The sun., 1916-10-05
CURB MARKET FIGHT
REACHES LAW STAGE
Rice Asks District Attorney to
Proceed Against Bears Of
His Emma Stocks.
JAIL RECORD RAKED Up
Letter Advising Dumping Of
Issues After Big Advances
Hints at Fraud.
JAIL RECORD RAKED Up

Emma Copper and Emma Leasing.
which are stocks. held strong In a furi-
Gus tumuit on the curb market yester-
day. Brokers trading In them grew
wildly excited. elimination I'M rccrimi
nation got loud and and at the
close OF the market George Graham Rice
declared that he had lodged complaint
In the District Attorneys office against
four OF his fellows.
I've been mi ALL" aid Rice. who for
that matter has served three terms. 81
know what II Is TO wear stripes and be
cast In = dungeon. But I'm playing the
game straight now and I won't stand for
anything like the letter that has gone
out until other people q stripes. ]
know who sent II out and subpnnas are
out for them"
tn letter. a circular signed THE New
York Curb Outlook and headed warn
ing" Ia a. follows:
Sell Emma Copper and Emma Leas.
Ing at once. Don't lose a minute. A
terrific crash In these two stocks In i'm
minent. Sell your holdings now before
Whey drop TO practically nothing.
George Graham Rice. promoter OF
Emma Copper and Emma Leasing and
proprietor OF the Industrial and kininD
AGE. Ia an ex-convict. He II using an
assumed name. His real name Ia sup
posed TO he Herzos or Herxig. He has
served a term for misuse OF the mails In
a similar way before. His mail Is liable
to be stopped n minute by the postal
authorities. who are now atins
his misrepresentation and exagEerations
regarding the old Emma Mines Com.
pany. the Emma Copper Company and
the old Emma Leasing Company.
Bear In mind the main point OF this
gigantic swindle. The alleged big strike
Of bonanza silver-iead ore was made or
the property Of the old original com
pany. called the Emma Mines Company
and not on the properties OF the Emma
Copper Company nor the Emma Leas.ns
Company. the old time ex-jaiibird re.
lying on the similarity Of names to BAN,
boozle and swindle the public.
OF the trap he Is setting FOL
you in his desperate efforts to win q
fortune from the public. He has feecec
and swindled the public before anC
landed himself in Jail for II.
Sell your Emma Copper and ole
Emma Leasing. Everybody In on {,
him. The authorities are after him. Hi
mail IL liable to be stopped. The mine,
may be closed down entirely. Ono,
more the old time crook may be lande,
behind the bare bars of Justice, an,
Rice's latest fake stocks drop to nothing
Remember the panic IN these stock
10 due any minute. and those who re
their orders In hrst to sell will get NOR,
than those who delay. Ser in you
certificates TO your broker at once an,
order him to sell them at the marke,
} or you may get left entirely and hav
nothing but worthless stock on you
hands. II you bought these stocks o.
margin order you broker to sell 70
your account at once"
Emma was the arst Of the name tina
Rice introduced. II was brought out a
go cents and went TO 50 a share. Emm
Leasing. following the other success.
went from 10 cents 10 So cents. or a
appreciation In quoted value o: $50 pc
! cent.
Other brokers. including four larg
mall order houses which deal IN GUY
stocks, assumed. according to Rice. tina
his stocks were worthless and neglecie
20 execute orders received for theu
Some OF the customers sent urgent ar
peals for their certificates and yesterda
the brokers Of these houses went on
10 buy them.
Rice war there and would not sc
except at fancy advances In price.
] Rice and some OF his associates wer
!. TO District Attorney Swami y office We.
terdsy charging violation OF the la
against bucket shopping. Whether G
= not the accused persons have p-eferre
charges against Rice the post office II
spectors would not say.