The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-21
BY United Press wire.


for the United Press Associations
aboard the Steamer oscar H.
New York, Sept. 21.-"After one
of the most delightful trips of my life
across the Atlantic. on the Oscar ii
am indeed glad once more to see
the shores OF my native land. I have
come from the pole. have brought
my story and my date with me.
"The public has already tangible
and q specific record of that trip. In
very short time the narrative, with
all the observations. will be pub
llshed and placed before the world
for examination. 1t is as easy for you
as for me to understand why I can
not. on the impulse of the moment,
read off manuscript which covers
the work of two years.
"As said upon several ocasions, all
the charges, accusations. and express
sions of disbelief are based upon en-
tire ignorance of the supplementary
data which / possess. No one who has
spoken or written on the subject in
opposition to my claim knows of the
fact with which such work of eXplo-
ration Is measured. All of the crit
| icisms have been based upon obvious
errors in the reproduction of my first
despatch or upon the discussions OF
petty side isues presented by unfair
critics.
"The expedition was private. 1t was
started out without the usual public
bombast. Mr.. John r. Bradley fur
| nished the money and l shaped the
destiny of the venture. For the time
| being, IL concerned us only, but the
results were so important that on re-
| turning, / at once place before the
| public a report containing the main
outline of the work.
"I have not come home to enter
into arguments with one man or with
ATTY men. but 1 am here to present
n clear record of q piece OF WORK
over which | have a right TO display
n certain amount of pride. When
scientists study the detailed opser-
yations and the narrative in It's con-
secutive order. / am certain that IN
the due courst of events, all VIII be
compelled to admit the truth OF my
statement
al am perfectly willing to abide by
the final verdict of this record py
competent judges. That must be the
last word in discussion and that alone
can satisfy me and the public. Furth-
ermore not only will my report be
before YOU in black and white, put
will also bring to America human VII,
nesses to prove that L have been al
the pole. ~ ,,o,od
"Peary's arguments are all paseo
on, misinformation," said DIR. COOK
mon his arrival in New York TO-
day. "Why, as soon as he hears th'
facts in this case he will be silent
"From where did he receive th'
misinformation? he was asked.
From Murphy, the boatswain'
replied the explorer.
"It isn't true that Murphy didn'
treat me we'll when | returned, afte
reaching the pole, to my base of sup
niles at Etah. 1t was l, am afraid
who did not treat Murphy well. Whel
found him in my house, l put hin
r out. | made him stay out, too, unit
: discovered that he would freeze t
= death. Then, in hospitality, | admitte
him.
4 "Do you suppose I told this ma
anything about my trip to the pole.
ulu HOt let MIN hhoW oiy ihoiS shs'
| could help. When he left me hi
" impression must have been-and
r wanted it to be-that had not reacl
k ed the North Pole.
: $50, when Peary talked with Mul
!. ply he gained the scant informatio
2 which l had given to Murphy at Etal
Murphy didn't think | reached I'll
. pole. And that's why Peary doesn
think I have reached 1t either.
"It's too bad Peary has put hin
self in this position. AS soon as
knows the facts he will be silence
Every word that has been uttered |
Peary in criticism against me HI
been based on this information ,
lack of information. which we gay
to Murphy at Etah. Whitney know
1t all. Pritchard heard me tell Il
story to Whitney and he heard n
enjoin secrecy. discovered tn
Prichard has done this we'll and tn
he kept silent regarding me, durir
the entire trip.