Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 12

MURDER CAARGE Williamson County Man Ar- rested Half Hour After’ Quitting Office. By the Aesociated Press, MARION, 1L, agmurder charge, ¢ tiring sheriff of Wi . today was on a belated hone; while Oren Coleman, the new passed through his second day in the | office, to which he was clected on a law enforcement pr . Galligan, who troubled vea of a county m Ktan and g after :f peace Kian and four officer | nti by his succe after he h < o affairs | of the office. 1ail for two vealed he married in Chicago nearly a in the furtherance of peace between the two factions. Hope that Coleman, a war veteran, umverslh graduate and former school teacher, would be given adequate as- sistance in curbing further outbreaks in the Southern Illinois battle front, was expressed by Galligan, who de- clared that he felt he owed no apol- to the people of Williamson Coun- or the numerous kiilings that had curred during his regime. He as- rted that much of the strife was lowed to exist because he had not ad sufficient co-operation from the citizens of the county. FORMER MESSENGER IS NOW WALL STREET DEAN | John L. McCormaek Honored by Brokers After 50 Years’ Service in Financial District. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—Round- ing out 50 years of service in Wall Street, in which he has risen from the position of Western Union mes- senger boy to become the millionaire head of his own brokerage firm, John McCormack yesterday was feted by s associates on the floor of the New York Curb Market, where he is recog- 1 as_the dean of brokers. McCormack yesterday cele- his 59th Lirthddy anniversary, o that he got his first job as mes- in the financial district. ting as a curb broker in the vs when business was conducted in e open street, he became associated with Moore & Schley, and later found- ed the firm of J. L. McCormack & Co., now one of the most prominent mem- | bers of the exchange. teplored element, which declared ment to do away with| ations had been reached o J. C. Gregory is ranked first among England’s tennis plavers by the Lawn Tennis Referees’ Association. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SINGERS TO GET TRIALS FOR COMMUNITY OPERA The Washingtonians Will Select Voices for Parts in Extensive Winter Program. The Washingtonians, under the di- rection of Rollin Bond, have flung the doors wide open to all candidates of musical and dramatic aspiration, to find the proper voices and person- alities, both principal and ensemble, to fill the few vacancies in their elab- orate Winter program of light opera production. “The ~ Chimes of Normandie,” “Faust” In English, and Mr. Bond's own light opera, “Cherry Blossom Time,” a great success at the Na- tional Theater two seasons ago, are now in rehearsal for early production by this community opera organiza- tion, which has sixty-six operatic presentations to its credit in the past seven seasons. An_exceedingly active Fall season has just recorded five performances of “Pygmalion and Galatea,” Suppe's one-act classic novelty heard for the first time in Washington, also an Im- promptu concert at the Women's City Club. Another novelty, new to Wash- ington, Balfe’s oneact opera bouffe, “The Queen’s Awakening,” will be presented shortly. “The Chimes” is due for public presentation late in December. The Washingtonians have room for PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SEVENTH a few more singers for the coming, productions and Mr. Bond will try out voices in the working studio, rear of the opera club suite, at 1411 Massachusetts avenue terrace, any . evening between 5 and 7 o'clock. Singers also will be tried out at the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets northwest, at 7:30 Thursday evening. YEOMAN LOSES BATTLE TO RETAIN BUREAU POST Appellate Court Reverses Decision of Lower Tribunal in Favor of Mrs. Gudger. The District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Orion M. Barber of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, sitting in the absence of Jus- tice Van Orsdel, yesterday reversed the_decision of the District Supreme Court an denied that Mrs. Annette F. 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