The Washington times., 1909-12-21
PEARY'S OPPONENT
IS NOW DISGRACED
Copenhagen Board Stunned
by Lack of Convinc-
ing Proof.
CONTINUED from First Paee)

without waiting TO be asked a second
Z time for them, was intimatcd By Prof
j. Howard Core, chairman Of tbe
. investigating committee of the National
Geographic Society.
Admiral PnlsJury is out of the
city. said Prof Gore. which
leaves only one other member OF the
committee, Mr. Hayes Nothing def
nue. probably viii be done before the
Hrst OF the year. al which time Admiral
HlSbury b. expected 10 return
al say what We Will do I'm regard TO
making trip TO Copenhagen. we
nave the authority To go ir we think
AZ Is necessary. However. it is possi-
ois mat the papers may be sent here.
when would make the trim unneces-
sdIy. 1t Is too early to say what We
VIII DO. except that we are determined
10 get all the data we can. and make
our report exhaustive"
Neither Prof Moore nor ;-.e
hartman OF teh investigating commit
zee would express individual views as
10 the Copenhagen report.
Will Take Up Whole Fight.
II was apparent from the statements
OF both, however, that, i'm the light of
lis report failing to indorse Cooks
North Pole claims. the National Geo
graphic Society intends to go into every
feature OF the controversy so exhaust
lively that no doubt can be left in the
minds of thinking men that Cook is an
chairman of the investigating commit
dicated I'm the report.
What Is regarded as the most inn
portant announcement that has been
made since the commencement of the
Oock-P earN controversy came today
when Prof. Moore Said the Geographic
society report would go into the Mt
Mckinley incident. and events prior
thereto
The Couer hagen report has touched
only upon the one phase OF the ques-
ton Of whether Cook reached the pole"
said Prof. Moore. our report will deal
with the entire controversy, from be-
ginning 10 end We win commence with
events which trauspirod long before the
Mt. Mckinley climb We will follow up
their sequence. I'm short, we viii try 10
make II one Of the most valuable his
world"
Reports To Be Conclusive
That any one who reads the Geo
graphic Societys report viii he able 90
draw the line OF demarkauon between
facts and mere claims; chat ne will have |
the entire controversy set forth so fully
that he will be able TO discern the mo-
tives which entered into 81, that he VII |
be satisfied, when he has finished /: |
that one explorer has been proven alb 1
solutely 20 be an imposter, while the I
claims Of the other have been vindicat- I
cd. is the almost certain nope which /
members of the Geographic Society, in /
Guiding Prof Moore, entertain for the !
success Of the report.
In speaking OF Commander Peary /
attitude at the beginning of the COntrO- /
versy. which came i'm FOR great deal Of I
criticism, Prof. Moore today said:
mo matter what Incorporate utter /
snces Peary may have made. il any of i
those who criticised him could have put 4
themselves In the explorers place they
would have done the same, had they
been true 10 their convictions and - 4
the duty they believed they owed the /
public
Deaunciation Forced.
HAD Peary not been brave enough 1
TO denounce one whom ne was certain /
was an imposter il would have been evil |
dence that he could not have had the !
bravery 20 carry him over his perilous /
Journey TO the discovery OF the Pole"
With respect 70 the expressions Of in |
members Of the Geographic So /
cietv relating 10 the controversy made |
public from time TO time, Prof. Moore !
said the society. as a whole, had main |
tanned a position OF strict neutrality,
and that 10 would continue to- do so, /
until its report was ready 90 be gi- en- /
out
Tire one effort Of the society, he said. /
Is 20 see that the truth is told. and that /
Justice is done. regardless of where the I
the process.