The San Francisco call., 1909-09-11
EXPLORER WILL
SUBMIT PROOFS
AGAINST RIVAL
DR.. Cook Willing to Submit
Records of Pole Discovery
to Geodetic Survey
Admiral Gives Assurance of
Danish Confidence in Re-
port of Arctic Journey

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 1o-Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook left Copenhagen
this afternoon on the first stage
of his journey homeward. apparently
happy. and confdent-and with the
cheers of great crowd ringing in his
ears. Formal farewells were exchanged
between Cook and committees of the
Geographical society and the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen. AS he departed
the explorer stood alone on the high
bridge of the yacht Melchoir, which is
taking him to Christiania. and raised
his hat in response to the shouts of the
spectators.
The yacht will arrived at Christiania
tomorrow noon, where Cook will board
the steamship Oscar II for the United
States.
Managing Director Cold of the Scan
dinavian- American steamship company
accompanied Cook. He said the Oscar
III would reach New York September 21.
Admiral Thanks Cook
Before the gangplank of the Melchoir
was drawn up there was a pleasant
tended by Maurice F. Egan. the Ameri-
can minister the rector of the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen and a number of
geographers. Admiral Dekichelieu
thanked Cook for returning to the
United States under the Danish flag.
Green eyed envy and jealousy" the
admiral said, ARE doing their enven-
omed work. but We in Denmark believe
in you absolutely
Il want TO thank you." said Cook in
reply, for the great honor that is mine
In going home on a Danish steamer.
Since can not reach home on an
American steamer or an expedition
vessel, it is fitting that I should go on
steamer of the land which has given
me such happy days.
Ready to Compare Records
'Yon have made my return so happy
that the tortures of the past are for
gotten. You have been my friends;
you have fought my battles. With a
full heart I say farewell to the people
of Denmark"
Speaking to correspondent, Cook
said:
Il am perfectly willing to put my
records before the American coast and
geodetic survey to be compared with
those of Commander Peary, but I do
not see why I should ask for such a
comparison first
Asked if he had any message for the
public, Cook replied:
Don't you think that would be
rather presumptuous? All I want is to
get home to my wife and children and
to finish my work"
Dash to Pole Expected
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Sept. 1O-The
schooner John r. Bradley, on which DR..
Frederick A. Cook made his trip to
the arctic carried more than $4,000
worth of supplies, including pemmican
and wood brought from the west and
especially suitable for sledges.
This statement was made today by
Benjamin A. Smith. who QUILTED the
vessel.
Smith said that Captain Bartlett re-
marked that 1t looked like long trip
to the arctic with perhaps a dash to
the pole itself. He recalled also that
great secrecy was maintained during
the outfitting.
Guide Promises Statement
HAMILTON, Mont, Sept. 10
Whether DR.. Frederick A. Cook scaled
the heights of Mount Mckinley or
guide with the Cook party. refuses to
say.
Burrill, when seen here today by a
representative of the Associated Press.
decried the controversy into which
Cook and Peary have become entangled
and he especially denounced the action
of the other members of the Cook
party on the Mount Mckinley trip for
the statements they have made In reIa-
tion to that. affair.
II, of course, was the only man with
Doctor Cook at the time in question and
the statements made by other members
of the party regarding the ascent Of
the peak are not made of their own
personal knowledge. But l don't see
what that trip has to do with him dis
covering the north pole.
Whether Doctor Cook did or did not
climb Mount Mckinley would not prove
whether he discovered the north pole
or not. I do not care to be drawn into
this controversy at this time, but at
the proper time / will make my state
ment regarding the Mount Mckinley
trip.
Il am preparing this statement now
from the diary, which shows just what
happened during each day of the trip.
This statement / propose to put into
the form of an afidavit and when Doc
tor Cook comes back to the United
States 1 will give this statement to the
public. Until that time have no state-
ment to make"
Peary Story Favors Cook
PARIS, Sept. 1o.-The frst Install
ment of Commander Peary's recital Of
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