The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-22
ExpIor3r Meets With Enthusia3- tic Reception When He Lands
 From Ihs Steam3r
FIRST GREETING GIVEN
 ID WIFE AND CHILDREN
pr. Cook Reiterates His Original State ment of Discovery of the Pole and Says He Has Ample
 Proof of the Same.

New York, September N.-"I have come from the pole I have brought my story and my data with me. have not come home to enter into arguments with one man or with 50 men. but I am here to present a clear record of piece of work over which I have a right to display a certain amount of pride.
 'T 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 be before you in black and white, but I will also bring to America human witnesses to prove that have been to the pole"
 Such is the sum and substance of the first message Dr, Frederick A. Cook brought home in person to America to- day, answering his critics the world over. Under seas and over land 1t travelled north as fast as electricity could carry 1t to where another explorer, Robert E. Peary, bound for home, was pacing the decks of his ship.
 Throughout long and arduous night the tugboats, outposts of continental curiosity, had tossed In the darkness for first glimpse of the Oscar II boar ing the man from when a pSfIon waited word At o'clock this morning the explorer was on deck The Oscac II had purposely been held back yester- day. not to disarrange the reception llans
 
 ing Fire Island shortly after midnight she nosed her way into Quarantine an hour too early for everybody but Dr. Cook.
 Cook Makes Statement.
 Dr. Cook lowered a signed statement in a pail to the Associated Press and re- sumed his tense to-and-fro pace Up and down the lanward rail.
 A speck in the distance began to as- sume dimensions. Presently it was rec ognizable as the tugboat bearing Mrs. Cook and her two daughters. Quickly the tug came alongside and, while the heavy swell was running around her lenders against the plates of hor pig sister boat, Dr. Cook clambered nimbly down jacobs ladder and with nc con cern for the cameras trained on him, made a rush for his wife. For the me- ment he even missed the children who stood a few feet away unTn 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 a storm of cheers.
 fo1ID ra n4fa from the tug to the steamer Grand Re- public. As Dr. Cook set foot aboard, Miss Ida Lehman, daughter of an old Brooklyn friend, threw wreath of roses about his neck. greeted him as | hero and proclaimed him gentleman of Bushwick" Bushwick is the name of Dr. Cooks home section of Brooklyn.
 Looked the Part.
 Dr. Cook looked it. Brown. positive, pa- tient, tactiturn, he endures the pusi- ness of being hero with courtesy, but no enthusiasm. As he stood beside Brad ley, his packer, the contrast was appar- ent Bradley looked the typical man about town, barbered, tailor d, polished, immaculate and indifferent. Cook, It, tie i'll at ease, smiled continually in an 
 of it. but not so certain Of the inl- pression he was making. It was a good impression here, as abroad, for the crowd liked his simplicity whicn seemed to carry conviction.
 Are you going to stick to Dr. Cook?' Bradley was asked.
 why, of course. what do you think? he answered with amusement.
 Mrs. Cook, at her husbands elbow, had her first taste of the publicity she has hitherto summed, and took It placidly.
 Ahead of Schedule.
 Because of Dr. Cooks early transfer from the Oscar II the Grand Republic found herself ahead of the schedule mapped out by the reception committee, so instead of making straight for Brook lyn IS had been planned she went up North river to Spuyten Devil and then around the course to the Battery, where she re- mained until 1t was time for her to dock at Brooklyn
 As he stepped ashore it was noticeable that no representative of the city, state or nation was present to greet him. Bird s. Coler, president of the borough of Brooklyn, had welcomed him on the Grand Republic for that borough, but the city of New York sent no official repre- sentative. But sincere and enthusiastic to the point of tumultousness his welcome may be best described as neighborly af- fair devoid of official signiflance
 Brooklyn's reception today to Dr. Cook had all tie elements of a riot except -iolence. From the moment the Grand Republic warped up to her landing point the explorer. fanked by militiamen and police, fought his way into an automobile until he left the Bushwick club tonight for the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, the surging crowds taxed the capacity of the police and more than once got out of con- trol Along the five miles of avenues through which the explorer passed the fc0AuSYNIrBn 0M RA0W aN