Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-06

or eDnmark, George Brandes and Baron
Rosecrantz. came IN to shake hands. and
throughout the course OF the day Dr. Cook
met the most notable people in the city.
The program, which has now been ar
ranged. includes a reception by the Ameri-
can minister to the diplomats on Tuesday.
a reception to several Danish university
delegates, who wish to pay their respects
to the explorer. and an address by Dr.
Cook before the geographical society.
denmark Relieves I'm Cook.
In the matter Of the authenticity Of DR..
Cooks exploit, which seems to have
raised questions in America. there is this
TO be said. that In Denmark the men Of
his own profession, exploration, surround
him and support him without question.
Instead Of avoiding them, as a charlatan
would. he spends every possible moment
With them. discussing conditions, ice fields
and drifts, dogs and supplies, and they
believe In hin. Whatever the rest Of the
world may think, Denmark. which prides
itself on Arctic explorations, has put the
seal Of It's belief and endorsement on DIT.
Cook as strongly as II is possible to do.
The king, acting on carefully considered
advice from experts, gives him such honors
as never before have been given to a pri-
vate person. All the Danish papers, after
the first days skepticism, accept him
wholly. There was strong doubt OF his
claims before he arrived, but one of the
strongest factors now is DR.. Cooks per
sonallty and the absolute freedom and
candor with which he answers all ques-
tons.
To obviate the possible loss by shipwreck
of his papers, DIR. Cook shipped sections
Of them from Greenland by different yes
sells. and is arranging to nave them sent
f.om Denmark in a similar way. DR.. Cook
Exclaimed any title to unusual bravery.
= says that the success of his expedition
was due to the fact that he had strong
men and dogs for the final dash. on which
several others had started with weakened
parties, and that he did not follow the
starvation route.
VIII Lecture at brussels.
BRUSSELS, Sept. SIT has been def
nitely decided, according to the announce
ment here, that DR.. Frederick A. Cook will
deliver a lecture at Brussels on September
90 Elaborate preparations will be made
to greet the explorer. He will be received
by Prince Albert Of Belgium, and perhaps
King Leopold.
Prof. Lecointe, director OF the Brussels
observatory, continuing his defense of Or.
Cook, insists that the explorer can easily
prove his facts to the satisfaction of scien-
lists.
There has been some establishment" he
said today. that DR.. Cook found himself
on April q. 1908, in latitude 80 degrees 50
minutes 20 seconds. Now the figures forty.
six constitute an approximation which an
astronomer himself would make with diff
Guilty. 1t Is a reasonable result Of correc-
tions made to observations taken In round
figures. Therefore, after April 81, when he
had practically arrived at the pole, he
made a Complementary march OF fourteen
geographical seconds, merely. | suppose, to
reply to a possible malevolent critic who
might try to say that DR.. Cook had not
reached the pole IL he did not go beyond
80 degrees 50 minutes 40 seconds. We might
say DR.. Cook has gone entirely around the
pole"
Prof. Lecolnte recalled how DR.. Cooks
n medical skill was OF the greatest service in
the Belgian Antarctic expedition when some
Of the members of the party suffered from
heart trouble and showed the first symp-
toms of scurvy.
"Dr. Cook encouraged and saved us at
that time, ''ssaid Prof 1ecofnte.
Chicago Man Cries Fake.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-The latest reports
on DR.. Cooks explorations have failed to
convince Prot. Thomas O. Chamberlin,
head Of the department of geology of the
University OF Chicago, tha the Arctic
traveller reached the North pole.
Are the American, people an intelligent
nation or can they be deceived?" asks
Prof, Chamberlin.
"Wil they accept DR.. Cooks statement
that he found the pole unhesitatingly or
will they demand proof?"
1T is not up to the skeptics to disprove
DR.. Cooks story. Rather II is for him to
make good. There is nothing so far to
prove that Cook ever reached the pole.
We have nothing but his own word for 1t.
We should have further proof, for, If he
actually reached the pole he would have
made a statement that would nave set
all doubt at rest, This Is nothing new.
We all knew Il was coming. l heard long
ago that when Cook returned he would
make this claim. II his story is true he
viii have abundant proof of It,"
Asked what proof would satisfy him, the
professor declined to state, intimating that
a contest may come.
III this proves to be a fake he said.
I'm not going TO help him out by show
ing him how II may come to a test and
he should not be furnished with material
for a defense. The testimony of the Es-
kimos, while undoubtedly OF some value.
should not be at all conclusive"
hansen Has Confidence in Cook.
CHR1STIANIA, Sept. b.-Captain Fridtjof
Nansen returned here last evening from
Bergen. kilograms from all parts, request
ing IN opinion on DR.. Cooks achievement,
awaited him. but Captain Nansen said that
he did not wish 70 answer them before the
particulars were made public. To a corre-
spondent he said that errors in the news
paper reports were apparent and hat GER
tain pOints OF the published statement re-
ouired eiucidation and scientific examina-
ton. Personally, however. Captain Nansen
declared he had confidence In DR.. Cooks
truStwOrthiness. He himself considered II
possible TO reach the North pole by the aid
Of dogs, but he pointed out that the placing
Of a sealed report and the planting of the
Stfrs and Stripes in the ice were useless,
as the drift would take them far away from
the spot where they had been laid down
II ever found.
Health and Henuty Ala.