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The Atlanta Georgian For Atlanta and Vicinity—Rain tonight and Thursday; warmer to night. AND NEWS In Atlanta..TWO CENTS. On Trains..FIVE CENTS. PRICE ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1907. A GREATER AND BETTER SOUTH Have Issued Order Ap plying to All State. The death knell of free parses In ! Georgia was sounded Wednesday byj the railroad commission. An official order was promulgated : Wednesday. In which the commission makes effective on January 1 an anil- pass law In exact conformity wlth 9 the national law. At the same tlpie an order was Is sued prohibiting the free transportation of freight or express. The anti-pass order forbids the Issue of any free transportation between points within the state after January 1. 19Q8. It Is in exact conformity with the national act. and makes the same exceptions, notably, employees of rail roads, ministers, charity workers, etc. Coming so swiftly on the heels of the filing of the pass lists of the Georgia railroads, |r— *■— 41 **“*“ it may be that these lists were a compelling factor In the action. Immediately after the passage of the Candler act, rumors were current in v,«wv, rumors were — official circles that the new commission had full power to abrogate passes and would probably exercise this power In a short time. With a few typewritten lines, the commission haa accomplished what Georgia legislatures have been making more or less vigorous attempts to accomplish for years. Cut Out Express Franks. A second order nullifies express franks in Georgia after January 1. 1908. and makes It Illegal to transport freight free of charge, save for charitable pur* poses or by expressed consent of the commission. , A third order calls upon all terminal companies and corporations In Georgia to file with the commission within ten days copies of charters, rates and rules. A public hearing on this matter Is fixed for November 13, 1907. THOMAS H. JEFFRIES. 8pec!al to The Georlgan. Macon. Go., Oct. 30.—Thomas H. Jef fries. of Atlanta, was elected grand master of the grand Masonic lodge of Georgia this morning by the delegates who are in session at Macon. Max’ Meyerhardt, of Rome, Ga., has been holding this high office In the Ma sonic lodge for the past year, and his friends thought he would again bo elected. The grand lodge adjourned at npon for dinner and this-afternoon. will again take up the election of officers. At th° afternoon session --of tlia Grand Lodge, officers for the coming year were elected with the following results: Thomas H. Jeffries, of At lanta, grand master: Henry lianks. of SI,$00 n year. This shows an Increase of $300 a year, or 16 2-S per cent. This Is but «>ne of a number of recent r**al transactions where houses occupied by whisky dealers and saloons have been sold or leased at an advanced figure. Real estate men state that there will be few. If any, empty houses when tho whisky dealers take thele departure on January 1, And that the new tenants will In most esses pay higher rents. The Peachtree store of the R. M. Rose Company, occupied by them as a retail house, was.sublet by that com pany several weeks ago, through For- . — -1 TI.mmwa A.Ini— . n i Vi. / 1 PA. m Continued on P.g. Two. month, nn advance of J50. or 16 2-J tier cent, the same proportion of In crease as thnt In the annex transac tion. Oth.r Rtssnt Deals. The big warehouse and stores of Btuthenthal A BIckart, In Marietta street, was recently lensed by John W. (Irani, the owner, to the Fielder ft Al len Company, which convert It Into a blf office fixture establishment. The terms have not been made public. The Ponce DeLeon saloon and cigar store tn Peachtree etreet. near Wal ton, has been sub-let by William Wol- pert & Bon to tho Atlanta, Blrmlni- ham ft Atlantic railroad, at an In creased rental, though the figures hare not been made public. The naw ten ants will use It for an uptown ticket and passenger ofllce. ' . Forrest Adair, who handled the sal. and lease for the Roie Company, said Wednesday morning: No Vacant Houses. "There le everything to Indicate that property now occupied by whisky deal- in w— /vooiiniad it freer Tn miarv I WILL HAVE NEW TENANTS Expect Settlement of Differ ences by Saturday of This Week. IS LEASED AT HIGHER PRICE Atlantan at Head of Georgia Grand Lodge of Masons. Kola-Ade Company to Use It For Factory. Governor and Mother Were Only Sur vivors of Disaster. Atlanta Government Build ing Must Not Exceed $1,000,000. Taahend. Ruselan Turkestan. Oct. 10. [•he entire city of Karatagh, In Bok- tara. has been destroyed by a terrible tarthquake, which was followed by a nountatn elide. In which the entire >opulatlon. numbering 16,000, were railed. Only two persons eurvived the lisaster. these being the governor of foratagh and his mother. Details of the convulalone are as yet inavallable, but the new, m far Te- -elved leads to the belief that a great •haam opened In the valley where the dtr atood and that almost the whole rlclnlty waa engulfed In a pile of ruins. There la reason to believe that other •Itlea and towns In the neighborhood jf Bokhara were badly shaken by th* lame convulsion of nature, and it ls txpected that the full talc of death will reach a total which v» 11 mark the d s- ister as one of the greatest In the his tory of all Asia-Minor. Krntagah Is one hundred miles south sat of Samarkand, which place euf ereil great damage by earthquake on ictober 11. The shocks lasted for near- r the entire day at Samarkand top- Itng over many houses, but so far as nown only two were killed. The popu- itton had ample time to flee from thetr ouses before the greatest shock came. Bids will be opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon In the olHcf of the supervis ing architect of the treasury depart ment at Washington for the building of the Atlanta postofllce. The specifics- tlons call for either granite or marble construction and the building will be built of either one of the two. The cost Is not to exceed 11.000,000. This In cludes plumbing. It will be a modern office building, steel constructed and fire proof. The style le an adaptation of the Italian renaissance and from the drawings In the architect's office It will be a beautiful structure. It will have a basement, four stories and a high attic. * The government requires that It be completed by December 11. 1»0». Payments will be made on the con tract at the rate of 10 per cent per month, with a final reservation of 10 per cent, which will not be paid until the building Is completed. The bidders have all visited Atlanta and Inspected the site. Many of the largest contractors In the country have submitted bids. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOOOOO S"WfoSS°«veW§ o our old friend. Jupe Pluve.J* 0 O billed for an appearance In this O 0 vicinity Wednesday evening. Tern- O O perature will loosen up. too. O O "Ra*n**Wednesday night and O O Thursday; warmer Wednesday* O night." - Wednesday temperatures: 7 o'clock s. .60 degrees WHISKY HOUSES ; INCREASE IN RENT Recent Deals Show That Exodus Will Increase Value of Real Estate Registered in Weshington. Washington. Oct. 10.—The weather areau at Washington announced on ctober 11 that an e»rtnq | mk» »wd ten recorded, beginning at It o clock le previous night and lasting until Lrly In the morning. Its origin was elleved to have been at a point wmt r Australia In the southern Indian 0 6 o'clock a. m.. O s o'clock a. m.. 0 to o'clock a. m.. O it o'clock a. m.. o 15 o’clock noon.. Mockp. m.. O l o'clock p. m.. q ^0000000000000000000000000 Race Results Tremors Began Oetobsr 20. London. Oct. JO.-From ‘>nnounce- ents from the seismologies! I'UrMUl various world center*, it 1* leamen the preliminary tremor* began at • m. and the strong motion at U.« IP. ssll'J ID” _ . on October JO. The ahocta con- t<l until 1:16 a. m, October -1. ..61 degrees. . .54 degree*. ..57 degrees. ..58 degree*. , ..69 degree*, degree* . .61 degree*. Committee* of Atlanta striking tele- graph operator* In Atlanta will meet official* of the telegraph companies this week for a conference, and It I* be lieved that the strike will be «ettled by next Saturday. Thomas A. Pinson, secretary of local No. 60, la authority for the statement. It la understood that the committees will repreaent the striking operators who were formerly employed by the Western' Union. Poetal and Aeaoclated Prere. respectively. They will confer with official* Pf three organisation*. From the wording used, It I* under stood that the companies regard thle as a conference with form*r employee*, not with the union ** *n organisation. "W* expect a settlement by Saturday! of thl» week," aald Secretary Pinson. The date and hour for the ronference has not been definitely decided upon. No Attention to Order. According to officer* of the local un ion of the Commercial Telegrapher*, th* order Issued by S. J. Small, the deposed president of the union, will have no effect on the striker* In At lanta. It 1* pointed out that Small Is no longer president of the national or ganization and that another man has been put In hi* place. For that rea son say the strikers. Small haa no authority to Issue orders, and that If he does they have no weight. It Is said by the strlken that the new president will have a conference In a day of two with telegraph officials and It Is believed something will result from thl* talk. , “In my opinion," said one prominent striker Wednesday morning. "some Suit Withdrawn After Conference With Company. JAMAICA. First Race—Bockstone. 4 to 1. *om uineelal to Tb Belle of Iroquol*. » to t. Mjond: Tramft ^Vhattanoo * to S. third. Tlme.1:»«, Twelfth cavi second Bac^-PUtt and NeWIt*. » Second Bac*—Flo* —' . ,o 5 won: Sister Franohcs. } to *. second: Gen. llaley. » to 5, third. Time, 1:19 4-6. _r ** Mllireuu/ Thing Will be done by the national ftcfgJ* will ue WUIIC w* nriais within the next few day*. Some thing should be don* on* way or the other. All the strikers who raturn to work have ttieir card* takas away from them, and If thl* continue* Indefi nitely. the rank* of th* union will b* considerably depleted If many of those on strike return to work without being ordered to.” Cavalrymen Return to Fort. , _1 to The Georgian. 'hattanooga, Tenn.. Oct. JO.—The . „ elfth cavalry returned to Fort Ogle thorpe thl* morning. *fter spending three weeks marching through North Georgia. Work cn the extension of the Capitol avenue etreet car line from Jefferson street to Haygood avenue will be re sumed at once and the mandamus pro. ceedlng* Instituted to compel a com pletion of the line will be withdrawn. The announcement that the work would be started on the line at once was made Wednesday morning by President Arkwright after a confer ence with Aldermen Qullllan and Hol land and Councilman Huddleston and Martin from the Second ward, upon condition that th* suit Instituted against the company should b* with drawn. Following the statement of President Arkwright. Attorney James L. Ksy, who filed the suit for th* petitioners, was ssen and he stated that as his only object tyss to get results he would withdraw the suit without objection. | The differences between the street car company and the cltlxens living In the neighborhood of tho proposed ex tension arose when tho company sud denly stopped work on the new line from Bss* street to Haygood avenue and began taking down Its wires. Th* company had prsvloualy secured ■ franchise to build Its line on this street and the cltlxens sought to so compel Its completion by law. A temporary Injunction was secured from Judge Ellis of the euperior court to prevent th* wires from bging re moved and a mandamus suit was filed to compel the street railway company to complete the extension. President. Arkwright stated that the company Is willing to build the line If ‘.he people desire It. but that the work was stopped because the extension, which would only cover a distance of about two blocks, wss deemed unnec essary. R. M. ROSE COMPANY’S ANNEX IN AUBURN AVENUE. This bal'ding has been told at an advanced price and rented at an advaned to the Kola-Ade Company. It is but one of many buildings which will present a different appearance on January 1. TURKEY IS NOW AT MERCY OF RUSSIA Paris. Oct. JO.—It became known to day that Russia has Turkey at her mer cy through a diplomatic maneuver forming a treaty with Bulgaria. Ac- . t., Urn treaty. Russia and Bul garia become albjs in csss sillier on* bus a w ur with Turkey. THE WEATHER. SPOT COTTON. Llverp ml, stonily: 5.87. Atlanta. quiet; 10 3-16. New Orleans, steady: 10*i New York, steady; 10.90. Savannah. quiet; 10 MS. Atlanta, steady; 10S-