The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-17
'PEARY FAVORED
BY SCIENTISTS
International Commission
Wires Congratulations.
CLUB TO COMBAT COOK?

Herbert /. Brldgran Refuses 10 DIS.
cuss Proposition to Conduct Pub
liclty Campaign Through Newspa-
pers In Behalf OF Naval Explorers
Claim to Discovery Of Pole-New
iYorks c-lored Population Plans
Royal Reception For Henson.
! New York, Sept. H. = When Her
bert l.. Bridgman, secretary and
treasurer of the Peary Arctic club. re-
turned to his home in Brooklyn from
Sydney, ~ s., he found unopened on
his desk a number of cablegrams Of
congratulations to Commander Peary.
among which was the following.
dated uccle, Belgium, Sept. s. and ad-
dressed in Mr.. Bridgman's care:
"Peary: International polar COM
mission addresses sincerest congratu-
lations to their members. Cagni,
Nordenskjold, lie Cointe."
be-. Uecle is suburb of Brussels and
is the seat of the Royal Belgian OBJ.
"
the director. Captain Umberto Cagni,
who was the Italian leader Of the
due d,Abruzzi's polar expedition, is
president of the international polar
commission; DR.. n. Otto y, Nor
denskjold Is its vice president. and
has led Swedish expedition into the
Antarctic, while M. lie Cointe Is It's
secretary.
With the weight OF these names
behind 1t. the cablegram assumes sci
entific Importance, Mr.. Bridgman
pointed out, of the first magnitude.
~ is, he said, the 20. X" to the
Peary claims of the highest qualified
body OF international experts In the
world.
was appointed In May, 1908, by the
delegates OF l2l nations, who met In
BRUSSELS to constitute the interna-
tional polar congress. II has no gov
efnmental authority, but It's members
are geographers and scientists of the
hrst rank, and DR.. Bridgman, as
stanch supporter of the integrity of
have the stamp of its approval on the
commanders work.
II was learned that a meeting of
the Peary Arctic club will be held
early next week to decide whether
the club will launch a formal cam
pslgn in behalf of Peary's claim as
sole discoverer of the pole. The plan
tnh b.. LIB 81 "a 4A
upon embraces a publicity campaign,
Including the use of advertising
space In newspapers, and searching
Investigation of Cooks exploit in
climbing Mount Mckinley. Money
may also be appropriated for the pur-
pose OF sending an expedition to Etah
TO take the testimony of Eskimo wit
Iesses.
Mr.. Bridgman declined to discuss
this plan to have the Peary Arctic
club take up the cudgels against DIR.
Cook. There is nothing to be given
out on that subject" he said, until
the scheme has been passed upon by
the club"
Z The committee of the Arctic Club
vi AntIlCd, WHICH udS UtSH dIIdHB-
ing for a dinner of welcome to DR..
Cook on Sept. 23, announced that the
occasion SHOULD not be regarded as
q partisan affair" Supporters of both
Cook and Peary, 1t was said, will be
present. Among those who have been
invited to attend are Admiral Dewey.
Walter Wellman, Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon, John Hays Hammond, Gov
ernor Charles E. Hughes, Whitelaw
Reid. President Hadley Of Yale and
President Lowell of Harvard.
1S Mathew Henson, the negro, who
was the only man beside Eskimos
that was with Commander Peary at
the pole, will meet a reception here
quite as important among the mem
bers of his own race as that which
the white people will tender Mr..
Peary. A committee Of leading negro
residents OF New York has been or
ganized to arrange banquet for him.