The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-29

Lecture of Doctor Cook at Ham.
ilton Scene of Intense
Excitement.
BARRILL DENIES THE
STATEMENTS OF EXPLORER
Exciting Meeting, at Which
Resolutions UphoIding Bar
rilI Are Passed.

HAMILTON, Mont, Oct. 2S.-At the
conclusion of Il stormy session in the
opera house here tonight, during which
charges aud countcr.chn hnrges were
hurled back aud forth between the
friends of Edward y. Barrill aud Fred
erlck Priutz and those who desired
to see fair play given Dr. Frederick
a. Cook in the home town Of thc
guides. the audience adopted by "A large
majority vote n resolution expressing
confidence III the veracity of BarriH
ana Prlntz, the resolution being pre-
sented by City Attorney Wagner. conn.
sci for the guides. This resolution was
substitute for ono offered hy j. II.
Durstan. editor Of the Anaconda Stand.
ara, IN which he sought TO have the
meeting declare n lack Of faith on
the part of the entire people of Mou-
taua IN all matters about which DR..
COOK has made claims
Explorer Not Excited.
| while the action OF the meeting wa
uufavorablc to DR.. Cook. The explorer
took 1T coolly and calmly and after
me meeting evidenced no indications
oi having taken the matter to heart
al all lie sat for long time chat.
In9 pleasantly with interested listen
ers regarding his trip to the pole.
| The excitement of-the mceting did
not come until after llr Cook had dc
llYered brief lecture on his trim 10
the north pole and had delivered his
cent of Mount Mckinley As soon as he
bad finished Attorney Crutcbfied.
counsel for Print and BarrjU. arose
and challenged the statements of Dr
! Cook. This precipitated discussion
and Mr.. Durstan offered his rcsolu.
ton seeking TO place the people Of the
state on record Us discrcdiiing DIR. Crok
IN every point of his claims. This
caused fUrorc
Plead for Fair Play.
Attorney Roland White Of San Fran.
cisco, who happened 10 be III the audi
ence, arose. and as u citizen. made
plea Tor falr play. United States Sen
ator Joseph NJ. Dixon of Montana also
took the floor and urged that fair play
be accorded all parties to The contro-
Nersy. Neither hhose who were opposed
To DIR. Cook nor his friends would ac.
cept The Durstan resolution, aud it was
Withdrawn by its author Barril was
called upon, and taking the platform,
declared that Dr. Cook s statements
regarding the Mt. Mckinley affair
were incorrect DR.. Cook replied by
asserting to Mr.. Barrill' face that The
latter S statements were false.
Cook Makes Affidavit.
The excitement at this point was in.
tense. Women became excited. and the
tension WAS almost at the breaking
point.
Barrill answered the Doctors asscr-
tion by demanding to know why the
doctor did not make an affidavit 10
the effect that lie had scaled Mt Me-
knlev. The challenge had no sooner
been issued than il was accepted by
the doctor, and au affidavit was made
by the explorer on the platform. in
the presence Of the audience. IN which
he declared that he did ascend Mt
Mckinley, that BHrrill WAS with him at
the time, and that the records Of his
ascent were left on the summit Of
the peak. The doctor signed tho docu-
mcnt, but owing 10 the fact that there
was not notary in the audience, no
seal appears upon u ms yet. This dc
tail the doctor will attend To, il is
stated, as soon as a notary can bo Sc
cured
Further discussion of the disputed
OF the mountain led to the
bantering of charges and counter
charges back and forth al lively rate.
Barill s attorneys and friends dcnounc-
ing the statements of the doctor and
others contending fer fair play TO all.
Substitute Resolution.
Attorney Wagner then made himself
heard and presented the following reso-
luton;
"Wc, the people of Hamilton and
iavallI county, assem- blcd, after patient
v listening TO the charges and counter
.hargcs exchanged by the parties to the
Iount Mckinley controversy do declare
,ur firm belief in the veracity of Ed
3arrill and Fred Print3.
When this was submitted to "A vote
t was carried by large majority and
he meeting was brought 10 close
fter the mayor had announced the re-
ut ot the ballot
After The meeting DR.. Cook, who did
iot allow himself To become Yudled or
ycitcd in the least during the affair.
nut bore himself as n calm and per-
Get gentleman throughout, went to the
'avall hotel aud chattcd until IA late
our with big crowd that gathered
here TO hear him talk about his cX
crienccs in the north. The rest of
he population gathered ahout the
trects in Gttle knots Of seven or eight
nd thrcshed out the controversy until
late hour.
When scon bv reporter after tho
lceting DR.. Cook snid he did not ccre
. discuss the result OF The meeting Mt
resent.
He cyiuced no special concern about
and did not appear III The least down
cartcd or gricved over what bad hap
cncd.
Long before the hour for the lecture
luight the opora house was filed, and
Y the time the doctor was ready TO
lakc his appearance the tbronG ex-
,ndcd into the street, many strug-
ling vainly in an effort to get within
caring distance of the speaker, There
as much cheering and the reception
scordcd the doctor was enthusiastic.
he speaker was introduced To the
encc bv Mayor Drnkcnhcrgcr.
AT the conclusion Of his story OF
,c attainment Of the north pole, Or.
ook took up briefly the controversy
Continued on Page Two.