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A+ _ _--_ of 623 Holester street, South Chi-- eago, and stated that he had come * to North Chicago early Fri. morn-- ing with a companion in a yellow 5 Nash car. ~He gave his part-- => ner's name and stated that his pal _ TAKEN; NOW _© ----SEEK "PAL" _ :A bold daylight robbery directly * abross from the North Chicago po-- _ Nee station, was foiled last Friday -- _ amorning by Policeman Ebler and Ga-- _ bals; who hearing the cry of "Po-- . Mee" rushed to the street, and cap-- _ #ured the burglar in the alley at the s rear of Eisenberg's clothing store, on _ Sheridan road. The alarm was giv-- _ en by John Kelly, Ed McDermott and g;e'x-wmh-.mvuxn _ Mo« at 1808 Sheridan road above _ Che Packingtown market, who awoke _ to find the> robber cleaning © their and trench mortar exhibitions by the Howitzer Company, and other special features were on the bill.. A baby doll parade; homely dog par-- Festival were run off at the Wauke-- gan lake front Mon. After two idays of disagreeable weather on Saturday Calls were immediately sent to all nearby police stations and Mo-- torcycle Policeman Gabala set out which were thronged to capacity all | through -- the day, competitions in ; swimming and diving, motor boat| mided things. Practically all the big events scheduled for the first two days were postponed on account of ;mm';ndmunel. Grygience, Waukegan, third. * -- ~Besides the various congessions h. Jroceed Wfihdnmnfioud,them&t'g gave his name as Charles Ryss, dl-MMSouthcu-"'"'" eago, and stated that he had come , to North Chicago early Fri. morn-- ing with a companion in a yellow MHosch nar -- Ha -- eave hin> nart. Monday witnessed the major por-- tion «f the big doings, -- .. _ Before a throng of some 10,000 enthusiastic and interested specta-- fair wfimvmwoin- the prize. The winners were Miss . Helen Schenbert, of Gage's Lake, first;~ Mrs Helen Taylor The thief was cornered in the alley back of the Eisenberg cloth-- ing store, where, seeing that he was caught, the thief dropped his loot between the grating on a basement window. His act was noted by the police and the stolen articles were found and brought to the station with the captured burg-- is believed that he .or his compan-- lon must have known North Chi-- while Kelly, who by that time had awakened, ran to the window and GAGE'S LAKE BEAUTY WINS founsly watched the array of beauties and.@waited the decision of the Jjudges. Twelve of Waukegan's fair-- est were entered in the competition ' The three men were sleeping in a fi.n-dtb&onmhe- : police station when the thief I and commenced his search station and followed the robber, in company with a butcher from the Packingtown market, while Ebler went in 'the other direction to head the man off. : hall and remove some $30 from the :fi' the owner of the ' woke up and caught him in the act. The thief dropped the trousers and mad«*" for the door W'i trousers and a $15 ;_"vhb"in money from Kelly's clothes, and was about <to shouted for the police. ing the street toward Nelson's res-- taurant when the cries were heard and turned to see the man disap-- pear around the corner. Policeman Gabala dashed from the police ------._~-- Takes Valuables He had taken a watch valued at Miss Helen Scheubert wins. The bathing beauty contest drew was a success, both financially otherwise, despite the inclement Look for Companion of drove right to the crowd of much of on were carried out to the amusement mother were injured Wed,. morning when a car in which they were rid-- Lflmvouidbomnood- woman occupant of the other car figured in the collision was badly burt and taken to a hospital He asked the sheriff to obtain the name of the driver of the other car. The accident is said by Hargrave to have occured on Route 42 about 'Borouih-Mquh'u.fl. said a motorcycle policeman investi-- gated the accident. There was a woman slightly injured in an accid-- ent at Lake Bluff Wed. night and it is believed by the sherifft's office that George Hargrave of the Hargrave Detective agency in Chicago, who has handled state investigations for Col. Smith called the sheriff's office Thurs. and reported that his mother was inpured Wednesday in an auto-- mobils crash in Lake county. He 'uidslnmatlbintthfupnd body and had her hips badly buris-- Constable Conrad A. Brune and his assistant, Myron O. Bowers, mh&mmu". makiag two successful raids at In-- sho was in the car which collided with the machine in which Mrs. Har RAIDERS VISIT Dr. McKeon won the prize for the best decorated car in the line of MOTHER AND CHILD HURT dian Point, Fox Lake. Henry Metz-- nantlul.Gr"mm ed on charges of violating the H quor law . State's Attorney A. V. Smith says that nis squad sonfiscated quile m supply of liquor at the place op-- erated by Grubel. s & _ During the afternoons activities, the air reverberated with the fire of the machine guns and trench mor-- tors, as the local Howitzer Company exhibited their skill on the south beach. Targets were anchored a half mile out into the lake and the gun-- ners were peppering them at re-- gular interva= to the amazement and applause of the crowd. Many Swim Events. _ The swimming events held under the direction of Y. M. C. A., officials drew much attention and the boys girls and men entered in them per-- formed in creditable manner. Dashes of various distances were staged and some record time was made by the contestants, The fancy diving com-- petition brought forth some wonder-- ful exhibitions --and diving and all performers drew much applaus. The parade held on Saturday night must not go without mention for despie the poor weather conditions it proved to be a colorful affair. Beautifully decorated _ machines featured the parade while bands furnished the necessary pep to the proceedings. The machine of Mrs. MRS. HARGRAVE HURT IN CRASH A motor boat race between the crafts owned by Julius Ruta and Morris O'Hara, known to be the two fastest boats in the harbor. was won by Ruta who crossed the line but a few feet abhead of O'Hara after a two mile race around the gas buoy and back. Perhaps the most spectacular and amusing feature of the afternoons performances, was the appearance of Constable Joe Lities, bedecked in a woman's gown with a brown derby on his hbead, a child's parasol pro-- tecting him from the gun, and push-- ing a baby carriage. He strode out on the pier puffing on a big cigar and began to mount the diving tower While Life Guard Dl'&l:.ld the baby carriage, Constable L dived fiying, his cigar stuck in the corner of his mouth and his brown derby jammed over h«s ears, He arose from the depths of the lake with the derby smashed over his head and the brim of it hanging around his neck while the crowd roared its applause. Mrs: Fred Grabbe, Tom Yager and Earl Sandberg executed high dives from the summit of the newly con-- structed 60--foot diving platf._rm while the crowd stood awed as :hey sailed through the air from the high altituJle Py »heksonville has the only plant in An eight Joe Does His Stuff. old girl and her in the other hand the number of persons saved in 1926 increased de-- cidedy over the previous year. Re-- cords show that 11 persons were saved in Lake county this year. Fe-- lix Druba, chief life guard at the 'Drovnlminhhem*yshomd # marked decrease during the season of 1926 over that 'of 1925, accord-- ing to records of Coroner John L. Taylor. <~Lakes, rivers and cisterns ook a toll of 16 lives this season, while 20 persons drowned in the 1925 season. Fifteen of the drown-- ings this .year were accidental, while one was «swWicidal. IN COUNTY Adoiph Rys of 2814 Kedzic ave., Chicago, drowned in Channel Lake on August 21. An epileptic fit was a contributary cause. Eight--year--old William Brogan of 1812 Greenfield avenue, Chicago. met a tragic 'death on August, 2 when he fell through <the rotten boards covering an unused cistern in back of the Anthony Hart home on Elizabeth street, North Chi-- cago, and drowned. square in Deer Park, Lake Forest. William Buesch, 16, of ~Elmhurst, drowned the same day in Deep Lake. He was diving with 'a party of frienis and when he failed to come up after a dive search was started and nis body found some ten min-- utes iater. The curoner's jury probing the death of Edward Peterson, 17 year old Zion youth, who. was fatally injured last Saturday night when the: car in which he was riding learned was after disappear-- ing--urder the water in Wooster lake twice un July 19. ; A rescue of a Chicago couple who were swimming in Channel lake on the afternoon of July 4 was wit-- nessed by a large crowd of people. Charl»s Polioti and Ella Roda were the folks who had close calls to newly dug hole fillsd with wator. 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