Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-08
WHITNEY CALL IS VAIN
Visits Roosevelt After Belong
ings, But Everybody Is Out.
Henson Says Peary Has the Dead
Wood on Cook.
SORRY HE MUST NOT TALK
Tribute Paid by Maj. Pond to Sur
geon Explorer Over Dec
ade Ago.

! NEW YORK. October S.--Harry Whit
! ney, the New Haven sportsman, who
came out of the arctic from a hunting
trip ten days ago to find himself plunged
into the whirl Of controversy over the
assertion OF DR.. Frederick A. Cook that
he had discovered the north pole, arrived
| here yesterday and devoted most Of his
time to lodging reporters.
Whitney reached the Grand Central
| station from New Haven just after II
o'clock and went to the Holland House.
Whitney stayed at the hotel a while
| and then took a taxicab to the Fifth Ave-
nue. building, where he called upon Rep
resentative Bennett, campaign manager for
| Otto T. Barnard, republican candidate
| for mayor. Whitney and Bennett were
college mates.
They talked for a while. and Whitney
told the congressman that he had had
good hunting In the arctic. When the
conversation turned upon the instru-
| ments at Etah Whitney gave a depreca-
tory wave Of the hand. exclaining:
| II wish I'd never heard Of them
| Before he departed Whitney asked Rep
resentative Bennett to give his regards to
| Barnard and expressed a hope that Ban
| nard would be elected
After this Whitney rode back to the
| Holland House. After dinner he went
! in taxicab to the steamer Roosevelt. at
the foot of East oath street, where some
| Of his arctic trophies are stored.
| Whitney wanted to see Capt. Robert
| Bartlett about taking his relics away,
| but the captain had just left the ship.
| The rest of the Roosevelt's crew, ex-
| cept John Cody, who was i'll in bed, had
gone on an automobile trip through the
city. so Whitney. could not get at his
| belongings
They were put away somewhere in the
hold" Cody said, but was too i'll to re-
call anything more about them. Whitney
! left the ship after a stay of ten minutes,
saying he would be back. He did not ap-
pear again Enquiry at the Holland House
in the evening failed to reveal anything
tangible regarding his movements.
Henson Eloquently Mute.
Matt Henson, who went with Com
mander Peary to the pole, intimated in a
talk yesterday that George Pritchard, the
cabin boy who was in the igloo at Etah
when DIR. Cook told Whitney that he had
reached the pole, has given several YER
sions of the Etah incident. and the Roose-
velts crew didn't know exactly which to
accept.
81 shall be glad when Commander Peary
makes his full statement public" said
Henson. because it will put the whole
thing in a different light. The COM
mander has the goods as he has told
you all.
II only wish could talk about 1t now.
It's hard to keep still.
THAT boy Pritchard when he came
| aboard the Roosevelt was questioned
about what DR.. Cook told him, and he
declared DR.. Cook had said nothing of
having discovered the north pole. The
commander asked Pritchard about it. and
Pritchard stuck to that story. The crew
asked him and Pritchard told us the
same.
"Then, when the Roosevelt reached Bat
tie Harbor. Pritchard told Of having
heard DIR. Cook tell Mr.. Whitney that he
had got to the pole 1t surprised US all.
asked Pritchard why he had told the other
story. and all he said was that Dr. Cook
had told him to.
''The fact is said Henson. "Pritchard
doesn't seem to know exactly what did
happen to Etah. l don't know how the
commander finally made out with Pritch-
ard. but know what impression I got"
Henson repeated the assertion he made
at Battle Harbor that DR.. Cooks two
Eskimos had told him the doctor had not
gone more than two sleeps" from land.
Il understand the Eskimo language,
ard l knew what they were saying to
me-" said Hansen. They drew a map
for the commander and showed him how
far they had gone with DIR. Cook. l can
tell you that map didn't take in the north
pole.
'.Do believe the Eskimos told me the
truth?" repeated Hansen when that was
asked. "You can take my word for 1t
that they were not trying to fool me.
They hadn't any reason to lie to me, ana
they didn't. l corroborated their story
through others In their tribe to make
doubly sure about it,
Roosevelt Crews Outing.
Ten members of the Roosevelt's crew
left the pier in two automobiles at 1880
o'clock yesterday morning and under the
pilotage Of Archer NJ. Huntington and
Henry Fairchild Osborne of the American
Museum Of Natural History. were taken
on an outing that lasted until dark. They
went to the top Of the Metropolitan tower.
where they had view Of the city, and
to the Bronx zoo.
After looking at the animals until 6ley
were tired Of 1t they dined at the Zoo,
then visited the American Museum OF
en- by Commander Peary were being put
in place. The crew watched the work.
Late in the afternoon the sailors were
taken to the Aquarium. where they be-
seals. At these they gazed as at old
friends.
Most Of the Roosevelts crew depart to-
day for their homes In Newfoundland.
The Roosevelt Will stay at the East
24th street pier in charge of a Waterman
until she is sold or other disposition is
made of her.
Ponds Tribute to Cook.
Tribute was paid by Maj. ]. B. Pond
nearly decade ago. in his book, "Eccen-
tricities of Genius"
Among polar explorers. I do not re-
gard any one as more bold, more to be
depended upon for accuracy of statement.
or whose scientific training better fits him
rightly to appreciate the value of each
new fact discovered. than DR.. Frederick
A. Cook, our fellow-country man."
Maj Pond, as manager of the lecture
tours of numerous celebrated persons, be-
came acquainted with many explorers.
His peculiarly intimate personal and
financial relations with all sorts and con-
ditions of men made him an expert judge
of human nature. "Eccentricities of Cen
ius'' was published in 1900.
DR.. Cook Is spoken of as follows:
DIR. Frederick A. Cook Of Brooklyn
physician, anthropologist. arctic and ant
arctic explorer, author and lecturer-has
not only made an enviable reputation for
himself along each of these varied lines,
but is personally one of the most charm
ing of men. He is as modest and unas-
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