Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-09
WANT COOK TO HURRY HOME
The ExplOrcrs' Club Wants TO Make
His Reception n Feature Of the
IudsOn-Tulton Celebration.

New York. Sept s-AmeriCa's welcome
to DR. Frederick A. Cook will he made
one Of tho PRINCIPAL events Of the Hud-
SON Fulton celebration, II the explorer
can be persuaded to hasten his return so
as to reach New York before the end Of
Septembor To this end the board of d.
rectors OF tho Explorers club held
meeting tonight and sent Il cahlegram
urging Or Cook 10 he the guest ~ honor
at the clubs Hudson-Fulton dinner on
September 81. The message was sent to
Copenhagen to be delivered when the ex-
porer lands there tomorrow from the
Hans Egede. II a favorable reply Is re-
ceived steps will be taken at once 10
make September 30 "Cook day" at the
Hudson-Fulton celebration. 7uhstan-
tial fund will he raised TO make his well
come home an event corresponding 10 the
UNPARALLELED character Of his achieve
ment.
WILL. MEET MANY EXPLORERS.
If the plans Of the Explorers club meet
with Or Cooks approval and the date
, tentatively selected tonight is appointed
for the official welcome an international
character will be lent TO the celebration
nv the presence In New York at that time
| OF several Of the most prominent ex-
! plorers Of other countries. who will add
| their tribute TO the official and UNI
! Official ovations Of city, State and nation.
Among those who have already made
| plans to be in America at the time OF the
| Hudson Fulton celebration are Or.
| Fridtiof hansen, whose memorable North
| Pole expedition OF 1893 reached the high
est latitude until then attained: DIR. Otto
G; Nordenskiold the Swedish Antarctic
explorer and geologst: Captain Road
Amundsen. who is now fitting out polar
expedition to start early next year; DR..
stephenson. the Norwegian explorer;
and possibly Lieut.. Shackleton, the
Englishman. whose explorations in the
Antarctic led him to the farthcst southern
point ever reached by man.
The committee of the Explorers
club in charge of tho welcome 10
Or. Cook is as follows; Prof. Mar
shall II. Savile. netting president,
Chairman Anthony Fiala author of
"Fighting the Polar lee: Cnspar
whitney. the sporting authority;
Henry C. Walsh secretary of the Ex-
plorers' club; Frederick S. Dellen
baugh. an explorer of note; Stansbury
Uarar. the cthn ologist. ard Walter G
Clark.
The Explorers club tonight voted
TO invite the Arctic club, of which Dr.
Cook was formerly president, to par
ticipate in the celebrations
HAVE Full. FAITH IN DR. COOK
Those who were present at to-
nights meeting in the Explorers clut
rooms on West Thirty ninth stree
were almost unan imous in their be
uof that Or Cook would bo able t'
produce ample proof TO convince al
1 doubters There are those, however
! I'm tho membership of the clubs, II wa
1 said who frankly question Dir, Cook
g occount of his achievement and VIII
,oye declared to tho directors tina
tho most unassailable scientific proc
should be demanded before the clu
. critically recognizes Dr. Cook as tn
, discoverer of the Pole.
cranky" said one of the dssenter
!, Tonight 1--WE are of the opinion that TIL
), reputcd discovery Of the Pole will ever
7 tualiy he discrcdited. We are not Dues
: tioning DR.. Cooks veracity but We al
A inclined to believe that he Is mistake
A or has deceived himself"
FRANCKE'S TRIBUTE.
Rudolph Francke the last white ma
d who saw Dr, Cook before his final das
n Ia the Pole, added his word of tribu'
n to his friends achievement to-day.