The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-12-09
TwO Men Assert That the Explorer Agreed to
Pay Them $4,000 for Fake Dissertations
ARd0Uits Of Sea Captain and Insurance
Broker to FOllOw Narratives - Says
DR.. Cook Paid Him $3.50 and
then Disappe0red---RepOrt is
Communicated to UniUer-
sity Of Copenhagen

New York, Dec 0-The New York
Times presents today the remarkable
narratives Of two men. made under
oath, declaring that they we're employ
ed by Doctor Frederick AZ Cook, to
fabricate astronomical and other OBJ
Iservations for submission to the Uni
versity Of Copenhagen, which is about
to pass upon Doctors Cooks assertion
that he discovered the north pole on
April 2l. 1908 These men are George
H. Dunkle, an insurance broker Of 81
Nassau street, New York, and Captain
August Wedel Loose. a sea captain, Of
437 Thirteenth street Brooklyn
Were Promised Large sum.
For their labors they We're to have
received jointly from Doctor Cook
$4,000, with an additional bonus Of
$500 to Captain Loose upon the ac-
ceptance of the records by the Univer-
sity Of Copenhagen They saw that
Doctor Cook had paid them only $500
when he disappeared on the eve of
the dispatch of his records" to Copen-
hagen, two weeks ago, and his failure
to pay the sum remaining due them,
they freely acknowledge to be their
motive for coming forward with the
story.
Accompanying these narratives will
appear copies of the affidavits of Cap
tain Loose and DR.. Dunkle affirming
heir accuracy, facsimple of Doctor
Cooks instructions to Captain Loose
n Cooks handwriting, in possession !
# the Times and the affidavit of Cap
ain Loose swearing to the accuracy
If the same. III
The translation of this memoranda /
~ Doctor Cook is as follows:
"Svartevaag- Start March l7-1S
trong wind Haze" March 80.
latitude and longitude.
aily observations to April 3d."
Captain, Supplies Observations.
The Times also prints the following
st under the heading. What Captain
.oose Says He Supplied to Doctor
'ook."
!. Twenty-four attitudes for latitude
lights.
One chart. covering route from 4
vartevaag to the pole, with all Of
'octor Cooks assumed positions
larked upon it,
3. Complete observations for time
nd chronometer rate as they might
ave been taken by stars at Anoratok
nd Svartvaag. probably thirty in all.
A. Diagrams of compass errors and
orrections at different points.
). Calculations for longitude. about
genty in ali.
s. Sixteen observations as they
'uld have been taken at the north
lie. in two sets. eight with depres-
On Of pole considered and eight with
.pression ignored.
T. Bowditeh's complete nautical
bles.
s. Aniinsen's tables for correction
attitudes Of heavenly bodies. b
9. American nautical almanac for s
veral years e
10 Lloyd's calendar Of 1908.
H. Three admiralty charts. cover
! Smith Sound and the polar regions
IS 26, pa and 275
p. One bliss almanac Of 1908.
.3. One negus almanac Of 1907.
rhe Times has followed the steps
ribbed BY these two men. has verified
ir goings and comings, their pur-
sses Of books and charts and the .
{ Of their relations with Doctor
ok Whether the observations.
culated by Captain Loose and sup
ID as he alleges to Doctor Cook.
re adopted by the latter and made
art Of his report to the University
Copenhagen. it is. Of course. inn
sible to say without a comnarfson