Show AGAIN A DISCREDITED NO TRACE WHATEVER OF DR COOKS ALLEGED ASCENT OF J MOUNT McKINLEY The Fairbanks Expedition Reaches Highest Point on the Conti net With Little Difficulty After Climb of a Month Fairbanks Alaska Tliu Fairbanks expedition to Mount McKinley the tallest peak In North America reached reach-ed the summit April 3 after a climb of one month from the base No traces of Dr Frederick A Cooks alleged ascent as-cent were found Thomas Lloyd leader of the oxptnll tlon arrived hore Tuesday night Hiss His-s 1 companions wore Daniel Patterson WIt W-It Taylor and Charles McGonnlgk and all reached the top of the great mountain The expedition which left Fairbanks December ID while the controversy over Dr Cooks disputed ascent was still raging was financed by Gus Pet orson and William McPheo of thl j city The plan was to go Into canny on the mountain as high as possible I and probably about the middle ol jay make a dash for the summit The obstacles encountered were not so great as had been predicted Foul camps were established during the ascent I as-cent and a trail was blazed all the way to the crest Up to 12000 feet the climbing did not present unusual dlftl cullies For the next 4000 feet the I way led over a steep Ice field which fat first seemed to forbid further progress prog-ress but through which upon explor jatlon It was found possible to locate la patn The final dash to the top was made from the 1G000 foot camp I Mount McKInloy terminates In Twin Peaks of equal height one somewhat rounded and covered with snow the other composed of hare and windswept wind-swept rocks On the rock peak the Fairbanks climbers placed an Amcrl can 11aS In a monument of stones The expedition which was provided with Dr Cooks maps and book endeavored rto follow his alleged route but utterly Vailed to verify any part of his story of an ascent |