Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-14
Hero of Santiago Naval Bat
tie Praises Conduct. Of Man
Who Announced His Achieve
ment First,
ARCTIC CLUB PUTS IT UP
TO PEARY TO SHOW THEM
Danish Government ReCogni-
ton Considered Sufficient
Until Opponents Show Good
Cause for Reversing it,

IBy Morning journal Special reassd Wire'
New York Sept 13 with Dr.
cook homeward bound and Com
mander Peary now in touch with the
Of conflicting affirmation are now cen
tered on a city already boiling over.
Comment and criticism lack nothing
of their previous acidity.
Previous assumption that Com
mander Peary would have the United
states navy solidly behind him was
not borne out in a letter from Rear
Admiral Schley made public today by
Captain Il. s Osborne secretary Of
uie Arctie Ciup. ot .,ulcfIcd o. ~hieh
Or. Cook is a member.
The letter, under date of September
II. from Pocono Manor. pa says
L like Cooks attitude immensely in
this unfortunate. unnecessary and un-
wise controversy. He certainly has
been dignifed and manly in the stand
he has taken"
Captain Osborne followed up his
letter from the admiral tonight with
a discussion on who discovered the
north nole?"
DIR Frederick A. Cook" he said,
was for two years my Wife's phYsi-
clan | saw him two or three times
week and we chattcd many hours. If
| have ever known a man of integrity,
probity, sincerity and modesty, it is
Dr Cook. II have known also the
other fellow-known him to depart
from truth by large margins.
DR.. Cooks attitude in Withholding
details of his discovery was attributed
to his desire not to anticipate the pub
lication of his book. But as soon as
the other claimant got within reach of
the wireless" said the captain, he
sent dispatches to everybody he could
think of but delayed informing the
mother of the unfortunate Marvin,
who perishcd during the expedition.
After a meeting Of the executive
committee OF the Arctic cub of
America tonight, r. O. Stcbbins, its
chairman gave the clubs attitude ON
the affair.
The Arctic Club of America he
said. has nothing to do with the con-
roversy All that the Arctic club rec
ognizes is that Or Cook is the dis
coverer of the pole and that PealN
reached there our only desire is to
honor the discoVerer. Neither side
has proved its case to America. but
since the Danish government has rec
ognized Dr. Cook. we feel that the
burden of proof now falls on his on
ponents
The Arctic club will present to Dr.
Cook gold medal two and half
inches in diameter showing in has re-
lief, Or. Cook standing on the top OF
the globe waving the stars and
stripes"
Preparations to honor DR.. Cook are
more advanced than those Cor PeafH,
because the latter's arrival is NOR
distant and his plans as Yet more ne
hulous. Singing societies Of HT0ok'Nn
have arranged 10 go down the harhof
in chartered steamer to welcome
their hero with lyric praise. Bells VIII
ring and whistles blow from factories.
ferries and all the water craft Of the
bay.
on the other hand. in response Ia
the equally great interest in Pearv.
preparations are being made at the
American Museum of Natural History
here To set apart special section ol
the building for a display of PcafN
Arctic collections. which have been
housed in moth-proof vaults for the I
summer