Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-23
SCHLEY IS LOYAL TO COOK
Admiral Reiterates Belief Brooklyn
Physician Reached North Pole.
ASKS PEARY TO SUBMIT DATA
Says other Authority Thar American
Society should Pass on It
Arctic Club Discusses
DR.. Cook.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Reaffirming
his confidence in Or. Cook. Rear Admiral
w. S. Schley. retired, today called pub
licly upon Commander Peary to submit
his proofs that he reached the North pole
to some scientific body other than the
National Geographic society. This, the
admiral declares. should be lone at once
in the interests Of justice and to establish
beyond question the claims Of Peary.
Admiral schley believes that the same
body which threw out Cooks testimony
should be permitted to pass on the data
submitted by Peary to the Geographic
society.
"The Danes are the best posted body OF
men in the world on Arctic matters" he
said.
THE consist0ry Of the University Of
Copenhagen should be given the oppor-
tunity to examine the Peary proofs, for In
that way they would be submitted to the
same test that was applied to those OF
Cook. The consistory which was re-
garded by the civilized world as more than
friendly to DR.. Cook showed by it's action
in turning down the explorer that 1t holds
the scales Of justice, as it sees them,
evenly and honestly"
Peary should Insist.
Moreover, Admiral Schley believes that
the submission Of the proofs to Copenhagen
should be insisted upon by Peary, despite
whatever the National Geographic So
clety's attitude may be. It is suggested
to the officer that the society some time
ago officially declared its intention to let
scientific bodies or reputable standing ex-
anime and test the Peary proofs when they
had been passed upon by the society.
D..N A. - - ..
he retorted quickly. 80 far there has been
shown no disposition to carry out its
avowed intentions, has there2'
Admiral Schley declined to say on what
grounds he took exception to the finding
Of the scientists Of the University of CO.
penhagen that Cook had not been at the
North pole. He merely reaffirmed his be-
lief in the explorer, adding that he be-
lieved also that Peary, too, had gained the
top of the earth.
Schley's Arctic Experience.
The Importance of the admiral's demand
is increased by the fact that he has had
wide experience in the far north. In 1884
he was in command of the Thetis expedi-
ticn, which resulted in the rescue of Lieu
tenant Greeley and the men who had been
cast away at Cape Sabin, and whom the
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lost. For his rescue Schley, then a cap
tain in the service. was awarded a gold
watch and a vote of thanks by the Mary
land legislature and a medal of honor by
the Massachusetts, Human society.
Shortly after his return from the Thetis
expedition Captain Schley published a
book, "The Rescue of Greeley which re-
counts his struggles in the frozen region.
Members of the National Geographic
society declined to dlGcuss the suggestion
of the retired nave officer. The society
is still smarting under the somewhat curt
reply made by the University Of Copen-
hagen to its request. that a COMMITTEES
representing the society be permitted to be
present when DR.. Cooks data was ex-
amined. While recognizing the complete
right Of the Danish scientists to decline
such a request, yet American savants feel
that the Danes were needlessly brusque in
their de~clination.
Cook May Be Expelled,