The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-20

WESTERN
 Alfred Hertz, conductor of the Sar
 Francisco Symphony orchestra for sev
 en years, has offered his resignation
 Lack of finances made the board O1
 governors of the Musical Association
 of San Francisco unable to offer him
 another contract. President J. D. Nc
 Kee said.
 Herbert Clayton, II years old, under arrest in Portland, Ore, has confessed twenty-twO successful forgeries, police detectives say. By representing him. self as a caddy at times and at other times as a newsbOy, he found it an easy matter to induce merchants to cash checks ranging from $250 to $10 each. His, twenty-two checks aggre- gated about $10O, according to the po- lice.
 Organization of a central body by the representatives of eighteen wOm- en's auxiliaries of the order of B'nai Birth was completed at a meeting at Sacramento in connection with the an nual district convention of the B'nai Birth, representing eight western states and British Columbia. It will be known as the Women's Central Com mittee, Independent Order of B'nai Birth.
 The National Silver League was or ganized at meeting in San Francisco, with the announced purpose of restand- ardizing the coinage ratio at not less than 1515 ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold Frank H. Norcross of Reno, former chief justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, was chosen president, and Charles S. Thomas, former United States senator from Colorado, vice president.
 Tommy Milton won the champion ship sprint automobile race at the speedway at Los Angeles, taking the second preliminary 25-mile sprint in 13 minutes, 1 :49 seconds, an average speed of 115.02 miles an hour, and the final 50-mile event in 26 minutes, 192 seconds, an average of 115.2 miles an hour. Milton was said by A. A. A. of ficials to have established new worlds records in the events.
 WASHINGTON
 A bold attempt to rob the Merchants Bank, a block from the United States treasury, was made by three bandits recently. The three men Snatched a big pile of bills containing $20,000 and dashed for the door. The cashier fired three shots at them. One of the ban dits was captured when a guard in football fashion brought him down with a flying tackle. The money was recovered.
 Two-year-old Velma AndersOn'S par ents consider training her for some future OIympiad. Recently the baby fell into a pond three feet deep near her home in Sacramento. She came to the surface and swam She had swum nearly half way across the pond when her mother caught her and un- dressed her. The mother, a brother and a sister, who witnessed the spec tacle, reported that little Velma kicked her little feet and swung her arms in a natural unison, propelling herself sturdily.
 House and Senate differences on the bill to extend the time in which the general public and the press may use the federal owned radio have been by the conference com mittees of the two houses. Agreement was reached to permit public use of he facilities to June 30, 1925.
 Approval of 121 advances for agri- cultural and live stock purposes, ag- $3,324,OOO, have been an by the War Finance corpora .ion. The loans included Arizona, S5O,- 300; Colorado, $2SS,OO Iowa, $63,OOO; Montana, $220,OOO; Nebraska, $29,O0O; New Mexico, $9S,OOO; Oregon, $1I2,- 100; South Dakota, $173,OO0; Texas, s36S, 900; Utah, $69,OOO, and Wyoming, S1O4,0 900.
 The killing of Dr. Leroy Shelton, medical missionary of the Disciples of Christ Christian Church,, by bandits in Tibet last month followed the doc tors refusal ito accept the advice of local authorities" against proceeding Into a disturbed area, according to cor between the State Depart ment and the Chinese government,