MTCDFORD MATH TRTBUNTJ. MTCDFORD. OREfiOX. VTifUAY. 0VEMI1RR 17. mifi PfiOR TiTRETC ASK ACTION BY U BOAT WARE, ARE UNO NOSE STUFFED T If II 'SAN FllANl'ISCO, Nov. 17. San liiego and Sacramento counties had completed their official recounts to day when the official canvas of the California vole in tho recent presi dential election was resumed. Al though tlie returns from tlieso two populous counties had been tabulated, no material changes from the results nf the unofficial tallies were encoun tered. The official canvass in San Diego county nave Hughes a Ruin of S4 votes, making his plurality over Pres ident Wilson in that county If!;!. In Sacramento county President Wilson gained 5f voles, while in San Ber nardino county a recheck of the an nounced official recount figures re sulted in a loss of nine of tho 12 votes it was declared Wilson had gained. The count is bein continued in San Francisco aim Los Angeles counties. It is not believed that the recount can be completed throughout the state be fore the middle of next week. The recounts are being watched closely by representatives of both the repub lican and democratic state organizations. President training. SAN KHANCISCO, Nov. 17. Net. gains of 179 over his figures in tho unofficial count were shown for Pres ident Wilson In complete official pres idential returns from 51 out of the hs counties in California. These fig ures tend to confirm the slutemojit that Wilson's minimum plurality over Hughes when all official returns are in will be between 3700 and 3S00 un less a vital error is discovered during the next few days in one of the large counties. In the Til counties whose returns have so far been compiled Hughes has a total of lV.11,047 and Wilson 179, l.4. Th same counties, on the unof ficial count, gave. Hughes 16S.SG5 and Wilson 178.493. Net Plurality :WM. Tn the seven counties yet to com plete their official count the total unofficial count gave Hughes a plu rality or 02.S7. Deducting this from Wilson's official lend in 51 counties already reported, would indicate a net plurality for the president of 3S20. As tho count progresses it is evi dent that no material change will be made in tho official returns, except possibly to increase Wilson's plural ity slightly. In San Francisco county election commissioners today argued w-hether to throw one whole precinct out because of a slight error. Willi half the returns here counted Hughes has gained 4S votes. In Los Angeles county Hughes has gained nbout 200 votes in the official count. 54 1D-1 BATTLES PARIS, Nov. 17. Fifly-toiir aerial engagements were fought by French aviators yesterday in the Amiens urea. In the course of this fiKhthiR I-ieutenant. l!uynrnMr, one of the combaliinls, brought down his twenty-first hostile machine the, war of fice announced today. Tho official statement reports last night comparatively quiet along the fronts, LONDON, Nov. 17. The Hutch lower chamber has voted to make women eligible, to membership in the states general, according to a Iteuter dispatch from The Hague. The dis patch says an article to this effect vas adopted during a discussion on the revision of the constitution In the second "chamber. SCRAMBLE ON F?R PENITENTIARY JOB SALEM, Ore., Nov. IT. Strenuous efforts are being made by the friends of Jack t'ullison of Portland to se cure his appointment as warden of the stale prison to succeed John W. Jlinto, w ho resigned Tuesday, ('uni son's follow lug includes largely the eame Portland people who backed !Minto for the office. Insurance Com missioner Wells and Oeorse Putnam, necrctary of the governor, are under stood to have lined up Governor Withycoinbe for (nllisoii. State Treasurer Kay and Secretary of State Olcott said today that they had not decided in fmor of any candidate. L LONDON, Nov. 17 -Colonel Wins ton Churchill predicted in the house of commons yesterday tiiat before the end of the wur the government would not only take over ull British shipping but that universal service would be owlered, not only for the army but for tho general purpose of the war. according to full reports of his speech during the food debate which appear in the papers today. Tho former lord of the admiralty also predicted that it would he neces sary to adopt ration tickets for all essentials and that prices would have to be fixed to secure to the poorest classes the power of buIug a certain modicum of food, lie said he was quite suro that national organization of agriculture was inevitable. '"We need a great organization," lie concluded, "for producing muni tions of life just as we do for muni tions of death. Let the government do those things while there Is yet time." CHICAGO, Nov. 17. The ashes of Joseph Ilillstroiu, organizer of the In dustrial Workers of t lie World, who was Bitot for murder by the state of I'tah, after trial and conviction a year ago, will be distributed in six hundred parchment pnekages to tho delegates of the I. V. W. at its tenth annual convention which begins here Satur day. William I). Haywood general or ganizer of the I. W. W. today had the urn containing Hillstroin's ashes brought from Grnceland cemetery to the headquarters of the organization "These packets will go to all parts of the world where memorial meet ings will he held to honor Hillstroni,' Haywood said. I ON TUESDAY ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 17. Demo cratic hopes for a Wilson victory in Minnesota rested today on the chance for an error in the Hennepin county returns, a semi-official count of which failed to make a change and the pos sibility of a few radical changes In the reports of the 29 counties which have yet to make their returns to Secre tary of State Schmahl. The Hughes plurality stands at 425. The state ennvassing board will meet next Tues day. R0DZIANK0 RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF DUMA I'KTKOfiliAI), Nov. 17. Michael Vladimirovh h Kodzianko has been Li e-elected pi evident of the diumi. M. Korfzinnko has presided over the dunin since I'M 1 lM'iny re-elected et-h year since that time. He is a native nf Kkaterinosla v. GIRLS ! DRAW A MOiST DOUBLE 11$ BEAUTY Try Thi"! Ilnir i'ct.s Thick, filnssy, Wavy ntid Itcuiilifiil at ttllce. Immediate? Yes! Certain? that's the joy of It. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and ap pears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl's after a Ihinderine hair cleanse. Just try this moisten a. cloth with a little Iiamlcrine and carefully draw it through your hair, tuking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil. and In just a few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. A delighllul sur prise awaits those whose hair has been neglected or is scraggy, faded dry, brittle or thin. Besides heautl lying the hair, Danderine dissolves even particle of dandruff; cleanses uirifies and invigorates the scalp, for ever stopping itching and fulling hair. , but w hat will please you most w ill be ! after a few week's use, when you see new hair fine and downy at first es but really new hair growing ull over the scalp. If yon care for pretty soft hair, and lots of It surely grt a 2".-cent bottle of Knowlton's Oandcr Ine from any drug store or toilet counter and JuM try It. Adv. 843,515 IN 1916 SALEM, Ore., Nov. 17. Oregon's estimated population for 1916, based upon the school population, Is S3I, 515, as compared with a population of 672,705 shown by the federal cen sus of 1910. In the six-year period this is an average gain in population of 19.4 per cont. These figures compiled today by O. P. Hoff, stale labor commissioner, in dicate that Klamath county, with a gain of 29. 6 per cent leads all other counties in the slate. Multnomah county's Increase In population is 23.1 per cent, or 294, 2S4 population, compared to 22G.2G1 in 1910. For the two-year period, 1914 and 19111. .Multnomah county gained 4.7 per cont. in population. Mr. llot'f's figures on the estimated present population in the different counties follow: linker, 21,591; lien ton, 13,594; Clackamas, 39,317; Clat sop, 19,459; Columbia, 13 101; Coos, 20,015; Crook, 12.72S; Jofferson, 0334; Curry, 2534; Douglas, 23,325; Gilliam, 4 123; Grant, 7335; llnrney, 4002; Hood River,' 7030; Jackson, 20.3S4; Josephine, 939S; Klamath, 12,100; Lake, 5740; Lane, 39,440; Lincoln, CS..5; Linn, 20,231; Malheur 1 3.522: Marion, 19,213: Morrow, IS92: Multnomah, 294,284; Polk, 17,542: Sherman, 4739: Tillamook, N5-I0; Umatilla. 21,200: Union, 8387; Wallowa, 10,90.1; Wasco, 21,043; Washington, 23,120; Wheeler, 3075; Yamhill, 19,492. VICE REGENT TO RULE IN POLAND AMSTERDAM, Nov. 17. The Ucr iin Cicrmania announces that a vice regent will be appointed immediately for Poland. This dignitary will hold office until a king is elected. MAY TO COMMAND THIRD OREGON REGIMENT PORTLAND, Nov. 17. Lieutenant Colonel John L. May has been elected by the commanders of the Third Oro- gon National Ciunrd to be colonel, suc ceeding Colonel (Menard McClcnard McLaughlin, U. S. A.t who retired to rejoin the forces of the United States now in Mexico. Major L. II. Knapp presided over ttio election. The new colonel lias been Identified with the Oregon National Guard since 1S91, enlisting as a private in Com pany D, Second infantry, and when the Spanish-American war called the Second Oregon to the Philippines he went as a captain. When tho Third regiment was formed he was commis ioned a major, and attained tho rank of lieutenant colonel, February 13, 101.1. XOTHH. Mrs. C. F. llrown come home, husband wants you. your 208 ? ? V ? ? t ? ? ? t ? t t ? ? ? ? ? X SEEDED RAISINS SEEDLESS RAISINS CLUSTER RAISINS CLEANED CURRANTS PACKAGE FIGS FANCY LAYER FIGS BLACK FIGS WHITE FIGS DROMEDARY DATES FORD DATES Thanks CELERY, CRANBERRIES AND ALL OTHER FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRUITS PERSONAL ATTENTION See Window WASHINGTON', Nov. 17. Thomas Mutt (Miorne, former warden of Sing Sin-;, has undertaken u study of prison conditions in the nnvy to rec uiuiueud u reform system of adminis tration. Mr. Osborne agreed to iiiuko the siudy at the reipiest of Secretary Ihinicls, who wants to inaugurate re form methods in handling- and treat ment of prisoners at nnvy Muttons. "There lias been u gradual lessen itnr of the' more severe punishments of navy prisoners for some time," said Secretary Daniels today. "Pen alties for overstay of leave and like violations of regulations have been reviewed mid the men given the op- portuiiilv to make reparation for misdeiiiecfiiM's, which under the old system would-have meant their dis charge lirni the service or imprison ment for u lopg- term of years, "The result of tlie movement al ready lias been manifested. Against 000 men in nnvy prisons today there were 1800 three years ngo. Disci pline has improved inmienKurably, tlie number of cenirts martial lias been decreased, desertions are fewer nnd the men generally arc better satisfied than before with navy. life." Mr. Osborne's report upon the eon elusion of his study probably will be made llie basis for n new code of dis ciplinary netiou for navy men. roosevETI VISIT FIJI ISLES XKW YOIiK, Nov. 1 7. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will make a trip to tlie Fiji, Samoaon and Hawaiian islands in February, it was anmmnced here today. It was stated that Sir. I Roosevelt will accompany him. Plans i . . t. ' i '.. . '1 t t i or ine n ip, u is saiu, mn e ueen un der way for some time, and have now been completed. It is understood tlie colonel chose these Pacific islands because they are highly esteemed by medical men for their climate, and also because with their rued mountains and vol cano they will civo plentv of oppor tunity for the vigorous kind of out ing he enjoys. KKHLr.N", Nov. 17. According to a Danish dispatch, the British consul at Anrhus, Denmark, recently noti fied tho municipality that unless it cancelled the lease of canning factor lea that were exporting products to Germany, Ilrltlsh supplies of coal for tho city would bo stopped. The Dan ish foreign minister nits asked for a ! report on the case. giving And we are ready with the most complete stock we have ever carried for this FESTIVE SEASON Look over the following list and order in ample time PACKAGE MINCE MEAT BULK MINCE MEAT HOME MADE MINCE MEAT SWEET CIDER BOILED CIDER CANDIED CITRON CANDIED ORANGE PEEL CANDIED LEMON PEEL HOKE'S CANNED PUMPKIN FRESH PUMPKINS MARSH & CAR SHORTAGE WASHINGTON', Nov. 17. The National Association of Itailwuy Commissioners before udjouruiuu- to day adopted u resolution creatine; a committee on cur nervine- nnd demur rage with instructions to confer with the interstate commerce commission and request immediate action to re lievo the nation-wide ear shortage. Prank II. Funk, stute public utilities commissioner of Illinois, was made chairman. The new committee will seek con gressional notion granting the inter state commission authority to issue rules governing car shortage emerg encies. A sjKM'ial committee was uppointcd to consider public ownership nnd op eration of rnilrouds nnd other public utilities. The convention adopted resolutions recommending regional commissions to handle , railroad questions gener ally nnd creation of n commerce council to represent the people before the interstate commerce commission. The convention adjourned to meet here October 10, 111 17. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 The new national defense act offers ngri cultural colleges an opportunity to do it real service for the nation in promoting military training. W. M Higgs, president of t'loinson college of South Carolina, today told the an nuul convention here of the National Association of Stale Agricultural Colleges, and Experiment Stations. It is their patriotic duty, he declared, to assist the government ill its ef forts to create a big body of reserve officers. I, and grant colleges, the speaker said, should set nn example in pat riotism. ' "Willi the recent ruling of the war department that every such college shall require two years of military training of physically fit mnlo stu dents pursuing courses of two yenrs or longer, and with a well-designed curriculum,'' he said, "we will have an cud of sham military instruction which nl. some colleges has been little short Ot dlsgrncellll. ' E. M. BROWN CHOIR DIRECTOR IN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH K. II. Brown has been elcolcd choir director of the choir of the First liaptist church of this city. He has had wide experience in directing choirs, and is therefore exceplioually well qualified fur this new position. Tito first rehearsal will ho held at 7:.'l(l o'clock tonight in Hie church. All old and new members of the choir are uru.cd to attend. i! SALTED Here PROMPT SERVICE BENNETT LONDON, Nov. 17. The visit of Huron Von Burinn, tho Austro-llun-gurian foreign minister to llorlln, is stutcd to have been In connection with a conference with Dr. Von lletn-mann-llollweg. tho German imperial chancellor, regarding tho relations of The two empires with, the Vnlted Kintcs, according to a message under a llerne date, glvou out today by the Wireless Press. Tho question under discussion, says the dispatch, was whether the sub marine campaign should bo continued in Kb present form with the possibil ity of a rupturo of relations with Washington or whether it should he modified. 'During the last fow days," adds the dispatch, "the German govern ment has received a plnln verbal warning that President Wilson's pa tience was on tho vorgo of exhaus tion." ' CUT THIS OUT Old English llecliw for IVitimluil Deafness and llcaid Noises. If you know some one who Is trou bled with head noises, or Catarrhal Deafness, cut out this formula, nnd hand It to them, and you will have been the means of saving some poor sufferer perhaps from total deafness Itocent experiments have proved con clusively that Catarrhal Deafness, head noises, etc., were tho direct can so of constitutional disease, and that salves, sprays, inhalers, etc., merely temporlzo with the complaint and seldom, If ever, effect a perma nent cure. This being so, much tlmo and money has boon spent of late by a noted specialist In perfect ing a pure, gentle, yet effective tonic that would quickly dispel all traces of the catarrhal poison from tho system Tho effective prescription which was eventunlly formulated, and which has aroused tho belief that deafness will soon bo extinct, is given below in un derstandable form, so that anyone I can trent thomsolvcs ill their own homo at little expense. Secure from your druglst 1 oz. 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