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Show 31 Uln rlAKKET SHOWS A DECIDED SLUMP NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Further Irregularities Irregu-larities were shown by ths stock market at the opening today, but the more ac-tjve ac-tjve Issues recorded frsctlonal gams. I nlted Htatee Bleel. with a block of 3.00 "area, opened with an advance of i. rri'i1 e similar gain for Union Pacldc on a liwo-shsre lot. Northern Pacific rose I snd Canadian Pacific I. Ths list took a dip soon after the opening open-ing on what appeared to be short selling, but prices recovered snd gains wsrs aen- erai. The only exception waa Texss company com-pany which fell t points. Canadian Pa-cine Pa-cine lost sll of Its rise later. The market became dull on the recovery. The market alternated between slight sdvsncee and declines during ths early session, ths light trading Indicating a degree de-gree of uncertainty. Further pronounced weakness In Standard. Oil on ths "curb" snd Intimstlons from Washington that federal proceedings msy be Inaugurated against the soft coal roads were not calculated cal-culated te Inspire confidence. The stand-srd stand-srd rsllwsy shares' held their sarly sd-vancs. sd-vancs. with soms weakness In tbe leaa active Imlustrisls. Bonds were generally easier, but American Amer-ican Tobacco Is showsd decided strength. Prices essed off In the noon hour with some pressure on I nlted States Steel l-ehlsh Valley, Southern Pacific and American Smelting. Texas Oil recovered t. Tbs movement aa a whole waa downward. down-ward. Lowest prices of the present movement were mode Ister In ths session, tbe declines de-clines In stsndsrd Issues and apeculattvs shares suggested liquidation. Dealings In t'nited States Steel were especlslly large, driving that stork down to 761. a luss of II points, with declines more or less severe se-vere In fnlon Pacific. Southern Pscific Reading, ihlgh Valley. Northern Pscific St. Ps.il. Great Northern, Chesapeeke at Ohio, General Electric. Americsn Smelting, Smelt-ing, Corn Products preferred. American Beet Sugar and various other stocks. The msrkst closed weak. On hssvy offerings of-ferings In ths final hour the list made further declines, sll clssses of securities being affected. Feeble rallies were fol- lowed by renewed bear attacks which left E rices lowsr thsn before.. I'nked Ststes teel waa again prominent for Ita .urge dealings. Conditlona bordering on tle-morallaatloa tle-morallaatloa overtook the list toward ths end. Stock list Cloaa. Amalgamated copper, 141 : American Beet Sugar, 60; American ;ar and Foundry, Foun-dry, 644; American Cotton Oil it; American Ameri-can lxx-omotlve. 18): American Smelting and Refining, all: American-Smelting and Refining pfd., lot!; American Sugar Refining. Re-fining. 1171: Anaconda Mining Co., 37: Atchiaon. 1071: Atlantic Coast Line. 126: Baltimore Ohio. 1U4: Brooklyn, Rapid i Transit, 71: Csnsdlan Pscific. 243; Chesapeake Ches-apeake A Ohio. 781; Chicago 4V Northwestern, North-western, 1431: Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul. 13; Coloradu Fuel and Iron. I0; Colorado A Southern, 53: Delaware A Hudson, 170; Denver A Rio Orande, ;; Denver A Rio Grande pfd.. 44; Erie. 1?1; Great Northern pfd.. lf9l; Great Northern North-ern Ore Ctfe.. It; Illinois Central. 139; Int. Met. ill: Int. Met. pfd.. 44; Louls-vllls Louls-vllls A Nashville. 14.".: Missouri Pacific. 45: Missouri. Ksnsss 4t Texas, 141; Nstional Biscuit. 114; Nstional Iad. If New Tork Central. 104J:- Norfolk A Western. 106: Northern Pscific. 124: Pscific Ps-cific Msll. 29; Pennevtvsnta. 122: People's Gss, 104; Pullman Palace Car. 1401; Reading. Read-ing. 1621: Rock laland Co.. n: Rock la-land la-land Co. pfd.. 64; Southern Pacific. HTg; Southern Railway. 10: I'nlon Pacific. 1131: t'nited States Steel, 71; United States Steel pfd.. 117; Wabssh. 14: Wabash Wa-bash pfd.. 121: Western t'nlon, 7: Standard Oil, 401: Lehigh Valley. 171. |