The San Francisco call., 1909-10-02
P[ARY OFFERS TO
SUBMIT HIS DATA
DR.. Cook Wants the Copenhagen
Scientists to Have First
Chance at Records
National Geographical Society
Will Not Officially Recognize
Either of the Explorers
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both Cook and Peary, should precede
any official recognition Of the explor-
ers' claims.
correspondence made public here to-
night shows that Commander Peary
has already formally signified his will
ingness to comply with the condition,
but Doctor Cook, in letter to Archer
Huntington. president of the Amer
lean geographical society, has declared
that he will continue in his determine
tion to lay all his records and instru-
ments first before the University or
Copenhagen.
Professor Ira Remsen, president OF
Johns Hopkins university, was asked,
several days ago by Henry F. Osborn,
president of the American Museum OF
Natural History, and by Huntington
to appoint, through his authority as
president of the National Academy or
Sciences, a committee of astronomers
geographers and biologists to whom
the records of Peary and Cook should
be submitted.
Doctor Remsen in reply telegraphed
as follows:
1T would be idle for me to appoinI
a committee to investigate the north
pole problem unless it were clearly un-
derstood that Commander Peary and
Doctor Cook are willing to submit
their evidence to such a committee. If
they are willing to do so shall not
hesitate to appoint such a committee
as you suggest"
Peary Is Willing
Osborn at once took stops to obtain
the consent of Peary AID Cook. he
received the following dispatch from
General Thomas II. Hubbard on behalf
of Commander Peary:
'Peary willing and desirous TO sub
nit all his records and data to Ma
tional academy or other scientists i'm
partially selected.
Doctor Cook at first fell in with
the suggestion. He agreed with Hunt
ington that there would be no better
person to call together number of
scientists than Professor Remsen, but
later reconsidered and sent the fol-
lowing to Huntington:
In pondering over the problems which you
were kind enough to present TO me yesterday 1t
appears to be injustice TO the Danes to con
sent 10 the appointment OF another board OF ex-
aminers after I had definitely agreed TO submit
my material first to the University of Copen-
hagen.
months, and following the Danish investigation
all records win be sent TO all the geographical
public property. l appreciate the good offices of
the American geographical society. the fair and
befs aga viii Sr tRa sey WIN have
early opportunity to go over the entire data OF
my polar conquest.
Academy of Sciences
Osburn issued a statement tonight to.
show why the National Academy OF
Sciences was the body best qualified to
select such a committee of scientists a s
that suggested by the board OF direc-
tors of the National Geographical So
ciety in Washington today. The state
ment follows:
{ The National academy was incorporated By act
of congress March 8, 1868. with the object of
providing board of scientists of the highest ae-
cepted ssanding. upon which the president 0f tne ne
the government might call TO investigate. exam.
inc. experiment and report upon any subject OF
science art for the information Of the govern
nent. Those who might be considered especially
connected with or interested in the coast and
geodetic survey Including astronomers, geogra-
pliers and geologistsl are:
Cleveland Able, Washington, D. c.; Henry |.
Aen9tt Cambridge, Mass rabs@ e0rse se wssSpr
ton, d. c.; Lewis Ross, Albany. y. y; J. e
Branner. Stanford university. California; 7,,, Wii
W. Campbell, Mount Hamilton. CAL; Thomas 9.
chsmberlin. Chicago. Ill; W. B: Clark, Baltf-
william Morris Davis. Cambridge, Mass; Will
liam L. Elkins. New Haven, Conn.,; Edward s.
hail. worcester. Mass; Edward G. Pickering,
Cambridge. Mass; Raphael Pumpelly. Newport.
X. l., and Cnarles II. NalcotL W aSnlHStVn, ~ -
Cook Replies to Kennan
BOSTON,. Oct. DIR. Cook delivered
his lecture tonight before a representa-
tive Boston audience. He replied to a
recent and pertinent query of George
Kennan in a ma gaZine article, in which
the writer claimed DR.. Cook could not
take sufficient food supplies on two
sledges to last 50 days. Dr. Cook said:
j. ,-;@L
used pressed meat for food for dog and men.
II we had his criticism would have been just.
for we could not have lived less than 5000
pounds of such meat. which 1t would have been
impossible TO carry on two sledges. But we did
not have musk OK food. We bad pemmiean, ana
used one pound per man per dog per day. One
pound of pemmican Is equal TO fiye pounds OF
freeh meat, SO you will see that Mr.. kennan's 8
figures were all right when properly applied.
DR.. Cook in his lecture included
Peary's name in the list of intrepid ex-
plorers who had preceded him to the
far north. The pictures of the two
Eskimos who accompanied Cook to the
pole brought out applause.
No Official Recognition
WASHINGTON, Oct In view of
the polar controversy the board of di-
rectors of the National Geographic So
ciety today held special meeting to
determine the attitude it should assume
toward Doctor Cook on the occasion of
his visit here next Sunday, when he
will deliver a lecture on his arctic ex-
periences The decision was reached
that Doctor Cook under the circum-
stances would not be recognized in an
official way.
Will. L. Moore, president of the So
ciety, urged that both Commander
Peary and Doctor Cook lose no time in
submitting their observations, notes
and data to 6, competent scientific COM
mission in the United States
FELDMAN SENTENCED