Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-13
Widow Tells Story
of Climb in Which
SQUQtlf Met Death
Body of College Professor Taken to La Fayette
for Burial; Mrs. Stone Recovering
From Effects of Exposure.

st. Paul. Aug. 12.-En route to La
Fayette, Ind, for burial, the body o
w. Z. Stone, president of Purdue uni
versity, who was plunged to his dealt
in the Canadian Rockies near Banff
on July 10, passed through here Fri
day evening.
Accompanying the body were Mrs
Stone, who herself was rescued from
a mountain ledge after eight days O
exposure without food; Richard Stone
of Cleveland and David Stone of New
York city, her sons, and Harlan f
Stone, dean of Columbia university Law
school, New York city, brother Of
DIR. Stone.
The party is due in Chicago Satur.
day. 1t will go on directly to LaFay-
ette, where funeral services will bt
held, probably Monday
Despite the hardships she has endur-
ed, Mrs. Stone shows no lasting physi-
cal effects of her experience. Her
hands still are rough and sore from
the friction of the ropes, but other
bruises practically have healed and in
the past three days she has regained
some of the weight lost during her ex-
posure.
Near the summit of Mount Eanon.
rearing its crest 1O.SOO feet above sea
level, stands small monument of loose
rocks. erected by friends in tribute to
DIR. Stone, who was first to accomplish
the ascent of the peak.
Fell From Peak.
1t was from this peak that DIR. Stone
fell while climbing with Mrs. Stone.
His brother. in telling the details of
the fatal plunge and Mrs. Stones res
cue, told how the party that recovered
DR.. Stones body had erected the mon
ument, and in flask set firmly in the
mound is paper with this inscrip-
ton:
Friday. August 5, 1921. This
monument was built by the undersign-
ed in tribute to their comrade of the
Dr. Winthrope E. Stone.
president of Purdue university, La
Fayette, Ind, u S. A.. who on July
l6, 1921. with his wife, virtually com
pleted the ascent. reaching a point
not more than 80 feet from this spot.
DIR. Stones ice axe crowned this
The following signed the tribute.
Albert III. MacCarthy, Lenox II.
Lindsay. Edward Feuz. Conrad Cain.
and Rudolph Aemmer.
The first two are members of the
Alpine club of Canada. of which DR..
Stone had been a member for years.
Aemmer is Swiss guide and he res
'ued Mrs. Stone and recovered DR..
Stones body While the inscription
gives July 16 as the date of DR..
Stones feat his brother declared July
l3 was the correct date. On that day.
Dr. and Mrs. Stone set out to climb
Mount canon which is south and west
Vt Assiniboine mountain. and about
70 miles from Banff.
Mrs. Stone, according to the ac-
,ount of her experiences recited by
Iarland Stone, said she and her hus-
,and were ascending the mountain,
'oped together, with DIR. Stone lead
ng. Near the top, they came upon
rock chimney-a v-shaped cut in
he mountain side with which had fire.
Iuent footholds-and DR.. Stone climb
d up through this.
Without her knowledge, he had un
led the ropes that had held them and
lfter climbing through the chimney
allied out to her:
Nothing Higher.
II see nothing higher" Just a
later. crumbling rock caused
i'm to lose his hold, and he plunged
asst her to his death. This was at
tx D. m. July II.
Mrs. Stone declared that it seemed
0 her that his body fell fun 5000 |
eet before it struck in a chasm.
Apparently the want Of water caus-
d an hallucination, as she thought |
he saw many people moving about a !
hort distance down the mountain |
ide. She espied ledge about 10 |
Let down, and uncoiling her rope. be- |
an to lower herself to it, in the be- |
ef that it led around the mountain |
, the place she believed Stone had
allen.
The rope cams- to an end about ten