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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 17 1929 PAGE FIVE JURY FINDS DRIVER 1S RESPONSIBLE FOR CAR SMASH (Continued from Page 3) the highway pulled out right in front of me and rather than hit it I' endeavoured to pass it and pull- ed out to the centre of the road and hit the American car. I did not see him coming until it was too late. One of the boys that was killed was in the back seat." Constable Storey went on to re- late how he measured the differ- ent: skid marks at the scene of the accident and stated that it was 42 feet from where the Canadian car crossed the middle line of the road to where the blood stains were still visible, The width of the pavement at this point was twenty feet and there was a seven foot shoulder on the south side and a six foot shoulder on the north side. The Durant car, he said, was four and a half feet from the side of the pavement when the skid marks showed that he had pulled over to the north side of the highway, There was a four feet deep ditch on the north side and a small one on the other side. The cars were seen Garage in Bowmanville and he identified photographs of 'the wrecked automobiles that were taken after the crash and stated that they were true pictures of them. Under cross examination, the constable admitted that Abate was in a very nervous condition when he was questioned and that the man had not long left the hos- pital where he had Lad his wounds dressed. There was no mention of liquor in the case and he thought that the death at that time of the one boy and the likely death of the other had a very disturbing effect on Mr. Abate. Also the worry of being placed under ar- rest had upset the man consider- ably and added to the shock of the smash, in Cole's Doctor's Evidence The next witness called was Dr. W. H. Birks, M.O.H., of Bowman- ville who was the first doctor on the scene of the accident and ar- rived about one o'clock, shortly after it had occurred. He found the Wetstien lad lying on the south side of the road and had him conveyed as fast as possible to the hospital. After dressing the wound temporarily of some of the other victims, he also went to the hospital and next saw Wetstien on the operating table. He had, stated Dr. Birks, a large cut on the head and a fractured skull. He was also badly cut and bruised all over. He 'was not present when the opera- tion was performed, but knew that the boy had not much chance of recovery. He died at four-thirty the same afternoon, without gain- ing consciousness. He saw the Rubinoff boy and did not expect this lad .to live either as he had a bad cut over the left ear and his left arm was broken above the elbow and the . bone was broken in two places below the elbow. He died at nine o'clock on Sunday morning and the actual cause was from concus- sion of the brain. From the time the lad entered the hospital very little hope was held for him as he was in a very critical condition. Cross examined by Mr, Greer it was brought out that he rendered first aid to Abate, who had sev- eral cuts on the face and hands and had a badly bruised shoulder. He believed that he would be still suffering from shock six hours Canada Bread Co. LIRIITED DIVIDEND NOTICES FIRST PREFERENCE SHARES Notice is hereby given that a quarterly dividend of 13;% has been declared on the First Preference Shares of the Com- pany, payable October 1st, , to shareholders of record September 14th, 1929. The transfer books of the Com- pany will be closed from September 16th to 30th, both days inclusive, CLASS "B" PREFERRED SHARES Notice is hereby given that a quarterly dividend of 13;% has 'been declared on the Class "B" Preferred Shares of the ly, payable O 1st, 1029, lders of record September 14th, . The transfer ks of the Com- pany will be closed from September 16th to 30th, both days inclusive. By order of the Bogrd. W. 8. ANTLIFF, Secretary. | Toronto, Ont., Sept. 12th, 1829. fr -- Have you a good Fountain Pen ? We Sell Em PARKER'S SHEAFFER'S WATERMAN"S Pen and Pencil and Desk Sets 98¢c up KARN'S Drug Store Next P. O. Phone 378 after the accident had taken place and 'would "possibly be' bordering on hysteria. y He thought that Abate would still. be in great pain and after four hours would be greatly worrying over the death of the first boy. ) Dr. Slemon : Dr. C. W. Slemon 'was the nex called and mainly corroborated the -| evidence of the previous witness adding that he attended the Rub- inoff boy the cause 'of whose death was due to a fractured skwil and shock, ; Traffic Officer Hallic! Traffic Officer Gordon 'Hallick of .Port Hope, when called, stated that he was on the scene at 12.05 p.m, and saw a Marmon car bear- ing a New York license in the ditch on the north side of the road and the Durant facing north on 2 driveway, the latter car being dam- aged so as to make it almost be- yond repair, He saw that the cars were cleared away and then went to the hospital and asked for the driver of the Durant car. Abate came forward and admitted that he was the driver and accompanied the officer to the police station, where a charge of. criminal neglig- ence was laid against him. Abate remained in the police station un- til bail was arranged which was not till nearly midnight. Traffic Officer Hallick stated that he was not in the office when the statement was taken from Abate, and did not see the state- ment. He was with Constable Storey when the measurements were taken at the scene of the crash and agreed with the latter's figures. Although he spoke intel- ligenlty, the accused was in a very nervous condition and was greatly agitated over the death of one of the boys. The American Driver J. L. Schalk was the next to take the stand and he gave his ad- dress as 58 Kermit Avenue, Buf- falo. He stated that he was in the photography business. He was returning from his vacation which had been spent at Havelock, On- tario and was on his way to To- ronto when the other car hit him. He noticed another car parked on the south side of the highway which just started up when the Toronto car arrived on the scene and in trying to pass crashed into him, between the left front fender and the door. Two wire wheels equipped with large tires, he stated took the brunt of the shock of the impact on his car, and prob- ably saved his life. When he saw that a crash was {inevitable he turned into the ditch, but notic- ing a stone culvert turned back on the road. The other car came the last few feet in a zig zag manner and hit him as mentioned. The impact was terrific, he stated. When he got out of the car he went across to Abate and had a conversation with him in which he asked who was the driver of the other car and Abate admitted that he was. He noticed the body of the Rubinoff lad hanging half out of the car. His wounds were dressed by Dr. Birks as were those of his companions, Mr. Murray, from a suburb of Buffalo, and Mr. Joseph Wren, of Toronto, who were passengers in his car. The bandaged hand he showed at the inquest was the result of the acci- dent he told the crown. Cross Examined Cross examined by Mr. Greer, he was unable to give an explanation of the time he had left Havelock that morning but remembered that it was nearly twelve when he went to bed the might before. He was positive that there was another car on the side of the road but was not sure whether it was stationary or in motion, He was a hundred feet from the other cars when he first noticed them and the thing happened in so short a time that it was not possible on his part to avoid it. He verified his state- ments with the aid of a map that had been prepared by the town en- gineer. Town engineer identified thé map as having been made hy him at the request of the police. Joseph Wren Joseph Wren was next called upon to give his explanation of the regretable accident. Amongst other things he stated that he ex- pected to reach Toronto in three hour run from Havelock, a dis- tance of over a hundred miles. His evidence was in the main the same as Mr. Schalk's in whase car he was ridng. Chief Venton Chief Sydney Venton told the court that he was the first officer on the scene of the accident and Dr. Birks was dressing the wounds of several of the more badly in- jured when he arrived. He had the 'ads conveyed in several cars to the hospital and. took particular notice of the position of the cars before he had them moved to make way for the traffic that was lined up for a long way down each way on the highway. Three employees of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., were the next to be called and mainly gave evid- ence that agreed with that which had gone before. Miss T. Penfound Miss Thomasina Penfound who owned the fruit stand where the third car was parked making some purchases, told of the customers' vehicle pulling away a few seconds before she heard the crash. She had her back to the highway when the cars met and failed to see ex- actly how it happened. A surprise was dropped into the proceedings when the next wit- ness, one of the occupants of the ill fated car by the name of Solly Sone, stated that Abate was not the driver of the car, and that one of the boys now deceased was driving at the time. This brought consternation to the crown and he left the boy, who was only sixteen, go without any more questioning. In answer to the counsel for Abate, Sone stated that there were three in the front seat and four in the back. Says Rubinoff Driving Mr. Abate, driver of the Cana- dian car then took the stand and gave his version of the affair. He stated that they left Toronto about ten-thirty and stopped in Bowman- I------E-------- ville for a lunch, When leaving there he gave permission for Rub- inoff to drive the, car as far 'as Newcastle and while he was at the wheel the totally unexpected bappened. They were all members of the Elizabeth Street Bantam Baseball team and were travelling to Peterborough. to attend a final game which owing to the mishap was abandoned. In excusing him- self for the difference in his state- ment and his evidence at the in- quest, he stated that at the time of his writing it the accident was preying on his mind. ,The crown attorney thought it unnecessary to call more witness and the. jury re- tired to consider if they needed any more evidence, but returned in five minutes and said they had enough to work on. The crown then instructed them in their dut- fes and they once again retired. After deliberating for fifty min- utes the jury handed in their ver- diét to the coroner which was as given above. REAL ESTATE CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVED (Continued from Page 3) were keeping up with previous weeks, Many Exchanges Considerable business has been done this summer, in the arrang- ing of exchanges of farms for city property, and activity in this line of business is keeping up stead- ily, real estate firms report. There has been a somewhat unusual de- mand this summer by farmers for city property, on the condition that their farm was taken in ex- change. During the summer slack season in the city, many citi- zens of the city have taken an op- portunity to return to the farm, and a number of farmers who wished to retire from active farm life have moved into Oshawa, the real estate men report. Period of Consolidation "While the real estate business this summer has not been nearly as brisk as in the last three or four years, I see no cause what- ever for pessimism," said Uriah Jones, well known local realtor. "During the last few years Osn- awa has gone through a period of expansion and growth thae =as been astounding, and that was greater in proportion to its popu- lation than any other city in Oan- ada. It could not go on for ever, of course, and during last year the builders caught up with the demand for houses, and went gn building until the demand was more than filled which is always an easy thing to do. : "Consequently, there has been a period of consolidation this year, with less activity in house build- ing and in real estate transfers. Bug, even so, real estate men in Oshawa this year have been doing as much or more business, in a steady, quiet fashion, than in a normal year in any other Ontario city of its size. I do not eonsid- er the slowing up of conditions here as a "slump"--it is simply a return to the normal conditions prevalent in other cities." That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. SHOES ARE IMPORTANT I remember as a youngster accom- panying an older brother to a shoe- maker who "measured" his feet for a pair of shoes. . My brother thought he was tak- ing measurements that were very tight and told him so. The shoe maker calmly stated, "I always make them very snug becausc they will gradually stretch and will then look and feel too large for you." Now this seemed like good sense to me at the time, but I learned from the feet I saw during the examina- tion of recruits for the war that "tight" shoes on children were the cause of much suffering and incffi- ciency. As a matter of fact statistiss chow that in some districts as many as 40 to 50 per cent were rejected as class A men simply because of poor feet. And the majority of these cases of 'bad feet" could be traced to tight, ill-fitting shoes in childhood. When you think of baby's first pair of shoes, which someone has de- scribed as "like a paper bag," you are perhaps thankful that the shoes of grown ups are not so unshapely. And 4 the very purpose of those roomy baby shoes is what you should should have room to "work" in. A boy or girl, man or woman, could not wear shoes of the baby type because, although freedom for the action of the muscles of 'the foot and toes is necessary, so also is sup- port for the weight of the body, which after all rests upon the feet. Now it is not necessary in these days of well made footwear to have shoes made to order, unless the foot is unusually narrow or broad, or the Jistep unusually high or absolutely at, All that is necessary is to get a shoe that is long enough--Ilonger than the foot with toes lying flat; and wide enough, wider than the width of the foot. A short shoe bends the toes up- ward and the joint sometimes gets so stiff--ankylosed -- that the toes re- main bent. This is called "hammer" toe. This caused rejections of many recruits. A narrow shoe squeezes the front arch--from side to side--so that the front ends of the foot bones rest on the ground instead of being "arched" up nicely as in a normal foot. Take care of your children's and Jour own feet by getting shoes that t. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act) keep in mind. That is that the feet) PICKERING Miss Jean Clark, ' elephone COLLISION ON THE HIGHWAY Cars Met Head-on, But Were Not Badly Dan- aged -A slight collision occurred at thc four corners on Monday morning, Geo. Cowan of the Brock Rd. was turning his car around on the high- way in front of Chapman's store when a coupe bearing an American license came from the west and ap- parently thinking that he would have time to pass, the driver piloted the machine to the north of the Cowan car. As the result the front of the cars struck, and both vehicles pro- ceeded towards a telephone pole, but were stopped by their drivers in time to prevent a second collision. As the damage to the cars was about equal, the owners decided to cach pay his own, and the affair was settled ami- cably. DISSATISFACTION WITH BUS SERVICE Pickering, Sept. 17.--Dissatisfac- tion is still being felt by the local people, using the T. T. C. bus lines, at the poer service given the village on Sunday evenings, particularly. Visitors to the village who are de- sirous of returning to the city, are often compelled to wait several hours, while over-crowded busses draw in and out again, without being able to take on any passengers. Oc- casionally there is standing = room left, but a twenty-two mile journcy on foot is tiring, even to the most robust of passengers. The delay in obtaining passage is made all the more inconvenient by the fact that since the bus line has been taken over by the Toronto company, no waiting room has been provided in the village, and those waiting arc forced to remain on the street cor- ner until the bus comes. With the discontinuance of the special Sunday night bus which the private owner used to start from the village, and the absence of a waiting room, the villagers feel that their patronage, which includes that of the surround- ing farm communities is not being given the consideration it deserves. PICKERING PERSONALS Pickering, Sept. 17--Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Cronk, of Wellington were guests of R. H. and Mrs, Cronk one day last week. Miss Gertrude Gibson of Toronto spent the weekend with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. L. Squires of the lake shore. Misses Edith and Alex Rose, To- ronto, were the guests of Donald and Mrs. Munro, on Sunday. The Misses Douglas, of Toronto, spent the week end with their grand- mother, Mrs. A. Burrell. ; Mrs. W. J. Gibson, of Toronto, is spending a weck with relatives in the village and vicinity. Mrs. L. Squires attended the Mar- tin-Martin wedding in the Kew Beach United Church, Toronto, on Saturday evening. Mrs. Bi of Guelph has been spending several weeks with her dau- ghter, Mrs. Geo. Baxter and family. William Somerville of Exeter, and brother, Rev. Jas. Somerville, of To- ronto, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Som- crville and child, of Toronto, were the guests of Robt. and Mrs. Somer- ville on Saturday. Miss Lillian Wiman, who has been spending the summer in the village, with her grandmother, Mrs. A. Bur- rell, left on Monday for Peterboro, where she will attend the Normal School. 4 Miss Helen Dawson of Toronto, visited friends in the village on Sa- turday. 5 Geo. and Mrs. Law, accompanied by friends of Toronto, visited with Pickering friends on Sunday. W. W. Monney, of Fliton, spent the week end at the home of his parents here. Arthur and Mrs. Boyes and som, and Harry and, Mrs. Boyes and fam- ily, spent Sunday at Niagara Falls. Mr. Arthur Gibson and friend, of Indiana, are visiting L. and Mrs. Squires of the lake shore. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Baxter arc spending a week with friends in Ud- ney. Miss Meryl Hall of Toronto, spent the week end at her home here. { REV. A. HERBERT GRAY Minister of Crouch Hill Presby- terian church, London, Eng. has been invited to speak at the Metropolitan church services on Sunday, Sept. 15. Mr. Gray, who is an author and preacher of distinction, is in Canada on a mission for the Student Christ- ARABIAN SHOCKED | BY HURRY AND RUSH Montreal, Sept 17.--"The hurry and rush of this country seems un- broken from one end of a citizen's life to the other" remarked Nazim Bey Beydoun an Arabian to a re- porter here recently, "I could un- derstand that they would be ac- tive during the business day, for they are great business men and spend their energies extravagantly where there is work to be done and money to be made--I could understand it if I could find some moment in which they rested and tasted leisure, but they never do." Nazom Bey Beydoun a native of Palestine has been in Montreal on business in connection with the flour and wheat trade, The strenu- ous life of Canadians astonish him. "Perhaps the most astonishing thing of all is the way they eat," he said in the interview. "I see them rush into a restaurant, swal- low their food in great haste, and leave as though they felt guilty for having left their work even this short time--and it seems to me they must shorten their lives with tliese strenuous ways." SHUE-TAYLOR Presbyterian missionary Mackay Memorial hospital, Taikoku, Formosa, at present on furlough in Toronto, hopes to raise a fund of $100,000 in Canada and the United States for the establishment of a leper colony on the island of JFor- mosa., DR. G. G at. the On Wednesday Morning Silknit Petti-Knickers In The Finer Quality. At ably Low Price of $1.00 ' -- They are daintily trimmed with lace. The skirt bg around style. The color range includes peach, mais. orchid,' nile, sun and coral. Sizes small, medium and large. The same' fine quality that has been a value leader at $1.49, On sale Wednesday: morning at ..ii.iiessiimsnnisssimssmmnintsssrisassrissisn . 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