The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-10
vations made by Dx Cook during the expedition with out Hlterations.

expedition with out Hlterations.
 igr. Lonsdale stated further that the explorers report was founded on these and dictated by pr. Cook to him. no other person having anything to do with it. Loose and Dunkle. MT. Lons- dale added. were guests at the Wal dorf-Astoria during Dr. Cooks stay there but the explorers acquaihtance with them was slight.
 The committee which will examine Dr. Cooks records 10 composed of the following: President. Prof. Ellis strom- gren. director of the astronomical ob- servatory; pr. c. F. Pechuie. astrono- msr attached to the observatory: Gus tave Holm. explorer: Prof. A. B. Yensen, President of the school of nav igation; pr. Royder, director of the meteorological ofice, and pr. F. A. Engstrom, director of the Lund ob- servatory.
 A summery of the aflidayits of per- sons claiming to have aided pr. Fred erick A. Cook in the preparation of his polar data, published in London and New York. today, was read with amaxement today.
 Scientific circles are inclined to be regarding the charges and some persons like Dr. Carl Burrau. the astronomer. consider them 50 improb- able that their effect will be to strengthen confidence In Dr.. Cook.
 Tn an interview. pr. Burrau said:
 Passages In the story teiegraphed here give me the impression that the matter is thoroughly untrustworthy. Take for instance the statement about Capella. Capel.a neither rises nor sets in the polar regions but remains liked oyer the horizon. In order to make observations at the North Pole more extended and more detailed knowledge Is necessary than is enjoyed usually by the average ship captain.
 "It, however. will be easy Tor the University to determine the truth or otherwise of the charges"
 The committee of six under the presidency of Professor Ellis strom- gren. the astronomer, which is to examine the North Polar records or Dr.. Cook on behalf of the University Of Copenhagen. will begin It's work af the end of the present week.
 Afiidavits of two men asserting that Dr Frederick A. Cook hired them Tor s4.000 with promise of an additional bonus of $500 to one of them to fahri- cate astronomical observations ana calculations of latitude and lonsi- tude for submission to the universlty of Copenhagen, were published m 1hT N8W
 The men who say they helped Cook in preparing records Of a journey to the North Poie--George H. Punkie, an insurance broker. and Captain August wedel Loose. a seaman - admit that their reason for making the amdav1tH was that the explorer only paid ths" s2sO for their work
 Captain Loose Talks.
 s ..t. a---l n ntatn A. w r,aare. the master pilot and navigator whose afiidavit stating that he hau formulated d long series Of opserva- ttonn and data for Dr. Frederick A. Cook at pr. Cooks request since ms return from the Arctic regions. was published today, said:
 Fl went to pr. Cook. thinking that ! might he Of some little assistanee to him. but never expected when ! ap proachad him. to do sueh sxtsAs.ss 4. work as l have done. short tAak ssss,s asr. scook ccnvaneed pne that siis r,syv almost nothing about naviga., tlon. He was ignorant Of some VI u's essentials 6f the seience
 1T at first considered ht iease ,,,,a,v thaf pr. Cook had got near the na,a. aav to 80 degrees or within SIX, ty miles, Even his observations Wuulu have 9ivef, him that accuracy. La.e' I was forced to change that opihion.
 "A person not especially aecuraas might have thought himseh @ noie when only within sixty miles oi i,. hut as got deeper Into the ma, ter I began to suspect that pr. Soob vas never out of sight of land'
 .please notice that have never ..,d that pr. Cook is about to submit -. caIculations to the University os copenhagen as his own observations nr Cook never intimated such to me, I did not question him about that eno was working for pay then ana was indifferent on that point. NOW l have not received my pay. l dont e&. press an opinion about when or ho" T,r Cook wrote up his record books.
 sDr- Cook never allowed me to in- .r.ct his original records. or, indeed anv more of them than has been pun lished in the newspapers.
 raptain Loose says that the writing down of seconds in pr. Cooks report os his observations did not show .s sktllfui attempt to deceive"
 The limits of error were so great that the recording of seconds would not be of the slightest value Tn addihs accuracy, declared the captain
 ..sttu. of course" he added. "Dr Cook could rave looked at his instru- ments. seen the seconds and put then down conscientiously if in ignorance of their lack of importance"
 As to whether he thought 1t posSl- bia for Dr. Cook to declare now tha' these calculated observations bv Cap tain Loose were simply for compar- ison of his own. Captain Loose said
 ..Dr. Cook will probably say this but why aid he need any such caleu< iations and reckonings backwards az I made for himT'