The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-07
PEARY GOT TO
POLE APR. IS

Continued from rage ID.
in the dispatch. as his expedition to
the pole did not leave until July, 1908.
Story lie Confirmed.
Freeport Me-, Sept. Confirmation
OF Peary's success was received here
today In a telegram from ID. B. Nc
MILAN, who accompanied Peary. The
message, sent TO McMillans sister, Mrs
w c. Fogg, the local postmistress.
follows:
Indian Harbor, Sept. 6, 1909:
Mrs. w. G. F'ogg, Freeport, Me.
Arrived safe. Pole on board Best
year Of my life. (Signed), Ben"
Never Dispute Peary's Work.
Boston, Sept. John Richie jr., a
we'll known scientist, for twenty three
years the official in charge OF the col
lection and distribution of astronimi-
cal news for the United States, said
last night of Commander Peary's dis
covery: 3f
Commander Peary's word has never
been disputed and IL he says he has
found the pole, it is so. AS to the
relative merits of the claims Of DR.
Cook and Commander Peary, there is
no use specializing. 1t is q scientific
matter to be settled when the evidence
is submitted"
Incentive to Posar Research.
Canton. Mass, Sept. 7.-Prof. f.
Helm Clayton. for many years director
Of the Blue Hill observatory and an
authority on air currents and meteor
illogical conditions, was much inter-
ested in the announcement Of Pearys
achievement He said:
The two remarkable announce
ments--those of DIR. Cook and of Conn
mander Peary--coming at ouch a close
interval, pleases me greatly, as Il be-
lieve 1t will mean a great incentive to
polar research, much more so than as
If neither the one nor the other had
come alone. / have no doubt that
Peary has found the polar axis, and
did not doubt the claims OF DIR; Cook
but shall be keenly Interested to
learn how the notes of the two seien-
lists will compare"
London, Sept. 1.-THE honor of
planting the national flag at the north
pole undoubtedly belongs to America.
Lieut. e. s. Shackleton, the English
explorer, who recently led an expedi-
ton into the antarctic regions, said
today:
News within a week." he continued,
that two men have reached the pole
is an extraordinary coincidence we
all expected to hear of Commander
Peary's arrival some time during the
month, and we sincerely hoped that
the result of his years of effort and
struggle would be crowned with sue
cess.
"Peary undoubtedly got to the pole
Between him and DIR. Cook the pole
certainly has been reached
Navy Depsrtment Notified.
Washing ION, Sept. Through Her
bert L. Bridgeman, secretary of the
Peary Arctic club, formal official noti-
fication Of Commander Peary's achieve
ment in reaching the north pole was
made known to the government today
Bridgeman sert a dispatch to the
secretary OF the navy that Comman-
der Peary telegraphed from Indian
Harbor, Laborator, as follows:
North pole reached April s, by the
Peary Arctic club expedition, under
my command"
Ambition of Life Time.
New York, Sept. Tin reaching the
north pole, Commander Robert Edwin
Peary has achieved the ambition of
a Lifetime. AS boy, mis- day dreams
were of an unexplored land far to the.
northward and such printed matter
concerning the Polar regions, as fell
into his hands was read with alb
sorbed interest He was born at
Cresson, Pa, May 8. 1858, but in his
early youth the family removed to
Maine, where he received his educa-
ton His parents, Charles NJ, and
Mary (Wiley) Peary, saw to it that
he received an early training befit-
ting a life which promised to be fill-
ed with wholesome activity.
Instructed first in private schools
he subsequently entered Bowdoin COL
lege from which he was graduated
with the class of 1877. throughout
his college career and in the years
following, he made close study OF
Arctic exploration, the peculiars fas-
cination which the subject ineld for
him deepening as he rnatured. AS a
means of livelihood he adpted the pro-
fession of civil engineer, entering the
United States navy in that capacity.
Oct. 26, 1881. Three years later he
was appointed an assistant engineer
on the board which surveyed the
Nicaraguan ship canal
The First Expedition.
In these years his interest In the
mysterious north had not abated and
in 1885, he applied for leave OF alb
sence from the navy which would per-
NIT him to visit Greenland. sTIia APP
plication was granted and in July of
the same year, he began what proved
to be the first Of seven expeditions,
to the north all attended with hard
ship and some OF them with actual
suffering and want. but preserved In
with tenacity OF purpose that chal-
lenged the admiration OF the world and
finally brought him unstinted fame
Beyond the daring of his exploits,
Peary's expeditions have had a scien-
tific and geographical usefulness that
has been generally recognized, and he
has won the medals OF the American
Geographical society, the Royal Geo.
graphical society or London, ana the
Scottish Geographical society, flonors
never accorded in equal number to
any other American. In the navy
he won the title OF commander, and
the government has recognized the
value Of his expeditions by granting
his repeated leaves OF absence. In
1903. he was made president of the
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