Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
VERMONTER DREW PICTURES
FROM COOKS DESCRIPTIONS
Russell w. Porter Says He Has Been Led to
Doubt His Former Employers Veracity Re-
garding Ascent of Mt. Mckinley.


ion placed III most quesuonaoIe hght
any word that he might nave 10 say on
any matter TINS occurrence was mis-
| abroSatng Slsneu agreement WIN me
on the question or remuneration for my
! services on the MI MchinieS exped't'on
1t was necessary for me 10 seek reuress
from the courts ana settlement was
not MADE un'l Dr COOKS return from
his polar expedition Az tn's Juhcture Dr
COOK forwarcen check 10Y 'he amount
due me
This irreFuiarity on Dr' COOKS part
was great surprise ana o'sappo'nt-
ment to me- Tor we had peen canpmates
on TWO expeditions ana thrown very
intimately together' Out TINS aHair
threw doubt upon my nina as 20 ms
ever having reached the top OF the
mountain as wei as iater preventing
me from pacing "'ucn s.och IN ms story
ABOUT reachins 'ne MOTT" ro'e' Our per
So,'a' ".'' '0"'S vas i" A''o" W my
"'' .V' pas ~" '., 20
10 ee
f., ~. $3.50. -,
| 80 ,,. ,o,o -. r,.h.. ,on,
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"" MA ivan
MY personal evidence as to the failure
of Dr. Cooks attempts to reach the
summit OF MI Mckinney is OF hypo-
,heticai character II tho statement OF
barr'iIe true 'ha' 'he photograph signed
me Top OF Gar continent was made on
.ne SAM Gay 'n"' o",''p NO war es'ao-
.'"e"' '"e '.o.oe "Pn ''."''o' pe '"a' vi
,.,
= """e ..,s ASSERTION
=. 49,. .,,,,s 49,. g.. .,.
r,.s. 80 - ~ = u,a =.
m Zoo, a,sra,,o, vrhor. oo,,,a ,nn,.
d,re.t,,. dew, r,or ~, co,,r =. ,,,.s
fu,,v ~ miles from, tho .ur,n,it a, M,
McK,nI.v and !, ia incorre,,.h,e tho. a
human heinp cou,d reach rho srr,,,,i, ~
the evening Of tn. same dav that tho
camp was established
! I'm preparing the illustrations for
Dr Cooks hook ,o1,ou,no f.,th,,,,,.
along tho l,p.. Of IL. descrint,or
made drawings which Rarrille has
.,roa hrarao, - ,,I.. -
ticuIar One ~ tbes. &. Tho i,Irs,r.
ton opposite page eo4. showing
snowhouse on Nortbwest -id,o 40 ~
elevation of 1000 feet. Dr. Cook
had descrjbod ,bis oor,, ,.r,. ,,,,,,,o,,.
to me: how they had cut b,ocL. of
.no,v ont -, t,e h,,l ava h,,,,, .,,,
ical Eskimo hut or iploo p.,ri,I.
saws that NJ mn stage of thei,. ,orrra,
did thew bui,d n snow bu,
"Opposite mage 200 ,s an ;,,rstr,
tion enti.,od .cn ,ho pr;rL =,
t,c inferno md ,s sunnos.d .. d.
scribe scene when ,ns,. b.d ra.o,,.a
an elevation ~ ,aooo f.s, nv cooL
told me HOW tho, h.d ,ut ho,. t.,
the side of a perpendicular clir and
fastened themselves into II bv means
Of ropes and icepicks so that thev
could not fall out during the night.
Yet Barrille declares on oath that thew
never encountered any cliff a. steep
as that. and that they camped every
pOpTEp an poI 80 1ou''o
~ Dr Coor,. VII
toporranber..rt,st r.ho w. sn-,.ns Wv
astronomer m Two Ar..;. .,.t.
said:
ITO Nh. heat n, nv. ha,,.. ~ c,.
had no know,.d~s a, a...r,,I.i, ~.
observations whether h. h,d r.aoh.s
the pole. M.tbod. n, ,oo..,rn 49,.
self In the Arctic are not w. s,r,n,o
sextant observations used bv mariners
in our latitude Peculiar condit,on,
existing there require n knowledge OF
the fundamental principals OF snher;-
cal astronomy. had considerah,e
difficulty in getting Dr. Cook To nm
derstand the details Of seodetic uorls
Il believe that DIR. Cooks polar OBJ
servations will prove Of such an in
accurate character that they will fail
to convince.
1t is possible. however. for per-
son to so fake observations that an
expert scientist cannot detect flaw
in them. 1t thus becomes purely
! question of faith In the man and MS
witness. II ne has one.
Use OF GLASS t,o,yzo~
Oh. oc.,,roov -. 49,. s '"e uuesHoh
that he used a glass artificial hori,o,
| In measuring tho altttud. ~ tn. Gun
above the horizon in tho nova .o,..
the natural sea bortxon ,arnot
a. m. OCEAN ia .oy.r.a u,,., "e'u
To- 49,. WV" 'o"sh
w. .,r,, i. . 'e"ec'-
%, $3.50 49,.
NV. ~on one whole
'p''"s :" ""N 'p" Lana put IT
p'o''u " DC ''enie'S unreliable on
account OF the small particles of ice
or hoar frost coIlecting on the levels.
TINS source or error Is eliminated
when an artificial horizon Of mercury
Is used
Another important point is this ::
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