The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-24
BRookLYNiTEs TO NUMBER OF
1000 SAIL DOWN BAY TO
GREET DlscoVERER.
WIFE AND FAMILY MEET HIM
After Brief Family Reunion Whole
Party Is Transferred to Special
Steamer, and In Noisy Naval
Parade Steam into Port.

New York City.-Doctor Cook came
into his own Tuesday.
No matter what might be the opin-
ion of anyone else as to- the merits
of the claim that he was the first
white man to reach the North Pole,
Brooklyn accepted 1t as the gospel
truth, and that intrepid explorer was
given a welcome by his fellows of the
City of Churches that delighted his
heart.
More than 1000 enthusiasts took
advantage of the opportunity to go
down the bay with the reception COM
mittee of the Arctic Club of America,
which had chartered the big steamer
Grand Republic for that purpose, and
when the steamer left her pier she
was crowded to the gunwales.
Wife Greets Him on Tug.
Preceding the steamer down the
bay was tug, on board of which
were Mrs. Cook wife of the explorer,
their two children, Doctor Cooks
brother, William. Roswell o. Stebbins
and ]. Knowles Hare, of the executive
committee of the Arctic Club Of
America.
The two latter were the first to
greet Cook as they went aboard of
the Oscar II. as soon as she had been
passed by the port doctor, and after
presenting assurances of support from
the Arctic club, escorted him aboard
the tug, where he soon had his family
enfolded in his arms.
There was a short delay while the
members of the explorers immediate
family greeted him in the cabin of the
tug and then all hands were trans
ferred to the Grand Republic, which,
with it's siren wide open, had been
floating on the tide with it's passen-
gers alternately cheering and pound
ing on the deck to show their appre-
citation of the return home of Brook
lyn's favorite son.
CoIer Welcomes Explorer.
So soon as all hands were on board
of the steamer, the trip up the bay
was begun, the objective point being
Brooklyn, where an enormous crowd
had gathered to see and cheer Doctor
Cook.
On the up trip speeches were made
| by Bird S. Coler, president of the
Brooklyn borough, and officers of the
Arctic club, and when the party ar
rived at Williamsburg, automobiles
were taken to the Bushwick club
Doctor Cook received his first
| American greeting half a mile off
quarantine from a news service re-
porter on the tug G. P. Raymond. His
first words were an expression of
thanks to the American people and
defiance of Commander Robert E.
Peary and his charges that the Brook
lyn explorer had not discovered the
North Pole
When the tug c. P. Raymond went
about and moved alongside the Oscar
| II. as the latter steamed toward quar-
antine, Doctor Cook was at breakfast.
One of the reporters, using a mega
phone, signaled the captain on the
| bridge of the Oscar H. and sent a
message to the explorer, asking him
to come on deck
Reporters Greet Doctor.
The tug then moved close alongside
and the reporters and photographers
clambered on board just as Doctor
Cook came up from the dining saloon
and reached the promenade deck, for
ward He was smiling brightly, the
gold in his teeth showing plainly He
wore dark sack suit and black
derby hat. The first words of Doctor
| Cook were these:
Il want to send my thanks to the
people of the United States for this
great and hearty reception and for
the great confidence expressed in
me. Tell the people that shall try
to make myself worthy of 1t in every
way.
He Has the Proofs.
! Il have stated that reached the
| North Pole on April 81, 1908. | reiter-
ate that. My proofs Of that and ev-
erything else will be Forthcoming in
due time"
! when will you publish these
proofs?" Doctor Cook was asked.
Il shall publish them first through
the University of Copenhagen. l con-
slider the faculty of that institution
entitled to their first perusal," he an
swered.
"Will you not submit them to some
university in the United States?"
mo. feel bound to submit them
to the University of Copenhagen first
of all, then the world may have them,
the newspapers and everyone else"
! Officer Kills BURGLAR.