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Show PUBLICSEEKS STOCK BARGAINS 'Values Move Higher as Buyers Rush in For Cheap Purchases. NEW TORK, Nov. 15. The inevitable inevit-able rally in pi Ices occurred todaj hen It became, evident that the recent re-cent liquidation and bear selling had H depressed pries to levels which at- H tracted strong huying. He-purchases H by the shorts were on n largo scalo H and public buying: was also a factor in H causing many advances of 1 to IS H points. Sales approximated 1,200.000 I shares. Initial prices were slightly mixed Tith special shares showing a repetition repe-tition of Tuesday's liquidating Bales H especially Consolidated Gas Which dropped i points in response to M e H new capitalization plan. Du Pone xva.s also olf 3 points, American Sugar pn--H ferrcd 2Vi. and Chesapeake ft Ohio :nd Burns Brothers "A" 1 point Ad-H Ad-H vances, however, were in the majority and the entire list moved "P at a rap-H rap-H id pace in sympathy with the brisk H Inquiry for tin railroad, steel, cquiy- mcnt and high priced oil shares. Un-1 Un-1 ion Pacific advanced 8, Chicago & ( Northwestern 2 points, and N w York H Central. Delaware & Lackawanna. Re;idlng. New Orleans. TexaB ft Bfex-ico Bfex-ico and Wheeling- & Lake Erie pre-1 pre-1 ferred 1 to 1 ? points. Crucible. Beth- lehem "B" and Gulf States Steels rul-ed rul-ed 1 to 1 higher. Standard oil ! B Nov Jersey was up 2 and Cnlifor- 1 nia 2 points. Baldwin and General ; Electric pained 2 with Lima Loc mo- live 1. In the miscellaneous list, ad-ances ad-ances running from 1 to 2'i were scored bv National Biscuit, Famous Players, Allied Chemical, U S Alho-hoi. Alho-hoi. Columbia Gas. American Woolen. May Department Stores, Montana Power and Atlantic Gulf. The market registered an extensive nnav oi suosianii.u auvjima "'r- the morning. Hurried covering of Shorts Impelled by linli'V.t ions that overselling had been carried too far 1 in various issues and signs that cur- rent prices were attracting the attention at-tention of bargain hunters caused ac-live ac-live bidding for stocks with resultant advances of one to tour points in many instances. Cost-nation of the recent liquidation in foreign bonds and do-mestlc do-mestlc issues was apparent also, Eu-ropeaa Eu-ropeaa issues rising l'; to :: points while domestic liens gained is to 2 points. The rapidity of the advance In stocks caused nomc realizing whl " lowered Union Pacific. Gulf States Steel (. Chicago & Northwestern, and Utah Copper two points from their l.cst prices. Weakm also was shown by General American Tank. Crucible Steel, Canadian Pacific. Royal Dutch, Shattuck Arizona, and Jones Broth-crs' Broth-crs' Tea, which fell l to 21- points under the weight of recllzlng sales which were quite ctfectlve In the steel group. Bethlehem "BV failing a poinl undr Tuesday's close. Call money opened at 6 per cent. Earlv high prices were exceeded to a large degree In many instances In the afternoon, when the list gon-erally gon-erally swept upwanl again under the leadership of high priced Industrial shares. National Bison;! soar. 1 9 point Standard Oil "f New Jersey 61i, National Lead. Standard "ll of California, General Electric and Amer- I lean Tobacco "A" and "B" 3 to 3 and Baldwin. U S Steel, Corn Products. Pro-ducts. American Can and Studebaker 2 to 'iVz. Coca Cola was a notable exception, yielding over three points on a large offering. The closing was strong. Prices tapered off from the high levels in the final hour when weakness developed de-veloped In New Haven. Texas Gulf Sul-phur Sul-phur and American Ice, whieh sold to 3 points under Tuesday's close. Jer-tey Jer-tey Central also dropped 1544. N;," t;onal Biscuit, however, mcix-icel Its B advance to IS points. ' . |