Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-05

Copenhagen, Sept. 4.-Dr. Frederick
Cook stepped from the steamer Hans
Egede in Copenhagen harbor on the
arm Of the crowd prince of Denmark
this morning. unshorn and looking like
sailor before the mast. He sat at
dinner this evening in the city hall.
the guest of a brilliant company of
the capitals most distinguished men
and women, arrayed in evening dress
provided by the kings tailor. The
hours between these events were the
busiest of his life Polar explorations
never afforded anything half so
crowded with variety and excitement.
They were hours of speech making.
hand shaking, bowling to clamoring
crowds, and. after addressing the peo-
pie, who almost tore him to pieces in
their eagerness. he was the recipient
Of formal welcomes at the hotel where
he is the governments guest. There
he passed through the hands of tailors,
outftters and BARRIERS. Later he
lunched with DIR. Egan. the American
minister. being piled necessarily for
an hour with questions. He went
through hundreds of kilograms. includ-
ing congratulations from the geo.
graphical societies of several nations.
explorers and from friends, offers of
exploitation ranging from books TO
music entertainments, then hurried to
the palace and gave the king and
other members of the royal family a
long account of his adventures. Re-
turning to his hotel he received bat
talon Of correspondents. who subjected
him for an hour to merciless cross
examination. demanding explanations
Of all criticisms that have been made
against his claims. These questions
Cook answered frankly and fully.
Whatever may be thought of DR.. Cook
elsewhere. he has impressed all here
as a modest, straightforward, able
man. Danish explorers We're the first
to endorse Cooks claims to the dis
covery of the pole and his methods of
getting to the goal. Their opinions
are based primarily on personal knowl
edge of Cooks character and former
achievements. Only after consulting
them confidentially and receiving the
fullest pronouncement Of their belief
in the genuineness of his feat, did the
Danish government by today's recep-
tion give its official seal to Cooks
good faith.
The banquet this evening was held
at the magnificent municipal buildings.
Four hundred persons. many of them
Americans. attended, while thousands
congregated in the streets in a drench- |
ing rainstorm To catch sight OF the
explorer when he entered. There was
n preliminary reception in the lofty and
spacious entrance hall. The company
marched up stairs to the air of the
Star Spangled Banner After all had
been seated, the minister of commerce, |
Johan Hansen. escorted Cook to the |
chair of honor amid a demonstration |
which caused him 10 color deeply. |
Minister Egan sat at DR.. Cooks right |
with the mayor of Copenhagen and /
Miss Egan beyond. The menu was an
example of enterprise with a litho- |
graph of the crown price greeting DR..
Cook and a man of the Arctic circle, |
giving Cooks route. a facsimile OF his |
with the date. which was
a reproduction of a souvenir he gave
Miss Egan. The speeches teemed with |
to DIR. Cook. The mayor
rolled among the great explorers The |
president in proposing a |
toast to the president of the United |
States, spoke of the pride that must |
be felt by n nation that could boast !
that II was her son who first placed |
the flag where no human being had |
set foot.
The minister Of commerce in pro- /
posing the health of DIR. Cook paid a
warm tribute to his noble deed. He
said the privatiOns of the explorer
were appreciated most by the men of
Denmark whose names are written
with honor on the ice rocks of Den
marks northern colony. When the
nation was first thrilled by the news
Of the exploit. he said he must confess
there was some skepticism, but after
il was confirmed he hoped Cook would
try for the south pole with the same
success.
When the minister raised his glass
10 "our noblest" there were nine
lurrahs. Commodore Hovgaard spoke
from the standpoint of an expert ex
uiorer and commended Cooks meth
DDS.
Cook replied briefly: Il thank you
very much for the warm and elo-
luent words, but I am unable to ex-
press myself properly. 1t was ra-
ther hard day for me. but | never
enjoyed a day better. The Danes have
taken no active part in polar expedi-
tons. but they have been of much
as silent partners in almost |
every Arctic expedition in recent |
years. The most important factor in
my expedition was the Eskimo and
log world. and l cannot be too