Show mount mckiniry is scaled by A minister seattle wash june 20 archdeacon hudson stuck the episcopal missionary who set out from fairbanks alaila several months ago to climb mount McKinIe i reached the summit of the peak of the great june 7 according to a private cable dispatch received here today the which was sent by archdeacon atuck from fairbanks said expedition successful accomplished arst complete ascent of mount mckiniry june 7 H P karston R G tatum walter harper and I 1 reached top of south the highest of all peak on a clear day when it was possible to read all the angles of the mount anns prominent points and mike certain that the peak wo hid conquered ftak the highest of all we successfully earned a mercurial barometer to alie top and made complete readings ind observations which with simultaneous readings at gibben should permit a alobe approximation of the true altitude when proper corrections are applied water boiled 9 de apices the present estimate of the summits heights is upward of feet we ficro able to read angles on all prominent points wath field glasses we clearly saw alie flagpole erected in 1910 by alie thomas lloyd expedition on the peak the lower of the two main speaks after completing observations on the summit we hoisted alie american flag on the upper basin erected a faix foot crosa and said to daum on the highest point of north america the north cist adge la tho only possible approach to alie summit due to the violent earthquakes of last july the higher ridges were terribly shattered and added largely to the danger and labor of the ascent we spent three weeks in continuous bad weather hewing a passage thice miles long through this side this was the chief cause of dclay as we made rapid progress at all other stages of the journey tho chief credit for our success is due to carstons Kars tons good judgement jud gement resourcefulness and caution we did not have a bingle mishap archdeacon party is the arst to reach alie brummit of the boubli peak one other eap exp reached the top of the north peak thomas lloyd of fairbanks and three other alaskans Ala having made the ascent in the spring of 1910 and claimed the lionor of being alie party to reach the top of either of the twin peaks clovd attacked the mountain on the northeast f ice crossing alie muldrow glacier and working along the northeast adge to the summit ladt year pi of herschel parker of brooklyn and belifore brown of tacoma who had previously failed in two attempts to climb tho mountain along alie loute described b dr frederick A cook os the one he followed when lie made his alleged ascent beveral cars ago went over the route followed clovd expedition and were feet of the summit when they en back by i ferocious blizzard archdeacon stuck and his corn camons left fairbanks march 1 quipped like A prospectors expedition and supplied with maps and data compiled b professor parker on lug trip boit beir for the cape had been under w ly many months in september kurston took a load of aup plies up alie river to nencha whence they were by a dog team to the base camp near pass at an altitude of feet the equipment in eluded such as a mercurial barometer the firm ever taken into alaska two aneroid barometers biro meters wood and alchuk stoves and a selected supply of provisions stuck who has been engaged in mission uy u y work among the alaskans Ala since 1901 and taken no vacation in five and plan bcd the mount mckiniry expedition as an outing he ha had much experience as a mountain climber braving ascended nil peaks in the C mad lan and colorado and scaled many of alie peaks in the alps before 1 went to alaska he was dean of st matthewa Matth ewd cathedral in dallas lei he holdre the degree of doctor of divinity from the university of the south and is a member of the nation il geographic II irav I 1 kirston 19 an abaskin guide and led tho clarles sheldon expedition in 1907 8 II 11 G ia a invasion inia sion worker under and a arother jr other of 0 tatum U S A 1 IP f |