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0 f r i , J it p. i o 0 ?1 J I 0 . THE WEATHER: Fwwaat lor North Carolina TtJt HuoAaj and probably Mood. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN CITIZEN "WANT 'AD3 BRING result: VOL. XXXV, NO. 37 ASHEVILLE, N. O, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENT. E BUREAU FACES DILEMMA IN TAX COLLECTIONS Commissioner Roper Forth Difficulties Letter to McAdoo Sets in TO COLLECT UNDER LAW OF LAST YEAR SEEKS SEPARATE PEACE The Hold-Up Season Is Here LONDON, Saturday, Nov. 30. Bavaria will open negotiations for a separate peace with the entente allies, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zurich, which adds that the rupture between the governments of Berlin and Munich is now com plete. The government of Germany is supported by Field Marshal von Hindenburg, who placed the army at its disposal, and refuses to resign or to dismiss Dr. W. S. Solf, foreign secretary in the coalition cabinet, or Dr. Mathias Erzberger. Roper Urges That Congress Hasten Work on Reve nue Measure WASHINGTON. Dee. 1 The 6 lemma of the Internal revenue burr tn being compelled to go ahead with Diana for collecting tana under tn old revenue law because comma haa not enacted a new measure, wi forth In a letter of Internal Revenue; Commissioner Daniel C. Roper Secretary McAdoo, made public to r. "Despite the confusion whloh seems at the moment will inevitably ensue" wrote Mr. Roper, "I feel that it la otearly our duty to snap our course for the application to the cur rent year of the law now on the etat rl books unless the existing law superceded by a new law before Jan uary 1. 111. SaJutory Effects. "I need not remind you of the sal utory effects whloh will be produced - by a prompt decision with respect to the) taxation program. Business men and all those who must participate la the solution of the grave econo.mlc problems Incident to, the period of reconstruction are beset In their cal eolations by doubts and uncertain ties, fhirelv the government should not fahl to disposs quickly of the lm- nartant auestiona or taxation wnicn vftallv affects every business and the determination of which awaits only the completion of the prescribed leg islative procedure. "Se'en months have been consumed In bringing the revenue bill to its present form. All this effort will be of no avail unless the bill la very soeedilv enaoted into law. . .. "Only one month remains before the commencement of the period pre scribed by law for the flltntr of in come and excess pronts lax returns. Return forms; Instructions and resjU; l&tions must be constructed and mil lions of copies printed and distributed through the country. Thousands of internal revenue officers and -em- ntnve must be mobilised and Inten forth properly equippea 10 oissemi nae anionic the tax, paying- public correct information as to tax proce dure. . The law now In effect is un necessarily eomplex and contains pro visions which conflict wlh other pro vjpinns or are otherwise Incapable of satisfactory aaminisirauon. Can Bridge Gap. 'During the past year by the exer cirn of a wide degree of administra tive discretion It has been possible to bridge the gap created by tm in adequacy of the present law but it must be recognised, that tne sausiac lory results of last year's administra tion were made possible in no small way by the patriotic spirit of accom modation of the people. This attitude was Induced by war emergencies and oy the came foaling of assurance I have possessed that the act of Octo ber 8, 117, would not remain in force another year but would be superceded by a new law embodying adequate s.nd Intelligible taxing provisions and authority for reasonably flexible ad ministration. "Toward this end I have endeavored consistently to guide the tax admin istration of the last year. But now, with the time for taking action al ready at hand, I am appalled by the necessity of proceeding in accordance with, the existing revenue law." KAISER IS NOT RE SPONSIBLE 0 WAR MDNM MET iO Ml Poor, Maligned Ruler Took Famous Voyage to Pre serve Peace BRUTAL CABINET ARRANGED THE TRIP TUGS Oil ARRIVAL Carrying American Troops, Big Liner Anchors in Oravesend Bay Another Writer Attempts to Present Alibi for Beast of Berlin COPENHAGEN". Raturdsv Vov tn (By The Associated Pru.n I Further revelations showing that former Em peror William, of Germany, Is seek ing to escape responsibility for bring ing on the war are contained In an article by Dr. Ge.org Wegener, ap pearing -In the Coloane Gazette r- counting a conversation which the writer had with the emperor Just be fore he lied. -In this interview the emperor attempted to shift the hinm. for the world conflict to the shoulders or ur. rneooald von Bethmann-Holl- weg, lormer minister of foreirn af. faira Against His Will. Against mv will thev unt m tn Norway," William Is quoted as having said. "I did not wish' to undertake the voyage because of the gravity of the situation after the murder of Archduke . , Francis. Ferdinand - was niaar.sis. gisa.atni, .an-thwctiam ADMIRAL MAYO IS PASSENGER ON SHIP . . . TRADE OUESTIOJ WILL DECIDE THE AUSTR A! TUTOR E' Head of Huge Banking Sys tern Admits Plight of Country Mayor's Committee and Other Citizens Go Down Bay to Meet Steamer cellor said to me: "Tour majesty must take this voyage in order to maintain peace. If your majesty remains hers it un doubtedly means war and the world will lay to your charge responsibility for this war. Well I then undertook the vovaae. During all this time I received no reports from my government concern ing current event, fitrlctlv sne-ikhur Only learned from Norwegian news papers of what was occurring in the world and in this way I learned of the Russian mobilizntlon measures. "But when I heard that the Brit lull fleet had put to sea, I returned of my own accord. They had nearly caught me. On my orders, German ship returned at once to the security of Norwegian harbors. Later It would not have been possible for them to do so. Mentions Declarations. The emperor then mentioned de- laratlons of General W. A. Souk- homlinoff, Russian minister of war, during me investigation which oc curred afterwards, which he later ltered to the statement that he had uuk uiutsrou raw mooiuzaxion oui only readiness for mobilization. The em peror, however. Insisted on the cor rectness of the first declaration, ac- (CONTINUIaO ON PAGR TWO i NEW YORK. Dec. 1 The Britten stea,mhp Mauretania. rHnr.nSiw tn Mie United States with the first large body of American over-seas troops an chored in Graveeeird bay at 7:40 o'clock rondght. She was met by navv and army tugs. She will probably re" mstin at her anchorage until early to morrow morning, when she is ex pected to dock at Hoboken. The navy tug. it was rwnorteri. haA been ordered to meet the Mauretarcla io oTing asnore Admiral Hem-v T Mayo, commander of the Atlantic neei. wno waa returning from En land as a passenger. The army tug, it waa aia, naa orders to bring ashore n army omcer or wgn rank. Air Service Men. Aboard the 'Mauretanfa, as an nounced recently bv Genvrsl Ioivh hief of staff, are -several, thousand immmni or tne air service rsiarronea th England. Th ship also oarne a number of . casuals. The soldiers wl fee taken directly to de nrtybi II ration camps for physical ex amination. Barracks at Camp Mills have been prepared for t'heir recep tion. Late today, Mayor John F. Hylan teleraiphed Secretarv Balceri aavimr that troops aboard the Mauretania he permitted to parade up Fifth avenue towiorrow. Permission also was Wkil to give a dinner tomorrow night in honor of returning offlcera The mayor's committee of welcome made a trip down the bav tontrht. nn the flagwhlp of the police department fleet and circled the Mauretanla. Members of the party were not at flrst alJowed aboard the tranamort anl so they usexi megaphones anil wire less apparatus to convey the greetings hi iuih io me reiornea soioiers, LOOK FOR AID FROM; ANGLO-AMERICAN Food and Raw Materials for Manufacturing Are " Greatest Needs i" VIENNA, Saturday, Nov. the Associated Press.) Or. Trelrhl, managing director Anglo-Austrian bank, which CONGRESS EXPECTS TO HEAR SOMETHING OF PRESIDENT'S PLAN AT CONFERENCE WHEN HE ADDRESSES NEW SESSION TODAY Chief Executive Will Co to the Capitol Shortly Before 1 O'clock and Will Deliver His Annual Address, Opening the Third Session of the. Present Congress Senate May Decide to Send Committee From Senate to Conference. WAHHINGTON. Dee. 1 Congress expects to hear from President Wilson tomorrow something of his plans for the peace conference. On the eve of his departure or France, the presi dent will go to the capltol shortly be fore 1 o'clock to deliver his annual address at the opening ' of the third and final session" 'o the sixty-fifth con gress. Few utterances of the chief executive ' have been 'awaited with keener Interest and congressional of-; fleers saift'toniKht that Jiever before has, thre been such adernanfl .fqrJ for a Joint session. ' May Create ScnsMlon. Rome congressional leaders say the appearance of the president may create something of a sensation and that then agutn nothing may happen. They are certain, however, that soon after the president speaks, there will be spirited discussion in both senate and house of his plans for the trip. If they are revealed, and of any proposed action on problems roming before the peace conference. Oeneral and virtual ly dally debate In the senate also Is expected while the peace delegate are sitting in Parb. Many members of both senate and house privately criticise the president for Ills decision to go to France and also for his full lire to Include a mem ber of the senate In the American delegation, hut none of them will but later a gangplank woa shoved out . speak for publication. Nor have those and the civilians scrambled aboard. I members of the house who have been Knout Greetings. I reported to be prepared to question as tne ponce boats aarohwrht played on the Manretania'e decks men and officers couM be seen crowding to the rail, as they shouted greetings in re rum. isacg across the water, in reply to the welcome, soon came such queries ns "When do we eat?" and "Has the state gone 'dry yet?" When membwra of the party ac.' (CONTINUED ON PACJE TWO) E FRONTIER INTO PRUSSIA Four , American Soldiers Finally Disperse Mob of Thousands HUNS OWNED SHOPS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Dec. 1. (By The As sociated Press.) Four American sol rtlers dispersed a mob of thousands at Kscfh after it had wrecked twenty eight shops in revenge for the over charging of Americans. Most of these establishmients were conduct by Germans. The loss la estimated at be tween 4000.000 and T, 000, 000 francs. The trouble began when a soldier was charged two francs for a cake of chocolate and -he rnna amount for an apple. The Luxe-m burgers, who long wave protested against high prices, resented the over-charging of Mie'lr "deliverers." They entered the shop, destroying its contents. - 8cm e one raised the cry to wipe out aill German establishments and the mob soon grew to thousands, wtoo be gan systematic destruction. A department store owned by a Hol lander waa wrecked and he reported his rose to Iris government. He waa the only fore driver, other than Ger mane, whose property waa attacked. The anti-German spirit was super seded by ordinary mob enthusiasm, and the destruction finally waa ex tended to the shops of Luxemburgera themselves, Two American lieuten ants wtho arrived wMle the campaign Kt destruction was at its height called Upon four enMated men to arm them- I selves witn broken ooaroa ana ais rae the crowd.- The soldiers shouted to the excited men and women to go tn tiiieAr - homes and they dispersed BXApkly, accepting the cotiunand with put tutstMs ' Treves Is Most Important City Occupied Thus far by Americans - PERSHING IS NEAR PARIS, Dec. I (By the Associated Press.) One of the larger projects being matured as a preliminary to WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. Dac. t. , By The As soclated Press.) American troops crossed the frontier Into Prussia at daylight behind the German rear guards. Treves is the most important city thus far occupied. American troops also are patrolling scores of villages, however. General Pershing Is in the Imne diate vicinity to observe the opera tlons. His advance headquarters will be established at Treves, where Gen eral Preston Brown will be military governor and General Harry A. Smith, in charge of civil affairs. The advance today averaged twelve miles. Treves Is situated on the right bank of the Moselle river, fifty-seven miles southwest of Coblens. It is perhaps the oldest town In Germany and Is rich In Roman relics. Among; the main objects of interest in the town, are the cathedral, which Is on of the oldest in Germany and the provincial museum, with a fine collection of anti quities. Treves became an archepiscopal see in the ninth century and the arch bishops rose to the position of princes and occupied a place among the im perial electors. Near the close of the sixteenth century it 1 was recognized as a free Imperial city and the ecclesi astical principality was wiped out in the French revolution. The city and the territory surrounding It were as signed to Prussia by the congress of Vienna, The population at the out- diplomat here, opposition has ik mt ik war was) about fiLMa, - ValOMa to soma at Us tat ALLIES FORMULHTING ONE Mi COMMISSION TO DECIDEJISTIONS Will Take Place of Three Temporary Commissions Now Acting IS INTER ALLIED special meeting of the democratic xteerlng committee has been called for tomorrow before the renate convenes, to dlsouss the general situation.'. Resides dealing with the peace con ference, the Drepident tomorrow is ex pected to. recommend fegislaUon he regards as necessary for the transition of the country from a war to a peace tasi. Few formalities for the th nw aosslon are planned. After Vice-Vresldeivt. Marshall and Speaker ;ne senate and house, raiia nriti h. called to disclose quorums, new mem bers will ba sworn in and committees appointed to notify the ' respective bodies and the president that eon is ready to proceed with business. Generally the president's annual ad dress la delivered to congress on the day following the opening of the reg ular December session, but the Joint HesKton was arranged for tomorrow ho that the president might hamon his depart me for Kurope. Saw Knd of War. I At Iff last session, congress raw the end of the war and now It faces In th new session, which explren next March 3 by statutory limitation the problems of peace and reconstruction. If the peace treaty Is nagotlaUd be fore the session ends it will como for ratification before the present senate hut otherwise It probably will be con sidered at a special senate session af ter March 3. with the pausing of the sixty-rlfth congress beginning tomorrow l.ioluJs retrenchment in expenditures and ex tension of government agencies creat ed for the war, , Retrenchment al ready has begun in preliminary work on the annual estimate an.t'upnro prlation. bills. . (fecretary. Baker and Chairman Bartich of the war indus tries board, have been asked to appear before tha house appropriation com-; mlttee tomorrow to. discuss, tiedncilons bv appropriation, measure: vlfru." ; V ..' ;V '"JEstiiimte Sot Ilea d jr. . Yrf h- flrat Ums-fn lh re.-rtliemion li (B Alfrtd of 4 the ha -a' working capital of $S0,00M0 and branches throughout th formsi : Austrian empire, In an Interview to- j day with the Associated Press, i3: "Th biggest question th world is now facing hi whether th fre trad j or the high tariff principle shall be applied between th nation, and in particular what th United Bute will do In this respect. On tbls que tlon depends certainly th aeonomlr poprlty of th former central em pires ano possibly their political happiness. ., ; , Tuo Great for Austria. "The dimension of the war eer taiujy have been too great for Austria W are overloaded with war' debts, though It must be rsmembersd they are largely internal, with two or thren billion crown owed to Germany, and also small . loans - obtained in ; the United Btate befor that country ceased it neutrality.; '; ,' "We hav among ourselves mr1v exchanged material 'for paper money, .note and bonds. One problem we are facing I for each of th ntr re public to mak up its accounts aid divide th war dsbta So that ; each will know wher It stand. . . "Novw: In history haa' any enter prising people been crushed by debt If w lan produce ws can pay bark all' our debts in teg year. But lli great -difficulty 1 how to start cro auction, M--.V' '.?; ; , ? "Whaf-W need In" 'Austria flrst Is food, so that w can kep order; an.i then rw materials for manufacturing which ar In the bands of our forrc-. enemies.) : Thijmportant point U - the president tomorrow regarding the j congress, democratic control of the peace conference made any announce- i two houses will cease, a majority of nient. I republicans having been elected 'to Senate Still Active, j both senate and house of the next Some senatori also are aald to have I congress, which will hold its first rug prepared resolutions for introduction ular session next December. If a tomorrow proposing appointment of a special Honate committee to go to Ku rope and keep the senate Informed on events at the peace, conference. A special session should be called be fore then, however. It would bo at th sixty-sixth, congress. Matters to occupy th ses:on of OftreMlbnar attach, eHltaa1tnrVnea qtates'j etta n raw appropriation estimates win no-. ready for. presentation tomorrow. Re ductions necessitated' by th,s chang from war to peace conditions will de lay their submission a few rtaM. Taxes and bonds were other .m portant subjects ahead. Ne.v bond issues are regarded; as certtil;, oul there now Is doubt whether the Lend ing revanu bill, revised the -natf finance committee to impose M.000. 000,000 of taxes next yr and f 4,000, 000,000 In 1920 will be enacted. The bill will be reported to the senate this week, probably Thursday, with debate beginning the following Rattirdiiy or Monday. If passage or rn Sill is iii luyed, emergency legislation is pl'in-j nsd so collection of taxes will not bo deluyed. ' Numerous investigations are expect ed during the winter. Th hmuiry ot th senate Judiciary committed Into brewrs' propaganda activities, includ ing their loans to Arthur Brisbane for purchase of the Washington Tirnea, will be resumed next Tuesday, -"ith Mr. Hriidiane and Alexander Konta, named by Alien Proper' Custodian Palmer as an alleged agent in nego tiations, looking to the pu.'chnsa of newspapers by German Interest'. uin moned to testify Wednesday. The coal shortage InquJty of tb senate manufacturers com milt mi will tCONTI.VIIKIJ ON PAaEfTWO) FORMER KAISER WILL BE F CRIMINAL I London Times Says He Would Be Singled Out for Punishment. rONDON, Saturday, Nov. 30. (Brltlsih WtrelcfB service) Discuss ing plans for bringing to Justice for mer Kmperor William of Germany, the Times asserts that "If we- had to Ingle one culprit for punishment, he would be the person The paper adds that the argument that he cannot be punished because there tire others who also are guilty cannot be admitted. "By that argument," the Times con- T IS PREPARING SURPRISE GARDNER TALKS TO ELKS terlais against a . loan. -1 .sav t ,-,r United Btate' because It ha copper and cotton and .nobody on .earth can do business without American cotton. Possibly South America could H u wool, but doubt exist If it will bi able to sell oq time, -v " V Ixok to Anglo-American. "Financial help for th former cen tral empires must come ' from th Anglo-Amertcans. They are the onlv nations b to furnish aid of this kind, ns France no longer i In th position of money lender ' to other countries. ; ' -'. , , "It must ' be understood that th riches of any. country a,r not in the gold reserve, of which we possibly possoss a quarter of a billion crpwus, but in its production capacity.! "Speaking frOm a continental point ot view, it must be asked whether America will continue to sell raw (CONTI.VL'ED ON PAGE TOO.) Political Editor of Temps Warns France to Main tain Her Alliances. the peace congress Is the creation of 1,,uri' a relon n"nt in ,ne att a Dermanent Inter.-lliert cnmmi.ir.H ! would, escape punishment because on which Great Britain, Franc, Tialy , thm,e, are '"'" e'n who have not and the United States will be -epre- 'e!;1.bepn trouKlt to Judgment ai d ented on all maritime, financial and ! law nor common ense wou d food questions. ! uc'' l)p.a- . i "Besides. It is not proposed to pun- The project has been fully outlined ton the knlscr alone. There ore oth and it will be among the main sub- j rr, too, who will be placed on trial. Jects before the supreme council of; but he Is the chief because most premier which is about to assemble highly criminal. ,nLo"don- "The one 'argument ' against doing Such a commission would take the what we can to bring this arch crim plac ot th three temporary com- 1 lnal to iuotlce Is that at nreaent he is mlttee now in operation. These i a mean and contemptible figure, hld temporary committees are the inter-; 1ng hia head from the ruin he brought allied maritime committee, on which ion his country and that if we pro.ie Raymond B. Stevens and George j eute him, we may somewhat import Ruble, of the United States shipping ! dignity to him. hoard, ari th Am.rUn ,n . tnm tha nlhnr fofl'nff Ka .an th inter-allied financial committee. ' respect for International law In the on which Oscar T. Crosby, assistant future be ba:ed on the Immunity of secretary of the treasurv. renresonta ; th principal offender against Its nro- America, and the food committee, on j vision in the past." whlcn ixuls P. Sheldon, reoresenta-1 1 1 tiv of the American food adminis- , 4. 4.i tratlv board in the United Kingdom, (rT,"rT,r,r'-r-r-rJ PARIS, Dec. l.In an article seek ing to penetrate the significance of the publication at the present moment of the German emperor's abdication. .Iran Herbette. political editor of The Temps concludes wffh this passage: , "More than ever Ii 1 possible Ger many is preparing surprise for us More thnn ever must fYanc remain in close union with her companion in arms. "But this union to be efficacious niut be general. It Is not only t lie European alliss which must remain hand in hand. The help of the United States which was decisive in the lat ter stages ot the war la no less deci sive in preparing for peace "Nothing can be done which bindd the future before' the arrival In Ku rope of President Wilson. The con versations which are now going on in London have no diplomatic character. It is t'ooh, not Plchon (foreign tnin lwter) who accompanies Premier t'lemenceaii." Eulogizes Heroes Who Died for Nation and for Civili zation. COUSSMANHER PLEDCEO TO RECOGNIZE SOLOIERSJOR OFFICE Recommends Soldier for. Postmaster At Bryson : (Special to The Citizen.) RALEIGH. Dec. .1. "Gone West" was the theme of Lieutenant Max ..niucner tuoay in a mvmorlul a- HI Mil OTHER OFFICES fBv S. Tt. Winters.) WASHINGTON, Dec. l.Repr. tentative Zobulon Weaver I pledged to the program of recogndaing th ol dler where vacande occur in offiW all things else equal. The Tenth Dis trict congressman 1 th first Tar Heel conrreasman to recommend a fighting Ires, which many Elks declare for ,oid er to? Portma-Te? ihm, ,fiorenacnce ami structural I ntSJ a ""'T' . 8UHPRISK IN K.N ; LAND. Is th American member." The functions of all three of these committee would be merged Into a permanent inter-allied . commission, according tn the proposal now being "CLOWN" Mi:ST ABIUCATK. PARIS. Dec. 1. (Havaa.) The f Petit Journal .gays it is convinc- 4 4- d -that the associated power 4 considered. While practical ad-1 will now demand- the formal vantage in a permanent Inter-silled 14 abdication of Frederick William. 4 commission generally ar admitted by 4- th former German crown prince. 4 LONDON. Saturday. Nov. 30 The formal abdication of the Gepmam em-pt-ror caused rurprise !n Knglsnd. It had been supposed on the strength of the announcement made by Prince i Maxim 1 1 lain of Baden, while chancel jlor, ami tine reports of the Berlin council of soldier' and workmen's delegates that William Ilo-hrnxollefn (had abdicated before he left Ger many for Holland. Th abdication of the former Ger man crown prince was ac.e-pted her as a fact on the am 4als. but it is -now believed that Frederick William haa not relinquished hi claim to th throne.- Th ex-amperor'a protfuoouv-1 man to apsak for btmV( only. , lioauty the finest ever heard by theim. j ne annress tooK pluc In the A'.iad my of Mush: and was placed midway In a remarkable musical program. Among the artists was Vernon Wil liams, son of Kvan Williams, American tenor and the young corporil nt tank camp. acompamIed by Mrs. Williams, was the outtandlng feature. II Is a grand opera tenor and a sinner of reat prospect. Governor Gardener spoke thirty minutes of the soldier dead who died for the allied cause ne nseiarea tne proudest page of Edgar A. Gibson, s.m of tha W. A. Gibson, has been recommended tor postmaster at Bryson City, Swain county. He emlwted "his father in. ths office befor enlisting in the worM u-ar. and proved Ws merits -in th as- Ig-ned capacity. He Volunteered for rvlce, becam affiliated with the KSrst divMon, 26th tf, 8., Infantry in June. 1917. He was barely beyond tils majority. Young Gibson gave a good account of hlnraclf in ths trenches, and the reward of civil of. flee will Kkely be his. j' Nettie B. Lewis ia been aooodntee Oarnlinn' hl.tiT' will tuZ ' i. Mm nam osen appointee of Uuwa treat soud heTB wh'iM ,ostmatr l AshlamJ, Ashe county, their Mvw rich ? with wrml. troC9eJln't verett U Stewart. Tho-m, w?JL V. "5 L ml?..aaldJ' C. JuWce ha. been .designated b. hriglht with hope, upon the altar at civlficutlon. Charles W. Harris emlo glxed the six dead who hav died within the year. Mr. Horace Dowelt, of Peace Institute, had charge of the nrusic. the postofltce department as i post . . . master at Naples, Henderson oouoty I succeeding Banjamin H. Kva'n. , J Representative Weaver has re com- ' mended George C. Johnson a rural ' free delivery carrier from Hayeavtlle, Clay county. A rural fi delivery ha t i been authorised by the vostofnc de WILL RKPHKSKNT HIXS. 4 BERLIN, Dec. 1 (Via Am. fterdam) Dr. Hai-tmann today f handed to Dr. W. S. Solf, the German foreign .secretary, rr- dcntla'3 to the peace conference ; as representatives of tba Oer- man-Austrian republic Dr. Solf partment from Index to Rhin Z in f-. Ashe county. Th special matt er- s vice from Ooehurn to Proctor, r Swain county, nas , been ordered dts continued. . , -.' The office of Hen at or Overman V filed wltih Second Postmaster General Otto I'raeger. the request of N. Buck- ner, secretary of th Ashevlll Board ' of Trade, that the mountain metropo- ' -- on receiving Dr. Hartmann said -f ,11a be raoognlsed in the establishment h was deeply Impnessed bv the 4- decision of German-Austria to 4 4 join Germany as this was th 4 long fostered desire of Germany. oi a syt:n or aeroplane for mall " 'srvic 'in th south. The-secretary af -the trad ody state that the tourist . trad to Ashevlll exceed . 20.0iu opl anmually, and that it oUmaito coKPorttmrtie ar unxcn4, ' -