Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-25
PRESIDENT OF ARCTIC CLUE
ALSO PLANS TO GO OVER EVIL
DENcE AS TO CHARGES MADE
AGAINST RIVAL.
DR.. COOK TALKS
AT CLUB BANQUET
ADMIRAL scHLEY IN INTRODUCE
ING EXPLORER EXPRESSES
CONFIDENCE IN HIM; DETAILS
OF TRIP GIVEN.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Sept. 24.--An eSs
animation was made today b. General
lhomas F. Hubbard, president Of the
Peary Arctic club, of the data and OBJ
serYatlons of oeary's dash to the mole
and next week he will examine tha
important documents bearing on the
Cook controversy. The course likely
TO be pursued by Peary is to proceed
with the development of his own sci
entlhc data and it's submission to the
necessary scienti 9 bodies to prove
MS hndlng of the pole without regard
to any question of whether Cook has
been to the pole or not.
Peary at Summer Home.
Portland Me-. Sept. 24.-The morn.
ing hours today were devoted to rest
by Commander Peary and his family.
They left at noon for their summer
home at Eagle Island. Peary says he
has authorized no one to make
statement intimating he will retire
from the navy.
Cook Is Given an Ovation.
New York. Sept. 24.--Cheered hy
thousands of men and women as .hea
entered the banquet hall on the arm
Of Admiral Schley, DR.. Cook told his
story last night before the most bril-
liant. audience he has addressed since
he left Denmark. The banquet was
given by the Arctic Club of America.
OF which Dr. Cook is member, in rec
ognltlon or his announcement that he
had reached the pole. While there
was no official representative from the
state or nation, the assemblage was
cosmopolitan and enthusiastic. Crowd
ed in the great ball room of the Wal
dorf-Astoria they toasted the explorer
and listened attentively to his after
dinner address.
The ball room was decorated with
patriotic colors, while over the explor-
er's head hun1 picture of the globe
with the polar zone sharply defined.
The speakers, in addition to DIR.
Cook, who spoke last, were Admiral
Schley, President MCGOWAN OF the
board of aldermen; Bird s.. Coler,
president of the borough of BrookIyn:
Count Moltke; Prof. VIM. Brewer,
honorary president of the Arctic club
and Congressman Bennett.
SchIey Introduces Cook.
Introducing DR.. Cook, Admiral
Schley said:
Like all who achieved similar sue
cess in other fields DIR. Cook is chal-
lenged by envy, which often proceeds
from disappointed men. But to all
fair and just-minded people there is
only regret that any issue has been
raised over an achievement having
enough glory for both. Our guests
splendid behavior under those trying
circumstances has attracted the com
mendation Of his countrymen, and
added innumerable hosts to his friend
ship. believe as president of the
Arctic club, upon their statements,
that both Peary and Cook reached the
pole | hail their chivalrous and per-
sistent courage. | believe, further,
that these two gentlemen reached the
pole because the men, willing to make
those sacrifices in region of such
TERRIFIC danger and constant peril, are
made of material that does not bleach
out in the wash. All honor to them
When Cook rose the assemblage
leaped to its feet and cheered. DR..
Cook said:
This is one Of the highest honors
ever hope to receive. You represent
most of the frigid explorers of Europe
and nearly all the great arctic explor-
ers of America Your welcome is the
explorers guarantee to the world, and
coming as it does from fellow workers.
from men who have gone through the
same experience, it is an appreciation
and victory of the highest which could
fall to the lot of any returned trav-
eler."
tThe key to the frigid endeavor is
subsistence. There is nothing in the
arctic realm impossible to man. If the
animal fires have adequate fuel there
is no cold too severe. no obstacle too
great. No important expedition ever
returned because of unscalabIe bar
riers or impossible weather. Exhaust
| ed food supply resulting from limited
means of transportation has turned ex-
!, cry aspirant from the goal. The most
| important lesson of the ages of polar
quest is that civilized man must bend
to the savage. Simplicity is necessary.
| We must begin with the food and
I transportation of the white man. Even
this must be reduced and simplifed to
| fit the new environment. With due re-
spect to your complimentary eloquencs,
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