The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
WAIT FOR WHITNEY
HURRYING TO TELEGRAPH TO
CONFIRM COOKS
STORY.
PEARY TO SEEK SECLUSI0N
Naval Officer Refuses to Accept FuD.
Tic Honors and Is Still Convinced
He Can Refute Cooks Claims
Cook Busy Man.

}, New York, Sept 23.-Henry Whit
ney, the big game hunter, to whom
DR.. Frederick A. Cook looks to prove
his assertion that he discovered the
north pole, is believed to be now on
his way from Hudson bay or Baff1n's
bay to telegraphic point in either
Labrador or Newfoundland. With his
return to civilization Dr. Cook ex-
poets complete confirmation Of his
story that he told Whitney all about
his trip to the pole.
Further testimony to corroborate
Dr.. Cooks claims is expected when
Commander Peary's ship, the Roose-
welt, reaches this city from Nova
Scotia. DR.. Cook declares that on the
Roosevelt there was more than one
person who knew that he had been
to the pole. Pritchard. the cabin boy,
has already admitted that he heard
Dr.. Cook tell Harry Whitney of find
ing the pole, and DR.. Cook intimates
that Pritchard did not have the infor-
nation to himself on the Roosevelt.
peary Goes into secIusion.
The sudden determination of Com
mander Peary to remain in seclusion
at his summer home at Eagle Island,
Maine, indefinitely has caused consid.
cradle conjecture. 1t was believed
that Commander Peary would hasten
to this city and submit to the public
the proofs which he said he possessed
that DR.. Cook had not reached the
pole. His announcement that he
would accept no public honors and
would not attempt to controvert the
Brooklyn physicians claims was the
result of telegram suggesting that
course by Herbert l.. Bridgeman, Sec
rotary of the Peary Arctic club, and
Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, the presi-
dent. At the time Commander Peary
announced this determination he
added In his emphatic way, in an in
terview at Sydney, N. S., that he was
still convinced that he could prove
that DR.. Cook had not reached the
north pole.
No Rest for Cook.
Piled in the sitting room of his suite
at the Waldorf-Astoria are nearly
1000 letters and kilograms from all
parts Of the world, to many of which
he must give immediate answers.
DR.. Cook will stay in his rooms prac-
tioally all the time until his next pub
lie appearance, which will be at the
banquet rendered by the Arctic club
tonight. Many of the letters await.
3ng answer are from theatrical man
ayers, commercial bodies and civic
organizations which are anxious to
have the explorer lecture or attend
public functions in various cities.
DR.. Cooks first labor, however, will
be the preparation of the record of his
discovery, upon which he depends to
convince the scientific world, and
through them the world at large, that
his claims are we'll founded. He has
promised that this record shall be
made public as soon as it is filed first
with the University of Copenhagen
and probably without waiting for the
verdict of that body.
Neither the discoverer nor Mr. Brad.
ley, his financial hacker, have COM
mented on Commander Pearys de.
cision to remain in comparative re-
tirement until the question of polar
supremacy Is settled.
Peary Takes Train.
Portland, Me-, Sept 23.-The gen.
eral passenger department of the
Maine Central railroad here received a
dispatch which stated that the Peary
party were on their way towards the
United States on the Inter-Colonial ex-
press and had Just left Antagonist.
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