Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
WORLDS SCIENTISTS HOPE TO
LEARN MUCH FROM DR.. COOKS
FINDINGS.
NO REASON TO DOUBT STORY.
American Explorers Own Words Are
Convincing Proof That North Pole
Has Been Reached
CAUSES SENSATION IN PARIS

! PARIS, Sept 1.-The news of the
success of DIR. Cook, when it became full
| iy known i'll Paris. created a verltabie
sensation. The evening papers published
| long accounts Of his expedition, and
while there is tendency to await the
arrival of DR.. Cook AT Copenhagen to
| secure from HIM proof and confirmation
/ details. the press unites in praising the
! hardy explorer and III congratulations to
! America.
| The best known French scientists are
at present away from the city either on
! vacations or leading expeditions. DE-
| CharcOt is trying to reach the south pole,
while the Duke of Orleans is at Spitz-
! bergen, having returned to this island
! after interesting researches i'll Green
! land.
Solves Scientific Problems.
| The news was received with the great
est interest by members of the French
! Geographical society, one of whom said !:
| DIR. Cook apparently has succeeded
where others failed. His success tie
| pended on the condition of the atmoS-
! phere and the position of the glaciers,
! which up to the present time have Jeal-
ously stayed the advance of man. DR..
! Cooks record should determine whether
| or not there is a fattenlng OF the earth
at the pole, and verify the mathematical
| situation of the polar star at the zenith.
| Pierre Levasseur, the French geogra-
! pher, was deligted when informed of Dr.
| Cooks achievement "All honor to DR..
! Cook he exclaimed Il now await 9th
| er details. Do islands exist in the Arctic
ocean beyond the eighty fifth degree, and
| is the pole on one of these islands! L
! hope we will have answers to these ques-
! tons; but in any event there probably
! 10 ,b. tlA
! of the world.
! ''Dr. Cooks achievement is most eX-
! traordinary. 1t seems that he made Il
! journey of over 300 miles on the ice, and
! the temperature he met, S3 degrees be
! low zero, Fahrenheit, is the lowest ever
! recorded. We undoubtedly will be as
tonished when we compare Cooks rec
| ords with the reckonings of others
All Britain Pleased
| LONDON, Sept. DIR. Cooks per
sonal announcement that he reached the
! North pole has done much to dispel the
uncertainty created here by the first dis
patches. but the information is still too
/ vague entirely to convince the hardened
skeptics. The personality of the Ameri-
| can explorer is held i'll such esteem in
! British scientific circles that those best
! qualified to judge are the readiest to
! explain away the seemingly obscure
points in the meager story Of the exploit
! thus far available The general senti-
ment is summed up in The Evening
| Standard, which, after a lengthy review
! of the pros and cons, says:
There is nothing improbable in the
explorers statement. 1t will be a source
of much satisfaction if the North Pole
! has at last been reached. At the same
! time it is permissible to feel profound
sympathy for Commander Peary, the
| Odysseus of Arctic exploration, the man
i
! little satisfied with having reached a
| point nearer the pole than any other
man that lie spoke of his achievement as
| an empty bauble compared to the Splen-
/ did jewel | have been striving for That
| splendid jewel has fallen TO the posses
! sion of rival
No Reason for Doubt
! Mai. Leonard Darwin. president of the
Royal geographical society, said:
There is no reason why the north
pole should not have been reached, and
| it is very fine feat to have accom-
plished. In the absence of detailed in
! formation | am not i'll position to eX-
press critical opinion, but if. re-
| ported, DIR. Cook reached the pole on an
! ice foe. / must confess to surprise. That
! however, does not make my cOngratula-
| tons any the less warm"
! Capt. Robert Il. Scott, commander of
! the British Antarctic expedition of 1904.
explaining the extraordinary rapidly of
! DR.. Cooks dash. said:
! III may be that the new area discov-
cred by DIR. Cook is a sheltered sea, over
! which he travelled The heavy pressures
of the POLAR sea- may have left this sea
| comparatively smooth, enabling him to
make his rapid progress The principal
! geographical interest in DR.. Cooks jour
! ney would appear to lie in the details
! of this hitherto unknown land. and the
! absence of ice pressure in the Polar
/ sen