The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
North Pole Hunter Doesn't UR-
dsrstand Peary.
Had Known Him as Conserva.
tive and Level Headed.
HIS OWN EXPERIENCE
To Relate Story of Association
With Cook and Peary.
Will Devote Half Hour Friday
to Answering Questions.

The lecture. Cook and Peary and
Discovery of the North Pole,' which
will be given on Friday evening by
Professor Lewis Lindsey Dyche, the
companion of both Cook and Peary on
former arctic trips and now of the
University of Kansas, at the Audi
torium is a topic of conversation on
the streets and indications are that a
great throng will gather to hear the
man speak who has been on expeditions
with both Cook and Peary and who
himself has gone through many in
tensely thrilling experiences in the
Arctic regions. There is probably no
man living better fitted to give full and
complete character sketches of the men
who are at present engaged in a con-
troversy over the North Pole honOrs as
is Prof. Dyche, and to describe the
hardships which these men who are IN
the public eye necessarily had to en-
dure during their quest of the north
ernmost point of the earth
Prof. Dyche, who was a visitor at the
office of the State Journal, told In an
interesting manner of some of his per-
sonal experiences in northern latitudes,
and discussed to some extent the theme
of his lecture at the Auditorium. In
regard to the latter he had the follow
ing to say:
His Own Experiences.
"I expect to tell of my own expert
ences with Cook and Peary and other
wise in the Arctic regions and give my
ideas of Cook and Peary and Discovery
of the North Pole I like this title bet
ter than the one I first gave out.
will show pictures of the country with
its ice rivers, Eskimos. and their pc
culiar surroundings, the dogs and
sledges and the animals of the coun-
try. I will have something to say of
hunting walrus and bears. 1t will be a
pictorial description of the country.
81 have colored the slides myself and
they look just like the scenes as 1 saw
them. If 1 had taken them to a pho
they would have colored
them highly. The ice bergs would be in
blue and green tints but that wouldn't
suit me.
There is no doubt in my mind but
both Cook and Peary have discovered
the Pole;'' continued the professor.
Both are good men and experienced
Arctic explorers. 1 can hardly make
myself belief that Peary sent out some
of the kilograms that were credited to
him. When I was with him he was
ordinarily conservative and careful IN
regard to what he said and 1t is hard
for an ordinary person to understand
why he would adopt such methods even
though he positively had the informa-
tiOn he says he has.
First he telegraphed. Don't take
Cook seriously. Later he made the
that Cook did not discover the pole
on April 81, 1908 or on any other
date. Then he asserted that DR.. Cook
was throwing gold bricks at the peo-
sage branding DR.. Cook as an impos-
tor. 1t is impossible to understand
those messages considering his usual
dignity and his connection with the
L. S. navy.
Cook says his greatest crime seems
to have been that he did not ask
Peary's permission to visit the Polar
regions. Cook has shown great COM
mon sense in this controversy.
Had an Even Start.
1.-THE two explorers had about an
even start. That is they both made a
start from points at latitude in the
of about 81 or 81 de-
grees. Peary went almost as the crow
flies. starting not very far east of
Cape Columbia. Cook made his start
from Nansen Sound.
when Cook got to IS degrees and
II minutes he found land, and this
was a might fortunate thing for him.
He describes it as being 1900 feet
high. If it can be proved that he did
MT discover the land then his conten- |
ton is all a fake.
Every time you want a drink"
said Prof. Dyche in speaking of life |
in the land of snow, you have to have
some oil to burn to keep the water |
hot so it won't freeze before it reaches
your lips No Eskimo ever eats blub- !
Der or drinks oil as is generally imag- |
ined The Eskimos eat raw meat |
meat with some fat |
They wouldn't eat any more fat than |
I would. They save the fat and burn |
it.
'sOn Friday evening if I don't talk |
too long 1 shall be glad to spend half |
an hour answering questions" said |
the explorer in conclusion. Seats will |
be on sale at Stanf1e1d's as long as
they last. 25 cents each to any part |
of the auditorium; no extra charge |