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EDITORIAL PAGE
ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF YVOMEX
The elective franchise, accepted
and no-.v being exercised by tUe
women of Alaslca, as well as by
those in several states of the un
ion, should mean to them, and prob
ably does, greater responsibilities
than thoee covered by the mere
right to vote. It means, if they
wish to have a say in the direction
of public affairs, they must be pa
triotic enough to put their own
shoulders to the wheel, help to
push the load and not shirk duties
pertaining to the public welfare,
however disagreeable they may
find them to be.
We hardly believe that the time
is yet ripe in Alaska for the women
of the territory to enter its legisla
tive halls, not for the reason that
ihev have not the natural ability to
enact laws, but because of their lack
of experience in this particular
branch of tUe public service.
To partially overcome this uu
prepareUuess on the part of the wo
men for the exercise of their full
lights, we believe that no better
way could bt devised for their edu
cation than by active participation
in school and municipal affairs. Al
most everything that would come be
fore them would be of a local na
ture, with which they should be
familiar, and by wrestling with
such problems and arriving at
a solution of them they would grad
ually widen their grasp and com
prehension of territorial and feder
al affairs until they would qualify
themselves to creditably fill any po
sition withfu the gift of the people.
The above remarks, while perfect
ly true, are called forth at the
present time particularly by the near
approach of the annual school and
■nuuicpai elections, at which there
is a director to be elected to the
sc.hool b^ard and seven members of
the city council.
The position on the school board
has been filled acceptably 16 a
majority of the Deople of Skagwav
l»y Martin Conway, and the general
•eeling is in tavor of his re-election,
but inasmuch as he has. we under
stand. ooeitively refused to allow
bis name to be presented for re
election, we believe it is a good
opening foi some o regressive wo
man of the town to show her public
*piritedness and appreciation of the
privilege bestowed uron her by the
provisions of the enfranchisement
Act to make a race for this office.
In the municipal council we i
should like tc see the return of six
o' the members of which it is now
composed; but even so, there is one)
^acauf seat, caused by the removal
of Councilman Geo. D. Magee to j
Seattle, wlilc1! will have to be filled
by some map or some woman—and
why not by some bright and intelli
gent womau?
Think the matter over, women
voters of Skngwav. and when the
time comes, which it will in the
course oi a few days now, to make
your choice of a candidate for each
of the above offices, show your en
tire emancipation from the old or
der of things by the nomination o''
members of your own sex, for bj\so
doing you w:ll become pioneers in
i. movement that gives rromise of
1-eing of far reach'ng importance be
fore the passing of many years.
A PoMibia Rai»on.
••Bermuda raised onions and lilies.'*
"Seems a queer arrangement I won
der why they picked out that particu
lar combination?"
"Maybe the smell of the one offsets
that of the other."— I.oulsville Courier
Journal.
His Application.
Mother—My son. you should never
defer until tomorrow*- what you can
do today. Son—Then, mother, we'd bet
ter eat the rest of that mince pie to
night. hadn't we?—Judge.
Good Is positive. All evil is so much
death or nonentity.—Emerson.
NAVAL PROBLEMS.
How to Protect Warships From
Mines and Torpedoes.
CAN BOTTOMS BE ARMORED?
This It a Question That Can Be An
swered Only by Experiment and May
Involve Radical Changes In Con
struction Above the Water Line.
The nest departure in the construc
tion of war vessels will be armoring
their bottoms. Tie mines and the
submarines have demonstrated that
side armor and impenetrable turrets
are of very small account wheu the
bottom of a ship can be so easily
pierced.
The problem of protecting the bot
tom may look Insoluble, but it cannot
look more hopeless than the protection
of the sides did fifty or sixty years
ago. The Idea of getting enough ar
mor upon the sides of a ship to afford
substantial protection looked impossi
ble to naval architects of two genera
tions ago. But bold inventors and con
structors tried the experiment, and It
succeeded.
Then the guns were increased In size
in order to penetrate the thin armor
of the day. and the naval constructors
found it possible to add greatly to the
thickness of the plsites. and successive
Improvements In the quality of the
plates were effected.
The next step was to attack the
decks of war vessels by vertical fire,
and the constructors introduced pro
tective decks. Then the mine and the
torpedo were perfected, ami the sub
marine vessel was invented, and now
the problem is to protect war vessels
below the water line.
It may or it may not be possible to
do this, but the experiment will be
made, and it is as likely to succeed as
some of the earlier experiments. Of
course, bottom armor would add great
ly to the weight of a vessel, but the
displacement can be increased enough
to give the necessary buoyancy.
Besides, it may Ik? worth while to
take off some of the turret and side
armor to save weight. Of course the
stability of the ship would be increased
if the heaviest plates were below the
water line instead of above. The sides
of a vessel do not present a very large
target, and the protect ion of the bot
tom may bo important enough to jus
tify a reduction in the protection of the
sides.
Wheu the nival architects found it
necessary to im re a so the thickness of
the side armor th.-y minced the area
to be protect* d to the vitals of a ship,
the engine room and the principal bat
tery. The bow and seru could be shot
to pieces and yet leave the central part
of the ship intact, with the motive
power and the bi -est gt:ns.
This principle may be carried still
farther. Still less protection may be
given the sides and top of the "citadel."
in order to give ino to the bottom
which can be attached by an invisible
enemy. The turrets are very heavy
and being placed hi ii u! ov- the w::ter.
they are where thej I. ire the greatest
effect in impairing the vessel's stabll
Ity.
At the distances at \vlii< h vessels
usually tight now (lie [Informs of the
big guns present a re:/ minute turret j
the chaucos of their bei:;g hit is small:
for the sake of protecting the bottom
It may be worth while to replace the
massive turrets with light shields de
signed only to protect the gun crews
from small, rapid tire guns and l rag
ments of shells, and put tl'.e weight
where It will resist torpedoes and
mines.
It may be that no bottom will stand
the explosion of a mine or a torpedo,
but the next departure in battleship
construction will test this. The efficacy
of the submarine has been demonstrat
ed, and the present task of naval con
structors Is to devise protection from
It.—Philadelphia Record.
Courting With Mind on Court.
He—So Judge Blank proposed to Al
Ice last night. She—Yes. aud he made
mi awful break. When she asked him
for time to consider ills proposal he
Rave sixty days.-Boston Transcript
Fixing the Blame.
She—1 wonder what makes the baby
so wakeful? He—Heredity. That's
what comes of you sitting up at night
waiting for me to get home!—Phila
delphia Ledger.
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cold to develop into a serious oue.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
A general municipal election will
be held Tuesday, April 6, 1H15, for
the purpose of electing seven coun
cil men and one member (director)
of the school board
The election will be held at the
town hall and the hours for voting
wi?J be from 7 a. m. to 7 i>. m.
Vote re for couueiloivi: must be)
citizens of the United States, or:
:h< se who have declared their in- I
tention to become cuth; must, be I
twenty-one years of ago or over, who
have resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of elec
tion in the territory of Alaska, and j
for six months preceding the date
of election in the town cf Skagway, j
and who have been duly registered.
All adults, male and female, who
are citizens of tha United States, or
who have declared their intention to,
become such, and who aro bona:
fido residents of the town of Skag
way, are qualified to vote for the
Diiector of the School Board.
D. McKAY,
3-5-td. Town Clerk.
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White Pan Lodge
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B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431. B. P. 0.
E. meeta every
Thursday even
log at 8 o'clock.
VlflitiDg brothers
cordially welcome. Jas. Linniaj,
Ex R. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
Skagway A«ri«
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
eagles meets the first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth ayenue. Visiting
brothers cordially Invited to attead.
Jhon C. Wood, W. P., J. 'W. Priit
ehett, Secretary.
Arctic BraUierhood.—
Camp Skagway N«. 1
A B. meet# every Tues
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iy welcome. A. J. Acheeoa, Arctic
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