The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-28
BY unItod Press Wire.

New York, Sept. 2s.-"As soon as
Mr.. Peary makes definite charges
over his own signature. I will answer
them fully and completely" said DR..
Frederick A. Cook yesterday in an in
tervlew with the United Press.
81 can't understand Mr.. Pearys at
titude," he continued. at Is cer-
tainly not the unwritten law of the
North, and 1t is not the way l would
have acted under the circumstances.
His action in refusing to allow Whit
ney to bring the American flag on
board the Roosevelt along with my
other belongings is incomprehensible
to me. If Peary had been in want.
/ would have given MIN everything /
had and Whitney had written instruc'
tions from me to assist any white
man in need from my property up
there at Etah. which ino.uded house,
stores and supplies"
DR.. Cook then answered some of
the charges Peary published in the
morning. In reference 10 the charge
that DIR. Cook had no shoes which
showed the effects of an Arctic trip,
DR.. Cook said:
"On our trip north we wore out our
shoes and fed them to the dogs. In
Jones Sound we maze two pairs each.
They were Eskimo kammiks made OF
sealskin. One pair each we wore out
and made others. / have now two
pairs. one at Etah and one here,
which show plainly the effects of the
trip. i am willing to SHOW them AZ
any time.
"Mr. Peary says that cannot build
sledgc and that / cannot talk Es'
kimo. Both statements are abso-
lutely wrong. With the help of the
natives. | built every sledge used by
us in our trip and can talk Eskimo
we'll"
In answer to questions the doctor
said: +A
II have all my records here, either
In the original or in better copies than
the ones Whitney lert in the north.
There Is no chance of my instruments
being lost for they are well hidden
and il found by the Eskimos they
will know they are mine and VIII
take care of them. AS long as MI
Peary would not allow them to be
brought on board his ship, the very
best thing that could have been done
with them was for them to be buried
and this Whitney did.
"I had no idea that Whitney was
going to sail home on Pearys boat
His own boat was to call for him and
as had very rough trip from Etah
TO Upernavik, I deemed II best TO
stow the Instruments and records in
Whitneys ship. Had l known then
what know now, / would have tak-
en- them with me and run the FISK OF
Injury TO them.
II expect 10 meet Whie..sy Just IA
soon as he arrives and then matters
will be considerably Strengthened out"
Portland, Me-. Sept. 27.-'T want
the world to know before ! get to
New York that / am the man who
found the North Pole" said Com
mander Robert Il. Peary here this af-
ternoon before he left TO meet DR..
Hubbard at Bar Harbor.
II shall recommend to General
Hubbard, who is president of the
Peary Arctic club, that my full state
ment accusing DIR. Cook be given out
in New York so that when l reach
there on Friday, his claims to the dis
covery of the North Pole VIII have
been exploded"
With Peary when he reached hers
to day from Eagle Island was Mrs
Peary. who will accompany him to
Bar Harbor, The commander expects
&c remain there over Wednesday and
to go to New York. Friday, on which
trip Mrs. Peary VIII also accompany
him.
Discussing Harry Whitney's mes.
sage referring TO his treatment OF
the New Haven man, Peary said;
Harry Whitney waA my guest on the
Roosevelt from August l 10 August
2s. during which time he used my