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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
DIARY or DR.. COOK
REACHES NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Sept. Gone Of the
most important pieces of documentary
evidence on which DR.. Cook whl try
to prove his claim to discovering the
north pole, it was learned today, is
already in this city. 1t is diary kept
bv the explorer up to the day he sew
cred connection with his last white
companion.
The diary was left at Etah when the
discoverer departed on his quest IN
the far north and was brought here
nv Rudolph Francke, the steward OF
the expedition. F'rancke delivered 1t
to Mrs. Cook, the explorers wife, and
by her it has been carefully copied in
readable form.
1t now rests in safe deposit vault
and will not see the light of day until
1t is delivered to DIR. Cook
The diary is not a connected narra-
tive. only a succession of daily entries,
recording every detail of the party 8
experiences from the time the expe-
dition sailed from st. Johns, N. F. A
friend of Mrs. Cook said it was several
thousand words long.
Francke is still in New York. AS
the last white man that saw the ex-
plorer before his dash for the pole, he
expects to prove the most valuable
personal witness of the truth of the
explorers story.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
DIR. COOK HEARS NEWS OF PEARY'S
SUCCESS WITH PROFOUND EMOTION

Polar bear attacking a man, except in
self-defense. Polar bears are about as
dangerous as the ordinary black bear
of this part of the world. The muskox
is a harmless animal. Floating ice
stories struck me as a funny yarn to
tell.
Ice Always Moving
IF DR.. Cook did reach the pole and
left a cylinder there it certainly is not
there now. From all accounts I have
ever seen the ice is constantly moving.
Everybody who has been in that region
has found that drift.
IAN explorer can determine the lati-
tude sby a zenith telescope, the most
accurate means, and by a sextant. DR..
Cook did not have a zenith telescope,
as that is too heavy an instrument. He
carried a sextant.
"You can tell you are at the pole by
seeing the stars or the sun circling at
the same distance above the horizon.
The sun comes above the horizon March
20 and goes around and around in a
spiral until June. 20 or %, when it
reaches its highest point. Then the sun
goes lower and lower until September
20 and sinks out of sight.
II notice DR.. Cook said he had sent
his papers to the states. 1 do not
understand why he should send his
records to the states and himself go to
Denmark. Why doesn't he himself
bring his papers to this country? We
should have his records of latitude and
longitude, of distances and directions,
his notes on his trip before taking Of
flcial action in the matter. What would
constitute absolute evidence? l cannot
conceive of the possibility of any abso-
Lutte and convincing evidence of attain
ment of the pole. We can only take his
records and base action on them.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
ADMIRAL BELIEVES
PEARY SUCCEEDED

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6.-Admiral
Melville, when informed of the text of
the Associated Press dispatch from
Lieutenant Peary, said:
IF Peary has telegraphed the Asso-
ciated Press that he has found the
pole, L believe it, and say bully for
him"
miral, as a smile crossed his face. 'I
have known Peary personally for a
long time, and as he was well equipped
for an expedition, I think he had at
least as nTuch chance as DR.. Cook had
of discovering the pole. Peary was
within 200 miles of the pole on the last
expedition and was prevented from
getting there by the opening of the ice
packs. He has been gone long enough
to have reached there.
TT was the crazy dispatch purport-
ing to have come from DR.. Cook about
conditions he found there and other
things that caused doubt in my mind
about Cook having found the pole The
dispatches of yesterday and today are
more sane and are more favorable to
DR.. Cook. The developments of the last
few days and the Associated Press dis
patches from Peary make the situation
more interesting"
DR. Henry Skinner one of the found
ers of the Geographical Society Of
Philadelphia, said the Peary dispatch
Indicates Peary himself had reached
the pole, and placed the flag there.
BY the time Peary reached there
every vestige of the flag left by Dr.
Cook would have disappeared. Dr.
skinner said that it was wonderful that
two American explorers should have
reported the discovery of the pole al
most simultaneously, and that he firm
ly believed both reached there
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
HAS CONFIDENCE IN
VERACITY OF PEARY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-'That dis
patch from Peary means that he has
finally achieved what he has so long
been after" said Henry Gannett, an
old friend of Peary. and vice president
of the National Geographic society
"I am awfully glad that he has
reached the north pole, whether he was
the first to reach there or not. He
certainly worked hard enough to get
there. Such a dispatch from Peary
would signify only his own achieve
ment. Even if Cook was there first,
whatever he left there would have
floated miles away. I always thought
that Peary had the best chance of all
the men who have gone ont in the ef-
fort to reach the pole. He was fitted
by long experience and well-known
qualities"
Peary is personally popular with the
scientists in Washington and a move
ment will be launched at once to give
him a rousing reception when he gets
back to this country.
To Confer Today
Professor Willis L. Moore, the presi-
dent of the National Geographical So
ciety, and Professor Gannett will con-
fer tomorrow regarding what action
should be taken by the society.
Commander Robert e. Peary was
detached from regular duty with the
navy department July 2, 1903, and as
signed to special duty with the coast
and geodetic survey.
His explorations in the arctic re-
gions before that date had been con-
Quoted under technical leaves Of alb
sence from the navy department.
This status was satisfactory neither
to Commander Peary nor to his asso-
ciates in the naval corps of civil en-
gineers, and it was believed that he
could prosecute his scientific inVesti-
cations with a freer hand if he were
attached to one of the government
scientific bureaus and relieved from the
tedious form Of nava! reports at set
intervals which had embarrassed him.
One point of supreme Importance in
this report of his success which has
attended his last efforts to reach the
pole is that the statement must remain
absolutely unchallenged in all prob
ability.
Can Be No Question
There can be no question of the fact,
because Peary Undoubtedly is able to
confirm his statements by creditable
white witnesses who made up the per-
sonnel of his party.
Rear Admiral w. S. Cowles, chief of
the bureau of equipment of the navy,
expressed his delight over the Peary
announcement.
Admiral Cowles also said he believed
that DR.. Cook had discovered the pole
last year.
"Peary had an exceptionally fine
equipment. 1t would be no great Won
der at all If he has at last achieved
what he has set ont to do"
''It was my understanding, he said,
that when Peary left here it was his
hope to reach the pole about this time.
Peary is a most deserving officer. He
has pursued his purpose under all sorts
of adverse conditions, and only a man
of his energy and persistence could
hope to win so great an undertaking.
''At any rate" he said, II believe, in
the interest of fair play, adverse judg-
ment should be suspended until 1t has
been demonstrated that he has not
made the discovery he claims"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07

tel, but their wish to spend a quiet
hour together was frustrated by the
persistent approaches of autograph
hunters, mostly English women tour
lists. One of the women insisted upon
knowing exactly what DR.. Cook was
eating and she jotted down the menu
solemnly and carefully in a note book.
Dr. Cook and Mr.. Egan will pass
Thursday as the guests of the premier,
Count Holstein Ledrebord, at the his
toric castle at Roskilde few miles
from the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
PEARY WILL sUBsTANTlATE
MESSAGE, SAYS eEoLoGlsT

CHICAGO, Sept 6. - When Mr.
Peary makes a fuller statement it will
contain evidence on which the validity
of his claim that the North Pole has
been found can be determined" said
Prof. T. F. Chamberlain, head of the
department of geology, University OF
Chicago, when informed today OF the
reported achievement of Commander
Peary.
AFTER that" said Prof. Chamberlain,
twill come a critical scrutiny of his
observations and other data which shall
be fully presented, and this viii give.
basis for final decision in the matter.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07

tific achievements. He was born at
Callicoon Depot, Sullivan county, N.
Y, June TO- 1865, the son of DR.. Theo-
dore Albert Cook The family name
was originally Koch, but was changed
after coming to this country. He re-
ceived his education in the public
schools of Brooklyn and Call1coon, ana
was graduated in medicine from the
University of New York in 1890. For q
time he practiced in Brooklyn. In 1892
he married Mary Fidell Hunt, who IS
now living in Brooklyn.
pole" said Father Charles M. Charro-
pin, S. j., professor of astronomy at
the ST. Louis university, when he was
informed of Commander Peary's mes
sage of the Stars and Stripes being
nailed to the north pole.
Commander Peary deserves credit
for his work and hardships. but DR..
Cooks records have made me be-
lever in him." Father Charropin con-
tinued.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
Does Not Doubt Cook

MUNICH, Sept. 6.-Dr. zugmayer,
who has Travelled extensively in Thibet
and Iceland, said today: Il feel per-
fectly sure DR.. Cook had discovered
the north pole. Everything Cook has
said so far is positive, and see no
reason why there is any doubt in this
case"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07

yNJHIs is the last portrait DIR. Fred
erlck A. Cook. the now famous ex-
Il plorer, had taken before he started
on the memorable trip which re-
suited in the discovery of the north pole.
DIR. Cooks first venture in exploration
was when he went with the Peary Arc
tic expedition as surgeon in 1s91-2. For
several years thereafter he engaged in
interior exploring and mountain climb
ing. He made his first attempt to climb
TO the summit of Mount Mckinley, in
Alaska, in 1898. Four years later he
started for the Antartic as sur
geon with the Belgian expedition under
Capt. Adrian de Gerlache. This trip
ended unsuccessfully in 1899.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
WORLD STARTLED
BY PEARY'S FEAT
LUCK OF SECOND EXPLORER
UNEXPECTED
SCIENTISTS ANxIousLY AWAIT
PROOF OF CLAIMS
Nations Unprepared for Remarkable
Message from Naval Officer Conn
D ing So Quickly After
Cooks Success
tcon,Innen from pnre ono,

advantage of this route is that 1t all
lows a base of supplies approximately
100 miles nearer the goal than the
Spitzbergen base, which has been it's
chief rival. The advantages of the
route appeared during Peary's trip In
1906, when he attained the northern
most point hitherto reached by man
81 degrees, minutes, at about the
forty-ninth meridian, west longitude.
This was on April 21.
The commander on his present expe-
dition hoped to follow the path taken
three years ago, which lay in almost
straight line from Cape Moss and
the supposed northernmost extremity
of Grinnelland, to latitude 1896. At
this point Peary had discovered what
he afterward concluded to be the open
Polar sea.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
SAYS HE CONSIDERS
DR.. COOK DISC0VERER
OF THE NORTH POLE

ST. LOUIS. Sept. CT consider DR..
Cook the real discoverer of the north
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07

nR. FREDERICK A. COOK, dis
coverer of the north pole, has
~ taken part in half a dozen othef
notable exploring expeditions in his
lifetime in arctic and antarctic regions
and in mountain climbing. In TINS lase
his greatest feat was the ascent OF
Mount Mckinley, in Alaska, in 1906
after unsuccessful attempts in 1903 by
himself and before that by several geo,
graphical societies. From his boyhooo
DR. Cook has been interested in sclen-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

other civilized country would permit
what the ordinary newsstand displays
as q matter OF course and OF fact. AS
for the pictuse gailaries-l The
Dutch artists % the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth centuries were simple,
plain spoken people-iike the Bible
The French are not plain-spoken. They
are merely suggestive. And all this
seems TO have come from the license of
the bouleHaras. II taints Paris, and, in
so far az Paris IL the capital OF art IN
the world, Paris taints the world. And
art has acquired q bad name because
of the French influence on It. But
after ALL 1t il only a small part of
French art, and French life. The boule-
wards, which occupy so much or the
attention OF Americans who visit Paris
casually. are but q small part Of Paris.
And their indecencies, while relatively
large compared with the place they
play in ordinary life. are small
part of life. So too much emphasis
should not be laid upon them. For the
Paris " the people--the frugal. indus
trious. aecsnt Parts. IL the real Paris.
And il has found voice In the institu-
lions ae France only O little over
huffArazg years. psss sssh vs..
FOR two Of three cents one may ride
on the street cars or omnibuses for
miles through the beautiful city and
for dime a man and his family may
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position of buildings. If the plan OF one
city Is applied to the other they nearly
coincide, and 1t would almost appear as
though the authorities deputed to lay
out Verulamium had taken Pompeii as
their model The streets ran at right
angles to each other. and were about
twenty-four feet in width; the surface
was of gravel concrete. paved occa-
sionally with stone slabs. When ex-
posed they are invariably covered with
oyster shells, doubtless thrown there
by the Inhabitants to deaden the sound
OF chariot wheels.
There are probably few sites in
Great Britain which have such
wealth of historical associations as
this. Before the Romans came Verula-
MUM was the capital of Cassi, an
important British tribe, and there are
traces of the ancient earthworks still
in existence. Tusciovanus ruled here
and struck his coins in gold. silver
and copper in the city. One OF his
sons was Cunobeliu. Shakspeare's
"Cymbeline," and Caractacus was his
brother. When the Emperor Claudius
sent an army to subjugate Britain In
A, d. ~. Verulamium submitted with
out a protest and the Romans. hndIng
the city suitable. made II their head
quarters and a military colony. and 1t
received its first charter. Less than
twenty years later the insurrecton un-
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liam Alien white's PARTS

(From william Allen Whites Paris
Letter to the Emporia Gazette.)
The Wisdom Of the Ages and the
Opinion of Europe seem to contend
that Paris is an exceedingly gay place
--gayety being construed to mean
bright, vivacious. happy. and with the
merry heart that maketh the glad
countenance. Perhaps Paris In gay.
People who went to bed at half past
3 every night but two that they were
in Paris are not qualified to give ex-
pert testimony.
Most people goAto Paris expecting to
be gay. They sit up until late hours
waiting for the gayety; perhaps accel-
Grating It with cheap wine. They see
a lady dancing on the table Of res
taurant according to her contract with
the manager OF the restaurant. and
they say aHehola Cav Parcel We
were in bed suoozing-getting our
Beauty sieep-whiie the lady danced
ON the table. ana we did not see Gay
Paree. Etiil Gay Paree NAV bs IN
The ether side Of the elephant. Our
side was the serious side. and AZ We
were up and around town By o'clock
the next morning. we saw the lady who
danced on the table and her various
sisters coming home. They were cer-
tainiy not gay ct that hour
Nor did they seem gay at any hour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
France The Kansas Of Europe

60 to almost any park in the city and
back. on the underground railroad,
This Underground 10 not UP to our New
York standard In either speed or serv-
ice, but its cost Is not up to our cost
either. Still It does the work. It Is
as good as the people require. We
wouldn't stand IL In America, but that
is because we demand certain things
to be better than Europeans. This Is
especially true of telephones. Kansas
city has batter telephone servie
than any European city we saw. And
Florence, with almost as many people as
Kansas city, has q worse system than
Emporia. It IL old-faahioned and You
ring and ring and ring and swear and
swear and swear and then give 1t up
ana 60 and do your errand youreif. In
Paris II Is comparatively as bad. and
In London. also.
Rural France, whether In tho east or
the west. always recalled Ike Lambert.
for II was less than year ago, after
his frst trip to Europe. that he sat
on the porch OF his new homo In the
stafliRht and said: France IL like
Kansas. It has the same gentle roll
Ing prairies. the same fine broad fields.
the same rich soil. the same afr OF
thrift and prosperity. the same blue
sky, the same fine breeze moving the
grass and the same warm sun upon
le hillsides." Kansas IL indeed the
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the Partisan Ssly eats or drinks enough
to hold his seat In the restaurant. He
watches the passing show. He rarely
gets drunk. and except sae lady whose
business Il 10 to get professionally gay
the Partisan at his cafe 10 net q noisy
animal.
So there they sit. slipping and nib
bling until bedtime. and the French
language has no word for homel The
cafe and the place where they sleep.
these are the domestic habftations of
the French. So In the great apart
ments that rise Ave. six, end In places
eight stories high-but never higher
all over Paris there are no lights at
night. In New York the great apart
ments glow with light. For they are
homes. But the Paris bedrooms are
dark. Even the homes OF the poor are
lunlightsd. Light seems to be Q luxury
that the French do not believe In.
Their streets are not 30 light as the
New York or oLndon streets-even the
most brilliant bouievards OF France
are dark when compared with the Same
kind Of streets In Anglo Saxon coun-
tries. And the pleasure traffio that
whiris by incessantly all the afternoon
and night. though the ssviftest IN" the
world. IL as night throngh' the darkest
So we ana, certain shop windows of
Paris the aithiest In the world. No
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may be said to have been the founder
OF the financial fortunes of the family.
Sir William, who was of the noblest
birth, and who had started life as a
peddler. so poor that he is recorded to
have subsisted for three weeks entire
ly on walnuts, but who died possessed
OF enormous fortune. acquired by iron
works, lead mines. fishery and timber
trade, and by numerous inventions, in
GLIDING a letter copying machine, left
a will, in which he proclaimed among
other things. AS for beggars by trade
and election, I give them nothing.
Those who have been born to no call
ing or estate should be left upon their
kindred. I am contented that / have
assisted all my poor relations and put
most of them In the way of earning
their own bread. AS to lega-
cies for the poor. am at standstill.
(That is to say. he gives nothing.)
In one word. Sir william Petty. in
whose house in London the Royal So
ciety, which he founded. held it's first
meeting, was distinctly opposed to So
cialism, and while content to help HIS
own kith and kin to earn Their bread,
could not see why he should be obliged
to maintain the poor relatives Of 9TH
ers, and especially "the beggars by
trade and by election"
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der Boadicea occurred, ana In this city
and the immediate nelghborhood over
20, 600 Romans were put to death. while
the city was burned to the ground
But 1t was rebuilt in greater magni-
hcence than before, and upon It was
conferred the dignity OF 'TMunicipium"
or free city, York being the only other
town In Britain sharing the same
rights. Verulamium henceforward. un-
til in 436 the Roman occupation of
Britain came to an end, was uniformly
prosperous It's streets were lined with
villas and all the customary institu-
lions of Roman city. temples. baths
and a theatre were among, its posses
sions.
When the country was overrun by
Picts and Scots the city fell on evil
times, and its end came when 1t was
taken by the Saxons in SIC ana sacked
For nearly three centuries 1t was in
ruins, and from the founding OF the
monastery in 793 to the dawn Of the
Norman era 1t served as a quarry for
building material for the monks and
alos for the Inhabitants of the new
town which was springing up under
their protection.
But in spite of this spoliation the
site may when the deposits of 400
years are removed, provided rich results
The partial and sporadic Investigations
that have already been made prove this
to be the ease
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os the day, or nixht. They seemed to
us about as. merry ~, the catacombs
which we visited with . liRht-hearted
company. enjoying the merry badinaEe
and happy persiGage provoked by the
occasion at the expense OF the bones
OF the millions. And great throngs
In Paris. soma way. reminded Us OF
the millions and millions Of good Pa
risians whose bones lie assembled In
neat accurate piles awaiting the
Judgment day. In the catacomhs Of
Paris One could not look at . Paris
throng without estimating the amount
of space 1t would occupy In ths cata-
combs, and how II would look. So
Gay Paree. some way. didn't arrivA In
the impression that NE collected OF
Paris.
The boulevards Of Paris are certain
wide streets convsrging near the ma
tionai opera house--the largest In the
world. The sidewalks In the boule-
wards harbor hundreds Of restaurants.
and here all the afternoon ana late into
the night thousands OF people cit eat
tag and drinking. They do not seem
to drink much ar eat notwithstanding
to the American standard Of eating
and drinking. A cup Of coffee lasts an
hour and glass OF wine longsr. The
Americans idea o. 70 order . big meal
or big drink. or both, and get 1t or
them both down quickly ana 80 on. But
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/ to whom he Is responsible in making
good. This study Of the superior In
ofice may accomplish q double good
for the employe.
There Is type Of narrow. unprogres-
sive employer who by reason OF his
own egotism always discourages any
thing which In his narrowness suggests
advice" In the narrowness of his
eeotisn he IS self sufficient. always
Anything that appears to him q usurpa
tion OF his pregotatives in ONCE Is In
trusion and offense. He snubs the en-
ploye who dares make the suggestion:
or II q board of directors force 1t upon
his attention. he nurses Q soreness
against that body.
When the young empioye with ini-
tiative in him and an impulse to pro-
gress, finds his employer of this type.
he cannot seek another ONCE too soon.
On the other hand. finding his super
for In ONCE a man Of quick intuitions
and Judgment, disposed to act at once
In accordance with these impulses. the
employe must make up his mind to line
up with the spirit OF his superior IL
In the end he - not to find himself
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on across the Kaw Valley. one OF the
most beautiful views in all Apaerica,
she said "This is like the plains Of
Lombardy. AS one crosses the Alps
and comes out On the Italian side he
sees spread like q panorama a great
plain. with trees and homes and whita
roads and rivers--and this IL its coun-.
terpart This Kansas landscape IL as
beautiful as Northern Italy"
And Hamilton Holt, editor OF the In
dependent when In Alhiine last spring.
found another resemblance. In q motor
car he rode some twenty miles in the
Smoky Hill Valley east OF Abilene ana
noted the farms ana dwellings. TT In
like the farm counties OF Holland"
said he. There are dwellings with
groups of trees. level dark soil. pas
lures. cattle and field crops. II the
roofs of ali the houses were painted
red 1t would be @ duplicate Of Hol-
land landscape"
All of which goes to show that the
world 10 q good deal alike after ali and
that we see in landscape what Our
mind teaches us to see. He is good
traveller and n wise observer who
knows how to compare, who can find
Kansas In a vista of rural France; and
italy and Holland in Kansas plain.