Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
MAY BE HUNTING BEARS
ON BAFFIN BAY SHORES
Explorers Testimony to Disprove
Cooks Claim "for All Time"
BIG SENSATION IS EXPECTED
commander Of Expedition Tells Of
Own observations at Pole-wnI
Not Say Who Saw Him
Bury Records.

BATTLE HARBOR, Labrador. Sen.
temoer IT, via Marconi wireless teleg-
raphy to Cape Ray. n. F-Commander
Robert E. Peary consented today to talk
further concerning his successful dash
to the north pole
He dwelt particularly upon the oh
serVations taken at the apex of the
world and the movements of Harry Whit
ney, the sportsman of New Haven. Conn.
who has been described as the bearer
OF rerords substantiating DR.. Frederick
a. COOKS claim to have reached the pole
April 21.. 1908.
we took five observations prior to
reaching the pole" Commander Peary
said. Two Of them were made and
worked out by the late Prof. Ross G.
Marvin, who prepared duplicate records
in each case and duly signed the dupli-
cate certificates. To guard against &C
cident took one set of these papers and
Prof. Marvin took the other
When at a distance Of 125 miles from
the pole the third observation was made
by Capt. Bartlett. who also signed the
records and certificates in duplicate, he
retaining one set and I the other. The
fourth and fifth observations were made
by myself. the last being taken five miles
from the pole proper"
WAS. thereq more than one observation
taken at the pole, and by whomY' the
explorer was asked.
Ihere were several observations" he
replied. "and l took them all myself.
They all agreed.
you must understand that the noIe "a
theoretical point, without length.
breadth or thickness. Its actual location
depends on the accuracy Of the instr,.
ments employed and the conditions under
which the observations are taken.''
Silent About Deposit of Records.
You have stated, Commander pearv
that copy of your records and no,ar
observations was wrapped in a piece of
SILK American flag and deposited in an
Ice cavity at the pole. Did any person
witness this act?'
10 this question Commander Peary de-
chned to make any answer at present.
Continuing. Peary said that DR.. Cook
was expected by the world to submit TO
an impartial tribunal. or board of arbitra
ton. revised and authentic signed state
ment of his alleged discovery of the pole.
DR.. Cook soon would reach the United
states, commander Peary said, and he
was glad at the prospect of the matter
being submitted for consideration at an
early date.
1t should be done inside of a couple or
weeks, he said, and when it was done,
the comma nder declared, he was pre-
n ha of
tration, to the public and to scientific
bodies an array of testimony which
would disprove DIR. Cooks claims for an
time.
Continuing. the explorer said he had
stated in private message to friend
that DIR. Cook had given the world a
gold brick This message had been
allowed to leak out. While he would
sion. he was willing now to let those
words stand, because they were at least
emphatic.
The explorer said also that he would
turn over to competent tribunal and
the public certified copies of his own OBJ
servations made on his trip to the pole,
with all other information bearing there
on. Peary does not care to exhibit these
records at the present time, for the rea-
son that the information contained there
in, if divulged in advance of the placing
on file of Dr. Cooks authorized and def
mite statement, might be of advantage
to the Cook partisans.
Sensation Prepared by Peary.
1t is rumored here that Commander
Pearys brief will contain sensational
statements and that a portion Of his
document was prepared as long ago as
the early months of 1908, when letters
were received from DR.. Cook in Green
land giving notice that he intended to
make dash for the pole.
Asked how Harry Whitney happened to
remain in the north, Commander Peary
said Whitney was one of party Of