The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-24
As HERO Of THE NORTH
COOK MAKES A TRIUMPHAL
ENTRY INTO AMERICA.
ALL NEW YORK ACCLAIMS HIM
Distinguished Explorer Declares He
Has at Hand Irrefutable Proof
OF His Feat.

I
stood upon the apex OF the world-Dr.
Frederick Albert Cook welcomed
home Tuesday amid a demonstration of
popular confidence and enthusiasm
without parallel IN the history OF this
city.
Hundreds OF thousands acclaimed
him as the hero OF the North from the
moment he left the deck OF the steam
ship Oscar III. on which he arrived
from Copehagen. until he had complet-
ed his triumphal journey through
streets lined Tor miles BY cheering
throngs.
For him a hotilla Of peace shrilled
stentorian salutcs. and from the waters
OF the rock-walled hu-son the sirens
OF foreign fleet OF war sounded in
noisy greetings.
BY strange coincidence and al
most at the same hour. Commander
Robert +. Peary. whose announcement
of reaching the pole was coupled with
the claim Of being the only white man
10 reach there, sailed into the harbor
of Sydney. ~ 5, amid another en-
thusiastic welcome. in which the public
dignitaries OF Nova Scotia Joined in
giving official as well as public recogni-
ton TO the returning explorer
DIR. Cook announced that he had
brought with him irrefutable proof of
his right 10 the title OF the discoyerer
of the north pole that he was ready to
meet Commander Peary at any time,
and that he would give his data and OBJ
seryatiOns TO the scientific world as
soon as they could be properly CLASH
fed and arranged.
DR.. Cook received his first American
greeting half a mile of Quarantine.
from newspaper men on the tug c. p.
Raymond. His first words were an ex-
preston of thanks 10 the American
people and defiance of Commander
Robert E. Peary and his charges/that
the Brooklyn explorer had not discov-
cred the north pole.
In the upper bay DR.. Cook was trans.
ferred TO the tug John X. Gilkeson.
which had come 20 meet him with his
wife and children and his kin, from
whom he had been separated so long
After the reunion he was claimed by
the public and. from the deck of the
tug. was the focus OF scores OF cameras
and the target of half a hundred inter
viewers
Soon after his arrival Explorer Cook
issued a formal statement relative 10
the expressions OF disbelief Of his
story. The signed statement In part
was as follows:
"On Board the Oscar TI-After one
of the most delightful trips Of my life
across the Atlantic am indeed glad
once more TO see the shores OF my ma
tive land have come from the pole
| have brought my story and my data
with me. The public already has a tan
gible and a specific record OF that trip.
In a very short time the narrative. with
all the observations. will be published
and placed before the world for exam
ination.
THE expedition was private. II was
started out without the usual publicity
bombast. Mr. John II. Bradley fur
nished the money and shaped the des-
tiny of the venture. For the time be
ing IL concerned us only. but the re
suits we're so important that or re-
turning ] at once placed before the
public a report containing the main
outline OF the work.
81 have not come home to enter into
arguments with one man or with fifty
men. but am here to present a clear
record OF a piece OF work over which
| have a right TO display a certain
amount OF pride.
when scientists study the detailed
and the narrative in its
consecutive order | am certain that in
the due course of events all will be
compelled to admit the truth OF my
statement. Frederick A. Cook"