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Show CALIFORNIA DOUBTFUL Roosevelt Has Meager Lead Which May Be Maintained San Francisco. Nov. S. With 1.15 precincts missing and Roosevelt leading Wilson on tho face of the returns by 30, California was still in the doubtful column today. Indications Indi-cations were that whatever tho finding, find-ing, the winner's margin would be so small that an official recount of the entire state probable would bo necessary. nec-essary. Of the missing precincts, three were in Los Angeles county, which has given the heaviest Roosevelt ote, and twenty more were in counties coun-ties giIng Roosovclt pluralities. Twenty-five were doubtful. Wilson seemed sure of eighty-seven in the north. None of the missing precincts in populous and no possible ratio of gain or loss can profitably be applied to any of them. The doubtful counties heid the answer. Totals earlv todav stood Roosovclt .. ....." 2S0.25 Wilson 2S0.12,-: Taft 2.194 Debs TO.tSS Chafin 9.293 Election officials hoped the situation situa-tion would clarify today oo |