The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-10-14
PEARY IS WILLING
WILL SUBMIT POLAR RECORDS TO
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY.
COOK IS NOT HEARD FROM
eoelety's Invitation Not Formally An
swered by Doctor-eoth Explorers
Were Asked to Submit Their Rec
ords for Consideration.

Washington, Oct. 7.-Commander
Peary has formally notified the Ma
tional Geographic society of his ac-
ceptance of it's offer to examine and
pass upon the records of his polar ex-
plorations. Notice to this effect came
to Prof. Willis L. Moore, president of
the society, in a telegram from Com.
mander Peary in New York, reading as
follows:
Copy of society's resolution just re.
ceived. | am not only willing, but de.
sire to submit by records and data to
a commission of American scientists
that is impartially selected
October the board of managers of
National Geographic society sent to
both Commander Peary and DR.. Cook
a resolution, the last paragraph of
which was as follows:
The National Geographic society
urges Commander Peary and DR.. Cook
speedily to submit all their observa.
tions, notes and data to a competent
scientific commission in the United
States"
Cook Not Heard From.
So far the society has heard nothing
from DR.. Cook in answer to this invi.
tation save through the public prints.
1t Is presumed in view OF the fact
that the American Geographical soci
ETY. and the Museum of American His.
tory in New York also invited both
Of the polRr explorers to submit their
records for the consideration of the
commission that Commander Peary
has made to them a response similar
to that received by the National Geo.
graphic society.
ST. Louis, Oct 9.-Dr. Frederick A. |
Cook, arctic explorer, headed the most |
impressive of the centennial week
pageants when he rode at the head of
the military, historical and education.
nj parade The greeting given the ex.
plorer was declared to have been the
most enthusiastic since Copenhagen.
r y. th,,...sr9nds OF Spectators who lined
the route seeming to realize that Cook
was there as a scieStist and not as
lecturer.
DR.. Cook rode in the Adolphus
Busch landau, drawn by four horses
and surrounded by mounted police,
who kept the crowds from capturing
the explorer
Another popular feature of the pa
rade was the appearance of the Off
GERS and men of the United States tor
pedo lotilla. The "jackies' were re-
ceived with deafening cheers all along
the line of march
Cook in Crush at st. Louis.
The appearance of DR.. and Mrs
Cook in the midway of the
Union station here Thursday evening
turned a crowd of 10000 orderly Cen.
tennial week visitors into mob, each
member Of which tried to pat the ex.
plorer on the back. The result was
crush in which the explorer, his wife
and the reception committee narrow
iy escaped personal injury
The cheering for and welcome to
DR., Cook began 10 miles from the
city. He stood on the rear platform
OF the train and bowed his acknowl-
edgments.
Sticks to His Charges. :
In an interview on the train DR..
Cook said that he had found no rea-
son to withdraw the charge that
Peary had sold his (Dr. Cooks sup
plies, which he made in a letter to
Capt Bernier of the Canadian gov
ernment steamer Arctic, published
II stand by that letter in its essen
tial charge" said DR.. Cook, but if |
had it to write in my present frame
of mind would not word it as 1t was
worded"
Peary's Men Loved Him.
Freeport, Me-, Oct 8-"Commander
Peary loved his men and time and
time again went out of his way to help
them over rough places, doing any
thing he could TO make their lot cas-
Ter, and the members of his party
fairly worshipped him."
This was the answer Prof. Donald
B. Mcmillan, a scientist with the
Peary polar party, who arrived at
his home here, to query about init
nations attributed to DR.. F. A. Cook,
that Commander Peary was cold and
towards his assistants.