The Irish standard., 1909-10-23
NORTH POLE Is. !. I
JURY named.
TWELVE MEN SELECTED TO-
DECIDE WHERE COM. PEARY i5iss
WENT. a5sS
HENRY GANNETT is CHAIRMAN
And is Aided BY Many Prominent
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rasnsus. II
sen Comes to Aid Of
Or. Cook.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Commander
Peary's claim that he reached the
north pole will be passed upon by .
subcommittee of the committee of re.
search of the National Geographical
society of Washington.
This was decided at a meeting Of
the board of managers. In response
to an invitation extended by the execu-
tive committee last week, Commander
Peary sent on from his summer homo
in Maine, what he deemed to be sum.
cient data to establish his claim. The
board of managers decided to refer the
whole matter to the society's regular
standing committee on research and
the chairman of the latter then ap.
pointed the following committee to
examine Pearys proofs:
Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester
United States navy. retired.
o. H. Tittman, superintendent OF
the United States coast and geodeti0
survey.
Professor Henry Gannett, geoloHst
of the United States geological survey
chairman.
Won't Decide Priority.
In statement issued by Professor
Willis l.. Moore, who presided at the
board meeting, it is made clear that
the only question upon which the orr
ganization will pass Is whether Coma
mander Peary reached the pole, and
there will be no Investigation Of his
claims of priority of discovery over
DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
The research committee, all the
members of which will sit to judge
Peary's case, after the subcommittee
reports. is composed Of twelve men, as
follows:
Henry Gannett. chief geographer of
the United States geological survey,
vice president of the National Geo
graphic society. and one of the found
ers of that organization, in 1888.
o. P. Austin, chief of the govern.
ment bureau of statistics, secretary
Of the National Geographical society.
DR.. l.. A. Bauer, director of terrest-
rial magnetism of the Carnegie insti-
tute.
Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester.
known for many years as one of the
best navigators in the naval service.
former superintendent Of the naval
academy, commander-in-chief of the
nj
the naval observatory and chief of the
photographic division of the navy.
Frederick v. Colville. botanist Of the
department of agriculture.
DR.. ]. Howard Gore. formerly pro-
lessor of mathematics in George
Washington university.
Gilbert H. Grosvenor. editor Of the
National Geographic Magazine, CONF
piled a map Of the north polar res
gions, showing the route of all expedH
tions; edited the scientific report ot
the Ziegler polar expedition.
C. Willard Hayes, chief geologist OF
the United States Geological surveys
one of the pioneer explorers Of Alas.
ka.
Alfred ]. Henry. professor Of mete1
orology in the United States weatheD
bureau.
W. H. Holmes, chief OF the bureau
of ethnology, of the Smithsonian instl.
tuition.
DR. C. Hart Merriam, chief OF the
United States biological survey and
member of the National Academy OF
Sciences, one of the earlier explorers
of Alaska, and Of different sections Of
the western United States.
DIR. O. H. Tttman, one Of the founH!
ers of the National Geographic socie1
ty, superintendent Of the coast and
seodetic survey and member for the
United States Of the Alaska boundary
commission