The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-29
CHALLENGES
BARRILL' s
VERAC|TY.
DR.. COOK B OIL LDL Y IN
vADES HOME TOWN
OF AccUSER
REITERATES STORY
OF MOUNTAIN CLIMB
After Period Of Excitement Con-
iidenCe in False Guide
| Is Expressed
lBy AssocIatel Preas.l

Hamilton. Oct. % Confidence in
the veracity of Edward ~ Barrill and
Frederick Prlntz, the guides who
have declared false the statement of
DR.. Frederick A. Cook that he
reached the summit OF Mount Nc
Kinley formally was expressed last
night in a resolution adopted Dy the
large crowd that heard Dr. Cooks
lecture in this, the aome town Of the
two guides.
The resolution was adopted by a
large majority vote at the conclusion
Of a stormy session in the opera
house, during which charges were
hurled back and forth between the
friends of Barrill and Printz, and
those who desire fair play.
The resolutions supporting the
guides contentious, which was pre-
sented by City Attorney Wagner
counsel for Barrill and Printz. was
a substitute for one offered by j
H. Durstan. editor of the Anaconda
Standard. In which he sought to have
the meeting declare a lack OF faith
on the part of the entire people of
Montana in all matters about which
DR. Cook has made claims.
While the action Of the meeting
was unfavorable to DR.. Cook, the
explorer took it cody and calmly and
after the meeting evidenced no indi-
cations of having taken the matter
to heart at all He sat for a long
time chatting pleasantly With inter.
ested listeners regarding his trip to
the pole.
The excitement Of the meeting did
not come until after DIR Cook had
delivered a brief lecture on his trim
TO the north pole aud had delivered
his supplementary speech regarding
the ascent OF Mount Mckinley.
As soon as he had finished Attor.
ney Crutchfield counsel for Printz
and Barrill, arose and challenged
the statement of Or. Cook. This
precipitated a discussion and Mr..
/ Dustrow offered his resolution seek
ing to place the people of the state
on record as discrediting DR.. Cook
IN every point of his claims. This
caused furore.
Attorney Roland White of San
Francisco, VINO happened 70 be in the
\ audience arose and as citizen
made a plea for fair play. United
States Senator Jos. Nj. Dixon ol
Montana also took the floor ami
urged that fair play be accorded al
parties to the controversy.
Neither those who were opposed Il
I DR. Cook nor his friends would ac
4 cept the Durstan resolution and Il
was Withdrawn by The author
Barrill was called upon and. tax
Ing The platform declared that DR.
Cooks statements regard thu
4 Mount Mckinley affair weie ncor
! rect.
DR. Cook replied by asserting Il
Mr. Barrill's face that the latter
statements We're false
1 The excitement at this point wa
tense. Barrll answered the doctor
| assertion by demanding to know VIII.
the doctor did not make an affidavit
10 the effect that he had scalel
Mount Mckinley.
The challenge had no sooner beel
issued than 1t was accepted by tn
uuttBf anu an dHludNli WAS l1due ID
the explorer on the platform in th
presence of the audience in which h
declared that he did ascend Noun
Mckinley: uaat BarriIl was with hin
at the time and that the recorl O
his ascent were left on the SUNNI
of the peak.
The doctor signed the documen
but. owing 70 The fact that there wa
not a notary in the audience, n
, seal appears on it as yet. This d'
tail the doctor would attend TO,
was stated, as soon as a notary coul
be secured
Attorney Wagner then made hin
self heard and presented the follow
ing resolution:
We. the people OF Hamilton an
Ravallo county. assembled, after D;
tienily listening to tae charges an
, counter charges exchanged by th
parties 10 the Mount Mckinley COZ
troversy. do declare our firm belle
In the vefaciiy Of Edward w Barri
. and Frederick printz."
When this was submitted to vol
. II was carried BY a large majorit.
i and the meeting was brought 10
/ close after the mayor had announce
! the result Of the ballot.