Show LONDON DEMAND FAILS 5 TO SEND PRICES UP NEW YORK YORI May itlay 13 London 13 London sent higher prices ces for American stocks this morning but the market here ignored this Initiative and opened Irregular Some of the high priced stocks which were liquidated yesterday were ere sold again Northwestern dropping 5 5 and General Electric 3 Some of th the thy active stocks of each group declined in sympathy but offerings were small The grangers were bought later Northwestern rallying 4 4 and Rock Island advancIng advancing I Ing ng 1 12 l. l This demand helped many stocks and there were general reco recoveries ries riesto riesto to above above yesterdays yesterday's close The Improvement in the active quarter was stopped by realizing In St. St Paul and Louisville and a decline in sympathy again to the lowest The Tue whole market rose a again aln to the best on oct light transactions Bond Bonda were steady at noon The market became stagnant semi and the movement In usually active stocks was scarcely perceptible Louisville got 2 i 2 over last night Chicago Indianapolis Louisville 3 i. i North American Westinghouse Electric and Delaware Hudson more than 2 points and Atchison Atchi Atchi- son Amalgamated and some minor stocks a point or more New York Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- Chi cago St. St Louis second preferred lost 2 Trading became bearne more active when New York Central Reading and a few of ot the low low- priced low specialties were bid up Fluctuations aside alde from those were narrow and the market lapsed into dullness again but sh showed wed no pressure Lackawanna jumped 5 points ox ori one transaction t Prices continued to harden hrden In a dull and uneven market Northwestern and General Electric rallied t to l a fraction over over over last last night The closing was dull and firm Close Atchison 70 79 Atchison preferred preferred preferred pre pre- 07 97 Anaconda B. B 0 O. C. C A. A 36 G. G W. W CO 50 C. C 0 O. 36 Erie preferred 67 Illinois Central Cen Cen- L. L N. N N. N Y Cen- Cen Pennsylvania Reading Reading Reading Read Read- ing 64 Reading first preferred 84 Southern Pacific 66 St. St Paul Southern Railway U. U P. P 1040 U. U P. P 86 U. U S. S Steel 41 U. U S. S Steel preferred preferred pre pre- 91 Wabash preferred 44 4 Gas North American B. B R. R T. T 65 Missouri Pacific Copper 67 Sugar Wisconsin Central 36 36 Wisconsin Central preferred 48 |