Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02

\ tact Win. L 1OunO tnat DOln commander
Peary and DR.. Cook were very popular
! among them. Peary had trained them
and done more for them than any other
explorer. He has supplied them with
rifles and ammunition, and added to their
| lives many comforts Cook has also made
them many presents, and although not
| looked upon as so great man as Peary
by them, is still held in very high es-
| teem.''
Dr.. Cook Will Keep Promise
to Give Data First to Danes
! NEW YORK, October DIR. Cooks re-
fusal to submit his observations. notes
and other data at once to competent
| American scientific commission before
they have been passed upon by Danish
authorities. according to his promise,
stands in the way of compliance with the
suggestion of the National Geographic
Society that such step. on the part of
both Cook and Peary, should precede
any official recognition of the explorers
| claims.
| Correspondence made public here last
| night shows that Commander Peary has
already formally signified his willingness
| to comply with this condition.
DR.. Cook. in letter to Archer Hunt
ington, president of the American Geo.
graphical Society, has declared that he
will continue in his determination to lay
all his records and instruments first be-
fore the University of Copenhagen.
Remsen Willing to Name Judges.
According to announcement made here,
Prof. Ira Remsen, president of Johns
Hopkins University, was asked several
days ago by Henry F. Osborn, president
of the American Museum of Natural His
tory, and by Mr.. Huntington to appoint,
through his authority as president of the
National Academy of Sciences, commit
tee Of astronomers. geographers and zool-
og:sts to whom the records of Peary and
Cook should be submitted. DR.. Remsen
In reply telegraphed as follows:
1T would be idle for me to appoint
committee to investigate the north pole
problem unless 1t were clearly understood
that Commander Peary and DR.. Cook
are willing to submit their evidence to
such a committee. If they are willing
to do SO, I shall not hesitate to appoint
such committee as you suggest
Peary Gives Consent.
Mr.. Osborn at once took steps to obtain
the consent of Peary and Cook. He
received the following dispatch from Gen.
Thomas H. Hubbard, Oh behalf Of Com
moJore Peary.
"Peary willing and DESTROYS to submit
all his records and data to National
Academy committee or other scientists
impartially selected
Dr. Cook at first fell in with the sug-
gestion. which was put before him by Mr..
Huntington. He agreed with Mr.. Hunt
ington that there would be no better per-
son to call together number OF scientists
than Fret Remsen, but later recOnsidered
the matter and sent the following to Mr..
Huntington:
IN rendering over the problems which
you were kIrd enough to present to me
at your visit yesterday, it appears to be
ar injustice to the Danes to consent to
the appointment of another board of ex-
ar'iners after I had definitely agreed to
submit my material first to- the Uni
Nrlsity of Copenhagen.
Cook Has Promised Danes First.
Il therefore ask your indulgence for
few months, and following the Danish
invest cation, the record will be sent to
all the geographical societies Of the world,
as:c, which time it becomes public prop
erty.
Il E1rreciate the. good offices Of the
Are,itan Geographical Society, the
fair and friendly attitude Of its president
and lis n embers. and will promise that
they will have an early opportunity to go
over the entire data of my polar con-
quest
President Osborn Of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History has issued a state
OF Sciences was the body best qualified to
select such a committee o. scientists
that suggested by the board of directors
of the National Geographic Society III
Washington.
The statement Ia as follows:
National Academy Unprejudiced.
1.-The National Academy was incor-
porated by act of Congress March 3,
1863, with this object of providing a
board of scientists of the highest &C
cepted standing upon which the President
of the United States, the Congress Or
any department of the government might
and report upon any subject of science
or art for the information of the govern
ment
Those who might be considered es-
pecially connected with or interested IN
the coast and geodetic survey Gncluding
astronomers, geographers and geolOgists)
are:
cleveland Able. Washington, d. c.;
Henry l. Abbott abbott. Cambridge Mass.
A. Graham Bell. Washington, D. c.;
Lewis Boss. Albany N. Y: j. c. Bran
ner, Stanford University; William H.
Brewer. New Haven; william H. Camp
bell. Mount Hamilton, CAL; Thomas c.
Chamberlain Chicago. ILL.,; w. b. Clark.
Baltimore Md: William H. Dali Wash
ington. D. c.; William Morris Davis.
Cambridge. Mass: William l.. El<ins.
New Haven. Conn: Edward s. Holden,
hail, Worcester. Mass; Edward G. Pick
ering, Cambridge. Mass: Raphael Pump
ely, Newport. r. l.: Charles D. Wal
colt washington D. c."