Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-19

Wa Rear Admiral Chester. Chester IL
| : good fellow, but he happens to be
related BY marriage to the fur-trader,
where the milton dollars. OF that ille-
climate fur trade was divided--the
right kind OF an honest, disinterested
Juror. The others wereNhe same type.
This Jury. OF course. promptly said
that It was certain that Mr.. Peary had
reached the Pole, and that had not,
but a year later in congress, the same
jury admitted that In the Peary proofs.
| there was no proof.
my own material was sent to the
| University Of Copenhagen. The deans
were not interested in me. financially
or otherwise. The material was ex-
amined severely, but honestly, and
they came to the conclusion, that be-
cause Of the long range Of unavoid-
able inaccuracy, there could be no
positive proof. That verdict. howev-
| err, did not carry tho Interpretation
that the Pole had not been reached.
| The deans have never said that l did
! not reach the Pole-quite to the con-
trary. They showed their good faith
by comforting the degree Of Phi. d. by
presenting gold medal. The press has
l Itduy tlIucc tIat SAii0 AOuOA oi
recognition had been withdrawn. That
| is not true. 1t is one OF the many press
lies. No honor ever extended to me
has been withdrawn. No door ever
| opened to me has been closed
Both these verdicts-the one in
Washington and the one In Copen-
began-have been generally misinter-
preted and a biased press campaign
was used to throw cloud over the
glory of Polar attainment. In that
long campaign. emanating from a paid
press bureau in Washington, Mr..
Peary, with his political friends, en-
gagged in a mud-slinging propaganda
similar to that forced upon Il political
aspirant. To all Of that l maintained
silence. l reasoned at the time that
public decency required silence but
am here today to break that silence.
am here to say that one and all Of
those charges were lies. Lies with a
purpose. Lies with the seeming en-
dorsement of the navy and government
behind 1t.
Il am going to prove that to you in
such a way that l must be believed or
be put in Jail, and ! will do 1t briefly
by presenting the facts Of one Of the
many charges, as an example of all
} the others. In the latter part of 1909,
you remember that Mr.. Peary, for rea-
) sons OF his own, charged that I had
been untruthful in the reports of my
ascent Of Mount Mckinley.
! Climbed Mt. Mckinley.
Now, let us see how this works out.
I had climbed Mount Mckinley. had
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years there was no doubt about 1t. In
the last part Of that climb, l had with
me but one man, Edward Barrill, OF
Darby Mont For three years, Barrill
had told everybody that he knew just
how I climbed Mount NcKinley-how
he was with me at the top. There was
not doubt about it.
= suddenly, there was a change.
!, Mysteriously we ind a man in Barrills
home. That man frankly told the
neighbors about that he had come in
. the Peary interests; that man offered
Barrill bride Of $1,000. offered to give
Barrill $1,000 II he would say to the
: press that Mount Mckinley had not
been climbed. We do not know what
Barrilrs reply was.
But we next go to the town OF
u Hamilton, Mont, and there in the Of
, !, flee OF and in the presence Of a man
= by the name Of Bridseford, there was
= another offer Of another bride of $4,000
: to pro-Peary money. Barrilrs reply
to that was that he wanted that $4,000
, but to take it he would have to sell
his own SOUL
Now, watch and see how that soul
was marketed.
"Barrill Is a poor farmer, living In
!. the mountains Of Montana. To him
: $4,000 would be as much as $1,000 o0o
to Mr.. Peary. That money was held
up before him.
I'VE then go to Seattle--to the Of
fee OF a newspaper, and there in the
= presence Of its editor, there was an
other decker to sell that soul for $10,-
900. Still, the deal was not closed. We
then go to Tacoma. There we find q
:. weak -kneed, back handed lawyer by
: the name Of Ashton. Ashton said pub.
licly at the time that he was engaged
to dig up the Mckinley business, but
:. he did not know by whom, whether by
Cook or Peary.
= Can you imagine any lawyer, who
does not know upon which side his
bread is buttered But the man wa.
:, engaged He admits that and he wa.
:, engaged in a business so contemplate
;, that he did not dare to tell the sourc,
a of the money. We find Barrill there
- I'VE next find him in a bank in Ia
= coma and there in the presence Of I
i" man I am ready to produce. that sou
was marketed. In the presence of {
"a man am ready to bring forth, Bar
:, rill was handed $500 in 800 bills
20 and l know where two of those hav'
been spent. There are other consider
ations running to $4,000. In respons
to that money, Barrill made an aft
> davit, then and there, denying tn
:, climb OF Mount Mckinley. That 'af
fidavit is today in the hands of tn
Peary press bureau.
How Did II Get There?
.!IIara q claa txial hs:dfars.