The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-09-11
ROBERT E. PERRY
ALSO REACHES POLE
DATE OF HIS DISCOVERY WAS
APRIL SIXTH, 1909.
A YEAR AFTER COOKS ARRIVAL
Peary Does Not Say Cook Never
Reached Pole, but Intimates That
He Found No Sign Where
Cook Had Been.

st. Johns, n. F.-Commander Rob
ert E. Peary, who announced Septem-
Der 9Th that he had discovered the
North pole on April 9Th of the pres
ent year, found no trace of DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, who reported to the
world five days ago that he had made
the same discovery in April the pre-
ceding year. This news reached here
last night through Captain Robert
Bartlett, of the Roosevelt" Peary's
ship, enroute to Chateau Bay, Labra-
dor.
Captain Bartlett telegraphed to rel
atives here that Peary had found moth
ing to indicate that DR.. Cook had
reached the pole. While Peary does
not expressly repudiate DR.. Cooks
contention in so many words, his
statement may have an important
bearing upon determining the extent
IF DR.. Cooks explorations.
The Roosevelt was in good condition
and the crew all right, wired Captain
Bartlett, in addition, and he reported
that the schooner jeanne, carrying
supplies for the expedition, had met
them off the coast of Greenland.
The Roosevelt is bound for Chateau
Bay, Labrador, with Peary and party
on board, where she is due today.
Chateu Bay lies northwest of Castle
and Henley Islands and the northern
short of Belle Isle straits and due east
of Belle Isle.
Peary has succeeded.
Stars and stripes nailed to the
north pole.
From out the Arctic darkness there
was flashed this message which
stunned the scientific world and
thrilled the heart of every layman
From the bleak coast of Labrador
Peary gave to the world the news that
he had attained his goal in the far
north, while at the same moment in
far off Denmark Dr. Frederick A. Cook
of Brooklyn, was being dined and lion
| lied by royalty for the same achieve
ment.
Undeniably Yankee grit has con
ouered the frozen north and there has
been created a coincident such as
the world will never see again. Two
| Americans nave p1dLlOO I1C AANS ~
their country in the ice which man
has sought to penetrate for four cen
turtles and each, ignorant of the others
conquest, has flashed within period
| of five days a laconic message of sue
cess to the waiting world.
Cook in his first message to his
countrymen was brief but noncommit
| tai; Peary was even briefer but spe'
cific. STARS and stripes nailed to the
north pole," he said. That was all but
never before have so few words con
veyed to a people greater meaning
or a greater patriotic satisfaction.
Five days ago, on September 1, DR.
Cook sent out from the Shetland Is
lands the first message of his sue
cess-a message which has aroused a
storm of controversy around the world
Today, Robert E. Peary, lost from
view in the land of ice and unheard
from since August, 1908, startled the
world by & similar message sent from
Indian Harbor, Labrador. There was
no qualification. 1t left no doubt. II
announced unequivocally that he had
reached the top of the world. Thus
two flags with the stars and stripes
of the United States are floating in ice
packs proving the courage of the in
trepid Americans.