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BC A J B d To *XLq fÂ¥\ 2. ApM With 65,038,810 men under arms during 1914â€"18, more than half that number became casualâ€" lies, the total being 37.494,186 or 57.6 per cent. of those under The Allics, including the Unitâ€" ed States, contributed 5,152,115 lives while the Central Powers lost 3,386,200 men. These figâ€" ires do not include those woundâ€" »d, maimed or left helpless for life through blindness or other causes. More than 8,500,000 persons were killed in action or died of wounds and other causes during the last World War. T oll Of Dead A frequent request fcom readers I«. "What shall I plant to replace poplar trees which are dying?" Phe Lombardy poplar was at one ‘ime one of our most popular ornaâ€" mental trees, due to its columnar form. But it is a shortâ€"lived tree, ind the same effect in plantings tan be obtained by using the larch or Ginkgo trees The larches are deciduous coniâ€" ters (bearing comes) and are exâ€" ceedingly attractive in the spring, when they pui forth soft pale green shoots, Larches can be also planted in large masses for a screen or windbreak, or as single specimens, and can also be used as accent points because of their very stately form. The Ginkgo is exceedingly picâ€" turcsque and the effect of its up right branches suggests the Lomâ€" bardy poplar. The leaves of the (Ginkgo tree turn a lovely golden yellow in the autumn. it is a fine lawn tree and will flourish in conâ€" kested city streets. It grows well whon planted singly or in small groups. Planting Trees For Windbreak Typical of the membership of the Polish Women‘s Legion is this woman soldier shown saluting the fNlag at the Legion headquarters in Lwow. She is one of the thousands of Polish women who are prepared to take their place in the firing line, if, and when, they are needed to fight for their country‘s indeâ€" pendence. Poplar, Larchk, Gingko Form Effective Screen Making her headquarters at Ruâ€" pert‘s House, she will travel by Hudson‘s Bay Company canoes and postâ€"schooners to many of the beaâ€" ver lodges in a 20,000 square mile Aroa. Many of the pictures will be taken at the various protected sanctuaries, set aside ty the Domâ€" inion Government to ensure agâ€" ainst the extinction of the beaver, The First Ever Taken At Rupert‘s House she will don the parka and mukluk of the north, With her she carries special camâ€" eras and color lenses, It is not the first trip into the northland for the Harper, Kansas, woman, however. Last year she was aboard the R.M.S. Nascopie on its northern voyage, and took picâ€" tures of Eskimo life in the Arctic, Miss Lorene Squire, you erican wildâ€"life photograp enroute to Rupert‘s House southern end of James I Hudson Bay, to take the fi pictures ever taken of bea Woman Photographer Plans to Take Color Pictures on the Movies of Beaver â€" In Native Haunts Brave Polish Woman In Last War of James Bay; -;1; to take the first color aken of beavers. headquarters at Ruâ€" she will travel by @uire, young Amâ€" photographer, is , on the A soil survey of more than 100,â€" 000,000 acres in connection with tie work of Prairie Farm Rehabiâ€" litation has so far been completed in the Provinces of Manitoba, Sasâ€" katchewan and Alberta. All radicâ€"equipped schools tune in to these lessons. When the school is not radicâ€"equipped, the students go to homes with radios and get school attendance credits. A survey by the Canadian Press showed Nova Scotia with the reâ€" cord for the greatest use of the radio among Canadian provinces with Saskatchewan second. . For more than a decade, Nova Scotia‘s department of education has put out a general program to schools on diversified subjects. Children in far off lands get all their education through Ontario‘s correspondence course, Ontario missionary families are enrolled among the mail pupils of the deâ€" partment. In Northern Ontario, the schools are on wheels, The railway school car service carries educaâ€" tion to scores of small communiâ€" ties along the railway lines. Saskatchewan has an extensive correspondence _ courso _ system with students in remote sections of the province getting their educaâ€" tion through Post Office facilities. In Nova Scotia, the schools have taken to the air. In Ontario they are on wheels. Physical education once supplied to most students through farm chores, is compulâ€" sory in British Columbia schools. Pioneer teachers who ruled in Canada‘s early schools would open their eyes with astonishment at modern versions of the little red schoolhouse across the Dominion as Autumn classes have resumed. Schools In Air And On Wheels The cardinal point of Mr. King‘s policy, is this: "The primary task and responsibility of the people of Canada is the defenco and security of Canada." MR. KING‘$ POLICY: Hishlights of the Canadian government‘s polâ€" icy in the war crisis as outlined in Prime Minister Mack nzie King‘s speoch to the House of Commons: Rapid expansion of air training and of air and naval facilities, and the despatch of trained air personâ€" nel; Economic pressure against Germany, including seizure of the ships and property; Defenso of Newiloundland, Labrador, the Gulf of St . Lawrence _ and nearby French possessions, by Canada; Development here of munitions bases; Industry and agriculture geared to a wartime basis; No conâ€" scription; Furnishing of supplies of all kinds to British and Allied powers, including munitions, foodâ€" stuffs, manufactured and raw matâ€" erials; Measures to assure the furâ€" nishing of financial support for Caâ€" nada‘s military participation; Conâ€" trol of profiteering; protection agâ€" ainst sabotage; Consultations with government of Great Britain. SPY STORIES: In a wido district bordering on Lake Huron, farmers and townspeople have been lying awake nights, or sleeping headâ€"unâ€" derâ€"theâ€"covers in recent weeks. Persistent rumors about the big Haigmeyer farm near Thedford are the reason. Some reports said it is a German airbase; others that it is a centre for German espionage activity throughout Ontario. Storâ€" ies of concealed weapons, â€" dynaâ€" mite, poison gas, sabotage â€" equipâ€" ment, men on sentry duty, have been spreading like wildfire. Provâ€" incial police are tired of denying theso tales, and it is thought that the owners of the estate, two broâ€" thers, doctors, of Preston, may deâ€" mand an investigation before any serious damage can be done to their property by frenzied but misâ€" guided patriots. house in Modern Versions to the death in the Trr-ia"ng-lw(;‘ Grand strategy of the Polish arâ€" mies has been to retire slowly, and conserve manpower, consolidate their lines, then make a last stand Inpppmmmommmmmmmmes. POLAND‘s conre: The Poles, who have been expecting and preparing for this war with Germany for alâ€" most twenty years, long ago decidâ€" ed that the ultimate core of their defense would be the triangular central region of industry between Krakow on the west, Lwow on the east, Lublin on the north, Into this area (look at the map), guarded by highlands, served by two rivers, Poland two years ago moved her vital steel and munitions works, built power plants, at a cost of $200,000,000, _ If Poland is forced back into this "safety triangle", she can still receive aid through her southeast gate . . . the valley of the Dniester down to Rumania and the Black Sea. Germany canâ€" not block this gate without going around through Hungary or fightâ€" ing through all the way from Kraâ€" kow to Lwow. NEWS _ PARADE German submarines, such as these, are reported to have been sighted of Scotland. Shipping is menaced by them in many parts of the wor!l REG‘LAR FELLERSâ€"Wellâ€"Handled Maygour fall fishing trip be a great success! Close to the lodge is Whitefish Lake which has produced some of the biggest bass taken this year in the Gatineau District. Other lakes and streams, while less frequented, also produce pickerel, great norâ€" thern pike and some lake trout. At Gracefield, about 60 miles north of Ottawa, a camp is situâ€" ated about 12 miles from the town itself, supplying guides, equipment and cabin accommodation. While guests are limited to 50, the rates are reasonably low and the terriâ€" tory for the use of guests covers more than 70 square miles. Fishing with a copper line for deepâ€"lying trout will give you fine, cold, six to ten pound lake trout. If you prefer casting for largeâ€" mouth and smalimouth black bass. you can get your fill of them in Dog Lake. It is not difficult to eatch all the law allows, but to capture a fine fish on a light rod and have all the sport of it is enough for a decent angler. Lake Loughboro is about 20 miles in length and from half a mile to a mile in breadth. It is studded with islands and the openâ€" ing of new vistas through chanâ€" nels between the islands as your motor boat skips along to the fishâ€" ing grounds is a constant delight. The water is as clear as crystal and a portage of threeâ€"quarters of a mile brings you to Rock Lake, while a drive from the hotel of a mile brings you to Dog Lake. Less thÂ¥n an hour‘s run from Kingston is the little village of Battersea, lying on Loughboro Lake, in the vicinity of which there is some of the best bass and trout fishing in the whole of Onâ€" tario. j7Is country, it has been announced, and are at present being looked after by private schools in Toronto. Eiluned Careyâ€"Evans, grandâ€"daughter of Hon. David Lloyd George, CENTRE, is among the group of girls forced to remain in Canada. Homes are being sought for a gr touring Canada when war broke . this country, it has been announced British School Girls, Touring Canada, Must Remain Here By VIC BAKER N TARIO UTPOORS German We rrn t Woiy, o2 0 ToA SE 07 emmoaas bs oc io 1 c e e in io in ol on OR ce broke out. These girls will now remain in a group of British school girls who were Submarines Menace Shipping On Many Seas The city is more than 90 per cont Germanâ€"populated, a fact adâ€" mitted by Poles. However it is sitâ€" vuated at the mouth of the Visâ€" tula River which taps the heart of Poland and has depended upon Polish trade. Poles have declared the city was the "lung" of Poâ€" The city was proclaimed free under the League of Nations on November 15, 1920. Now it is Gorman againâ€"by proclamation of Forster and its acâ€" ceptance by Hitlerâ€"after 18 years, nine months and 15 days. Under Polich, French, German Rule In 1807 Danzig became a free city, under French rule. Seven years later, in 1814, with the beâ€" ginning of the collapse of Naâ€" poleon, Danzig returned to Prusâ€" sia and thus remained until the Treaty of Versailles at the end of the World War established it as a free city again. But in the latter part of the 18th century, Poland was partitioned among Germany, Russia and Ausâ€" triaâ€"Hungary, and Danzig became a part of Prussia. This status lastâ€" ed but 14 years. For more than 300 years, withâ€" out losing its sovereignty, the city was associated in a personal unâ€" ion with the kings of Poland, from 1453 to 1793. Until 1308 the city was under the sovereignty of Polish Pomeranâ€" ian dukes, Then for more than 200 years, 1308â€"1454, it was Germanâ€" ruled, by Teutonic knights. The city was founded by Gerâ€" mans at the beginning of the 13th century. By Albert Forster‘s procltamaâ€" tion, Danzig was switched Sept. 1 for the third time in its history to German rule. Danzig Status Often Changed _ sighted off the coast of Mexico and the coast the world at present. Bishop Fleming said the Xâ€"ray machine was a great benefit to the northern workers. He mentioned a husky Indian trapper who was found to have two pieces of shrapâ€" nel in his leg. He was wounded during the war and the shrapnel caused pains up and down his legs, The Xâ€"ray located the fragments and they were removed by operaâ€" tion. Bishop Fleming was particularly enthusiastic about the recentlyâ€"inâ€" stalled dental surgery â€" only one in the Arctic â€"â€" and most northerâ€" ly cathedral in the world. White Man‘s Food Harms Them "The natives have trouble with their teeth when they eat white man‘s food," Bishop Fleming said. "We are trying to educateo them to come and have their teeth looked at periodically." Rt. Rev. A. L. Fleming, Bishop of the Arctic just back from Aklaâ€" vik, last week, described work of the modern hospital and surgery being carried on by the Church of England in Canada at Aklavik, well within the Arctic Circle, Biskop of Arctic Savs the Natâ€" ives Are Needing a Great Deal of Dental Work Done Value of Surgery In Farthest North The editor of a Kansas paper says he picked up a Winchester rifle one day recently and started up the street to return it to its owner. â€" The relinquent subscribâ€" ers got it into their heads he was on the warpath and a number of them he met insisted on paying him what they owed him. On his return to the office he found a load of hay, 15 bushels of corn, ten bushels of potatoes, a load of wood and a barrel of turnips had been brought in. â€" Walkerton Herald and Times. MISUNDERSTOOD It is being said once more that the war now being fought will "ruin civilization." War itself is uncivilized, but its presence in the world even on a large scale will not wreck civilization. It will not stop the clock of human progress; it will simply set back the hands. THE HANDS SET BACK A new scheme has been worked cut to defeat the speed traps said to exist in various municipalities. The idea is to keep within the speed limit and laugh at the trap. â€"Toronto Globe and Mail. HOW TO AVOID TRAPS People who buy auto licenses at this time of year now get no reâ€" duction. But this year, as far as auto markers go, does not end unâ€" til next year.â€"Peterborough Exâ€" aminer. CONFUSING An optimist is a man who thought there could be no world war if only Europe could learn all about that undefended frontier between Canada and the United States.â€"Toronto Star. NO. 1 OSTRICH VOICE PRESS of the "I don‘t know English shows are not run for profit. Out of 96 held by the Royal Agricultural Society only 41 have shown a balance. It conâ€" tinues to prosper through â€" the backing of the best class of farmâ€" LIFE‘S LIKE THAT "The Reader Is Warned" . . . by Carter Dickson .. . Toronto. â€" Mcâ€" Cleliand & Stewart, Limited . . . . ers to shame. Mr. Dickson‘s handâ€" ling of the psychic material is something to watch â€" we may not tell you whether or not it‘s phony. A don‘t miss item, Sam Constable (nearing sixty but sound as a dollar, except for a touch of malaria) is found dead at Fourways, near Grovetop, Surrey, with signs of malicious mental inâ€" fluence having been exerted over him. Man to watch is Herman Penâ€" nik, a psychic expert who says: "Notes in sound can shatter glass or even kill a man, The same, natâ€" urally, applies to thought." _ Nina Constable, the widow, has written a detective tale, including a new kind of poison, and she has a scrap book called "New Ways of Commitâ€" ting Murder." Terror stalks at Fourways when another character expires. Inspector Humphrey Mastâ€" ers does all an ordinary slouth can do; then who should arrive but Sir Henry Merrivale, Mr. Dickson‘s grumpy but lovable and almost miraculously gifted â€" deducer â€" what he does with two related clues would put most great thinkâ€" "THE READER I§ WARNED® By Carter Dickson Death by animal magnetism or criminal telepathy, lurks behind the covers of this book. Use RO FOR FINERâ€"FLAVORED BREAD THAT‘S BETTER 0 FOR YOU how it happened! 1 just pulled down jack pot!!" By GENE BYRNES Canadian cedar is being used extensively in the construction of camps throughout Great Britain for use in peacetime as schools and in wartime as refugee she}â€" Ask {o» BEE HIVE Fred G. Killmaster, Port Kowâ€" man, driver of the car, jost conâ€" trol of the machine. The occuâ€" pants of the house awakened to find the front door and casing smashed in, plaster falliny and the partition betwee;r the two front rooms damazed. Occupants of a frame cottage in St. Williams, Ont., wers rudeâ€" ly awakened in the eazly mornâ€" ing hours recently when an autoâ€" mobile crashed into the front door of the house. Car, Amok, Came In Front Door By Fred Neh»r a lever and hit a