Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
Stars and Stripes Nailed to the
North Pole, He Wires Associa-
ted Press From Indian Har-
Dor, n. F.
DISPATCH CAME
BY WAY OF CAPE RAY
Coming On Heels Of Cooks Dis
eovery Whole World Will BE
Interested. Question Now One
Of Priority of Two Dis
coverers.

CSy Associated Prsss.)
NEW YORK, Sept. s,--The Following
dispatch was received here today.
INDIAN HARBoR Cvia Cape Ray.
Newfoundland. Sept. 81. To Associated
Fress. New York:
Stars and stripes nailed to the pole
(signed) "PEARY.,
This startling and Iaconic message.
flashed from the coast of Labrador to
New York and thence TO the four cor
ners OF the globe at the moment when
DR.. Cook is being acclaimed BY the
crowned heads OF Europe and by the
world at large as the diseoverer of ths
north pole, adds ? remarkable chapter
to the study OF an achievement that has
held the civilized world up to the high
est pitch of interest since September 1.
when Dr. Cooks claim to having reached
the top Of the world" was first tele-
sraphed from tile Shetland islands.
COOK AND PEARY CoNTRAsTEp.
Peary is well known to both scientists
and the general public as persistent
striver for the honors of "farthest
| north" DR.. Cook. on the other hand,
has held the public attention to lesser
| degree
He made his departure quietly and his
purpose was hardly known other than
to those who are keenly interested in
polar research. Then suddenly and with
no word or warning. steamer touches
at Lerwick and DR.. Cooks claim 10
having succeeded where expedition after
expedition Of the hardest explorers OF
the world had failed is made known.
Three days later Dr. Cook arrived at
Copenhagen and was given welcome 10
| an explorer unprecedented in History.
Five days after the receipt of the
Lerwick message, almost to the hour,
comes the sensational statement from
Indian Harbor that Commander Peary
also has been successful on his third
expedition TO the coveted goal
Bridgman Also Gets
Wire From Peary
J NEW YORK, Sept. ga telegram
was received here today for Herbert
L. Bridgman, secretary of the Arctic
Club of America. 1t read as follows:
Herbert L. Bridgman, Brooklyn
N. Y.
Pole reached. Roosevelt safe.
(Signed) ''PEARY."
The telegram to Mr.. Bridgman was
sent in cipher which translated read:
Pole reached. Roosevelt safe"
! The cipher used was a private one and
indicated clearly that the dispatch was
sent by Commander Peary.
Admiral Melville
Believes This Report
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. S.-Adfniral
Melville, when informed Of the text or
thu Associated Press dispatch from Lieu
tenant Peary. said:
IF Peary has telegraphed the Asso-
ciated Press that he has round the pole.
/ believe 1t and say bully for him."
Good for Peary," continued the adj
; miral, as a smile crossed his face. ."I
have known Peary personally for a long
time and as he was well equipped for an
expedition l think he had at least as
much ehapes as DR.. Cook had for dis
covering the pole. Peary was within 200
miles of the pole in his last expedition
and was prevented from going there By
the opening Of fee packs. He has been
gone long enough to have reached there.
"It was the crazy dispatches purport-
ing 10 have come from Dr. Cook about
the conditions ne found there and other
things that caused a doubt sin my mind
about Cook having found the pole. fhp
dispatches OF yesterday and today are
more sane and are more favorable to DR..
Cook.
The developments of the last few days
and the Associated Press dispatches
fro~, ftsa aftuaffon most fufnragf-
ing"
DR.. Henry Skinner, one Of the founders
OF the Geographical society of Philadel-
pkia and an officer of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Natural Sciences said that
the Peary dispatch indicates that Peary
himself had reached the pore and placed
the nag there. BY the time Peary
reached there every vestige of the rag
left by DR.. Cook would have disappear-
ed DR.. Skinner said shat II WIS wonder
full that two American explorers should
have reported the discovery Of the pole
almost simultaneously ana that he 1irm-
~ believed both reached there.
Fuller Statement
Wanted From Peary
CHICAGO. Sept. 6.--When Mr.. Peary
makes a fuller statement 1t will con-
tain internal evidence on which the
validity Of his claim that the north pole
has been found can be determined, said
Prof T. c. Chamberlain, head OF the
department Of geology Of the University
of Chicago, when informed today OF the
reported achievement Of Commander
Feary.
After that" said Professor Chamber
lin, will come a critical scrutiny OF
his observations and other data, which
shall bS fully presented and this will
give O basis for final decision in the
matter"
First Doubter of Peary
Success is Capt. Osborn
NEW YORK. Sept. 6.-The first ex-
preston of disbelief that Peary has
reached the pole was made here today
BY Can't Bradley S. OsboH veteran polar