The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
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< ' fs a : sgswsYoek. oct. l5.--Dr. frederick A. Cook, Of Brooklyn. came beck to New hork today = calm and smiling as over. received the freedom of the city n conferred by the Board of Alder men, brended ass . lie The afhdavit of Edward N. Barriii. the guide. who says hs did not reach the summit of Mount McKinIey. and finally nred the shot which sterted twenty -four hour auto. mobile race at Brighton Beach. I He win remain In New York until Sunday night whom he will start for khe West on another lecture tour. In lthe nieantime. he will confer with Eounsel over the advissbifity of bring Ing aotion against Barrfll for alleged perjury. and he may Issue q detailed 1 The conferring of the freedom of the city upon the explorer was formal affair. conducted jointly by the Board of Aldermen and the Arctic Club of America. The club presented to him 6 igoId medal In recognition of his dis Eovery of the pole. while the Aldermen took the occasion to recognize him of baoialiy for the first time since his ar- rival on home shores.
 1 George Borup and Prof. Donald Mo- Akiiian, of the Peary expedition. were among the interested spectators of the ceremony.
 Before the honor was bestowed. Pres pdent Mo0owap. of the Board. sn- bounced: - i T deem 1t fair to pr. Cook to say here that he wanted no action by the sBoard of Aldermen until after all his proofs had been produced. but we de- clined because 1t was believed that the sentiment of the board was belief In SDr. Cook, and believe the city of New York believes in him" 1 PrenAest Moment of Life. This statement was greeted with < m hi,. speech. pr. Cook said in part:
 s"This is the prnudest moment of my life, and to feel that you, have confi- hence in me in the face of the unfound- ed statement, and against the false af- Mdavft published during the last few days, creates in me 6 feeling of pride. that my countrymen believe my word.
 T win substantiate every claim l sraye made with every proof within the power of man. The charges brought iagainst me relative to my polar trip have been besed upon evasive answers by my loyal Eskimo friends. while the alleged affidavit of my Mount Mckinley lsHiide is nothing more or less than aaltberate falsehood.
 <@The confidence you repose in me 'is NUt80A&200< mode to say what they did not say, and a.wiir bring them here, not 10 prove nay conuuest of the pole, but to prove the truth of this last statement Their presance, as . proof of conquest wiis mot be necessary.
 [ After the ceremony at the city hall. Dr.S Cook had a long conferenee with his lawyer, Henry Wellington Wack. of New York, concerning the Barrill afi- hayik He afterwards intimated that he had not yat decided on taking legal action in the matter.
 q am perfectly willing to go be- fore the Hxplorers' Club and give my Testimony as to the ascent of Mount AacKinieyr said pr. Cook tonight. Tn fact Ii have already consented to do so." ~
 He was asked whether he could pro- Esuce his original diary of the climb.
 4.T will look into the matter and see whether still have my original dia- ries.' he replied. T believe they are Stored somewhere. and win produce IShen if can find them. :"
 says Bmrfli Lied.
 pr. Cook reiterated his charge that Rarrnl lied In his affidavit.
 "The declaration that the point where the photograph with the flag Twas taken was far from the top of Mount Mckinley. is a fslsehood." he said. Tt was taken at the summit EHis statement that I told him not to kell anyone about thestrip is also base bess. There was no secret whatever about 1t.
 sSAs to Miller. he has been hostile ko me from beginning to end. have mo reason to say have found him un- fruthful but he knew nothing about khe climbing of Mount Mckinley, as he twas sixty or seventy miles away at khe time ]"
 Details of how Barrilrs affdavit was lpbtained became available. here to- day. The guide cana here quietly two days ago and informed Gen. H. Hub bard. President of the Peary Arctic C1ub. that everything in the affidavit was true, and after talking with mem- bers ok the Explorers Club. departed with his wife. presumably for the West.
 S7en. J. M. Ashton of Tacoma, who ob- tained Barrilps afidayit, together with hhe afiidayits from Fred Printz. a pack CT of the Mount Mckinley expedition; Samuei Beecher. the cook. and Walter Miller. the photographer. all members pf the Cook party.
 General Ashton. speaking of the smanner in which the Barrfli affidacit Was obtained. said:
 .T received word from General Hub bard to ascertain the exact truth con corning pr. Cooke climb of Mount Mo- Kiniey and had not the remotest Idea IsVhat side I was on or would be on.
 T sent Miller to Barrifi and other ymemberss of the expedition ana had khsrn brought to Tacoma. They were all carefully examined. Barrtu spoke Eopeniy and squarely from the start.
 tBArrilI said that the doctor was good fellow and that he (Barril) had mot given the Mount Mckinley matter Ia thought until the North Pole ques- Ition came up.
 ssThe guide said to me: Then talked 1t over with my wife after you tsent for me. and we reached the con- Iclrsion that it was my duty to give Efhe world the real truth"
 General Ashton said that there were other afidavits and that he understood Nhat the originals were all to be turned lover to the committee of the Explor- kers' Club, which is Investigating Dr. Cooks climb of Mount Mckinley. as welt as the other authorized organiza- ,tions endeavoring to ascertain the truth as to the pole and Mount Mc- Kin1ey.
 General Hubbard today said he had asked General Ashton to obtain she facts of the climb of Mount Mckinley and bring them to this city.
 'I saw Barrill yesterday" said Qen- eral Hubbard, "and he told me that everything in his afndavit was true. |"
 DANES ARE WEAKENING.
 They Do Net Understand. Action of Dr.