Strike Not Emergency
Washington, (A. P.)—Decisions were submitted to Secretary Weeks today by Colonel Hill, acting judge advocate of the army, holding that the present strike situation does not constitute an emergency which authorizes recruting the army to war strength and that no authority exists for the government's drafting men in time of peace.
QUICK DUCK MAKES BOBBER SHOOT
FERN WOOD STOREKEEPER SUFERS FRACTURED JAW
IN HOLDUP
As the result of an impetuous duck behind his store counter, Peter McGovern, of Fernwood, 15 miles over the Benewah county line, suffered a fractured jaw from the shot of a revolver discharged by one of the two unidentified men who Wednesday evening attempted to hold up his store.
When the advance robber threw a gun on him, Mr. McGovern unconsciously squatted down behind the counter. Thinking he had gone for a gun, the would-be robber reached over and fired his revolver point blank at McGovern, drilling a hole through his jaw.
The attempted robbery occurred at about five o'clock. The two men, one sandy complexioned, the other dark, entered the store just about closing time with the intention of robbing it. The unforseen action of Mr. McGovern turned the robbery into shooting.
The criminals immediately fled from the scene and are thought to have entered the timber adjacent to the town or to have jumped into a car that sped through town shortly after the shooting. Nothing in the store was molested. 