Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-12-16
A FISHY YARN
Claim That They Manufactured cs,i
Observations
COCK AND BULL STORY


Bribed by the Explorer to He'll
Him Fix Up Data TO Fool the
Public.
| The New York Times prints the
remarkable narrative OF two men
made under oath. declaring that they
were employed by DR.. Frederick A.
Cook to fsbricate astronomical and
other observations for submission tc
the University Of Copenhagen. which
is about to pass upon DR.. Cook
| assertion that he discovered the
North Pole on April 81. 1908. These
men are George H. Dunkle. an insur-
| ance broker. Of 81 Nassau street,
New York. and Capt. August Wedel
Loose, q sea captain, Of 437 Thir-
teenth street. Brooklyn. For their
labors they were to have received
Jointly from DR.. Cook $4,000 with
an additional bonus of $500 to Capt.
Loose upon TIC acceptance Of the
records by the University OF Copen-
hagen. They say that DR.. Cook had
paid them only $500 when he dis
appeared on the eve of the dispatch
Of his records" to Copenhagen two
weeks ago and hts failure to pay the
sum remaining due them they freely
acknowledge to be their motive for
coming forward with the story.
Accompanying these narratives will
appear copies of the affidavits OF
Capt. Loose and Dunkle affirming
their accuracy. facsimile OF DR..
Cooks instructions &c Capt Loose,
In Cooks handwriting. in possession
or The Times and the affidavits OF
Capt. Loose swearing TO the accuracy
of the same. The TRANSLATION OF this
memoranda by DR.. Cook is as fol.
lows:
"svsrtevaag. start March 1918;
strong wind-hsze"
March 30-Obeervations latitude
and longitude; daily observatins to
April s3."
The Times also prints the follow
Ing list under the heading. What
Capt. Loose Says He Supplied to DR..
Cook"
l. Twenty-four attitudes for lati.
tude sights,
2 One chart covering route from
Svartevaag to the Pole, with all of
DR.. Cooks assumed positions marked
upon II.
). Complete observations for time
and chronometer rate. as they might
have been taken by stars at Anoratok
and Svartevaag. probably 80 In all.
4. Diagram for compass error and
correction at different points.
s. Calculations for longitude, about
20 in all.
6. Sixteen observations as they
could have been taken at the North
Pole. In two sets. eight with depres-
sion of Pole considered and eight
with depression ignored.
Z. Bowditch's complete national
tables.
s. Anf1nsen's tables for correction
OF attitudes OF heavenly bodies.
0. American nautical almanac for
several years.
10. Lloyd's calendar of 1908.
IL. Three admiralty charts. COW
ering Smith sound and the polar
regions. Nos. 269, 274 and 275.
l2. One Bliss ,aimanac of 1908.
l3. One Negus almanac, 1907.
The Times haa followed tho steps
described by these two men and
has verified their goings and com
ings. their purchases Of books end
charts end the fact OF their inti-
mate relations with DR.. Cook
Whether the observations" ealcu-
| lated by Capt. Loose and supplied
az he alleges, TO DR.. Cook. were
adopted by the latter and made 4
part OF his report to tho University
| OF Copenhagen. II Is. of course. i'm
possible to say. without a compari-
son of Capt. Loose's narrative with
that report The Times has com.
municated TO the University Of Cop
enhagen the main facts OF Capt
Loose's story and Mr.. Dunkles and
offered TO supply TO the university
the corroboratlve documents IL has
received from these two men Oat
or these purports to be DR.. Cook:
memorandum directing the prepara
tion Of observations from Svarteraae
all the way to the pole.
| In the narrative OF Capt. Loose
he frankly expresses his scorn o.
DR.. Cooks claims. laughs at his Ia
rorance Of the simplest essentials
Tor accurate observations In the Arc
tic regions and describes at Length
how, working backward from tn,
pole, he calculated observations tha
would at In with Cooks narrativ,
and coached MIN on tho necessar,
notifications of the latter. AS, 10
example. that he must be sure tt
record that he rose before 4:Il
o'clock on a certain morning. be
cause 1t was at that hour that a Ger
tain star. mentioned in one o
Loosc's calculations. would be visi
BILE. Mr.. Dunkle describes tho in
ception OF the enterprise; how from
newspapers they gathered that DR.
Cook was In deep water and In
ferred that he would be glad TO pa,