The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
DIR. COOKS WITNESS
ON Ills WAY HOME
Harry Whitney Reaches Indian
HarbOr on Arctic Clubs Re-
lief Steamer JEANNE
Vessel Picks Up the Grew OF
Wrecked WhaIer Long
MOurned as Dead

HALIFAX, Sent. 25.-Harry Whitney
of New Haven, who was with Doctor
Cook at Annstook, has sent a wireless
message from Indian harbor, Labrador,
in answer TO the questions "Did Cook
reach the poles. He says;
II have no reason to doubt Cooks
statement"
Whitney Rushing Home
NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-Dr. Frederick
A Cooks most important witness to
confirm his claim that he reached the
north pole has arrived at Indian Har-
Dor, Labrador. on the relief ship jean
ME. and it is expected that his state
ment relative to the north pole con-
troversy viii be given to the world
very soon. In a message to his friend
Harry Benedict of New Haven, Whitney
reports his arrival at Indian Harbor and
states that he is rushing home" He
adds that he has had a hard winter and
wonderful shooting
Since his return from the arctic DR..
Cook has repeatedly declared that
Harry Whitney would confirm his state
ment that he informed Whitney at An
natook, Greenland, of having reached
the north pole.
DR.. Cooks first lecture is being ex-
tensively advertised for next Monday
night in this city. The prices of seats
are IS. SS and 81. His secretary an
nounces that he viii lecture in st. Louis
a week from next Tuesday night, and
when the secretary was asked If it were
true that DR.. Cook is TO receive SIS, 900
for this one lecture the secretary said
- So.
from any of his ventures would be
made public by the explorer.
Shipwrecked i'm Arctic
INDIAN HARBOR, Labrador. Sept
25.-The Arctic clubs relief ship
Jeannie, which went TO the Greenland
coast in search of Dr. Frederick A
Cook, has returned here, having on
board Harry Whitney, the wealthy
young hunter of New Haven, Conn,
and Captain Brown and six members
OF the crew of the Dundee whaling
vessel, the Snowdrop which went
ashore at Cape Haven, in the arctic
September 20, 1908.
The Snowdrop was given up for lost
long ago and all on board her had
been mourned as dead until few days
ago. when Alexander Richie, a mem
ber of the crew. made his way TO civil
V
the first news of the party. But as he
had not been with the party for sew
eral months. it was still feared that
all were lost.
VESSEL DRIVEN ASHORE
The Snowdrop, after a successful
whaling season, was trying TO get into
Cape Haven to land its Eskimos before
starting for Scotland with its cargo,
when il was driven ashore in terrific
gale. The owner, captain and crew,
with the Eskimos. reached shore in
small boats, with a small quantity of
food. An effort was made to reach a
whaler IN Hudson bay, but the snow
was too deep and they were driven
back. When the food supply was ex-
hausted the white men and natives
subsisted on the flippers of such seals
as they could shoot on ice, and the
skins Were fed to the dogs. This was
their principal food all winter. Often
they could not find any seals and the
entire party went hungry. In the
spring deer were shot and food was
more plentiful, but everyone was on an
allowance of one biscuit day besides
the meat. For long time the meat
supply was low, and was only replen-
tshed by the killing of a polar bear a
few days before the JEANNE reached
Cape Haven
SAILORS FEET FROZEN
Two of the crew, William Morrison
and Richie, had left the station in
December to make their way to Mica
Mine island in Hudson bay. Morrison
had frozen both feet and gangrene had
set in on one foot Part of this foot
was amputated by Eskimo women, but
this did not stop the gangrene. He
was in bad condition when the last
news came from him in July.
When the JEANNE arrived at Cape
Haven three days were spent in send
ing a gasoline launch in search OF
Morrison. but he was not found and
the party came south without him
Owner Grant and Captain Brown did
not know that they were mourned as
dead and were much surprised at the
news on reaching here. Last winter
bottles were found on the coast OF
ireland with the message that the
Snowdrop had hit an iceberg and was
sinking When the ship did not ar
rive this was accepted as confirmation
of the message, which was a hoax
No bottle was set adrift from the
Snowdrop.
Doubts Discovery of Pole
SALZBURG. Austria, Sept. 25-Ad-
dressing the congress of. naturalists
here yesterday Prof Albrecht F. K
Penck, professor of geography in the
University of Berlin, made an interest
ing comparison of the reports of Com
mander Peary and Doctor Cook con-
cerning the discovery of the north pole
He analyzed the published accounts OF
their having reached the pole and ar
rived at the conclusion that neither
of them had proved that he had reached
the pole or was able to furnish scien-
tihe proof of having done so, because
neither had a sufficiently scientific
equipment in the far north.
Describes Far North
Fred F. Taylor. manager of the
Metropolitan life insurance company
made an address before the underwrit-
ers at a luncheon at the St Francis
hotel yesterday, in which he spoke OF
arctic explorations He has been in the
northern country and described the fal
north. which has been brought into
such prominence the last few weeks by
Doctor Cook and Commander Peary.
USE sULPHITES IN kEAT-warrants were is
sued yesterday for the arrest OF the managers
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