Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-15
FLAG At NORTH POLE
GIVEN PEARY BY WIFE
Four Other Ensigns Raised by
Explorer at Top of
the World.
GROUP is PHOTOGRAPHED;
RECORDS BURIED IN ICE
Documents Placed in Watertight
Box That Will Float.
HE FOUND NO wH1RLING WINDS
Knows Nothing Of Notice, Said to
Have Been Posted on Greenland
Coast by Him, Declaring
Cook Dead.
Documents Placed in Watertight
Box That Will Float.
HE FOUND NO WH1RIING WINDS

BATTLE HARBOR, Labrador, Septem-
Der Is (via wireless telegraphy to Cape
Ray, N. F).-Commander Robert E.
Peary, who is still at Battle Harbor on
board the steamer Roosevelt. conversed
further today with the representative of
the Associated Press regarding his jour-
ney to the north pole.
He spoke particularly Of the flags he
raised at the pole and the records he left
there. He touched again on some OF the
assertions credited to DIR. Frederick A.
Cook.
Commander Peary said that when he
reached the pole the first flag to be
thrown to the breeze was a silken Amer
lean emblem presented to him by his wife
fifteen years ago. He had carried this
flag on every one of his expeditions to the
north. leaving piece Of it at the high
est point he attained.
The last remnants were raised and left
at the pole. The explorer then raised
the navy ensign, the flag of the Navy
League. then the flag of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity. and. finally. a flag Of
peace. Tent poles and snow lances were
used as flagstaffs.
When all had been raised the COM
mander took several photographs Of the
group.
Records In Box That Will Float.
After this ceremony Peary inclosed rec
ords of his trip and other documents and
personal papers in a box and buried 1t in
the ice. The documents were placed in
watertight coverings and the box itself
was watertight, SO it would float If the
shifting or melting ice brought it to
water.
Commander Peary has not yet developed
the films he took at the pole.
Referring to the weather conditions at
the apex Of the world, Commander Peary
said he found nothing like the revolving
wind referred to by antarctic explorers.
He said weather conditions varied from
time to time. although there was prob
ably considerable uniformity. He would
not say whether or not he found cur
rents at the pole.
Commander Peary today received a
cablegram asking him to make state
ment regarding report from a Danish
source that he had posted a notice on the
Greenland coast to the effect that DR..
Cook was dead. making this notice pre-
text for the appropriation of Dr. Cook 8
supplies. The explorer said to the Asso-
ciated Press representative that he knew
newspaper publication.
He expects to be quoted enormously in
the press as making variety OF state
ments, he says.
No More Concerning Cook.
Commander Peary has said already all
he intends to say regarding DR.. Cook. His
statement dictated to the Associated Press
covers this subject fully for the present.
Peary did not witness the beginning or
the end of the solar eclipse; the part he
did see was obscured by clouds. He said
he had experienced no earthquakes in the
polar region, explaining at the same time
that it would be difficult to recognize
such occurrences because of the move
ment of the ice and the continual grind
ing noise resulting therefrom.
The steamer Roosevelt has on board q
valuable collection of mineral and geo.
logical samples and specimens of north
ern bird, plant and animal life for the
American Museum OF Natural History.
In referring to the reception being PLAN
ned for him when he reached home. Com.
mander Peary asked the Associated Press
to publish the following statement:
From such fragmentary reports as I
have received I am more touched, graft
fed and honored than I can say at the
way the public has treated my work."
At Sydney by End Of Week.
SYDNEY. N. S., September 15.-Mrs
Robert e. Peary today received the fol-
lowing telegram from her husband at
Battle Harbor, Labrador:
Cannot arrive before end Of week"
Tyrian offered to Peary.
POINT RICHIE. N F.. September Is.
via wireless telegraphy to Cape Ray, n.
F.-The steamer Tyrian. with a number
Of newspaper correspondents on board,
arrived here this morning from Sydney.
Capt. Dickson has sent a wireless tele-
gram to Commander Peary, placing the
Tyrian at the disposal Of the explorer
for his return to Sydney. The Tyrian will
leave here today for Battle Harbor.