Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-24
COOK HAS REACHED
CITY OF NEW YORK
Sees His Wife Waiting for Him,
Waving a Flag--Runs to Her
and Embraces Her Before
Spectators.

progressive stages of enthusiasm as he
! moved from the lower bay to quarantine
then to the steamer Grand Republic
freighted with upward of 1000 enthusias-
tic friends and champions of the explorer
and finally as he set foot on his native
soil of Brooklyn and passed Fthrousn
cheering throngs and fiower-arcned streets
to his home at Bushwick avenue.
DR.. Cook bore his honors calmly and
! with dignity. While still aboard the U.s.
car II this morning DR.. Cook for hours
before the tug bearing his wife appeared.
paced the deck waiting for her. He ran
| down the companion-way or the oscar
IL before the tug reached the liners SIDE
and waiting there, spied his wife waving
an American flag Then ne sprans
| aboard the tug and took her In his arms
without saying a word the hundreds OF
spectators watched in absolute silence.
WILL AWAIT EVENTS.
/ "I shall await events" said DR..
! Cook to the Associated Press,
tust before he left the deck OF
the Oscar II. at quarantine today to be
brought to the city by the welcoming
J committee.
.'When my material has been got to-
gether and put into shape. 1t VIII pc
submitted in the first instance TO tne
University of Copenhagen. After that
| II will be laid before the geographical
| societies of the world, will not con-
, sent to submit any fragmentary por-
| lions of my observations or of my rec"
ords to anyone. The report and all the
data connected with my trip must be
! examined in their entirety, together
with my instruments. some or which L
have in my possession now and others
of which are on their way to America.
These will all be properly controlled
and tested before the submission to the
scientific bodies" g..
| Asked why he did not Immediately
give full details of his achievement, DR..
Cook said:
NO OTHER DETAILS NECESSARY.
II have given to the public. concise
account of my journey, similar TO that
always given by explorers on their re-
turn from journey of exploration. For
the present no other details are neces-
sary, and as a matter of fact no further
specific evidences of my claim nave
been called for from any side. 1t has
never been customary hitherto Tor ,ex-
plorers to make their full records public
In such haste, As a rule, scientinc So
oieties are not remarkable for their
rapidity in coming to conclusions and
they are usually content to walt until
complete data are compiled
In regard to the full recognition NJ
mis- feat by Denmark, Dr.. Cook re-
marked: .a ...' -,
representations, inspector of Danish
north Greenland, after hearing Ras-
mussen and talking with Governor
xraul. of IJpernavik, who had seen and
read the entire record. telegraphed to
the Danish government in Copenhagen
his assurance Of the truth of my dec
,aration and guaranteeing them as au-
thentic. The Danish authorities IN
Greenland, who are in reality the al
visers of the Danish government nave
been for nearly four months In posses
sion. Of all details of my trip. The Dan
ish government and the University. OF
,-opanhagen, as we'll as the Danish Geo
graphical society, have, on their report.
taken over the virtual guarantee OF the
sincerity and authenticity of my rec
ords They have stood up for them' 50
to speak, before the world. They 90 not
ask me to furnish any further proofs
or evidence of any kind, put IN Jue 'I
10 Denmark, it is my intention 10 PIaCo
tbe 7rst completed record OF my polar
r4o,,r,3ev at the disposal of the UnlVers
ity of Copenhagen.
AS TO COMMANDER PEARH'
peferr,ng to Commander Peary. Dr.
Cook said
"I have as vet heard nothing but vague
renor+s. I prefer for the present 10 De-
Ieve that the statements whlcn nave
heen attributed to Peary are incorrect
am fully prepared to meet any charges
but I must first see something oe1lhlte'
am absolutely certain that none OF the
reports that have appeared IN print enia-
nate either from my Eskimos, Ahwelah
and F,tukishuk or from Harry whitney.
Mr. Whitney has, without any douDI'
kent his promise to me not to say any
| thing about the expedition and It's re-
sults. and 1 feel sure of my Esklmos'
Mr.. whitney will return to America
about the middle of October. He has
complete knowledge of all the facts. he
is at entire liberty to make public all
that he knows. He is neither oouno 10
stand up for me nor for Peary
1.-THE arrival in America of the Eskimos
who went with me to the pole depends
entirely upon the possibility of obtaining
a vessel to bring them this year. Every
effort has been made to secure one and
II at all possible, they will be in New
York this year. That they will come Is
certain, and intend to give them year
In America. They will be open TO any
kind of examination and will be ready to
reply to any questions.
'<nud Rasmussen also will be request
ed to come over to New York as soon as
he lands in Denmark.
g.. sHANT RETURN TO POLE.
81 intend to stay IN new 1OTh IOT TIE
present While there shall complete my
work. 1 have not made any arrange
ments for lectures and / have not yet
decided whether 1 shall deliver any ad-
| dresses before my work is done. should
not. however, like to commit myself on
! that point, although my present inten-
! ton is not to do so. AS to further explo-
| rations, much will depend on Mrs. Cook.
! 1 shall, however, probably not go again
to the north pole, although L may pro-
coed on a northern expedition for the
! exploration OF the new land we saw on
our journey. That is task which must
| be carried out. 1t has been suggested
/ that I go to the south pole, but 1 am
/ quite content to leave that to Shackleton
| and Scott"
! DR.. Cook requested the Associated
Press to correct several errors which in
! advertently crept into the first report of
his discovery.
"All my thermometrical observations
WERE" he said, "in Fahrenheit and not
centigrade. as printed. The observation
on March 80 gave our position as latitude
SAT-, longitude 1886. The first corrected
| altitude of the sun On April p gave SO
degrees, SO minutes, 10 seconds and we
then covered the remaining 10 seconds
and made further observations"
DR.. Cook is to stay at the Waldorf-As-
toria hotel. He has decided that, owing
IN the overwhelming demand for auto