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Show Wall Street Weak-ness Weak-ness Increased . i Now ik, Fib. 1. -Quoted prions suffered furili.-i severe shrinkage, tho nlmosi steady ilcclino being at-londcd at-londcd l lliiil"l.iilon nnd short selling sell-ing of it uow f.mioiis ehnracter. News nnd generyl mlvlees over tho week end, cspectiilly 1'iesldent Wilson's nddroBsoM, U'dsiilngiou's tenso relations rela-tions with Hcrltn mid Loudon nnd nn ill linlnneen lei-liiilcnl condition, provided nosh mmminltlon for bearish bear-ish nttoil.s. Of the liiiliieiieo tho President's utteranees liinned the chief torle of discussion i curding to gossip of tho beaidioom. eilngp ressuro from Interior sum-ies win more general, tlio middle we.M belnu nctlve In that direction. heiiHmr were on n larger larg-er und more wirleil scnlo thnn of recent wt'elis, oxer '00.000 shares r.hanfilnv lunula iluilu tho unsettled forenoon. Unltf.i .-iititow Steel was successfu'-ly successfu'-ly employed n .i l-'ver to depress other leadlur stoeici. Including the moro ftlnbln rnllw,o. coppers nnd various s"i Initio. Steel made nn extreme, Inso t '1 :: S pojnts nt 73 7-8 Its lowed eiioliiiion thus far this year, iteihleboin Sieei yas nnctlvo but hoa.', losing K. to 150, and American Am-erican rfinelMui!, mcondn, Motor shares, ull lineniHilonal Nickel nnd United Sinie Imliijiital Alcohol loxt 3 to If. polios Prices rallied siurp'.y in tho enrly nfternmir niulnlN i,s a result of substantial sub-stantial ndiines In. Ciuclblo and Lnokawamin 'ief, out fell nwny again when inessiiM upon United States Steel was removed. Another uprush In, Hie speelnlites, causing nn-othor nn-othor eoverlng movonjont In tho general gen-eral llH lemlted In a modernto rally ral-ly nt the iiellie r'Dse. Cubles repoiied lower prices for Amorlciin In London nnd that center cen-ter coiitrllMiied uini.tually to tho local lo-cal ofteilniix "f Krlcs Canadian l'n-clllo l'n-clllo nnd eoppirs. Tlio wcottun Irolght movemont showed homo iiilllui; off of last year. Anglo Frtiieh "-s featured the heavy Uond piaikei, wili largo dcnllnus at 01 3-4 elliulng inuvh of their recent rise. Total sale of bonds, par vnlup wero $r,,02-'i,oiii |