The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-09
Cook Preparing to Prove He First Discovered
 Farthest North Captain Otto Sverdrop Will Leave for Etah to Bring :l Back Eskimos
Brooklyn Doctor Willing to Lay All Facts Before
 Council of Scientists
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 Copenhagen. Sept. 9.-Dr. Frederick l. Cook to-day asked Knud Rasmus- xen to go to New York to act as in- terprster of the two Eskimos. Etukis- hook and Ahwelab, who accompanied him on his trip to the North Pole.
 Captain Otto Sverdrup. a staunch Cook defender against the charges made by Commander Peary. will leave shortly for Etah where the two Eski- mos were left by Cook on his return trip and will take them to New York to corroborate his story of the North Pole discovery.
 Peary charged that these Esklmos said that Cook was never out Of sight of land and had never gone north: al 50 that the rest of the Eskimo tribe corroborated them.
 Realizing as never before the import ance of having these Eskimoe publicly Eubstantiate his claims, Cook will pay the expenses of Sverdrup in getting the Eskimos to New York and back to their Greenland home and will also pay Rasmussens expenses to New York if he will consent to go. 5S Rasmussen is half Eskimo and half Dane. He lived for years among the Eskimos and is thoroughly acquainted with the language. Rasmussen IS au- thortty for the no fa,kes eaat whS dfe E5tukishook and Ahwelab after their return from the Pole. were convinced of the truthfulness of their story.
 Cook believes that the testimony of these Eskimos, given in public. will go a long way toward substantiating his claims He says the honesty Of the little inhabitants of the northern ice fields has never been questioned and that any one acquainted with them k- IT., nf hn y,1tS cd into believing that they had reached the Pole.
 pr. Cook repeated to-day his will ingness to lay all his data before council of scientists from all nations and abide by the decision.
 eff such a. court shall decide that I did not reach the Pole. I'll never make the claim in public again. he said. sI intend to publish statement Tn due course of time that will do away with whatever doubt exists regarding my claims I am in the right and jus tice is bound to win out in the end. have not the least apprehension re- garding my final vindication. If did have, I would never show my face in civilized country again"
 The great speed attained by Com mander Peary on his dash to and from the North Pole is interpreted by Dr. Cook as one link in the chain of proofs which he believes Peary's own state merlts will make for his claims
 It will be remembered that one of the greatest doubts raised by Dr. Cooks story of his discovery was re- garding the unprecedented speed with which he travelled. He went from Cape Thomas Hubbard to the Pole, l60 miles. in 34 days. or from March 13 to April 21. Cook explained that he encountered unusually good sledding, but Arctic explorers were 1oath to ac- cept his statements, as their experi- ence with the ice hummocks of the far north had made such speed inn possible.
 According to the chronology Of Peary's trip. which was shown to Cook to-day the naval officer made the trip from Cape Columbia to the Pole. a distance of 490 miles in 51 days, with open leads. His return from the Pole to Cape Columbia was made in 16 days, or from April to April 2S:
 ''These figures are not incredible" pr. Cook declared to-day. They could have been easily made provided Peary found the route smooth. which he un- doubtedly did. On his return to Cape Columbia, he must have avera zed more than 30 miles a day, as the trip was made in 16 days and it is probable that several days had to be deducted on account of encountering open wa ter.
 'It is not my purpose to enter into a discussion of Peary's trip. Regard
  going to wait until a scientific in- vestigation has vindicated my every statement which vindication will. of course, be refutation of Peary's charges. The point I wish to bring put is that Peary attained even great er speed than I claimed in my dash.
 '"Then, too if my first account was disappointing, as some of my critics have stated, what must Peary's first detailed contribution to the world prove to be? I described my journey in more or less detail. Peary gives nothing but a chronology.
 "Peary will undoubtedly follow this with the necessary elaboration just as [ expect to-. In my case, I was as- sailed on every hand for giving such an unsatisfactory account. whereas I have yet heard no criticism of Peary for the same fault. if fault 1t be-
 As Dr. Cook expected this to be his last day here, he was a very busy man receiving and repaying number of calls. He expected to leave late in the afternoon for Esbjerg, on the North Sea- where he was to take pas sage for Flushing, Holland, enroute to Brussels where he will arrive Satur- day morning.
 The Royal University of Copenhagen this afternoon conferred an honorary erick and the Queen, other members of the royalty and a large assembiag of the leading scientists, professional men and diplomats were present at the exercises. There was no indication Turing the university function that Dr. Cooks popularity has waned in the least.
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