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of tho International Law association md
of the American Society of Internat onal
law as well as general secretary OF the
American Arbitration and Peace society.
iic is man of 6S. with closely trimmed
gray beard and mustache. He is scholar
~ in bearing. a man of dignhed mien.
lie was the first passenger on tho
Oscar to extend his hand in greeting
to DR.. Cook In Chrstiansand. where the
liner had been waiting for six hours
The explorer arrived In the small
steamer NJ. G. Melcnior, from Copen-
hagen. He presented him to the other
passengers.
WON by COOKS ATTITUDE.
He impressed me az most sincere
man as we'll as a very modest one" said
DR.. Trueblood to a reporter who board
ed the oscar H. at upper quarantine.
He was calm and dignifed with no
| air OF vanglory or any feeling OF
triumph over Commander Peary In
deed his attitude toward Peary won me
| from the first. lie spoke OF him in the
kndest terms.
Il am convinced that Dr.. Cooks story
| Is true from top TO bottom and that he
found the Pole exactly as he relates.
He brought all of his records with him
on this ship. and some of the records
particularly of his arrival at Annotok
on his southwark Journeys from the
! Pole. he quoted and also told me Of
| conditions there, which | cannot reveal
now. as they were told to met in con-
ndence and are to form part Of Dr.
| Cooks book
| "He said the first person he met at
Annotok was Harry Whitney, the New
Haven man. who is up there shooting
musk oxen. He also spoke OF Pritchard
the assistant steward OF the Roosevelt
/ He never told me that he had told
| Pritchard or any ore while in the
North, OF his achievement" DR. True
blood resumed. but believe that on
last Thursday night while a dinner in
Or. Cooks honor was in progress on
this ship. that efforts were made by
the wireless operators OF the Oscar to
get into communication with the Roose-
welt and William pritchard. the stew
ards assistant. who says ne heard Cook
tell OF his visit to the Pole. but the ef-
fort was unsuccessful
Was this effort TO communicate with
the Roosevelt the request of DR.. Cook.
Did he try 10 get word TO Pritchard?"
| i
that Dr. Cook had anything to do with
the effort. ! believe that operators tried
to get in communication with the Roose-
veit merely because of the general in
terest felt concerning Commander
Peary"
SAYS COOK DIDN'T ASK 1T.
This view Of Dr. Trueblood was late,
corrohorated by Ernest Noerregaard ant
Asker Petersen. the Oscars wireless
operators Operator Noerregaard sale
he had made repeated efforts Thurs
day night to get n reply from the Roose
welt, but he denied that Or. Cook hat
spoken 10 him about II or requested 1t.
Or Cook was greatly Interested ir
the Roosevelt, and was in the wireless:
| room almost every day asking II W.
had heard news Of her." said Noerre
gard, but no never once asked mo u
send word TO Peary or any one or
| hoard the ship. SO far as could notice
he had 1ust the interest that one who hat
been TO the Far North would have In
fellow explorer. He certainly never asked
me TO try to send any message to thu
Roosevelt.
The first news we had Of the Roose
welt was when we received relayet
message from the Cap Cod station re-
latjng that the Roosevelt was Off Poin
Amour. Labrador. on her way TO sgd
ney." Operator Petersen corroboratcl al
that NoerreGaard had said.
LECTURES Tailed EXACTLY.
81 heard DR.. Cook lecture before tn,
ROYAL Geographical society in Copen
hagen and also to the passengers y
this ship. There was no hesitation /,
what he said and no points in which
tho two lectures clashed He told tn
same story In both. emitting tho tech
meal detail. with part Of which he IN
| vored me later.
| One Of the things he spoke OF wa
the discovery OF two small bodies o
land TO the westward OF his northern
march over the north polar sea. II
so,d he had intended to tarry lon,
enough 10 make at least a partial ex
| nIoration Of these on his return journey
but the weather was so misty that h
had 70 give II up believe this iant
was between the eghtieth and eighty
Gfth parallels. Or, Cook said that da,
followed dav with experiences so simila
in every details when he had nearl,
approached the Pole that the hlstor,
Of one day practically gave that Of IN
others This partly accounts for his no
speaking more In detail Of his actua
experience at the Pole itself
"Dr. Cook said he and his two Esoul
maux walked and never ATTEMPTED 4
rido The ice became more and NOR
hubby as they progressed northward
but grew smoother ms they neared tn
Pole At night he said, they made
snow house