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point That both the committee and
the consistory were disappointed was
soon known.
The consstory met and adopted
written report to the effect that the
alleged records submitted for examin.
alton by DR.. Cook failed to prove his
claim that he had reached the North
Pole.
The report of the committee, of
which Prof. Stromgren was chairman,
declares that Cooks papers, as pre-
sented to the consistory, are without
any value; that his report to the uni
versty is practically the same as that
published in the New York Herald up
on his return from his Arctic expe-
dition. The copies of his notebooks
submitted, the committee says, con-
tain no original calculations of OBJ
servations but only results thereof.
Accordingly the committee concludes
that he affords no proc. of having
reached the pole.
Verdict Not a Surprise.
New York, Dec 22-News that the
University of Copenhagen has de.
clined to accept DR.. Cooks claim that
he had reached the North pole came
as no surprise to scientific circles
here and to many of his friends who
had been prepared for the result by
the early indications that Dr. Cooks
claims would not be favorably passed
upon.
DR.. Cook now is in Christiansand,
Norway, according to his brother, Will
liam l.. Cook, who said that the doctor
had greatly recovered from the nerv-
GUS breakdown from which DR.. Cook
was suffering when leaving here.
Mr.. Cook declared that the explorer
was ready to go to Copenhagen to
give the university further informa
ton concerning his claims.
DR.. Cook mysteriously left the Ho
tel Grammatan in the Bronx Nov. "a
where he had gone to prepare his rec
ords supporting his claim that he had
reached the North pole. 1t now ap
pears that he sailed Nov. 81 on the
steamship Caronia for Naples, where
he remained for several days. Thi.
information was contained in letter
the explorer sent to his brother, wht
said:
DR.. Cook has authorized me to
announce that he is in Europe try
ing to gain much needed rest,
and that Is all that | can say. At
the proper time my brother will
make a statement for publication
and until he sees fit to do so there
will be nothing for his friends to
do but to respect his wishes and
allow him TO remain in seclusion
"FooIed Us ALI" Bradley Says.
"He has fooled us all from the kin,
Of Denmark down." was the exclama
ton of John r. Bradley. Dr. Cook
hacker in his Arctic trip, when ar
prsed of the news from Copenhagen
And he fooled me with the rest,
Mr.. Bradley added.
CAS- a matter of fact" continue,
the sportsman, Il long ago lost al
interest in DR.. Cook, the North Pol
and everything connected with il
Polar bears and the wild life of tn
Arctic in general is the only thin
that has ever interested me much il
that connection anyway.
AS IOf Ut. COOK, 1 maven seen o
heard from him since he left the Wal
dorf-Astoria to go to BronXyille, tt
prepare his records for submission
to the University of Copenhagen
was not in communication with hin
while he was at the Grammatan anC
as matter of fact hardly had ar
hours solid conversation with him al
the while he was here after his return
from the Arctic.
Il discounted this decision from the
University of Copenhagen some time
'go," continued Mr.. Bradley. In
common with the rest of the world ]
was delighted with the first news
from ne. Cook. that he had discovered