Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03

Lee at AppOmattOX, Wnlcn ndu dTIlNeu
there early that spring in the 1906
mail, after being delayed three years
by drift ice.
Great astonishment was caused by
the statements made by Commander
Peary, which were copyrighted, and
also had many other noticeable pecu-
liarities Doubt was cast upon the
statements of DR.. Cook regarding his
dash to the pole by the statements of
Commander Peary. On one point, how
ever, the statements regarding condi-
tons at the north pole at that time OF
year, as made by each of the great eX-
plorers seemed to agree Both stated
that it was a great country for ice;
they never saw so much ice in all their
lives, they both said, as there was at
the north pole.
Stunned at first by the remarkable
plethora of north poles that had been
sprung on it when it wasn't looking, the
public sat back and said nothing, but
all at once the similarity of the state
inents of the two great explorers re-
garding the prevalence of ice at the
north pole struck everybody, and the
public began to wonder If it wasn't
fact that the north pole had actually
been discovered twice. Then, suddenly
and without warning everybody began
talking Aloysius Culp, secretary OF
the Explorers club of Scrub Oak, Iowa,
issued a statement in which he SAID
that he had positive proof that Com
mander Peary had not even discovered
Lake Michigan, and that the Chicago
drainage canal was discovered by
Michael Cassidy, we'll known Chicago
politician, long after Peary had walked
right by it without knowing that 1t
was there.
Following this statement came the
one from Adolphus Bumpke of Hobo
ken N. Y, who went down to the pier
to see DR.. Cook aft the day he sailed
for the north pole. Mr.. Bumpke stated
that he had reason to believe that Com
mander Peary visited the cache where
DR.. Cook had left his gumdrop, which
he had intended to divide among the
citizens of Greenland in return for
their services after he got back from
his dash to the pole, and that Peary
also lugged off his muskrat skin while
Cook was doing his dashing,
About this time Prof. p. Gustave
Kraut of Berlin came to the defense
of DR.. Cook with the statement that
science has for some time recognized
the existence of ice at the north pole,
and that the statements made by DR..
Cook regarding his discovery of large
quantities of this commodity were con-
firmed by the investigations of the
Society for Icicle Research, which had
long before established the fact that
ice exists throughout the polar regions
in more or less extent, and in quanti-
ties sufficient for all practical uses,
at least, until such a time as the in
PRODUCTION of new summer drinks In
that far off region shall make heavy
drains on the available supply.
DR.. Spitzenhooffensbung of the Royal
Geographical society examined care
fully the records of his remarkable
expedition which DIR. Cook brought
back with him, and while he was will
ing to state that the grease spots down
the front o. his fur peaiacket were
doubtless real blubber, and his whisk-
ers showed every evidence of having
served as a windbreak for the biting
winds of the polar REGIONS. he founo
no evidence Of chillblains, and he
thought it would be better for the
world to wait until Cook had time to
go back to Greenland $50 named be
cause If 1t wasn't for the deep layer
of ice which covers it, and the severity
of the weather there. the grass might
spring up and cover 1t. and cause 1t
to look green) and to bring back with
him an Eskimo, who could In time
; be taught to speak English, and II he
hadn't forgotten it by that time
might be able to tell all about how
Cook made his dash to the pole.
Prof. B. Quagmire Scrump of Low
ell. Mass. an authority on meteorolo-
gical conditions and snow, stated oil
the day after Cook arrived in Copenha-
J gen that he believed that DR.. COOK
, had actually discovered the pole be-
cause his descriptions of the snow
seemed to be remarkably realistic.