The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-15
Says His Trip Was Really
Uneventful.
Peary Had Only One Es-
kimo With Him.
Explorer Admits that lie Had No
White Man With Him---fIis Wit
ness Is No More Reliable than
Cook's---Committee of Scientists
Will Review the Dates of Each
Explorer and Pass on the Claims.
BY United Press wire.

Boston, Sept. i--Reitcrating that
DR.. Cook has falsified in his declara-
| ton that he has reached the pole.
but giving little further details of his
own dash and omittlng entirely any
mention of Harry Whitney, Com
mander Peary today is quoted here
In a message by wireless from Bat
| tie Harbor via Cape Ray, New
| Foundland.
| Replying to an Interrogation as TO
DR.. Cooks claim. Peary replied that
ut was simply untrue"
II have expressed myself clearly in
my dispatches, ] think" he contin-
ued. "Dr. Cooks attempts to con-
vince scientists that he has been to
the pole will be futile. 1t was pretty
| generally known that our expedition
was in the Arctic regions, and that
we expected to get back about this
| time, or a few weeks later. There
was also suspicion that we hoped
to reach the pole this year, and that
we had previously passed all other
| northern records, knew the way north
and had prepared carefully for what
we hoped would be the final trip"
What were some of the chief in
cidents of the Journey" he was asked
''It was less eventful OF any of my
previous trips. The actual reaching
of the ninetieth parallel and being
| able to take observations at the pole
itself was an event of supreme i'm
| portance to science; an event which
quite naturally makes us all feel an
eXultation which l hope Is pardon
able; but there was less adventure.
less of the thrilling and hair-breadth
escapes than I'm earlier days before
we had as thorough knowledge of the
Arctic regions as we have now.
''The chief danger was one which
could not be guarded against We
had to take our chances and trust
to Providence Care in the selec-
ton of men and dogs, to see that we
had none lacking in strength. courage
and endurance; watchfulness over
the condition of our sledges and how
they were packed, knowledge of the
quantity and kind of food required
and seeing that supplies were plenti-
full at certain points--all these tend
to lessen what might be called pre-
ventible dangers OF starvation, freez-
ing and becoming lost"
Details and dates of his journey to
the pole and return were again en-.
view. but not a word was said as to
why Harry Whitney left the Roose-
welt nor would the explorer enter in
to any further conversation as to his
communicating of Cooks supplies or
the proof he has declared was In his
possession that the Brooklyn physl- |
clan had not reached the top of tho |
earth.
New Haven, Conn, Sept. 14.-whilc |
the controversy between Commander |
Peary and DR.. Cook is waxing warm |
and the name of Harry Whitney is on |
the lips of both explorers. that gen |
tleman is calmly hunting Arctic |
game I'm northern Greenland. This |
brother-in-law of the noted traveller.
Hughes stated today that he did not
think Whitney would reach home be-
fore the middle OF October.
Only one despatch has been re-
ceived from the hunter and no men
ton was made in 1t of either Cook
or Peary. AS Whitney's testminoy
In the controversy will be undoubt-
edly. with the exception of the Eski4
mos. the most important. efforts viii
probably be made to hurry him home
ward as soon as he reaches civiiiza-
ton.
ST Johns. N. f.. Sept. IA wire-
less message received here from-Bat-
tie Harbor where the Roosevelt still
is. today declares that Commander
Peary has confirmed the statement
made yesterday by a member of his
party that he had no white compan-
ion with him when he reached the
North Pole. His lone companion at
the apex of the world was an Eski-
mo.
In this statement, Commander
Perry declares he was the "only'
white man who had ever reached the
pole. DR.. Cooks claims to the con-
trary He said he would have moth
ing more to say regarding Cooks
claims until he had seen them in full
but that he had Cook mailed" and
would be able TO prove that the
BROOKLYN physicianhad never reached
the pole.
New York, Sept, IA committee
Is being formed today to pass on the
controversy OF the pursuit of the
North Pole and to decide whether
Dr. Frederick A. Cook or Command
er Robert Il. Peary was the 1rst
10 reach 1t. The committee will be
Of the leading university
scientists and the students of the
Arctic and Geographical societies.
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