Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-09-10
PLACES OFFICIAL STAMP UPON
AMERICANS STORY AND CON-
GRADUATES u. S.
PROF. MOORE IS SATISFIED.
Chief of Weather Bureau Sees Nothing
in Explorers Statements to
Doubt Performance.
HAS QUIET DAY IN COPENHAGEN.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 6.-The
King of Sweden officially has recognized
DR.. Cook as the discoverer Of the North
pole.
Minister Egan at Copenhagen has in
formed the state department under Sun
days date in effect that the King through
the Swedish minister at Copenhagen has
congratulated the government of the
United States on the occasion of DR..
Cooks discovery.
sit is not fair to doubt DR.. Cooks
word in the absence of any evidence
whatever against him"
This statement was made today by
Capt. A. G. Winterhalter, of the navy,
chief of the photographers office here. in
speaking of the doubts that had been ex-
pressed in some quarters as to whether
DR.. Cook actually had reached the pole.
Not one time in hundred thousand"
he said, would DR.. Cook be able sue
tessfully to fake astronomical observa'
lions. l have had much experience in
making observations and compilations
from them, and I speak from my own
knowledge in such matters. Fake OBJ
servations from day to day could not
possibly be continued for any length Of
slime without detection, and why not
wait until access is had to DR.. Cook s
records and books2 These, in my opin"
Jon, will clear up every question as to
bis actually having reached the pole. Ii
they do not, it will then be quite time
enough to cast aspersions upon him.
Prof Moore Satisfied.
"Never in the annals Of Arctic ex'
ploration has there been any attempt
made to manufacture observations, or
make a fictitious claim of achievement.
and | am satisfied that there has been
nothing of this kind in the case of DR..
Cook
So declared Prof Willis L. Moore, the
chief of the weather bureau, acting sec,
rotary of agriculture, and president Of
the National Geographic society. From
all accounts of DR.. Cooks trip" said
thenticity of the whole matter. l see
nothing in the narrative as told by DR..
Cook that should cause any apprehension
or doubt about the actual performance
of the feat A man would have too
little to gain and too much to lose in
making any other than an authentic
claim, because his fame would be OF
too short duration and his ignominy
would be everlasting"
The National Geographical society,
which has a membership of about 10000,
has it's headquarters here in the Hubbard
Memorial building. Henry Gannett, the
geographer, is vice president, and Alex
ander Graham Bell, the inventor, is one
of it's band of managers. Mr. Bell is out
of the city At the next meeting of the
board the whole question of DR.. Cook 9
discovery will be threshed over.
Cook Spends Day Quietly.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 6. Being
without official engagements today, DR..
Frederick A. Cook mapped out a quiet
day for himself. In the course of the
morning he visited old Prince Hans, who
is known as 1.-The uncle of the reigning
houses of Europe" and later he received
a deputation of students who hailed him
as a hero. He then took drive with
ter, and had lunch privately with the
ministers in the country, his purpose be,
ing to escape the applaudlng crowds
Germans Congratulate Him.
BERLIN, Sept 6.-Two Of the lead.
ing societies of German geographers, the
Berlin and the Hamburg associations,
have congratulated DR.. Cook on his dis
covery of the north pole. The manag.,
ing committees Of each society met and
decided duly upon this recognition. The
Berlin committee expressed the opinion
that 1t naQ no rlSul 10 WltHHolu IT'S NJ
acknowledgements from an honorable and
experienced explorer such as DR.. Cook,
and it sent its congratulations gladly.
In doing this, however, the committee
does not consider that it formally accepts
every statement of fact made by DR..
Cook; simply gives general recognition
to his fine achievement
Pope Deeply Interested.
ROME, Sept. 6.-The Pope is keenly
interested in the story of DR.. Cook 8
achievement, and is following with inter
est the newspaper accounts of the ex.
petition. The Pope expressed the opin'
ion today that one must believe in the
truthfulness of a man whose character
had been tried by such perils and who
had faced death alone.
TIRE BURSTS, ONE DEAD.