The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

xz8 IN t0AAtQSnt ANtht tAC FtNatSt NtAA be substanttation of his claims.
 Questioned on the skepticism re- gariing his story arising from the Lact that he was the only white man to take bearings and observations, as well as the only white man in the party. he answered that with other well authenticated expeditions one 1 scientific man of the party took all the observations pr. Cook left at the pole. in a metal cylinder. small American flag and the records of his voyage. He did not have a stan on
 which to erect the flag. nor could the
 stability of a small stan have been | assured.
 At Minister Egan's lunch, Dr. Cook
 looked hardy and healthy. like an
 athlete in splendid training. He dis
 cussed his trip readily and answered
 all the questions put to him. Among his interrogators were the Russian minister. who was an eager seeker for information.
 pr. Cook Is particularly desirous that the public refrain from accept ing all alleged interviews by the va rious newspapers here as authentic and while IL would not be fair to him to attempt to quote the recollections terview he has no objection to q re-
 cital of some of the main points he mentioned.
 pr. Cook is of the opinion that the | United States may fairly claim, for whatever 1t may be worth, jurisdic-
 ton by right of discovery, over the farthest north region of the world l He said that he regretted to hear | that some newspapers had incorrect
 ly quoted him as claiming to have dis- covered thirty thousand square miles
 of new land. What he had done was I to settle the nature of region of | about that extent. He was only abe | to see for an average of about fifteen
 miles on each side Of his route. | The most northerly land, he saw was between S4 and S6 degrees There were two bodies of land at this point
 east of his route. One was about 1000
 feet high. He could not say whether | they were islands or not, as he was
 not equipped to make a detour to ex- | pIore them.
 Must Live Like Eskimos. l pr. Cook said he was strongly of | the opinion that no white man could
 reach the pole unless he was able to wear the same clothes, eat the same | food and live in all ways just as do | the Eskimos. He said he owed his | success largely to choice of a route where game was more plentiful than on the routes formerly attempted, and
 to the fact that he travelled in win ter.
 | The lowest temperature experience | ed was S3 degrees below zero Fahren- l heit, but the explorer said he did not feel the cold nearly so much then as | in higher temperatures when the wind was blowing.
 For a long time the explorer lived on musk oxen. He wore the fur of | these animals, ate their meat and used
 their fat to burn in lamps pr. Cook said among other things | that Harry Whitney. of New Haven, | had taken with him on a shooting ex- petition the two Eskimos who made | the trip to the North Pole with the | explorer.
 Dr. Cook has already written 100000
 words on his book. He accomplish ed
 much of this work while living for three months in a hut on Jones' Sound. . | His paper became exhausted, but he
 had supply of pencils and wrote
 mostly In microscopic characters be-
 tween the lines of the books contain | ing his diary. It will take much time
 to put this portion of his book in form
 for the printer.
 pr. Cook is surprised and over.
 whelmed at his reception here. He | expected to come into Copenhagen
 quietly, but instead he was almost
 mobbed by the great gathering of I
 scope operators. scientists, publishers
 and agents. Some photographers even | tried to invade the American Lega-
 ton forcibly during the luncheon hour. | All Sorts of Offers.
 Hundreds of telegrans from publish
 CTS. lecture managers and even theatri-
 cal managers are pouring in on the | explorer, Dr. Cook was greatly pleas | ed to find awaiting him Here a mes- sage from his wife
 The explorer has telegraphed an an-
 nouncement of his expedition to Pres ident Taft. He expects to reach New York in about one month. He will stop on his way at Brussels to visit the headqaurters of the organ ization for Polar research and to call on men with whom he had his trip to the Antarctic regions pr. Cook is receiving numberless in- vitations to dine from people of all the an invitation to dine with King Fred erIck at the Charlottenland Palace. Sunday evening. Minister Egan will also be guest of His Majesty on this occasion.
 Following the luncheon at the Iega- ace by King Frederick. He was ae. companied by MT. Egan> King Receives Cook. Copenhagen. Sept. fixing Frederick received Dr. Frederick A. Cook. the American explorer, who reached Go penhagen today from Greenland, in private audience at 3:30 o'clock this af. ternoon. The audience lasted for haf an hour.
 The Queen and her three daughters Princesses Ingeborg. Thyra and Dag mar, were present.
 Dr. Cook was presented to His Ma. jesty by Maurice F. Egan. the Amer ican Minister.
 King Frederick asked Dr. Cook unauffnns drax- ont lAn0