Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-04
11DBTNG THOMAS
WANTS TO POLE
v,,rys Supporters Are Most
Osrsistnt, Some Making Con-
temotible lnsinuations.
u,apINe ABOUT ESoUIMoS.
u,., belonged 20 the Command
c and COOK Had no Permission
tn ecck Their Assistance.

,... york. sept with the arrival
rn Frederick A Cook Of Brooklyn
7 r,e.nhtgeu. interest centers in this
,,r, AS we'll as iu Europe. on the
- he win submit that he had dis
r.5 the north pole. opinion is
'.,ogly divided. His friends and sup
$50. declare that his detractors are
..bdcsd. and IL ls "a notable tact that
,s,nar of persons who have been
t.-sst,d .u the exploration OF his
,i Commander pcary are the most
l-'.t.nt boz doubling Dr. Cook S
ms one of pcarys friends, VINO ls
Nitts monument iu polar exploration az
~. and who is considered perfectly
W.tIs oven asserts that the instrG-
80 Dr Cook had with him were
t,,-,Ued nom Commander Pcary f7f
,nsr ru4ro.e This man. who has
80 an6na the leaders OF those who
80 insisted that Dr Cook must sub
-,t ir.ortrotoItihlc proof, declares that
me- Brooklyn physician borrowed the
setr,nom.ell Instruments FOR the pur-
,,,e of maNug observations while on
8ahng and hunting "Trip along the
Labrador coast
Members off the Peary club also de-
1,te that the Eskimos used by Dr..
C,os belong % Commander Pcary, and
tbst De had 200 permission To- seek their
assistance
COOKS FRIENDS LEGION.
pst tba friends of Dr. Cook are le-
t'0, snd their confidence In him. sup
toted by his additional statements be-
tor reaching Copenhagen. mat he has
r5guya Data to prove his claim. out
weighs the sklpucism which has 1p-
Llai.uc scientists agree that the acc
ua discovery of tine northern pole of
he arhs axis is of itself scientifically
un.mrU1aut but thcv believe that the
tourney 10 the pole and the return has
opened o ,aet field for further ana
more serious exploration and research
CYRUS T. Adams. editor Of the Geo
graphical SocIety's Bulletin says.
People Wiu stop spending money
now lor mad PUSHES 20 the pole
which necessarily force them to pass
b. many things interesting for OBJ
snauon. just as Dr. Cook states he
dd--that he saw land. but could not
divert his attention TO find out any
thing about &c. Now there viii be OK
petitions of real research A great
deal should be- learned about the
Winds currents and the tides An inn
nense amount of work can be done.
work of real value. for any phenomena
there found and 10 understood will
throw light on our own conditions "
VOUCHERS SUBMITTED.
John r Bradley. who financed Dr.
Cooks expedition has submitted
vouchers and cancelled checks which
Indicate that the planting OF the
American flag on the north pole cost
nearly $4,000 AT first it was re-
ported that the expedition had cost
only $4,000 and air Bradley showed
cancelled check which indicted thar
1T Cook himself had spent $1,000
oi ihe total fund for individual sup
pies he required aud that he had
eiVp1 ~ cash with him for Incidental
Al-nses when he started ON the dash
TOY the pole from Greenland
40 definite arrangements have been
mace ior the reception Of Or. Cook
h America. but GO is quite certain To
ue notable one Efforts are under
way 20 nave him .n time for the Hlld-