Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-23
Forty Newspaper Representa-.
tives Piled Him with Their
Hardest Questions.
ARE ALLOWED TO SEE DIARY
Nothing during ordeal Indicated That
Explorers Memory Was mt Fault
Some Details Cleared Up
and Every Query Answer
ed Except about Peary.


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New YORK sept. 2-Dr. FfeueflcR a.
COOK. SEEKING rest ana seciuslon with ms
.dun.. "t.Vl ','e no's.1.'',' ",'.oIl'e vs.
and remained in his suit, NJ the waldorf.
Astoria until late this evening. when he
submitted cheorf,lllv to one of the sever
est cross-oxaminations since he announced
his discovery of :he North Pole The
ordeal of the interview which was con
Quoted by forty newspaper representa-
tives' including several from foreign
newspapers proved at least mat ne was
n"t a'ra'o TO meet the punnc in'roen'aIIN
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The material noints Of nr Cook,
answers to-day did not differ IN n great
degree from his original recital som,
slight details were cleared up however
which throw light ON the way in which
tions asked We're put by laynnen they dt
not 90 deeply into the scientific aspect
OF the expediuon' But pr. COOK was
Ir"lN TO answer any ''''N pertinent u
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'"'erV't" was reao"ou "neh pr 'ooN
'hs ms "ia' "e '''''''u'a 'e'F con
S'"'e" an" ''''' r''"i"S !" ms r""'n
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o''N WIKI" 'V w" ''''S ~ az
At was '"'fl "'"N containing ."
PaE'S' 'a'" oi ""icH was "'iI ii'''''
WIN 40 or oo lines OF p'h'l'I'd writ
ing In minute characters' IN" book
ne SAID, contained cohsiderapie moro
than one hundred thousand words
while he has besiden other books ON
braCing his observations and other
data. He did not show them, how
ever, to-day.
The interviewers were rather severe
in regard 70 details hut nothing in
dicated that the polar travellers mem
orr. yae st f.u,t evon N tbo most
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CONSIDERS PEARY 4 FRIEND
Not once did he refuse to reply eX-
cont whon the name of Commando,
paory u,oe hroached Even thcn y,
,, w., H. hod alw,vs ord did ror,
C,,,o,1or roor as 1T.
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on,,ro,r '' SAVING tho, thov could v,i,
Whom reorested to say what had oc-
CURED at his meeting with Harry Whit
nov. the New Haven sportsman, he said
he nreferrcd to let Whitney tell his
ou, story as Whitney was quite un-
h;ased his reasons In imposing secrecy
oror whitney ON. Pritchard, Commando,
poor,,,s cshin hoy and the Eskimo,
yero rromn,od hy his desire to be tn,
0ret tn tell the world his discovery. II,
ha1 dor. the work. he said. and wa.
n,,,.,oa IN relate how IT had been car.
ried ont.
c. -, tho moro irnrr,rtant Question,
49,, ~ Dr cook during the interview
and bic renlies thereto. follow:
-D,d ANYTHING ever occur in the III,
ot voursn,f and Mr.. pearv that voul,
l. or.o,o any enmitv or bitterness between
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| M ro,hi,,e whatcver that knov
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| ana yo, look upon Commando
Dew, no friend or as an enemy?
Al must saw | do not know. | hav
,roo,ad Mr. Peary as friend ant
,,rtu Lnow more about the Situation
sho,, continue TO do the same
>,,,,rn uv.pED FOR LIFE
-HN Hi-
o-D'd you e,s' say 1',l - -, w
that ih"'ca''' ,""'
Ire II ne so' '''
- U,o,1a vor he Willing to meet Pear
in a debate when he gets here?
| A-As far as ! am concerned the Pear
| incident is closed MI feary is not n
dictator OF my aHairs' ana ooh' cal
to say any'hihe iur'her "po"' mn"
Q-Dio yo" hn"" MI '''"eH wiz
you ma" ''e' ''''" y" E'"' '''''
So j" ,',