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Show JUDGE WICKERSHAM IS RE-ELECTED JUNEAU, ALASKA. Aug. 10. Judge James Wickorsham, independent independ-ent Republican, was elected to succeed suc-ceed himself to congress yesterday over Ed S. Orr; organization Repub lican. by a plurality variously estimated esti-mated at from 1.500 to 2.000. The exact figures will not be known for ! several days or perhaps weeks, as many precincts are in isolated sections sec-tions of the country and the returns ! must bo sent by courier long dls j tances to tho military telegraph sta- I Hons. I Orr Had Strong Support. I Orr, who had the support of Na-I Na-I llonal Committeeman L. P. Shackle-foid. Shackle-foid. appears to have led only In the I territory about Cordova. In the otb-l otb-l cr large centers WIckersham led bv iurge majorities. Even In the Valdez ! district where Orr makes his home, VickfTSham polled 19fi votes to his opponent's 81, and In Fairbanks, Nome and Juneau, where Wiekei-sl Wiekei-sl am's strength lay, Orr ran far behind. be-hind. Bitter Battle Waged. O'Connor, the labor candidate, polled poll-ed a light vote. The campaign that ended with yes-te-rday'e election was one of the most bitter that has been waged In Alaska, where Hig political situation is always al-ways in a turmoil. The WIckersham followers charged Orr with being a Guggenheim man. while the organlza-lion organlza-lion men retaliated by charging thai i WIckersham himself had once sought ! employment from the Coiggenheims as an attorney. |