The Irish standard., 1909-12-11
DOCTORS ASTRONOMICAL JOB
sERVATioNs" FAXED, AVER
TWO MEN.
LATEST STORY IN CONTROVERSY
Reasons for Telling, "Were Not Paid"
They Frankly State-New York
Times Has Verified Move
ments Of the Witnesses.


astronomical and other observations
for submission to the University Of
Copenhagen, which is about to pass
upon Dr. Cooks assertion that he dis
covered the North pole on April 81,
1908.
These men are George II. Dunkle, an
insurance broker of New York, and
Captain August Wedel Loose. sea
captain Of Brooklyn.
For their labors they were to have
received jointly from DR.. Cook, $4,000
with an additional bonus of $500 to
Captain Loose upon the acceptance of
the records by the University Of Cop
enhagen.
They say that DR.. Cook had paid
them only $3.50 when he disappeared
on the eve of the dispatch Of his rec
ords" to Copenhagen, two weeks ago,
and has failed to pay the sum remain
ing due them, which they freely
| acknowledge to be their motive in
coming forward with the story.
The Times has followed the steps
described by these two men and has
verified their goings and comngs, their
purchases of books and charts and the
fact of their intimate relations with
DR. Cook. Whether the observations"
calculated by Captain Loose and sup
piled. as he alleges, to DR.. Cook, were
adopted by the latter and made a part
Of his report to the University of
Copenhagen, it is OF course impossible
to say.
Laughs at Cooks ignorance.
Captain Loose frankly expresses his
scorn of DR.. Cooks claims, laughs at
his ignorance Of the simplest essen
tials for accurate observations in the
| arctic regions and describes at length
how, working backward from the pole.
| ne calculated observations that would
| at in with Cooks narrative, and coach
| cd him on the necessary notifications
of the latter-as, for example, that, he
must be sure to record that he rose be-
fore 4:15 on a certain morning, be-
cause it was at that hour that n GER
tain star, mentioned in one of Loose's
| calculations, would be visible.
| Mr.. Dunkle describes the inception
of the enterprise, how from the news
papers they gathered that DR.. Cook
was in deep water, and inferred that
he would be glad to pay for help. how
Dunklc got John r. Bradley, Cooks
hacker, to introduce him, how the
scheme was led up to delicately, and
the bargain finally struck and carried
out, and how at last DR.. Cook disap-
peared after accepting this work and
paying only $3.50 for it.
| Both Captain Loose and Mr.. Dunkle
tell of a visit to the shop of John Bliss
e. Co.. at 1913 Front street a few days
after the captains first talk with the
explorer a. the Waldorf-AstOria, and
of purchasing for Dr.. Cook various
nautical and astronomical works be.
sides three charts OF Smiths Sound
and the polar regions.
Captain Loose, In his statement
says he stayed at the Gramatan hotel
from Nov. IS TO Nov. l9 working out
observations for DR.. Cook. and that he
and the doctor had frequent confer
enccs.
| Named on Register.
Mr.. Dunkle went with him on Nov
16, leaving the next day, and he and
Captain Loose having connecting
rooms, Mr.. Dunklc registered fol
them The hotel register shows these
arrivals on Nov. 16 Of George Fl. Dun
kle and Andrew Fl. Lewis" the ficti
tious name agreed upon for Captain
Loose.
Captain Loose says he remained Sc
cluded In his room during his stay a
the hotel SO as to- run no chance O
having the doctor found out. All thu
time he worked hard on the polar cal
culations. giving them to DR.. Cook al
they were completed.
On the last day Of his stay al thu
hotel Captain Loose says he gave DR.
Cook the final set of observations h
had made for him. and the docto
| thanked him profusely. declaring tina
he now felt confident that his record
would be accepted at Copenhagen.
Captain Loose was born at Bergen
Norway, on March II, 1869, and in hi
i. younger days worked as an assistan
to his father who has long been cor
nected with the coast survey Of MOI
/ way. Captain Loose studied at tn
Navigation college of Bergen and wa
graduated in 1891, with highest hor
ors.
! Lewis Nixon, the ship builder, voucf
| es for Captain Loose's competence a
q navigator.
!, Dr.. Cooks Data Delivered.
Copenhagen. Dec. 9.-The Mort
Polar observations of DR.. Frederic
;. A. Cook have reached here on boar
, the steamer United States. Extr'
). ordinary precautions were taken
Il make sure that the long-heralded r
1 port was delivered safely to the un
;. yersity authorities.
!. AS soon as the United States We
tied up at her pier, an iron box CO
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