The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
Dr.. Cook Receives
Ovation in NeuU York
Brooklyn Explorer Met by His Wife and Discusses
Accusations Of Peary in
Dignified Way,

New York. Sept 81 II have come from
the pole. have brought my story ans
my data with me. ] have not come
home to enter into arguments with
one man or with nifty men, but am
here to present clear record of a
piece Of work ever which have right
to display certain amount OF prind
u am perfectly willing to abide by
the final verdict Of this record Of COM
petent judges. That must be the last
word and that alone can satisfy me
and the public.
Furthermore. not only will my re-
port he before you in black and while
but win also bring to American wit
nesses to prove that I have been to the
pole"
Such is the sum and substance Of the
first message. DIR. Frederick A. Cook
brought home In passage to American
today. answering mis- critics the world
over. Under the seas and over land
1t travelled as fast as electricity could
carry 1t to where another explorer.
Robert q. Peary, homeward bound from
the pole. was pacing the decks with his
hand to his eyes for sight Of his wife
and children.
Throughout q long and ardous night
the fiotilla OF tug boats. outposts of
continental curiosity. had tossed In the
oot AASoot Aot u 6AAhPeC ~ ssS
Oscar II, bearing the man from whom
q nation waited word. At s o'clock
this morning. the explorer was on deck
The Oscar II had purposely been held
back yesterday not to dtsarranEe the
reception plans Of the Arctic club OF
America, but leaving Fire Island.
shortly after midnight. She nosed her
way into Quarantine an hour too early
for everybody but DR.. Cook.
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men in q pail to the Associated Press
and resumed his tense to-and-fro pace
up and down the landward rail.
Mra. Cook Comes.
A speck In the distance began to as
sumo dimensions. Presently It was re-
cognizeable as the tug bearing Mrs.
Cook and her two daughters. Quickly
the tug came alongside and, with the
heavy swell running around her tenders
against the plates Of her big sister
DR.. Cook clambered nimbly down a
Jacobs ladder and with no concern for
the cameras trained on him. made q
rush for his wife. For the moment he
even missed the children who stood a
few feet away until his wife silently
led him to them. Then, as he lifted his
youngest daughter to his shoulder. the
silent. watching crowd that lined the
rails of the Oscar II broke into storm
of cheers.
< soon, there followed . second trans
fer from the tug to the steamer Grand
Republic. An DR.. Cook set foot aboard
Miss Ida Lehman. daughter OF an ole
Brooklyn friend. threw o wreath Of
roses about his neck greeted him as
hero ana prcelaimed "Eentlemaa q
Bush w1ck". Bnshwick - the name Of
DR.. Cooke home section Of Brooklyn
Are you going TO stick 70 Or. cookF
Bradley his hacker was asked.
why, OF course, what do you thinkV
he answered with amusement.
Mrs. Cook. ct her husbands elbow,
had her Hrst taste OF the publicity she
has hitherto summed. and took II
because Of DR.. Cooks early transfer
from the Oscar II, the Grand Republic
found hereslf ahead of the schedule
mapped out by the reception commit
tee, SO instead of making straight for
Brooklyn as had been planned, she
steamed first up the North River TO
Spuyten Duvel. and back over the same
course, around the battery and up the
East river, until Il was time to turn
for her landing at the foot OF South
Fifth Street. Brooklyn
AS he stepped ashore 1t was notice
able that no representative of the ma
ton or the city was there to meet
him Bird s. euler presidents OF the
borough Of Brooklyn. had welcomed
him on the Grand Rspu bile for that
borough but the city OF New York sent
no oficial representative. But since
and enthusiastic to the point OF tumul-
tuousness his welcome may be best be
described as q neighborly affair." devoid
OF oficial Significance.
Asked why he did not Immediately
give full details Of his achievement,
DR.. Cook said:
'I have given to the public . con-
else account of my journey. similar to
that always given by explorers on
their return from a journey of explora-
ton. For the present. no other de-
Of fact. no further specific evidences
of my claim have been called for from
any side. II has never been custom
airy hitherto for explorers to make
their full records public in such haste.
''As a rule. scientific societies are
not remarkable for their rapidly In
coming to conclusions, and they are
usually content to walt until complete
data are compiled"
Guaranteed By Denmark.
In regard to the full recognition OF
his feat by Denmark. DR.. COOK re-
marked:
"Daagaard-Jense, inspector of Dam
ish Kraul of Upernavik, who had seen
and read the entire record. teleBraphed
to the Danish Government in Copen-
hagen his assurance OF the truth OF
my declarations and guaranteeing them
as authentic.
THE Danish authorities In Greenland
who are in reality the advisers of the
Danish Government. have been TOT
nearly four months in possession OF all
details of my trip. The Danish Gov
eminent and tie University Of Copen-
hagen, as well as the Danish Geograph-
ical Society, have on their report. taken
over the virtual guarantee OF the SIN
certify and authenticity of my records.
They have stood up for them. SO to
speak, before the word. They don't
ask me to furnish any further proofs
or evidence of any Iind. but in JUS
tice to Denmark. II Is my intention to
place the frst complete record of my
polar Journey at the disposal OF the
University of Copenhagen"
DIR. Cooks arrival at New York went
through progressive stages OF enthu-
siasm as he moved from the lower bay
10 quarantine, then to the steamer
Grand Republic. freighted with upward
Of a thousand enthusiastic friends and
champions of the explorer. and finally
as he set foot on his native soil OF
brooklyn and passed through cheering
throngs and flower arched streets to his
home at Bush wick Avenue.