Show SHORTS FOOLED BY MARKET STRENGTH Corn Hits Highest Price in History All Al Stocks Are Unusually Strong May com corn readied the highest point to today to- to to- to fla day ilay er e In the history of the country countr when it sold for Ul This price came In the face ac of Impending war with wih Gelman Gel Gei- man many and the un unsettled condition that thit was bel believed existed because of ot me tile te threatened raIlroad strike strike Ma May wheat w was vas also algo at topnotch prices toda today selling sell sell- sel- sel lug ing for 1 SS Shorts got Jol a good thrashing on the tue 11 big markets tOdA today Tl-i Tl The bears bear pot got ot hUH busy on railroad stocks tocks because of the tho thi threatened threat threat- at- at ened strike but these stocks failed to too toso toso so o much as quiver er and amid ald were stronger toda to- to da day In fact tact stocks all al across the board were re stronger today indicating the unusual un unusual un- un usual strength of tho thio Eastern market marlet First Fust tho the rail call for tim the hit bk bli was thought t to tobe b be re reason enough M gh to cause causo a n break in stocks blocks especially rails rais and possibly coppers copper This called cled for the bears to get b buy busy y and it Is understood man many shorts horts Jumped into the market but w were re badly beaten benten the as rails failed to weaken and coppers didn't so o much a as tremble Then rhen with the tho ment lent that three United States merchant ships had been sun sunk I b by German submarInes submarines r rInes and American citizens lost the shorts saw faw a chance to break c even but hut were ere again foxed The market marlet this morning had an un un- un unusually usually strong tone and the local brokerage brok brok- houses erale having private wire con con- with wih the Eastern Easter ma markets rl ets all al assured as as- their customers customer that there was no app apparent rent danger of a brek break brcak This a assurance was also given these local brokerage houses by hy their Eastern Castern cor cor- cor- cor respondents |