The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-04
ALL DENMARK ID HONOR DR. COOK Copenhagen Waits for the Aner-
 ican Explorers Arrival WILL GIVE FULL PROOFS
Public Buildings and Private Houses in Copenhagen Have Been Deco rated With Flags and Big
 Banquet Will Be Given.

Copenhagen, September 3-All Denmark tonight is awaiting Dr. Frederick A. Cook A regal welcome awaits the man whose announcement from Lerwick on September that he discovered the north pole startled the entire civilized world. The steamer Hans Egede, on which the ex- plorer is returning from the frozen north, passed Cape Skagen, the northern ex- tremity of Denmark, at 2 o'clock this the sound late tonight and to dock here tomorrow morning.
 Added interest has been lent the oc- cason by the definite statement of Dr. Cook in an interview off Skagen today that he is able to submit data which will prove beyond cavil that he has at tained the goal which for centuries had been the objectivee of explorers. He said he was quite prepared to learn that jeal- ous persons were at work endeavoring to cast doubt upon his work, but that he stood ready to give over his figures for test by any scientific authority.
 q arrived at the north pole April 2l, 1908, as already announced, accompanied by only two Esquimos.'' said the doc tor.
 We reached the pole at o'clock in the morning
 T took daily observations for a whole fortnight before arriving at the pole.
 Returning we were forced to take 8 more westerly route and the first ten days I took observations daily and re- T nl Ia t- the depth of the sea, as I had not the necessary instruments.
 ''The lowest temperature recorded was S3 degrees Centergrade below zero. (Eighty-three degrees Centigrade below zero is equal to IT degrees below zero Fahrenhait.)
 q have ample proof that I reached the north pole in he observations I took, which afford certain means of check ing the truth of my statements
 pr. Cook told the correspondent that Commander Peary. He said there was no land at the pole. only water, the depth of which he could not gauge.
 The Danes will not be alone in welcom- ing pr. Cook, for Copenhagen is filled with visitors. Every hotel is overcrowded to- night, and all the vehicles in the city have been engaged to take the people down to the steamer landing tomorrow. A com mittee of the Royal Geographical so- oiety has chartered the steamer M. G. Melchmyer and will proceed out in the sound to meet the Hans Egede. Maurice F. Egan, the American minister, and his daughter, Miss Carmel Egan, are sleep ing tonight on board W. Gould Brokaw's S yacht, Fedora. with the intention of ac- companying the steamer to port.
 Public buildings and private houses have been draped with flags and bunting in honor of the occasion. At banquet in the town hall tomorrow, at which Dr. Cook will be the guest of honor, Lord Mayor Oldenburg will propose toast to President Taft and King Frederick; Min ister of Commerce Johan F. c. Hansen will make speech in honor of Dr. Cook, and Commodore Hovgaard, commander of the Danish Arctic expedition of 1SS2-S3. will greet the American and on behalf of the polar explorers congratulate him on his success In finding the pole.
 The Danish newspapers are full of praise of the American enterprise which made possible the trip of exploration of Dr. Cook, and express their delight at his success. These articles are replete with sympathetic references to the friendship between the United States and Denmark
 None of them expresses real doubt at the truth of the discovery of the north pole, and all believe that Dr. Cook will be able to put forward his proofs Even the Danish defense question has taken place in the newspapers secondary to the news of Dr. Cooks achievement.
 There were those who had hopes that the Hans Egede would reach port tonight and Dr. Egan had prepared to welcome Cook with skyrockets and Roman candles from the deck of the Fedeora. The quar- antine station at Elsingfor, however, sig nailed that a gale was in progress and that it was improbable that the steamer would reach her destination before to- morrow morning.
 King Frederick will have an audience with Dr. Cook tomorrow and will decorate him with the Danish gold medal, awarded for merit.