Evening journal., 1909-09-08
COOK-PEARY
FIGHT IS ON
contInued from FIrsl raEe.

Eskimos. His astronomical observations.
necessary 20 hN the rosi1on OF the pole,
could not have been confirmed by these
ignorant Eskimos, the Peary faction |
claims.
Then the Cook adherents declared /
Knud Rasmussen. himself half Eskimo
the foremost Arctic explorer and sclen-
list OF Denmark, had seen the two Es-
kimos and they had vouched for Dr. .
Cooks claim that he had made the dash /
for the pole
Now the United Press has received !
from its Copenhagen stan correspondent
statement that Rasmussen himself did
not see those Esklmos. but that he saw
other people who had seen the Eski-
mos. and that their confirmation or
Cooks story therefore came 10 him Sec
ond-handed.
Cook followers point 70 Cooks state
mont that he left these documents In
Labrador with Harry whitney. the New
Haven hunter. who went north with the
Peary party and remained around Etah
10 hunt. and that Whitney win bring
the records back 20 America in oc-
tohcf.
peary men come back with tho state
ment that no explorer would trust such
precious documents. which he would
need to suhstantiate his claim. In other
hands.
The Cook followers declare tho fact
that Dr. Cook has no white companions
with him on the trip was caused by the
illness OF Rudolph rrancke his compan-
son. and 20 Cooks unwiliingness 70 have
Francke risk his life IN the final dash for
the pole. Francke. himself. IN an inter
view in New York declared this was
true.
The enmlty hatween Cook and Peary
has been Of wears standing and to the
intimates OF each TIE controversy they
have started did not come as a surprise
Dr. Cook went with one Peary expedi-
tiou 10 the polar regions as surgeon.
Upon the return OF the party 10 the
United States, it is said Dr, Cook made
charges that the members Of the Peary
party had not treated the Eskimos prop
erly
when Dr. Cook started north in 1907.
fhe Peary faction was loud in its pro-
testations that he was "unsportsman-
like" and was stealing march on
Peary. They claimed that Peary was
delayed by the contractors failure 10
turn the Roosevelt over TO him in
time, and that Cook planned by going
first 20 Greenland. 20 make use Of
natives and dogs that had been gath
cred fer the Peary expedition. DR..
Cook himself would make no reply to
this assertion at the time, but his
hackers denied the story vehemently
In Copenhagen, DR.. Cooks single re-
ply to the charges is the word mo
Peary's statement that Cook should
not be taken seriously has had little
weight with the Danish scientists
Those who have talked with Or. Cook
declare that they are impressed by nj:
claims and believe his story without
reservation.
The attitude OF the National Geo.
graphical Society OF Washington
which, because OF subscriptions to ths
Peary expedition is pro-Peary a
heart. can be taken as symbolical o
the feeling nnanifested by scientih,
men everywhere;
"Dr. Cook is not so well known. The
unfortunate incident OF the ascent oi
At. Mckinley has created some doubt
The scientist merely ask that DR.
Cook substantiate his claims. We
recognize that DR.. Cook wished e
protect his technical knowledge for his
book We do not want TO take from
him the honor Of first finding the Pole
Il he found H.