Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-27
COOK RECORDS ARE At ETAH
Harry Whitney Says Peary Would
Not Take Them on Roosevelt.
SENDS MESSAGE TO DIR. COOK
Hunter, who Was Expected to Bring
Brooklyn Explorers Belongings
Coming south on Schooner
to 80. Johns.

NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-Commander Rob
tert e. Peary refused absolutely TO allow
any Of the records or instruments Of DR..
Frederick A. Cook to be brought aboard
the steamer Roosevelt and was thus IN
strumental in causing these records to re-
main in a cache at Elijah, Greenland, &C
cording to Harry whitney, the Newhaven
sportsman, IN a dispatch received In this
city by Dr. Cook today. The message
which came as g response 20 one sent by
pr. Cook, is as follows;
"strethcona, via Indian Harbqr and Cape
Bay ysido N E Nsv sept 9Grs 2''g started for Home
Roosevelt. Nothing arrived for me. Peary
would allow nothing belonging to you on
board. said to leave everything in cache
at Etah. Met Captain sam, North star;
echooner bound st. Johns take steamer
home. Hope you wei. Sc you soon EX-
"'" -" '0oO HARRY WHITNEY"
DR.. Cook was questioned today as to his
view Of the situation created by the &C
ton ascribed 10 Commander Peary, but he
declined to cay anything derogatory Of
his rival. 1T may be that the instruments
will arrive this year after ALL" he said,
and as for the records and observa-
lions, their non-arrival here makes no dif-
ference, however, as l have completed
duplicates so that there will be no delay
in coupling MY story with all It's details
Or. Cook did not appear to be greatly
surprised by the news he received from
Mr.. whitney. He hopes to see hin In a
short time and hear a complete explanation
Of the occurances at Etah.
DR.. Cook denied the report that he was
to bring suit for Islander against Peary.
There is no truth in the report" he said
81 have no intention of bringing suit.
Naturally 1 am taking measures to have
everything in order in case of necessity,
but I never even thought of filing a suit
and l wish to contradict such reports at
once
II they are stu at Etah, DR.. Cooks in
struments may not arrive in New York
until the spring months Of 1910. There Is
n possibility. however, Of their reaching
here this year, as another vessel may rave
touched Etah after the Roosevelt left.
whitney Coming south.
ST. JOHN. n. F., Sept. 26.-Wireless dis
patches received here state that the
schooner JEANNE, which is bringing Harry
whitney. the New Haven hunter, back to
civilization. left Indian Harbor yesterday
morning for st. Johns and would not call
at Battle HarbOr.
1t is expected that the JEANNE will ar
rive here Wednesday.
Penry's Companion Writes.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 26.-In a letter to
his mother, Mrs. Mary Goodsel OF New
Kensington, Pa, near here, DR.. Jonn A
Goodsel, who accompanied Commander
Peary to the dash to the North pole, gives
a description of the trip. The letter was
written on the steamer Roosevelt and says
in part
You are aware that Commander Peary
has at last reached the goal of his am
b~it5ons-the North pole-an, achievement
which means much to our commander-our-
selves and unsolved scientific and geogra-
phic problems.
.I was with the commander on the north
ern trim to Cape Columbus and across the
ice to latitude "a, degrees % Minis AT
this point the first two detachments re-
turned to Cape Columbus, where the ex-
naditior left the land. The temperature
on the ice was as low as SO degrees below
zero. 1 left the Roosevelt on February 10
with the second detachment, the captain
starting the day previous with the tirst' l
reached the Roosevelt March 10, being
absent from the ship nearly six weeks
After the northern trip, my time until
the return OF the commander was engaged
in caring for the disabled men l brought
in.
From the latter part Of May until the
middle Of June I was on a trip TO Lake
HAYDEN to secure specimens Of fish native
Ia the lake. We were at Cape Sheridan
thlrty-one days. I Travelled lS miles with
slegdes and Imutes. have done some
microscopal work and mounted some slides,
have a fair botanical collection and taken
nearly 200 photographs. The members OF
the expedition had fine sport huhtlhs
| waIrus on the way home