Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
Much Ado About DR.. Cook;
But Nothing Is Determined
cial Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, November 27-The story
that DR.. Frederick A. Cook. the Bushwick
explorer. had left America for foreign
parts was breezed around New York early
today. Much activity on the part of the
curious resulted
AS definite result of this activity the
positive information gained was that DR.,
Cook had departed for Cuba on the Ward
liner Havana: for the Azores on the Ced-
rc, and for some place else on the Gu
harder Carona.
Lawyer Henry W. Wack. who repre-
sents DIR. Cook in legal matters, issued a
statement TO the effect that DR.. Cook had
left the Caronia. Capt. 3. s. Osbc II.
secretary of the Arctic Club. said that
doubtless DR.. Cook had departed for the
Azores on Thanksgiving day aboard the
Cedric. John r. Bradley. DR.. Cook s
hacker. is quoted as saying that DR.. Cook
sailed for Cuba today on the Ward liner
Havana.
Has Left Hotel Quarters.
The Hotel Gramatan, Bronxville. where
DIR. Cook has been staying of late, said
today that DIR. Cook was still there. A
person with male voice backed this up
by coming to the telephone to say that he
was DIR. Cooks new secretary and to in
sist that DIR. Cook had no intention of
leaving America, and that IL he had such
an intention he certainly would not
sneak away.
4 short time later the same hotel sent
word that DIR. Cook had given up his
apartments there, paid his bill and de-
parted for good
The story that DR.. Cook was to leave
for Europe this morning on the Caronia
brought many reporters to the ship to
get a statement from the explorer. No
body resembling the explorer-and he is
known by sight to most of them-could
be found on the dock or aboard the ship
when she sailed.
Some One Who Looks Like Cook.
About the same time a ship news re-
porter happened aboard the Ward liner
Havana. which sailed an hour later than
the Caronia, and noticed a man walking
about who, to the reporter, looked ex-
actly like the DR.. Cook the reporter had
inviewed many times
How do you do, DR.. Cook" was the
affabIe greeting.
Whereupon the man so addressed stared
blankly and continued his stroll.
But you are DR.. Cook" spoke up a
passenger here.
There's no reason why I shouldn't
be-" was the vague answer. That ended
the conversation.
Recourse to the wireless by the news
papers brought back the following wire
less dispatch from the Havana this even
ing:
Only person on board resembling DR..
Cool. is William Warner Harper of Phila-
delphi a. DR.. Cook is a larger man and
has fuller face. Mr.. Harper showed his
credentials and he was vouched for by
the Rev. s. v Morgan, who is returning
to Cuba to church duties.
DR.. Cooks name not on passenger list.
Rumor of Cook being aboard started
through companion of Harper, Henry C..
Bum"
AS Henry Bum is the curator of Prince
ton lie may have been taking college
boy fling.
Not Found Aboard Caronia.
Another wireless came in from the cap
tain OF the Caronia tonight saying:
Unable to scover DIR. Cook aboard"
Lawyer III. Wellington Wack issued a
statement about the whereab uts Of Dr.
Cook today which shows a better knowl-
edge of the Caronia's passenger list than
the captain of the boat had at hand
while sending his wireless Lawyer H.
Wellington Wack's statement runs as
follows:
DIR. Cook sailed for Europe on the
steamship Caronia today to gain needed
rest, and to be within cal CT the Danish
scientists who are to examine his polar
records.
The explorer is not in a condition of
serious i'll health. The great change from
ice and pemmican to the focd and cor di-
tons of civilization. lecturing, travelling
explaining, writing and suffering Ease ac-
cusation in silence has naturally dis
turbed his generally robust physical and
mental condition.
Ills lectures will not be resumed until
the University OF Copenhagen has en-
firmed his arrival at the pole. Nor will
his book be published before that con-
tingency has been realized.
Tells of Cooks European Plans.
While awaiting the Danish verdict Dr.
Cook will attend to his health I'm Italy
where intrusions upon him are net likely
TO interfere with his purpose. He will also
complete the manuscript of his book con-
tanning the story of his discovery Of the
pole.
He IS as confident as ever that the
most competent scientific body in Europe
will find that he reached the pole April
q. zoos.
The fantastic stories, attributed to
those that represent the explorer, have
no foundation. Evidence of an attempt
to steal his original observations had eau
toned him to employ reasonable safe
guards in transmitting them to Den
mark"
'Piffie," cried the secretary of the
Arctic club. when shown this statement
the same being Capt. u. s. Osbon, who
Y,
commander of the navy of the Argent ne
Republic, and who wears the decoration
al the Order of Busto del Liberator,
conferred upon him by Venezuela In 1899
Capt. Osbon had come down to Law
yer Wacks Office soon as he heard
that Dr. Cook had beat ii, away from
here.
Mr. Wacks girl stenographer handed
out the statement. Capt. CSbon I'm the
meantime complained angrily about his
Old trend DIR. Cook, who only last We'd
n.u the captain that re
Or. Cook. would take box at a benefit
performance for the captain, to be held
ut the Academy of Music on Wednes-
day. December *
Explorers Club Left in Lurch.
And in the meantime a prominen,
member of the Explorers Club was reg
isterng "a kick also, because. he said
the doctor had promised the Explorers
Club that, as soon as the north DO
records were finished, the doctor would
present himself before Explorers Clul
with records of his Mount McKinle,
climb and stand around answering ques
tons.
And now hes beat it," almost wen,
the member of the Explorers Club. "anf
he's not only sent his north pole dope e
Copenhagen, but also his Mount McKin
ley stuff, with advance notices sent ou
by his lawyer and friends that probabl,
both will he stolen on the high seas
'~o,re of these folks" broke In Capt
osborn. in an aside that referred TO tn,