The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-15
Announces that He Wanted All of the Glory for
 Himself Says He'll Say No More About Cook for Pres
 ent
Harry Whitney, New Haven Hunter, Told Him Nothing
 About Cook, He Says
Special from United Press. ,

Especial from United Press) New York, Sept. 15.-Po1ar scientist are to-day commenting on the inter. view given out by Commander Peary at Battle Harbor last night, in whicf he declined to add any more details to his previous story of his dash tc the Pole or, to say anything more re garding his controversy with pr. Cook
 Peary declared that if he said any, thing more. the information thus giv- en out might be used by others. inti. mating that rival claimaints might use this information for their owr purposes
 Commander Peary declared most emphatically that he had, never open ed or read any of Dr. Cook persona. letters or data. He said Harry Whit. ney, the young New Haven sportsman in whose care Dr. Cook had left much of his written data and his astronomi- cal instruments. had not discussed Dr. Cooks claims with him. Whitney, he said. was on board The Jeanie, hunt ing Polar bear and musk oxen on the western coast of Greenland Peary declined to discuss Whitney's reasons for leaving the Roosevelt. though Dr. Hansen. the noted Danish physician who ihas been in the far North, study ing eye diseases, declares Whitney had been busted from Dr. Cooks house at Annotok by -Reary's giant boatswair and treated ''like a dog" all winter and that the hunter had no love for Commander Peary or the members of his party.
 Commander Peary declared he had talked with pr. Cooks Eskimo guides and that they had confirmed his state ments that Cook did not reach the Pole. He added that no presents could ever induce the Eskimos to make ths dash across the Polar seas until he went to Greenland. as the Eskimos feared death there.
 Peary was2Rsked why he had taken no white companions with him to the Pole. He said that after all the ef- forts he had made to reach the Pole, he wanted the honor all to himself when success finally crowned his plans.
 Cook adherents here are bitter in their denunciation of Peary for his refusal to give out the information he claims to have to substantiate his claim that Dr. Cook did not reach the Pole. They say that Dr. Cook has al- ways borne an excellent reputation as Commander Peary to make charges of falsehood against Dr. Cook at this moment of Cooks triumph, without giving out his proof:
 Peary declares he intends 10 wait until Dr. Cook has given out his en- tire authorized account of reaching the Pole before proving Cook is san i'm postor. This. Cooks friends declare, is manifest injustice. They say Cook has set forward his claims and that many scientists have accepted them as true. Nevertheless. they say, Cook must remain under the imputa- tion until Peary sees fit to give out his side and prove Cook an impostor or fail to do so.
 In the meantime, Cooks friends are preparing to give him royal recep- tion when he lands in New York They have chartered a steamer that will carry $500 people to meet the Oscar II down the bay. < -
 The question of the participation of the Roosevelt and the John R. Brad ley, the Cook boat. in the water parade incident to the Hudson-F Fulton cele- bration, is still being debated. The Peary Arctic Club has shown a dis position to withdraw the Roosevelt if the Bradley is allowed a place in the procession. Peary, at Battle Harbor has been quoted as saying this would be left to the club to decide The Cook followers are strong in their de- mand that a place of honor shall be reserved for the John R. Bradley. The Roosevelt may not arrive in New York in time to participate in the parade, but if she does, there is certain to be much bitter feeling engendered