The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-10
Evidence viii Be Made Pub
lie Next Wednesday
CLAIMS ARE COM8lTTED
Commander Peary Makes Declarations
Based Upon What Eskimos said
About Or. Cook and His
'dlJI. delod

New York. October ESPECIAL )-rhe
carefully prepared evidence which Com
mander Peary has been compiling ever
since his rett rn from the north, and
with which he hopes 70 annihilate DR..
Cooks claim to having reached the north
pole, viii be made public next Wednes-
day morning. Gen. Thomas Hubbard.
president of the Peary Arctic club, in
conference with Herbert Bridgman, it's
secretary, has given the finishing touches
to Commander Pearys attack.
The official statement is. said to COM
prise many typewriter pages. All those
who have It were unanimous in their ex-
preston of BELIEF that ii will completely
refute not only Or. Cooks claim of tie
pole discovery, but many Of the state
ments he has made concerning his ad-
ventures within the polar zone.
Maps made by Cooks Eskimos OF dis
tances travelled by them while in his com
pany; statements of other Eskimos as TO
what Cook had told them and other data
of the Peary party play an important part
In the brief
Among other things the document is
said to contain a statement that the Cook
expedition left mis- city two years ago
with the determination TO return with the
assertion of polar discovery
VIII tn ia nsind, g. sesEHeer Peary,
as he is 1xpectsR TO assert laid Ids plans
to con- bat the claims OF the Brooklyn
ohysieiau Ieeere tie Roosevelt l-st rs'
sail for the polar seas " Is Asser,ed
! that the docuuc ealt wiz tell of constant
/ surveillance 4 cook by psary's mei
/ during the two years Cook spent in tn
ice-bound regions. and state that thi
surveillance resulted in the discovery tina
! Cook never got very far out of sight o
land and his a%ertion of polar succession
was mere fabrication.
Commander Pearys brief against DR.
Cook is said to contain not only the state
ments of the two Eskimo companions oi
Cook that the Brooklyn explorer did not
venture far from land, but also the as
sertions of still other Eskimos who are
said to have seen Cook camping on the
west coast of Grant Land when he said
he was at the pole. The bulk of the Peary
document, however. is known TO be argu-
mentative. 1t points out what Peary
characterizes as the 'impossibilties'' I'm
Cooks story. 1t bases most of Its de-
duction on the results of former expedi-
tions.
The official statement is said to hinge
largely on the testimony of the two Es-
kifno lads whom DR.. Cook said accom-
panied him to the pole. This testimony
was obtained by Peary at Etah 1t was
also said 10 have been heard and vouched
for by Captain Bartlett, Professor Nc
MILAN, George Borup and Mat Henson
all OF whom were members of the Peary
expedition. "a
The statements OF the two Eslxlmos
were taken separately. All that they said
was not uttered in the presence of Com
mander Peary, for the reason, 1t Is said
that they might tell their stories without
any fear OF displeasing or winning the
favor of the commander. AS near as has
been learned by friends of Commander
Peary, the Eskimos testified that DR.
Cook and F'rancke. accompanied by eight
or nine Eskimos, went from Annatook 10
Cape Sabine by way of Smiths sound
Later Francke and three Eskimos turned
about and came back to Annatook.
Meantime Cook and his remaining COM
pany of Eskimos worked his way east
ward of Elsmere Land to point Off Cape
Thomas Hubbard. There they tarried
for some time. living in ice igloos and
hunting and fishing In the region around
their headquarters.