The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-01
Special from United Press.l

A. Cook, the Brooklyn Arcr1c explorer, has discovered the long sought North Pole, according to a government d1s- patch received here today from the Inspector of Greenland.
 pr. Cook is now on a Danish vessel bound for this port. The dispatch re- ceived by the Colonial Office today was filed at Lerwick Shetland Island, at which point the Danish steamer Hans Egde with Dr. Cook aboard put In.
 The message received here is as fol- lows: "Dr. Cook, American explorer, reached the North Pole on April 2l, 1908. He is now aboard Hans Egde, bound for Copenhagen. pr. Cook ar rived in May, 1909, at Upernav1k rom Cape York accompanied by EsQu1- maux members of his party. The Es- uu1imaux confirm the truth of the ex- plorers statements. that he located the geographic pole."
 In announcing Dr. Cooks triumph the government officials today lay stress on the fact that the pole dis covered is not the magnetic pole which has long been established, but the geo. graphic North Pole, the goal of Peary' Nansen and all the other Arctic ex-. plorers of the past few years.
 No mention is made of the personnel of his party, but it. is taken Tor grant ed by the government authorities that as the other officials made no men ton of other members, pr. COOK mus have been unaccompanied except by his Esquimaux followers.
 Brooklyn, Sept. 1-Mrs. Robert P. Davidson of 638 Bushwfck avenue, friend of the Cook family. today re .sS,,ccessful and we'll. Cable a8dresS fo Copenhagen (SigneG Bred"
 The Cooks lived at 670 Bushwick avenue. Mrs Cook and her two chl- dren are now at South HarpsweH ls- land. Casco Bay. Maine, and Mrs. Da- yidIson has telegraphed her the con tents of the cablegTam
 The cablegram received by Mrs. Da- yftleon was4 addressed to Mrs COOK, the wife of the explorer. and was re reived by her neighbor, Mrs. Davidson, in Mrs. Cooks absence from the citya The message was dated from LerW1ck, Shetland Islands. Mrs. Davidson ex- plained that Mrs. Cook had earlier m fheF summer gone to the Adirondacks and later to South HarpsweM Island! Maine, to which point she forwarded the cablegram.f
 London, Sept. 1.-Dispatches rom ronenhagen to-day say that Dr. F. A. Cook the Brooklyn Arctic explorer, discovered the North Pole on April Fist.
 The date Dr. Cook is said to have discovered the pole was April 2l' l9Os, af1ce which time he has been fighting to return to civilization. Dr. COOK waas practically alone on his voyage toward the Pole, having had put one white man with him when he started and this man was taken Ill ana re- turned to the outside Worlo lnore riioAA a year ago.
 Dr. Cook was accompanied by only a few Esuuimos making a flying trlp with dogs and sleds.
 The report from Copenhagen comes ta,ro,,eh the Danish Foreign Office. In- tense excitement has been caused here by the report of Dr. Cooks success owing to the fact that Lieutenant Er- nest Shackleton of the English army recently sprang to the forefront & od eae K plorers by coming within Ill miles Of reaching the South Pole. Since Shackleton's return England has been deeply interested in the endeaVors or Arctdc explorers to discover the poles.
 ,r.w work. Sept. 1.-Dr. Frederick Albert Cook is a noted surgeon and physician of Brooklyn, N. Y., Whose work as an explorer in the Arctic re- zion has won him international fame. On his last trip in search of the poe and the one that is said to have been successful was begun in July, l9Vi, and was a private expedition, financed by Dr.. Cook himself and his friend, B. B. Bradley, 8 mutimilli liona1re New york sportsman who chartered the sban that took Dr. Cook to the Arctic regions. Bradley soon returned, intend snsr only to hunt some big game there when he left. Cook, however, 1mme- diately started his dash for the pole expecting to be gone for years.
 There was a great deal of dissen- sion caused among Arctic explorers by Dr. Cooks trip, the followers of Lieu tenant R. E.. Peary declaring openly that Dr. Cook had stolen march on fine naval officer who had planned to follow practically the same course on his dash for the pole.
 pr. Cook, however, was in the re- zion of everlasting snow and could not be communicated with a. number of Eskinos with dogs and sleds, Cook had made his last dash hoping to reach the last resting of Nansen and Peary and strike the pole Itself Only twice has Dr. Cook been heard from before. A short time after his departure his white companion be- came i'll and Dr. Cook was compelled to send him back to the coast in care of some of his Eskimos. It was then thought this would prove fatal as Dr. Cooks force was cut down to a dan gerous minimum. The interp1d ex- plorer, however. concluded his dash, sending word back that he was con- fident of success. Later a letter got back to the waiting wife Of the ex- plorer in Brooklyn saying that he was in good health and ready to go on. Now comes the news that he has reached the goal for which hundreds have striven-the north of the globe.
 No details of the discovery or man ner of getting the news back to the world has yet been received in New York Before sailing Captain Bartlett of the schooner Jeanie gave out the prophetic statement:
 eff Dr. Cook is found alive he will have an interesting story to tell. He went alone, unhampered by any party and his trip was novelty in Arctic exploration
 The Jeanie will touch at Greenland and it is believed Captain Cook will be found there waiting to be brought back to civilization.
 The last official word that came from Dr. Cook before to-day's start ling news. reached New York March II, 1908, just 5 weeks before he is re- ported to have reached the pole. He /