The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-08
FIERCE FIGHT FOR
HOhORS BETWEEN
ARCTIC EXPLORERS
Controversy Taken Up by
Friends of Cook and Peary
And Bids Fair to Rival the
Sampson-SchIey Quarrel.
ROOSEVELT TO REACH
CHATEAU THIS EVENING
Adverse Weather Delays the
Return of Peary's Party
Foreign Criticism of Cook
Is>GroWing.
(American News Service)

(American News Service)
New York, Sept. 8.-Rivalling in it's
bitterness the controversy which was
waged between the friends of Admir-
al Sampson and Admiral Schley over
the battle of Santiago in the Spanish
American war, the dispute between
the supporters of Commander Robert
T. Peary and DR.. Frederick A. Cook
was in full swing today. New allies
were aligned on both sides and the
dispute grew in its volume as well
as its international importance.
With DR.. Cook in Copenhagen, pro-
claimed by the Danish people as the
discoverer of the North Pole, feted by
royalty, decorated with medals and
acclaimed as the first to reach the
coveted goal Of the north, Commander
Peary is enroute back to New York
with reports Of his supremacy.
In America and throughout Europe
scientists have taken sides and in this
controversy 1t has passed the stage of
the retort courteous.
Savage Attack on Cook.
Commander Peary is said to make
a savage attack on DR.. Cook in let
ters which are in the possession of
his friends here. He charges that
Cook took advantage of his prepara-
tions, appropriating dogs which had
been trained and taking two Eskimos
whom Peary had been teaching.
These letters do not indicate Peary's
disbelief In Cooks claims. They
strengthen the belief that Cook actu-
ally did discover the pole but at the
expense of the commander.
A Rap At Peary.
Captain b. s. Osborn, secretary Of
the Arctic club Of America and cham
pion of DR.. Cook said:
with all due respect to Command
er Peary he has no patent on the
Eskimos and he didn't invent the Arc
tic ocean SO far as know. Suppose
Christopher Columbus had asked for
a patent for crossing the Atlantic for
himself and all his family until he had
discovered all he wanted and was
quite through with that same body
of water, do you think that the sci
ence of geography would have ad-
vanced to any considerable extent?"
The Peary letters will be published
later and will arouse to even greater
fury the storm which now RACES.
One document said to be in the
hands Of Mrs. Peary is said to give
figures showing that DR.. Cook could
not substantiate some of the claims
he had made.
Charges Of 6ridgman.
Herbert L. Bridgman, secretary of
the Peary Arctic club. made the same
charges.
May be this is not the time nor
place to intrude etiquette nor ethics.
vet those who have followed Arctic
matters don't forget that Peary made
all this possible said he today.
The people should reserve their
Judgment until the facts are known.
Eskimo had been trained by Peary
land explored and only an unlucky de-
lay OF contractors. for which he was
IN no way responsible, kept him at
home in the summer of 1907.
Everybody knew the facts: that his
work was unfinished, postponed. ani
the fitting out Of the Bradley, Cooks
ship by stealth, equipped for inland
and sea ice marches. while of course
within the prescriptive rights of her
owners invites remark among men
who respect honor and fair play.
Peary's Plans Were Open.
"Peary's plans were all as open as
the day. and all his countrymen knew
that fifteen years of dauntless and un.
daunted work. in which he had ac-
complished many times more than all
who had preceded him. were to be
crowned by one final attempt
That his men, methods and reason
Ing should all be appropriated and the
long-struggle finished before he had
had his fair and final opportunity is
a transaction upon which the Ameri-
can people will render their Judgment
when they know all the facts. And
IN the meantime the past Is closed
fAmerican News Service)
London. Sept. Sled by the press,
doubt and criticism OF DR.. Frederick A.
Cooks claims are spreading. The
Daily Chronicles correspondent at Co
penhagen telegraphs Cook is deceiv-
ing the whole world" He declares
that Cook has not produced one partj-
Gle Of proof and statements upon which
the story depends are repudiated by
men OF science. The royal Geograph.
ical society congratulates Peary and
invites him to lecture before members
OF tho oldest and most representative
body Of the kind In the world
(American News Service)
st. Johns, N. +. Sept 8--The Roose-
1elt with Peary and party aboard -