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Show f WORLD'S MlnXEIS I NEW YORK, May 5. Conflicting Influences In-fluences were ngaln operative in tho stock market today, the short session being characterized by fair support of industrials and leading war specialties, while railroad shares wore under Increased In-creased pressure. Some of the standard stand-ard securities In the latter section fell to lowest levels in years, receiving little lit-tle support Oils and utilities also suffored from steady liquidation and short selling, Texas company and Ohio Gas yielding about threo points each. Equipments wore Irregular, but cop. pcrs owed their moderate strength to the placing of additional large orders for the metal. United States Steel was steady after its initial setback. Tho closing was heavy. Sales approximated approx-imated 350,000 shares. Bonds wore weak oo |