The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-09-21
Hope / Shall Be Left
in Peace With Mu
Family
IS NOTHING NEW
After Reading the Papers Explorer
Says There Is Still Nothing to Talk
AbOut.-Desires to Avoid Repetition
of Ovation Given Him by Enthusias.
tic Danes at Copenhagen.
I EW YORK, Sept 2O.-"It's good to
be an American; its seems that
| have been gone 10 years"

nave Deen gone lU years"
Gazing toward the lights Of New
York after an absence since July,
1907, these were the first sentiments
expressed tonight by Dr. Frederic A.
Cook of Brooklyn, as he paced the
decks of the steamship Oskar H.,
awaiting daylight for his return to his
native land.
DR.. Cook was nearly at home to-
night for the Oskar II. anchored off
Fire island. The ship marked time,
as it were, SO there might be no
hitch in the home coming of the ex-
plorer
Though 60 miles from the city prop
er, the Oskar II. was in easy wireless
communication with New York dur
ing the day and night DR.. Cook was
on deck almost constantly and as sun
set approached he watched the brill
liant panorama and conversed with
newspaper men with brief hail in
reply to their greetings through a
megaphone. il.
Il feel anxious to get ashore" he
said, 'Abut / dread the ordeal of land
ing tomorrow. would much prefer
landing quietly without repetition
Of the scenes at Copenhagen. / hope
that 1 shall be left in peace with my
family tomorrow night at least"
Some New York papers were
brought on board this evening, con-
tanning long reports concerning Com
mander Peary's achievement. DR.. Cook
read them carefully, then said:
There is nothing new here and I
shall wait until something more def
mite is published before saying any
thing further on the matter"
Aside from this short reference to
Peary, DR.. Cooks expressions today
and tonight chiefly concerned the
JOY of his arrival at home DR.. Cook
left the deck only few minutes dur
ing the entire day and with continued
good nature posed repeatedly for
photographs at the urgent request of
his fellow passengers.
The first tugs bearing the advance
guard of newspaper men from New
York reached the Oskar III. tonight
but no one was allowed aboard the
vessel except AIfthony Fiala, the New
York Arctic explorer, who is a friend
of DR.. Cook. He swung himself up
from the tug, held brief conversa-
tion and departed.
| The passengers, including DR.. Cook,
| watched with amusement the vain at
tempts of the reporters to get aboard
and Dr. Cook shouted, "Glad to see
you, boys"
1t was evident that DR.. Cook wished
to avoid too demonstrative a recep-
ton tomorrow and his attitude may
| curtail some of the arrangements in
Brooklyn which have been tentatively
made, pending some announcement
from him. The Oskar III. will reach
quarantine about half past eight.
There Mrs. Cook, accompanied by the
two children, DR.. Cooks brother, Will
liam, DR.. Roswell o. Stebbins and J.
Knowles Hare of the arrangement
committee of the Arctic Club of Amer
lea, will be waiting on the tug.
DR.. Cook will join his wife on the
tug and will be transferred from there
to the steamboat Grand Republic,
which will carry party of friends.
Bird S. Coler, president of the bor-
ough of Brooklyn, will officially well
come him there. The greatest recep-
ton, however, will be held in DR..
Cooks home section of Brooklyn, at
the Bushwick club at noon.
| DR.. Cook will be the guest of honor
at a banquet by the Arctic Club OF
America, to be held at the Waldorf
Astoria on Thursday night.
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