Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-25
ANOTHER BLOW
FOR DOCTOR
COOK
EXPLORERS CLUB DROPS
HIS NAME FROM ROSTER
Report Of Committee Which In
vestigated Mount Mckinley
Climb is Terrific Arrangement
of Fake Explorer.


fBy Morning Journa. Special Leased Wire
New York. Dee. 24.-Thc board 0
governors Of the Explorers club me
today In executive session, and stand
ing In silence. voted with bowed heads
that Or. Frederick a. Cook be drop
ped from the rolls of the club fol
frauds practiced on its members anC
on the public.
Coming hard upon the heels of thu
crushing decision lately rendered By
the University of Copenhagen, the act
ion of the Explorers club today Is
the result of Independent investiga.
lions which In no way touch upon the
polar controversy and the weight OF
It's disapproval thus BECOMES cumula-
tive.
Preliminary 10 It's vote of expulsion
the board met to pass upon the report
of its committee that has been inVes-
tigating the validity Of DR.. Cooks as.
sertion hat he reached the summit
of Mount Mckinley. This commit
tee in concluding an exhaustive report
recommends that "Dr. Cooks claims
that he assembled TO the summit of
Mount Mckinley in 1906 be rejected
~ Wv 'NPi'iNi9 tiHp = NV Wpi'Hs
OF credehce'
me committees recommendation
was based on us ilndlng 'that Dr.
COOK had repeatedly made statemen
that have not been in accordance with
the facts and that he had entered into
agreements which he failed to keep
and that the mlsstatements ana brok-
en- agreements deal, not only with
matters appertnlning to discovery. but
70 ordinary transactions 80
tina no eredence can be given to
statements by him,
Among the seven signatures APP
pended to this arrangement are those
OF Caspar whitney and Anthony FL
ala both personal friends of DR.. Cook.
The committee is further explicit in
It's statement that 1t undertook its in
vcstigation only after first apprising
DR.. Cool of its purpose, which he
approved IN person; and that IL has
dlsregarded entirely the testimony of
edward Barrill, DR.. Cooks guide, and
OF Frederick Print2. his packcr-al-
though such testimony was before
them-becnuse 1t wished no cloud of
partisan contention, or question of fl
nancial Interest to dim the integrity
us verdict.
In addition TO the findings of the
committee os a Whole-which arc
signed by Anthony Fiala a polar cx-
of note; Frederick S. Dellen-
baugh. of The American Geographic
society; Professor Marshall II. Savillc,
the chair of archaeology In Column |
bia university, Walter s. Clark; Chas.
II. Townsend. director of the New
aquarim; Henry G.. Walsh, Sec
OF the Explorers ! and Cas-
par Whitney-individually signed re-
ports are submitted by Herschel G..
Parker, professor of physics at Column
Din and Belmoro Brown, both of
Ahom were members OF the Cook-Mc-
expedition; and by Charles |
sheldon, who has recently returned
"A years residence on the slope |
# Mount Mckinley where he went
With the express purpose Of studying
he c~onfiguration of the mountain
With a view to the possibility Of its as
'ent,
Professor Parker reported that he
VAS a partner with DR.. Cook In the
Mckinley expedition both physically !
financially.
Or. Cook assumed the lead with a
,lnn hat proved u%nfeasible and the
,arty escaped with their lives. thanks
o the local knowledge of Belmorc
Brown, n OF its members.
at was perfectly understood" said
Professor Parker that after the mis-
.dvcnture all further attempts were
..bandoned Tor the season. otherwise
'refessor Parker would not have left
he expedition"
Instead Of this DR.. Cook. II is charg-
q sldotraokcd all members of the eX-
edition until there remained only Or
'ook, his guide. Barrill, and n pack
r who was subsequently got rid of
lso. These detections left DIR. Cook,
Professor Parker no instruments
tpablc OF measuring the altitude he
he attained. Moreover he adds