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Show STOCKS JUMP 7 MPOINTS Various Industrial Companies Reported to Have Received Large Orders for War Supplies. Npt York. pril 16. --The speculative specula-tive activity in the stock market assumed as-sumed a nev. phase, at tho outset of today's session with gains of seven to almost twenty polntn in the shares !of various industrial companies, which are reported to have received large ! orders for war supplies from foreign j governments. American Loromotive made a max- 'lmum ga'n of 18 1-2 points, advancing to 6Sc. New York Airbrake rose 11 1-4 to 80 3 4 and Wesi Inghouse Electric Elec-tric jumped seven points to 89 From these extraordinary advances there were sharp derllnes of 3 to 12 points, Locomotive falling back to !6. Beth lehem Steel participated in the rise to the extent of seven points and nu- jmerous other specialties gained 1 to 3. Trading in the first hour pointed to la new record of activity at the end of j the day. Sales in the first hoar aggregated 350.000 Bhares, with some reduction of activity towards midday. The war specialties failed to recover to early maximum figures, except Airbrake, Air-brake, which added five points to Its Initial eleven point advance, Reactions Reac-tions In this group ran from three to twelve points A bid of J65.OO0 for a stock exchange ex-change feat was reported to have been made. , oo |