK, July 19. Stocks Paused in their upward course today, although the war news was again largely of a character to promote bullish operations. Advances of 1 to 2 points in the rirst hour were not maintained, prices yiekung later on realizing sale. Public participation was disappointing In view of the greater optimism manifested mani-fested throughout the financial district. The firmer monev market also acted as a deterrent, with conflicting forecasts ot tomorrow's bank statement. All the actrvitv centered in the first hour's dealings, trading lialting frernient-ly frernient-ly in the intermediate and later periods, when price movements were most uncertain. uncer-tain. Business centered in about a half dozen stocks, led by United States Steel, which received an extreme setback of 2 points and made only fractional re"Ovexy. Baldwin Locomotive, Tobacco Products, Bethlehem Steel. Corn Products. Mexican Petroleum and Marine preferred, almost in the order named, constituted the other leaders, nearly all forfeiting their variable gains of the forenoon. Sumatra Tobacco was again an erratic feature, but closed at an advance of 1 point after having risen 3 points. Sugars, shippings and gas shares were relatively , firm, but rails were listless at nominal changes. Total sales amounted to 475,000 shares. Strength of neutral exchange, restoration restora-tion of the 1 per cent dividend on Chicago Great Western preferred and further corporation cor-poration financing were among the financial finan-cial developments of the day. Another rise of 4 points in Paris 6s. which later reacted 2. was the only feature of the irregular bond market. TotaJ sales, par value, were $G,S75,000. Old United States bonds were unchanged un-changed on calL |