Show mm MARKET CONfUSING BUT Bill CLOSE CIOS IS STEM STEADY NEW YORK May 24 Prices Prices of elf Important Im Un- securities rose and fell feU narrow limits in the first two hours hour of ol today today's stock market The movement was wu almost too sluggish at times to suggest an any definite trend but sentiment while I still inclining Inclining- toward con conservatism was I more cheerful Aside from a It brief spectacular spec spec- rise ose in American Tobacco and strength in allied shares and other specialties the not net result of or the early session was wac confusing and devoid of ot leal mean moan fog Ing A spurt purt in Pacific Mall Mali of at over 2 points advance revived rumors rumor of or change of ot control of ot that property Bonds steady Adoption of the subway plan by the local authorities awakened only a a. slight response in the stocks tocks most moat concerned while the rest of ot the list remains inert a. a as U before The market closed clOKe stead steady Another up up- turn in the tue standard stocks was met by fresh selling and much of or the advance ad was waa lost loat Peoples People's Gas rose 1 point and Seaboard Air tir Line also rose several points Stock List Close Amalgamated Copper S 83 t American Beet Sugar 73 13 American Car and Foun Foun- un dry dr 59 American Cotton Oil 01 53 Amen Ameri can Locomotive American Smelting and ana Refining 86 American Smelting and Refining preferred ir d 1076 1073 American Sugar Refining Anaconda Mining company Atchison 1063 1061 Atlantic Coast Line 1393 1391 bid Baltimore Ohio 1083 Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific 26 Chesapeake Ohio 79 73 Chicago Northwestern Chicago Milwaukee St. St Paul 1053 1051 Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado Southern 43 Delaware Hudson liD bid Denver Rio Orande Grande 19 bid Denver Rio Grande Crande preferred Erie Great Northern preferred Great Grut Northern Ore Certificates 43 2111 1111 nol noU Central 1261 1263 Metropolitan Metro Metro- politan Metropolitan preferred 60 Louisville N Nashville Missouri Pacific 39 Missouri Kansas Texas 27 11 National Biscuit 1693 bid National Na Nn I Lead ad 59 New ew York Central HSi 1183 Norfolk Western 11 1123 bid Northern m Pacific Pacific Mall MalI 33 Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania vanill 1231 1233 Peoples People's Gas GaR 1143 Pullman Palace Car Car 1591 1593 bid Reading I Rock Island company Rock Island company preferred Southern Pacific 1111 Uti Southern Railway 29 9 Union Pacific United States State Steel United States State Steel preferred 1103 1101 Wabash il 73 Wabash Wa- Wa bash baah preferred preferred- Western Union 84 L Lehigh Valley Iii International Har Hat Harvester vester 1223 General Electric Ii 11 |