The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-15
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Claim Tat They Manufactured Csss
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COCK AND BULL STORY
Two asca Give sae Now York
Times Statements That They Were
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TIE Neg YORK. Tines prints 'ae
remarkable narrative OF Two oeo
usde rade. oath. declaring that they
were employed oy D:. Frederick a
Cook 10 cab..cate astronomical and
o.he. observations 20. submission &C
the University oc Copeahaseo. which
S aboot 70 pass oooo Dr.. Cook e
assertion tia: be discovered the
North Pole 90 APRIL 81. 1903 These
uea arc George =. Duosle. ao iosu.-
aoce broker. Of 81 Nassau street.
New YORK. ane Capt Angus. Wedei
Loose. q sea captain. Of aa7 Te.7-
.eeota street, BeeoRlyo- 20. their
laoors theS were TO have received
So.ct,y from Dr.. CocE $4,000 rth
an sdt!dcosl boocs Of $500 % Capt
Loose upon the scoeDtaaes OF the
records oS tie Csirers.ty Of coeen-
saseo. They cay ehss D.. Coos bad
paid them oaiS $500 wheo be dts-
appeared CO che eco OF the 6:soatch
Of his ".ceosts- 70 Copenhagen swo
weeks ago aoa aIo ssu1re 70 pay the
SUN remaining doc essa tseS freely
to 20 .ad. motive 60.
forward vith tie s:o.y.
Accompanying these na:.ass7es will
aopea. copies Of the a3SavSes o.
Cap. Loose asd Duakle Affirming
bet. accuracy. facsimile OF Dg.
Cooks instructors 70 Cap. Loose.
"A Cooks handwriting. :n possession
u The Tines and the a@tav.ts Of
Capt Loose swearing 70 the accuracy
i the same. The translation Of this
memoranda og D.. Coos Is as FOL
ows:
..sra..eSsas. sa=e Neeca l7-ls:
t,.conS wine-haze-
-Mo,ch so-ohseyTae1ons latitude
md longitude: daily oase,raesns 70
aor!! 23."
The T;1es also o.!a,s tie follow
.s rs: uade. :Ae beading. What
apt. Loose Says He Supplied 10 Dr..
,ooS.'
!. Twenty-soI: attitudes sos laa-
ude sights
9. Ooe char. covering route from |
70 .ae Pole, vtth al Of
II. Cook's assumed positions marked
.poo IL
3. Complete ooserra.;ocs for time
"a caroaooe.ee rate. IS eaer might
!are been esaeo oy stars at Anosa;os
&C Sra-teraas. probably 30 10 all.
{. Diagram 70. compass c,:o. and
o..scsson .. 6!seseae poia:s-
s Calculations sos longitude. aooot
o Ia oil.
6. Stxteea osseva.soes IS eAe1
ou.d have beea easea at che North
'oie, Il t~o sets, eight r:sh deo7es-
,oa OF Polo considered and eight
'!cA depression ignored.
2. Dovt::ch's complete national
ao!es-
S. Ansaseo's tables .os correction
( attitudes OF heavenly bodies
8. American nautical almanac Coz
evesai years.
20. L,oyd's caleaea- o: 1908.
u. Three admiralty cha-ts. cov-
ring Smith sound aad the po!a:
ee.oas. Nos 2es. a7a and e75.
i2. Ooc Bliss almanac OF 1908
io. One Sesus almanac. 1907.
The Tines has followed tie steps
sscroed oy these Two 0ea sad
as v-.isct .t-.r so.nss and con-
,ss .ae:. purchases Of books and
har:s aud toe esH Of ehsIr inti-
cato relations v..h Or. Cook
vhesher tho observations" ca:eu-
,tcd By Capt Loose and supplied
S be alleges. TO Dr.. Cook, zero
do2,ea By tae latter sod maze
az. OF his report 70 The University
{ Copenhagen 1, IS. Of course. Tn
ossie!e &c Say. wttaout conoavt
90 cs Capt. Loose's narrative With
bat report Tho Tines has com
,un;catee 70 .Ae Casrecstty Of Cop
sasscn the na!n Facts Of Capt
oose's story aad I-. Duosie's aod
sered 70 supply 20 the university
be eo..oeorat:rc documents i hss
eceived from these .~o men. O1e
( these purpo.ts 20 be D.. Cooks
directing TIE p.eps.a-
lon Of observations from STa:seraas
j the way 10 the pole.
IN the nar-at!ve os Capt Loose
,e frankly expresses bis scoCa Of
r.. Cooks claims. laughs at bis :s-
.c.aace os the S0ples: essentials
0. accurate observations 81 the ARC
&c regions and describes .: Length
.ow. working backward from the
ole, be calculated observations that
Sou!d 6t II With Cooks narrative
I'd coached him 90 tie necessary