The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-17

glad of the matter being submitted Tor
consideration ri an early date. II
should be done inside of couple OF
weeks and when il was done. the com
| mander declared bic was prepared 10
turn over TO the board OF arbitration,
! to the public and to scientific bodies
an array Of testimony which would dis
prove Dr. Cooks claims for all time.
Continuing. the explorer said that
| he had stated in private message to
u friend that DIR. Cook had given the
world gold brick" THIS message
| had been allowed TO leak out. and
while he would have preferred a more
elegant expression, he was willing now
10 let these words stand. because they
were al least emphatic
II is rumored here thai Commander
Peary's briefs will make sensational
statements and that portion of this
document was prepared as Ions ago
as the early months OF 1905. when let
ters were received from DR.. Cook in
Greenland, giving notice that he in
tended to make dash for the pole.
Asked how Harry Whitney hap
pened TO remain In the north. Peary
said Whitney was one OF party OF
sportsmcn who went as passengers on
board the steamer Erik. The party
included Whitney w. Norton of New
York. q man named Harmed. and G.. J.
Crafts of Washington, who came for
the purpose of taking magnetic OBJ
seryations for DR.. Bauer. head of the
department of terrestrial magnetism
OF the Carnegie institute at Washing
ton.
About Relief Ship.
AT Etah, where II was determined to
land a party and supplies for the re-
lief of DR.. Cook. particularly in view
OF The fact that Rudolph Francke was
being inVallded home, Whitney asked
II he might remain on the station TO
hunt walru5 and polar bear In the
spring This was decided on. In or
der TO provide against the contin-
gency OF the Roosevelt not coming
down from the north in the summer
OF 1909. in which event he would he
obliged TO remain in the Arctic two
years. Whitney made arrangements
for ship TO come up for him this
| summer.
while am not In position to
so into details OF the plans In regard
10 this relief ship" Commander Peary
continued. II was informed by Whit
noy and Norton that the general pro-
, poSal was that Norton should get up
another party Of sportSmen and that
| this party, who w. @ to be Whitneys
friends or relatives. should pick him
1 up. Whitney had no doubt As 10 this
ship coming north and when the
Roosevelt was sighted at Etah. Au-
gust II last. Whitney started out at
once in a sail boat for the Roosevelt,
under the impression that she was his
own ship AS matter of fact, the
party of sportsmen did not material
! lie, but the relief ship Jeanle was sent
north TO bring Whitney back On her
arrival Whitney was transferred from
the Roosevelt 10 the Jeanic and he Is
now probably engaged In hunting
bears somewhere on the west side Of
Baffins Bay or Davis strait"
Asked how DR. Cook made his way
from Etah 30 South Greenland. Peary
replied that he probably travelled by
dogs and sledges south and across Mel
VILE bay
All the members of Commander
Pearys party agree that the far north
has mysterious fascination for them
and thoy say they would like to go
back
Professor Mcmillan declared today
that the Eskimo language probably
contained thousand words at most
He believes there Is great field here
for the ethnologists 10 determine
where the Eskimos came from.
DR.. Goodsell another member of the
expedition. is of the opinion that the
Japanese and ESklmoS are of the same
racial stock.
The Eskimos OF northern Greenland
are the most nouherly people of the
world, They are called "Peary's
tribe
A census taken By Professor Nc
MILAN shows their numbers are in
creasng Some years ago they were
threatened with extinction. but now
they number 21S When the Roose-
Welt left their shores no member OF the
expedition would tell them that this
was her last visit, but they seemed TO
understand this fact. inasmuch as the
pole had been reached. and, gathered
on the shore, they wcpt at her de-
parture and waved signals as long as
she was In sight