Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-11
Parker Returns and Again
Calls Doctor a Fake,
Proof That Peak Cook Calls
"1op Of Continent"
Is Twenty Miles from the Base
Of Mt. mckinley.

New York, Nov. 1U--I'rof. HcrSchel
c. Parker of Columbia University. who
recently returned from his exploration
OF Mt. Mckinley, today made public
a series, of photographs taken neal
the Alaskan mountain which he claims
is indisputable evidence that DR..
Cook never reached the top Of the
highest peak in America.
Professor Parker states that he
found the mountain peak which DR.
Cook photographed and called Mt. Nc
Kinlcy. the top of the continent" and
in support of his statement showed d,
photograph of a mountain peak taken
by his expedition last summer and
pointed out that comparison of the
two photographs shows in detail
identical outlines of rock formation
proving that they are pictures of the
same mountain.
"rhe mountain which pinot agra PHI
ed eaid Prof. Parker. was % miles
away from Mt. Mckinley and 5000
feet below its summit. This is the
same peak that Cook photographed
and called the top of the continent
Prof. Parker corroborated the con-
fesslon made year ago by Edward
Barri!l. guide of DR.. Cook. that ther
n"ver reached the top of Mt. McIEin-
ley
I'VE left our boat on the Tcl<ositna
at about the same spot where DR.. Cook
ard Barrill took to the ice said Prof
Parker. who was member of Dr.
Cooks expedition in 1906 MY idea was
to follow as closely as possible the
rout" taken by the doctor. and we ned
no difficulty in doing this with Barrlrs
nap at hand. In few days our party
rc9chrd the spot noted on the man as
the point where Rarrill's picture was
taken. This was in the Amphithcater
glacier in the foothills of Ait McKin-
ley 20 miles from it's base.
Having reached the place. the
problem now confronting us was to
pick out the rock on which Bari'iu
stood when he was photographed with
the flag in his hand. This. pcrheps.
was easier to do than one might mag
inc, IN spite of the fact that there
were irnumerable rocky peaks on all
sides of us. There will be noticed in
the lower right hand corner of DR.
Cook photograph peak in the dis
tancc. the SHOW formation on the top
Of which, should make it easily distin-
guishable. 1t was. therefore, e COM
paratively simple matter to identify
the peak as the second of the seven
peaks of Ruth glacier. only Il few
miles away from where we stood Dr.
Cook he's said there are II peaks, but
he evidently did not carry his inves-
legations far enough to discover there
- ny
the rock we wanted in the snow sad
die Barrill mentioned and at last we
were at the top Of the continent
You will remember that Barrill
sWore that the picture in DIR. Cook. 5
book, captioncd First Five of the
Twelve New Peaks of Ruth Glacier,
was taken on the same day that Or.
Cook took the famous photograph of
the guide. That this statement was
true, is readily noted. In another OF
the pictures, entitled An Amrhathea-
ire the rock itself on which Barrill
stood NAV be seen.
On account of the formation of the
snow cornice it was impossible to photo.
graph the rock from the exact srot bore
Dr. Cook himself stood. Those cornices
are shaped according to the whinls of the
winds that blow. and the formati,fI, va
RES from year to year. II viii also he
noted that there is more snow in the pho
tosraph took. This is due to the fact
that was there in July, while IL. Cook 5
photograph was taken in September 4
considerable amount of SNOW naturally
would melt away in two summer months
But. you can readily see that TIE photo
graphs are of one and the same rock,
and n very paltrv roci; il j. at tl.at
duplicated number of other photographs
in Or, Cooks book at totally dilferen,