The San Francisco call., 1913-08-23
c. {. MITCHELL To
Be REsENTENCED
Order to File Mandate in
Case of Convicted Broker
Issued in Capital

SPOKANE. Wash. Aug. 22.--Acting
under directions from Oscar Cain.
United States district attorney. who
now Is In Washington, Assistant
United States Attorney e. J. Farley
MED today in the federal district court
mere mandate issued in May. 1912, by
ftne circuit court of appeals in San
francisco ordering the resentencing of
e. E. Mitchell Spokane mining
broker convicted Of fraudulent use Of
the mails
The order to file the mandate was
issued ny United States Attorney Gen.
eral McReynolds after he had conferred
| win Mr.. Cain. who recently was called
70 washington for that purpose.
MltcneH whose fraudulent opera
lions, lt was testified to at the time OF
ms trial' extended to hundreds OF cities
ana through 10 states, has waged his
Da,.ie Tor his freedom as far as the
United States supreme court.
lndlcted in April, 1910 Mitchell was
convicted in June. 1911, and sentenced
ny Federal Judge Frank Rudkin to one
year in a federal prison.
Inc iederal statutes provide that
prisoner may not be sentenced for las.
tnan year and one day to q federal
prison, and Mitchell seized upon the
battle. ieea ai
When the circuit court 81 .nn.a,.
nao amrmed the findings OF the lower
court and ordered Mitchell resentenced
the case was taken TO the federal su-
pIeme court, which last January re-
iused TO review the case. Subsequently,
woro was received from the attorney
ssls delan - once In Washington ordering
urIay IN the resentencing OF Mitchell
VT. Mitcnell Is now In Portland. Ore
japanese Line Unlikely
VICTORIA, 3. c.. Aug 2z-rbar. !.
little likelihood of q Japanese steam
snip line being operated between Yoke
mama ana New York upon the opening
OF navigation Of the Panama canal
sasIcoruing TO officers OF the steamship
Mexico Maru. which arrived here from
Japan yesterday. A combination had
peen proposed under which the great
Japanese steamship lines, the Osaka
Snosnen Kafsha, the Nippon Yusen
kaisha and the Togo Kisen Kaisha.
would operate a Joint line direct to
New York via the canal but the jap
anese government has been backward
ABOUT granting the desired subsidies
Tor the line, and Japanese shipping men
nelieve the companies will not make
the venture without government aid
Mrs. Harry Start Ends Life
PORTLAND, Aug. 22-Mrs. Harry
Start, wife Of DR.. Harry Start, a ply
siclan and one OF Portland's notorious
vice clique, who was released on appeal
after conviction and left for Hongkong.
committed suicide early today with
morphine in her home in one of the
fashionable residences districts
Since her husbands conviction and
his departure for the orient, Mrs. Stark
mas refused to mingle with neighbors.
admitted no one to the house and re-
FUSED to answer telephone calls, while
at night her means could be heard for
block until the ncighbors' sleep was
disturbed.
This morning a. neighbor found on
the porch Of the Star home a letter
from Doctor Start to his wife, telling
OF his plans for himself and her in tho
orient The door was forcihly opened
by the police when notified and the
wornan's nude body found at the door
OF the stairs, death having been caused
by an overdose OF morphine. to which
the woman, who was strikingly hand
| some. was addicted.
Street Speakers Restrained
SEATTLE. Aug 22.-Superior Judge
John e. Humphries today issued per-
manent Injunction, restraining street
speakers from holding meetings In the
vicinity of Fourth avenue and West
Lake boulevard or doing anything to
collect crowd which would block the
sidewalk and interfere with the busi-
ness OF establishments In the vicinity.
Appeal to Health Board
BELLINGHAM. Aug. 2s.-StAte Fish
Commissioner l. Fl. Darwin today ap-
pealed to tho state board of health to
exercise its police powers in prohibiting
the dumping into the sound OF hump
back salmon, for which there il prac-
tically no market.
Back to Farm Campaign
TACOMA, Aug. 22.-J A. Tormey,
head of the extension school work Of
the state college in Pullman, announced
today that he had succeeded In amal-
gamating the educational forces OF the
state In = great back to the farm move-