The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-17

said, 15,OOO signatures of New Jersey citizens. who were nppeai- Ing for modification of the NOl- stead act.
 Washington. January 16.--Adop- tion of a constitutional amend ment prohibiting further iasu- ancc of tax exempt securities was advocated today by Secretary Mellon at a hearing before the House ways and means commit tee. An amendment, he said, would have the tendency of in- crcasing the interest rate on state and municipal bonds and would do much to check cxtravagance of states and municipalities.
 Idthonia, Ga. January 16.--rhe LithOnlR Ranking company is closed today, affairs of the insd- tuition having been placed in the hands of the state banking de- pertinent. 4. E. Banahan, cashier of the bank, is missing and au- thorities arc searching for him. A preliminary examination of the banks nffnirN indicHtes short age Of about $I5.OOO, according to representatives of the state bank ing department.
 Washington, January 16.-Chief Justice Taft in the supreme court announced today the dismissal for want of Jurisdiction of the appli- cation of the kansas City Motion Picture Machine Operators local No. ITO. the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. and others, to bring before the court mn appeal in case originally brought against them by John P. Hughes and Wesley II. BFiner, doing business as Eastern thea- tre, KanSnS City, Mo.
 Washington. January 16. \ treaty with the foreign nation supercedes Il state statute reIat- ing to the holding of real estate, the supreme court today in effect held, in refusing to consider an nppenl which H. $. Hcrrick sought to bring from the supreme court of California against A. BnsIetta. an Italian. The state courts held that the California law prOhibit- ing an Italian from holding prop erty in the state was invalid be- cause in conflict with the treaty of 1871 with Italy.
 Washington. January 16.-Sen- ator Mccormack. republican. Ill., inOis, today introduced and the Senate half mn hour later adopt ed, R resolution cnlIing upon the state department to supply such information as II has on the fi- nanciaI affairs of European gov ernments. The resolution asked especially for dnia on the cxpen- diture of those governments for military purposes.
 Alexandria. La, January 16.- Official preliminary permits is- sued by the Federal Power com mission for the Louisiana GrRv- ity canal, have been received by WcIInan Bradford, of Alexandria, president of the Gravity Canal company, removing the Inst bar rier in the plans for the cOnstruc- tfon of dams and canals to sup ply gravity irrigation for all southwestern Louisiana, the de- veIopment of hydroelectric power sufficient to supply all Southern Louisiana, including New Orleans and opening n navisnbIe channel for barge navigation connecting the Mississippi Valley with south east Texas. according to Mir. Bradford. The plans, Mir. Brad ford said. includes n project to place several locks fin. Bayou Co., cOdrie. The canal. when com pIeted, will run through four parishes. NatchitOches, RapIdes, Allen and CaIcassieu.
 Washington, January JO.-Cre- ation of m additional director of the Federal reyerve board, so ns fo pave the way for the np- pointmeDt of "a dirt farmer" by the President, Is proposed in substitute amendment to the Federal resrve act offered today by Senator Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, author of the original "farmer amendment."
 Washington. January 16.-rhe first of the annual money bills. the treasury appropriation meas ure. was reported to the Senate today by it's appropriations com mIttee. The hill as reported car