WIDE POWERS FOR THE PRESIDENT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 204, 17 May 1918, Page 5

WIDE POWERS FOR THE PRESIDENT

AMERICAN BILL PASSED

TO REORGANISE CIVIL DEPARTMENTS

mi rr Wasnington, Mav 11 The House of the Overman Bill by 295 vote to 2 ho Bib gives wide powens to Hie President, authorising hi,,, (o reorganise the Government and Executive Detriments? aws.-ss.a. Cable Assn.

ALLIES' NEEDS TO BE UNIFIED. t t l j. , Lond °n, May 15, An International Roar.;! will shortly be established to unifv the Allies' requirements in food, munitions am! raw mntcriak _ The- suggestion emanated from America, which is more and moro the principal source of supply.—\us - N.Z. Cable' A6sn. CREDITS TO THE ALLIES. Washington, May 15. Additional credits have boon authorised as follow:—To Britain, JM0.000.000 • to France, .£20,000,000,- to Italy. .£20,000,000. The total indebtedness to America of Britain is X'GOO.000,000; of Franco .£333,000,009; and of Itsly, Ji130.000.000.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn: TEE FIRST AERO MAIL. Now York, Mav 15. Tho first aeroplane postal service has been started betweeu New York, Philadelphia, and Washington—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE SHIPPING EFFORT < ANTI-SUBMARINE DEVICE. New York, May 15. Tho Washington correspondent of the New YorE "Evening Post" ttates that the Allies have a device attached to their patrol vessels by which they are able to near and locate submarines thirty miles away. This accounts for the heavy deKtniction of U-boats in tho last few months. Tho first million tons of shipping has boon completed under the direction of the United States Fedoital Shipping Board—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. A SHIPYARD RECORD. 1 Philadelphia, May 15. Tho now freight steamer Tuckahoe was completed, in 37 days from tho dale when tho keel was laid—a new record. [A message received on May 7 stated that tho Tuckahoe (5500 tons) was launched in 27 days from the laying of tho keel, this constituting a reooru.l BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE OF SHIPPING. New York, May 15. Sir Coiinop Guthrie has been appointed representative of tho British Ministry of Shipping in the United States.—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn.