Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-22
CHILDISH ETTEEFT 10 CHEAT
Above is Navigator KIND RsEmusss7'S
Estimate Of Data Submitted
ALL DENMARK Is CHAGRHED
Doctor'E Hiding Taken by Papers rs
Evidence Of Guilty Conscience.
ORIGINAL RECORD NOT OFFERED
Brother 81 Explorer says he Sc Ng-
At ChristtHHsand- Norway
Rackers and FrIenas In New
Vork DfsEuEted.

hmEEEEf ana Erle.A0a IN 1NN
Terk Dfsgusted-
COPENaAGHN. nen E.-Ths report o.
the special coiuuliJise q scisutiEtE Wtiuh
The University q Copenhagen appointed 10
tc--utini8e Iir. TreSerick A Cooks claims
thu- be hAd discovered the north pole was
submitted 10 the cunsiEturT uf ths urilver-
sirv TINS morning. indursed hy hat body
AND given 10 the putilic
The report Ehar1urs curlpletRlT, almost
( ulrrtsrnptuuusly. tht American explorers
Title 10 such discovery Bn6 fins TIE ufsi-
ciEls and people % Denmark with ohRgrin
at the figure Denmark is made TO assume
IN the eyer q the sciuntfie world. The
public vRH prepared fur q verdict Of mot
proven. AZ as MOI expect its recent hero
to be branded as an frnpostsT. Many still
cling 10 The belief thar Cook Hrtsd IN good
fAith. hut hRrhs-eH dslusiuu. Explorers
ana scientists RlrnoEs entirely have losr
faith in Cooks honesty, while uns q mis-
ws-msst supporters KnDa RRErnusssn.
helped 10 frame the report. The evening
papers attack Cook Rna severely rsprohch
him for hiding. which they regard rs q
sign OF q guilty r0nseisncs.
4 The rector OF the university. r,r. sblo-
munsen. when uuestioned as to the pussi-
I hIlty Of the university cHnoenng the de-
( gree which IL conferred on DR. Cock Haid
thai 10 decision had been reached but ne
thought that the degree could be with
drawn in the same way as q government
oould deprive a person Of ar order OBJ
tEined undsr false pretsnEes.
Observations Are WorthIesA.
Commodore Gustav Holm, the Erc1ir sx-
plurer and member Of the committee
said.
Cooks nlain that be made the ubssr-va-
ton - degrees 81 nirutes ss seconds near
the pole proved immediately thn1 he was
a bad observer, tut nothing Indicated Thar
be was b Ewindlsr. Nuw his papers ouu-
viCi him of being q sw1Ddler. We exam
lnea Cooks 6bssrrsti1rns rirFa and agreed
unanimously that they were WORTHLESS. II
is nut UNLIKELY that LouRs made the obaer-
rTHtseHs- Eso Is q clever mnn, sust zhe asrz
thai Cock could use-
Prof 01ufE0n. secrHtRrT Of the DRziish
4 Geographical society sus6:
II iH The sadoesf event in my Iffa As an
explorer. there seems TO be no doubt that
Cook is absolutely unrelinhle-'
The National Tidsnds. while dsplurang
that the university conferred the degree IN
q moment q enthusiasm. finds consolation
in the fact that others hunored CDok when
/
The president Of his own country and
its envoy Al Cupsnhagsn,~ says the paper.
were the EuRraRtUrs for him. Denmark
did nOt blUnder aluna Our country must
nov leave tins sad affair 10 America and
Cook"
In his letter TO Prof Torp, Cook stn1es
that not only were ms Instruments lefr
al IDtRh RE indicated in liiE cHfds TO the
university q October ?. but most Of his
astronomical observations also were left
n the northern point and be adds without
these II seems Unwiss and impossible n
pass final judgment upun his expedition.
Text of FIaGHAE.
After obtaining All available information
the COMMITTEES finds Rs fn-UWE:
'Flrxi- Vhe report Of the expedition sent
10 the university by Dr Csok is the same
as that printed IL the New York Herald
, during the months of September and Oe-
lobsr lEsI
Second. The copy Of Cooks notsbooks
, does npI contain any DTaganEl astronomical
, observations WhHtsosver. but only results
, Third The docUrnenrs presented are in-
eKrusEbIy lacking IN information which
! would prove thai the astronomical obserra-
lions therein referred 10 were really mR6s.
and Blso contain no dsuBIls regarding the
practical worn of The eKpadftiun and the
EledEs JOURNEY which would enable the
, COMMITTEES 10 determine their reliability
The commitlee therefore Is Of ths opinion
the material transmitted for examination
contains no proof 1hA1 Dr. Cook reached
2 the pole-
The report is signed by al six members
! o. 1als COMMITTEES HhD were insisted n their
3 inquiry by Kuua RaEmuHser The explorer.
The university council issued Tina state
@ Inenr-
? The documents handed The university
p for examination do not contain observA-
1 lions and information which can be re-
y EBrdsd rs prBaf that Ilr- Cook rsarhed
p the North pole CD ms rsnsui expedition %
Chndish ArtemBs 40 ChrsL
- In IL interview tonight KHad RAsmus-
sen sad:
The university W0uld n1t csn me al
first because ] was one q Dr CDok q
sarlHEest supporters Laser. howeVsr ]
was invited 10 Tie iureEtlEH1i0n and Khen
: ] saw the oassrTBtioaE realized il WAE a
scandal
ny conHoHncs In Cook has been based
ca I'srHonBl Impressions On reports laai
p ] had received End also On the Testimony
Of the EEklmas when they al said taai
r be Ind mnoe The TRIP from Cape Spar
p bore 70 EtEh. and such d trap during the
dark uf winter wUuld sUcfus 10 make d
r. r an famous But lhs pagers Which Co8E
y sem 10 CuperhDEsu university are mus1 im-
p pudsut no school boy oolld make Euut
eHlrulH-iouE. i is q mast CHILDISH a.
tempt al cheH-lnE."
3 'cuuIaodcrs HUTgE1rd the explorer said
AILhouEh IL has nuf been proved thai
q Cook did nui reach the pols J can urlg
g regard Cook nov as A. fruposter+
No Wurd from Coca
There WEE produced before the couamiits ~
J. letter from Cn1k poflznarEsd MErseil a
a DecsIubsr "a Tins lslfas oulor te fht ear
lier report thai Cuuk sailed from NeN
a Eldk Tor a Mediterranean port
n I'd 20 this time a. been lrupuEs b a
Z fn the university authari1isE 10 re-=stEb-
= hEh communication win Dr. CSnF W-hict
WAS suspended some rme aga TIE ex.