The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15

of which other uses could be made.
1 intend to wait until Doctor Cook
has issued his full authorized state
have been only newspaper accounts
of Decter Cooks alleged polar trip,
and these may not be accurate. When
Doctor Cook has time to issue COM
plete authorized version of his jour-
ney will be the proper opportunity for
me to make public the information
which / have. After that the jury
in other words, the people and the
scientific bodies of the world-wan
pass judgment upon the matter and
there will then be nothing left OF Doc
tor Cooks capital but his own asser-
tions that he has reached the north
pole In the meanwhile it is nay de-
termination not to deal with DEBATES
for the reasons already stated.
LAND QUITE POsSIBLE
Commander Peary was then asked II
new land could have been discovered
in latitude "a longitude Sc. In reply
he shrugged his shoulders and said II
was quite possible that an unknown
continent existed farther west he
referred to the land discovered by him
self on previous trips that had not
yet been explored
Commander Peary is done with
active exploring. He will continue to
take an interest in Arctic and Ant
arctic exploration, but from his nome
and he declared that he would WITH
draw from field work.
Commander Peary spoke feeiingiy OF
the death of Professor Marvin of Cor
nell university, who, at the mead OF
one of the supporting parties, broke
through a lead of thin ice on the re-
turn trip. A cross, bearing his name
his college and the date or his death,
was erected at Cape Sheridan just
above the Roosevelts winter pesitioh
and is visible for miles
TWO ESKIMO CHILDREN BORN
The health of the party in general
was good, according to Dr. John Gooo-
sell. surgeon of the expedition. Two
Eskimo children were born and are
still living. There was an absence Of
scurvy, due chiefly to the experience OF
the commander in selecting food and
supplies necessary for the health and
care of the party There was an album
dance of fresh meat. Bartlett, Marvin.
Mcmillan and Borup suffered from frost
bitten feet more severely than the
others.
A disabled Eskimo was hauled on the
sledges to the ship at Cape Sheridan.
slipped and strained the tendons OF his
foot, and on his arrival at the Roose-
welt found an Eskimo child with a
fractured shoulder. There We're some
cases of snow blindness also. Com
mander Peary was i'll for one day about
six weeks previous to February 15-
In regard to his steamer Commander
Peary said:
THE Roosevelt is in first class con-
dition and is practically uninJured.
The hull, aengines and machinery are as
good as when she left New York In
July, 1908
The crew was busy scrubbing up the
decks and trying to remove the accu-
mutations caused by the killing of so
walrus for food for the Eskimos for
next winter The walrus were cut up
on board ship and the vessel looked
like slaughter house.
The Roosevelt will proceed to New
York just as it is now, crew, dogs
and all complete 1T will leave here
on Thursday or Friday for Sydney with
Commander Peary aboard. There the
steamer will fill her bunkers with coal
for a straight run to New York.
STAYS WITH HIS SHIP
Commander Peary was offered pas
sage for Sydney on the Associated
Press tug Douglas Thomas. but he de-
clined with the explanation that the
Roosevelt was absolutely seaworthy