The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-10
PLORA I ION
Oh NJ KINLEl \
Professor Parker Fur
nishes Proof That DR..
Cook Has Falsified

who recently returned from his ex-
ploration OF Mount Mckinley, today
made public series of photographs
taken near the Alaskan mountain
which he claims is indisputable evil
dencc that DR.. Frederick a. Cook, the
( Brooklyn traveller. never reached the
\ top of the highest peak in America
Prof Parker states that he found
the mountain peak, which DR.. Cook
! photographed and called Mount Nc
knley, the top OF the continent
aud In support OF his statement, show
cd photograph Of a mountain peak
taken by his expedition last summer
and pointed out that a comparison
OF the Two photographs shows IN dc
tail identical outlines OF rock for
nation, proving that they are pic
lures OF the same mountain
The mountain which | photograph
ed" said Professor Parker. was
twenty miles away from Mount Nc
K,nley and fifteen thousand feet be-
low It's summit This is the same
peak that Cook photographed aud
called the top Of the continent
Professor Parker corroborates the
confession a year ago by Edward Bar
rlll, guide for DR. Cook, that they
never reached the top OF Mount Nc
Kinley.
we left our boat on the Tokositna
at about the same spot where DR.
Cook and Barrill took to the ice, said
Professor Parker, who was a member
OF Or. Cooks expedition N 1906 My
ilea was to follow as closely as pos
yibe the route taken by the doctor
and We had no difficulty in doing this
With Barrlll'S man al hand In few
days our party reached the spot noted
On the map as the point where Bar
ills picture was taken. This was
N the amphitheater glacier In the
!oothills of Mount Mckinley, and
twenty miles from its base
Having reached this place. the
problem that now confronted us was
o pick the rock on which Barrlll
itood when he was photographed with
tlc flag in his hands. This. perhaps
w4s easier To do than one might i'm.
agne, In spite OF the fact that there
wGe innumerable rocky peaks on all
sizes of us. There viii be noticed in
the lower right-hand corner OF DR..
Cooks photograph a peak in the dis
tnce, the snow formation on the top
of which should make it easily dis
tilguishable II was, therefore.
comparatively simple matter to iden-
tiS the peak as the second of seven
peaks of Ruth glacier. only a few
niles away from where we stood DR.
Cox has said there are twelve peaks,
but he evidently did not carry his
Investigation far enough to discover
o1y seven. Then we soon found the
ro;ll we wanted in the snow saddle.
BTril mentioned and at last We were
at the top of the continent.
You Will remember that Barrill
s~ore that the picture In DR.. Cooks
book capt'oned. First Five of the
Twelve New Peaks of Ruth Glacier
WIS taken on the same day that DR..
Cook took the famous photograph of
th, guide That this statement was
true is readily noted In another pic
tue entitled, Amphitheater.' the rock
Itself on which Barrill stood may be
seen,
"On account OF the formation OF the
STOW cornices, it was impossible 10
the rock from the exact
SPOT where DR. Cook himself stood
These corniceS are shaped according
to the whims of the winds that blow
and the formation varies from year
10 year 1t Will also be noted that
there Is more snow in the photograph
! took This is due 10 the fact that
was there In July, while DR.. Cooks
photograph was taken in September.
A considerable amount OF snow ma
Iurally would melt away In two sum
mer months But you can readily see
hat the photographs are of one and
the same rock. and very paltTy
rock II is at that. I duplicated a num-
Der OF other photographs in DR. Cooks
,ook at totally different points from
where the doctor SAYS that they were
aiken and these. with a detailed ac-
,ount OF my expedition, will be made
public at later date. But these pho
ographs are OF far loss Importance
han that OF the summit Itself.
After getting all the material
wanted in this neiehborhood. We .
,ushed on twenty miles further To the
ase OF Mckinley and made numerous .
ttemDts to cross the northeast ridge
4 the mountain. But the passage
ras efectually cut off by a 10000
cot range Of ice peaks at the head 4,
t Ruth glacier, which was lmpass-
Bile on account of the plnnncles and
revas5cs Dr. Cook makes no men,
ion OF them in his book never hav-
lg been far enough TO sec them.
Then. turning back, we went as
ar as possible on tho southwest face
( Mckinley and. after reaching an
levatlon of 10000 feet, gave up any .
Irther attempts TO sca'e the noun $
ain. .
while / regret that We were un. Is
Bile 10 get 10 the top. still we had ac- c
the object OF my mission
nd felt satisfied with the result OF i
ie expedition" q
When asked what he thought OF the p
asPatches from Alaska In the early q
Immer. saying that Tom Lloyd had
cached the ton of the mountain. Pro q
,ssor Parker said ho desired to cor W
,ct some statements which had been 3.
to him concerning the lat
r."
Il never said" he declared. that
ON Lloyd did not reach McKinley's CT
lmmit What | did say was that, al q
iough our party got within seven
Hes OF 4. mono OF us could see, even I'll
lth the strongest glasses. the nag
lie. Lloyd saws he planted there 10 ~
ay. How ridiculous. therefore. the K
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