The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16

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 the sfndayit by pr. Cook are bssievsd ec have weakened somewhat the A1or- lean explorers contention that he as- cendsd the mountain to iss apsx. Pue- l1e opinion. however. stfli favors has oaain that hs reached the pole.
 The newspapers srs retiesnt on the gub5ect, but the authorlt1ee and exp!or- err continue In their belief in pr. Professor rorp. rector Of the univsr- atty of cepenhassn. in an inssrvisw
 T cannot @ into the particulars re. garding the Mount Mckinley story. ous 1t is clear that pr. Cook is peing pur- sued by enemies. There is no reason for me to change my mind because the stoyies arc printed. IL 10 impossible 10 check them Nevertheless. we can- nox un{aerutand why Dr. Cook cannot ss,1d us the observations he made at tha North Pole before two months.
 Cautain Otto 6verdrup, the Arctic explorer, also thought the denial Of pr. Cooke conquest of Mount Mckin- petience over pr. Cooks submission of his polar records. Captain Sverdrup said, ywas unreasonable for he thought pr. Cook was too busy featuring Tn tl,e United States to make arrange ments to send his observations.
 Commander Hovgaard. also an Arctic explorer of note. said: [ T have not changed my mind about pr. Cook know nothing about Mount. Mckinley. but I think he can prove that he reached the pole.
 tv~e fho A020Cy> ated Press that the University Of Co- penhagen would not appoint commit tee to investigate pr. Cooks Nofsn Pole data until the records arrived ln It is considered likely however, that Professor Stromgren. the Scandirovian astronomer. VIII neso the committee which will also include several explorers and representatives, of the meteorological ofices.
 Expcdstfon to Mountain. , New York, Oct. 16.--Dr. Frederick A. Cook announced tonight that he had ordered an expedition to ascend Mount Mckinley and procure the records whicn, he says were left there on nis former ascent. ..
 This step was taken to refute the charges set forth in the affidavit or Edward Barrili. the guide who accom- panied him.
 ; pr, Cook has requested Anthony FiaIa. the Arctic explorer. to head the expedition and has asked Professor H. c. Parker of Columbia University to accompany Fiala. Telegrams were sent to both Fiala and Parker, and their answers are expected tomorrow. i. Dr. Cook made the following state ment to the Associated Press tonight:
 Upon my return from Atlantic City today I conferred with confidential agent whom had sent to Montana to investigate stories which mad reached me in Kansas City to the effect that strong inducements had been offered Edward N. Barrill. the guide who ac- companied me to the summit of Mount Mckinley in the summer of 1906. This confidential agent returned from Mon- tana this morning and for good req sons do not care at the present time to make his name public.
 "An AhIatr of Money"
 .After thorough investigation there he reports to me that an offer of con- siderable money was made Mir. Barrill on the consideration that he prepare and sign an afildavit which would be calculated to discredit my claim that succeeded in scaling the Alaskan peak This offer, so my representative in- forms me, was made to MT. Barrill fl the presence of C. c. Bridgford, rep utable citizen of Hamilton. Mont, whe Is associated with MT. Barrill in the real estate business. Barrfll at tha' time, according to the statemnt oi Mr.Bridseford to my representative. de sclined to make such an affidavit, ana Informed the men who had requested him to swear that I did not reach th' top of Mount Mckinley. that to make such an afftdayit he would have u commit perjury and sell his own soul.
 "5everal days after this proposa was made to Mir 4Barrill, he, in com pany with Frederick Printz. who wa also member of my Mount McISintel expedition, joined Walter F. Miller. th' official photographer of that expedt' tion, fin Missoula, Mont. and accom- panied him to Seattle and Tacoma. I was while on this trip. I am informed that Barriil made the affidavit wnicf was printed in New York for the nrsi time yesterday.
 "Since Barrill and myself were tht only two members of the party tt reach the top of Mount Mckinley. 1t il now simply a question of my wore against his statement. Within the nex' forty-eight hours. however, affidavit' made by prominent citizens of Hamii' ion. Mont. will be handed over to tht Associated Press and will be to tho effect that during the last three years Barrill has continually rehearsed tho Mount Mckinley story. and has at al times insisted that we succeeded 1T reaching the summit of the mountain
 ''No one has been found in Hamilton who can testify that at any time hs has ever heard the story as 1t is re- lated by Barrill in his own affidavit.
 sT have today received umeroua teieErarris from reputable citizens oi Montana, who have talked with Bar Till and are willing to make afddavits as to his former version of the Mount Mckinley trip.
 Pfans for the Trip.
 .."I have tonight forwarded telc- gram to Anthony F1ala asking him to head an expedition to Mount MoKinioy to bring back my records. Another telegram has been sent to Prof. Hers chell c. Parker of Columbia University who accompanied me in the early stages of my last Mount Mckinley ex- pedition, asking him to join Fiala or the expedition. have assurance thai the necessary funds for the expedition will be forthcoming and the expedition will be entirely under the supervision and direction of MT. Fiala. The pre- liminary arrangements for the trir will be made at once and the expedi- ton will start as soon as the weather permits next year.
 MT. Fiala and MT. Parker will nc aoubt invite a number of experbmoun- tain climbers to accompany them or this expeditioh. The result of theii efforts will set> at rest forever any doubt that may exist as to whether parrili and myself reached the topmosi summit and deposited there records as