The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-04
To HIS CRITICS.
DR.. Cook Replies to Some State.
ments of Detracters.
Left Flags and Records in a
Metallic Cylinder.
HE CABLES TO TAFT
Expects to Reach New York in
About a Month.
Will Dine With the King Sun
day Evening.

| Copenhagen, Sept. 4.-Dr. Cooks
reply to his critics is as follows:
He has the records of his expedi-
| ton together with certain scientific
| data and proofs which he will submit
to the world of science for its judg-
ment- He is confident that the verdict
/ Will be a substantiation of his claims
| Questioned on the skepticfsm re-
| garding his story arising from the fact
/ that he was the only white man to
| take bearings and observations as well
as being the only white man in the
party, he answered that with other
scientific man of the party took all the
observations
DR.. Cook left at the pole in a metal
lie cylinder small American flag and
the records of his voyage. He did not
have a staff on which to erect the flag,
nor could the stability OF a small staff
have been assured.
At Minister Egan's Iunchen, DR..
Cook looked like an athlete in sp1en-
did training. He discussed his trip
and answered all questions put to him.
sian minister, who was an eager seek
er for information. and the representa-
tive of the Associated Press. DR.. Cook
is particularly DESTROYS that the public
refrain from accepting alleged inter
views by the various newspa pers here
as authentic and while it would not be
fair to him to attempt to quote the
verbatim interview, he has no objec-
ton to a recital of some of the main
points as mentioned.
Makes Correction.
DR.. Cook is of the opinion that the |
United States may fairly claim for
whatever it may be worth jurisdiction |
by right of discovery over the farth- |
est north region OF the world. He |
said he regretted to hear that some |
newspapers had incorrectly repre- |
sented him as claiming to have dis
covered 10000 square miles of new /
land. What he had done was to set
tie the nature Of a region of about
that extent
He was only able to see for an
average of about Is miles on each
side of his route. The most north
erIy land he saw was between "a and
S6 degrees. There were two bodies
of land at this point east of his route.
One was about one thousand feet
high. He could not say whether they
were Islands or not, as he was not
equipped to make a detOur to explore
them DR.. Cook said he was strongly
OF the opinion that no white man
could reach the pole unless he was
able to wear the same clothes. eat
the same food and live in all ways as
do the Eskimos. He said he owed his
success largely to a choice of a route
where game was more plentiful than
on the routes formerly attempted and
to the fact that he travelled in win
ter.
/
fenced was SO degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit but the explorer said he
did not feel the cold nearly so much
then as in high temperatures when
the wind was blowing For long
lime the explorer lived on musk oxen;
ne wore the fur Of these animals. ate
heir meat and used their fat to burn
n lamps
DR.. Cook said among other things
hat Harry Whitney, of New Haven,
,ad taken with him on a shooting ex-
petition the two EsqUimaux who mad5
he trip to the North Pole with the ex-
1Iorer.
DR.. Cook is overwhelmed at his recep
ion here. He expected to come into
-openna gen quietly, but instead he was
Utmost mobbed by the great gathering
# newspaper correspondents, artists,
,ioscope operators, scientists publishes
~. agents Some photographers even
ia to invade the American legationl
orcibly during the luncheon hour
Hundreds of kilograms from publish
rs lecture mana gers and even thea =
icaI managers are pouring in on the
xpIorer Dr. Cook was greatly pleased {
o find awaiting him a message from {
lis wife. ]
The explorer has telegraphed to Pres
dent Taft an announcement of his e1- G
edition. He expects to reach New t
n his way at Brussels to visit the d
of the organization for
'oIar research and call on the men G
With whom he made his trip into the e
antarctic regions
Dr.. Cook mas accepted an invitation \
D dine with King Frederick at the
palace Sunday evening.
Egan will be guest OF his
majesty on this occasion y
Following the luncheon at the lega-
ion DR.. Cook was received at the pal
&c by King Frederick