Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-09-18
COOK TALKS TO STEAD
Tells the Veteran jsurualist t
Of His Wonderful TfiD
to the Pole.
DIR. Cook Told William T. Stead That
He Divided His Documents for
Safety-TOld Mr.. Stead of
His Trip In Detail.

London, Sept. 15.-"In order to
avoid the risk of the loss of my notes
and observations, I divided them into
two portions. The finished result of
my calculations I brought with me,
the rough material upon which these
calculations were based were sent to
New York upon the steamer Jeanie.
Even with the loss of one portion
1 would still have in my possession
adequate material for the substantial
ton Of my claims. The calculations
would have to be worked out again,
but the material would still be there" "
This was the statement made by DR..
Frederick A. Cook to William T.
Stead, the veteran English journalist,
| who spent a great deal of time with
Cook before he sailed for America,
and was made public by Mr.. Stead to-
day.
English scientists and geographers
see in it refutation of the charge
made by Commander Robert E. Peary
at Battle Harbor that DR.. Cook did
not reach the north pole.
Simultaneous with the public state
ment of Mr.. Stead today came cables
from Battle Harbor in which Com
mander Peary reiterated his declara-
ton that Cook did not reach the north
pole on April 81 or any other date.
According to the utterance attribu-
2ted to Commander Peary, he talked
with Cooks two Esquimaux and has
other evidence that Cook did not
Ereach the coveted goal of the north.
The statement by Cook that he has
his data safe and that it will be made
public in good time merely comes as
reiteration of assertains he made or
kmany occasions in Copenhagen. The
Acredence of Mr.. Stead has gone far il
Cooks favor, for the journalist /:
known as a keen, authentic man O.
affairs, whose beliefs are based upo1
4 substantial knowledge.
Y The greatest interest was occasion
scientists are eagerly awaiting th
1 full publication of DR.. Cooks data il
order to see how Peary receives it.
DR.. Cook described part of his jour
Hney to Mr.. Stead as follows:
"The sunrise of 1908 in uppe
Greenland fell on February 10, 1905
1 and on that day I started away fror
Annotook, near Etah. I had ten Els
luimaux, eleven sledges heavily la
\ len with supplies and 103 cogs.
5 / was the co1dest part Of the winter an
4 the thermometer registered 83 degree
g below zero as we passed over tn
\ heights of Ellesmere Strait. We wer
bound for Lands End, to the ives
I where we were to begin our ice Joul
Hney. During the trip we struck sex
araI fine game trails and secured 10
musk oxen, 335 hare and seven bear
on March 1S we reached the end {
: the land and the beginning of the ic
There I established a supply sta
ftion and picked out the two best me
q and twenty-six dogs for the das
:, l across the ice.
IL 81 lived as the Esquimaux live, ca
]. I ing tallow and drinking fatty te
O | made from fat Beyond latitude S4.4
i we reached a desert of ice. The g
c ing was smooth and we made goo
y time.
II ARRIVING at the pole I studied tt
II local conditions as we'll as 1 could ar
tmade many observations. The p
Ruuimaux celebrated with savage 10
but after two days I decided to r
tturn. Then began the real hardship
r. of the DASH"