The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-21
Special from United Press.)


 Copenharen. Dec. 1.-The Nortf Pole discovery claims of Dr. Frederick A. Cook are today fiatly rejected by the University of Copenhagen In 2 report adopted by, the University Con- sfstory based on the findings Of the special investigating committee, It is declared that the data presented by Dr. Cook furnishes absolutely no evil dence to substantiate his claim
 The records and observations, II says. are no more convicning from a scientific standpoint. than was ms newspaper account of his exploration
 Walter k-onsdale. Cooks private sec retary. at present in Copennagen: IS greatly disa ppolnted at the Conssstory' s report and Is making an effort to have 1t withhold final judgment until all ol the doctors data is placed before it:
 He told the scientists that the miss ing data which had been sent from America by a different route than that which the committee examined. would arrive here in a few days. He ex- plained that this data was sent by a different route for prudential reasons, and 1t Is stated that it was of the ut most importance that it be consider ed The Consistory. however. will pay no attention to this latest appeal, ana Its finding today Is the final chapter so far as it Is concerned
 One of the members of the investi- rating committee said after the fnd- fngs had been approved by the Consis- to.yi took the committee but a few minutes to see that Cooks observa- tions and so-cailed records were worth- lesa. We could have made a report at once but our surprise was so great that it took us several days to recover from it. The so-called note books submitted by the doctor. on which he wrote in great measure for vindica- ffon, has only the results of his obSer- vations rather than the observations without a moments consideration. l cannot understand how a man of Dr. Cooke reputed scientific achievements could have attempted to bolster up his claim with such f1imsy evidence"
 The similarity between the allegation by Guide Bfrrfn that Cook promised him rsmunerative reward for his share In the dt- Mckinley episode. and Cap tain Loose who declared that he had s'faked" the observations of Dr. Cook. and the allegations of both that they had not received the money promised them by the explorer greatly damaged ! the Brooklyn mans case
 The committee really made up It's mind at the meeting last Friday when the various members carefully exam tned the records and decided that they were SO incomplete as to be useless. walter Lonsdale. Cooks secretary, was present at this meeting He produced a letter from Dr. Cook. undated and unaddressed. postmarked Marseilles. Dee. l4. in which was enclosed a let- ter from a former rector. The letter wss sent from New York on Septem- Der IT.. In 1t Dr. Cook said his in- ptruments and the most important part of his astronomical observations had been left at Etah-
 shock in the report of the Consistory. pr. Cook arrived heye from the Arctic and was acclaimed es the discoverer of the North Pole. It is admitted proof of his discovery. but the Danish people. from King Frederick down to the humblest citizen. accepted the dis covery as one of the greatest achieve ments fin the annals of polar explora- ton and accorded him many high hon. ors-
 Many Arctic exploders. who are sup posed to stand in the front rank of scientists. investigated Dr. Cooks story andImmediateiy went on record as having absolute faith in him. No more unpleasant outcome than the re- port. today could have been possible. and could the university. by any pos sible means. have avoided a repud:a- ton of the explorer, 1t would have done SO.
 The public now feels that it has been grossly imposed upon and the most bitter excoriations of Cook are heard
 
 made for the surrender of the honor ary degree of Doctor of Science which the University conferred upon him.
 Despite statements by pr. Cooks brother in America that the explorer fs now In Chrfstiansen. all efforts to find him there today failed The in vestigating committee members say they know where Cook is but will not efve his whereabouts.
 Copenhageu, Dec. 1.-The committee which examined and rejected the Cook records consisted of Professor Ellis Etromgren. president of the commit tee. Commander Gustav Holm. di- rector of the hydrogra phical bureau; Commander Jenson, director of navi- ration: Astronomer Pechyle. of the Copenhagen Observatory; Captain Ryder, director of the Meteorological institute Knud Rasmussen and Pro fessor Engstroem of Lund University, Sweden Each of these men is a world renowned scientist
 Dr. Cooks reference of his data to the University of Copenhagen. which In turn selected the special investIra- ting committed. came as a result of the charges of misrepresentation made against him by Commander Robert E. Peary. whose announcement of his discovery of the North Pole came four days after Cook startled the world with his claim of discovery.
 Cook had previously promised the University of Copenhagen that in re- turn for many honors showered upon him by Denmark, when a guest of that country en route back to the n<1k- tD exAmdne his records and ob-