Show LIQUIDATION CAUSES CAUSS BREAK BRA IN STOCKS YORK Dec 21 Drastic 21 Drastic liquidation dation daton In L the Gould stocks today re resulted re- re In declines of 2 to 5 S points in thol those issues with the exception of Wa- Wa bash The break In these securities which touched the lowest lowet price in several years was the important movement in inthe inthe inthe the stock market during the morning The general market showed a f considerable considerable consider consider- able degree of underlying strength After some Home Bore early weakness prices recovered and the break brcak In tho the Gould group failed to depress tho the l list t elsewhere although the general market was WIS held in check cheek for a I time Wh 11 n Lehigh Valley started up strongly again the remainder of the list followed Lehigh Valley reached or three thre points above Its us iR early lowest and 21 a over os-er pst rda closing Bonds v vaire er rf firm The Tho market disregarded th the weakness of the Gould uld tocks stocks and in the th noon hour houra hoU hoUa a general advance was as scored under me nie lead lea of Lehigh Valley Valey The Tue copper shares wore were active and strong trong Amalgamated Copp Copper r rising to the t high level of c the tho present movement Union Pacific bore bre evidence e of ot Inside support as a did also steel steel Trading became more snore active In the later session with further advances In practically all al the prominent speculative issues In the te special group strength was as shown b by Great Northern Ore certificates which gained two points The only contrary contrary con eon movement movemEnt was vas a ten-point ten decline In Delaware Lackawanna Western ester The market closed cosed Irregular Smart gains in Chesapeake Ohio and American Amen Ameri Aeri- Aeri can Smelting in the th last lat hour w were re soon offset by a maximum decline of ot 21 23 21 points in Louisville Nash l Nashville after ater the announcement an an- ment of ot the r regular glar dividend and fractional recessions set let in elsewhere Trading became came Inactive again at this level I Stock List Lit Close Cose Amalgamated Copper 66 American Beet Sugar Hugar Rugal American Car and Foundry Foundry loundry loun Foun Foun- dry 54 31 American c Cotton oton Oil OH 01 47 4 American Amen Ameri can Ix Locomotive 36 36 American Smelting and Running Refining American Smelting and an Refining preferred bid American Sugar Refining 15 bid Anaconda nanda Mining company Atchison 1068 1063 Atlantic roast O lt Line lAne 1313 Baltimore ft Ohio 1033 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Transi 77 Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- dian Part Pacific fir 2401 Chesapeake tc Ohio Chicago hla o 8 Northwestern lUi 1423 hid bid Chicago Milwaukee St. St Paul 1105 Colorado Colordo Fuel le and ad Iron 27 7 bid Colorado Southern 45 4 bid Delaware Hudson hid Denver Rio Rho Grande n li Denver Denver Den Den- ver Rio no Grande Grando pr preferred III 31 rc bid threat Great Northern preferred Great r rat al Northern Or Ore Certificates catel Ill Illi Illinois I nois Central 11 bid Metr- Metr Mel Mel- ro poll tan 11 Metropolitan preferred 49 4 Louisville Nashville l 1653 j Missouri Pacific M 8 Missouri Kansas Texas 29 2 National Biscuit 1 bid National National Na Na- Lead wa lH 1613 1 New York Central 1151 1153 Norfolk A West Western rn 1083 Northern I Pacific 1181 1153 Pacific Pac Stall Mall Mal 31 nt Pennsyl vania 12 Peoples People's Gas Gaui b bid d Pullman ll Palace Car r 1591 nn Reading Reeding 1521 1523 Hsk Island company 1 Rock Island compan company com corn pany pan preferred 45 4 Southern Pacific 1123 1113 it tie rn ni Railway way 29 Union Pacific States Steel 68 United States Steel preferred 12 1124 1123 Wabash 61 63 6 68 Wabash Wa- Wa hash bash halh preferred mj tHi Western Vestern Union S Lehigh Vale Valley 1633 International Harvester larest liar Har lar- lar est vester rester r. r 11 1111 1113 General Electric 1643 |