The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-08

L
ceived for Herbert L. Bridgman in
Brooklyn today, gave ON details Of
the explorers return from Etah. told
of the movements OF Harry Whitney,
the arctic hunter Of New Haven. Conn,
and mentioned DR.. Cook. The message
follows:
'sTndinn Harbor, via Cape Ray, N. f.,
"scptefnber =, 1909.
.H. L. Bridgmnn, brooklyn, n. vi
"Took Whitney ON board Mt Etch,
Cook gone to Copenhagen. Met Jeanie
on Island August -. Conied
North Star bay. whitney went on
board Jeanne. Parted company after
twenfy-fourtb. tsigned) s
The Jeanne is the Peary relief steamer
which sailed from New York this sum
mer TO search for the explorer and
bring him back to New York III the
steamer Roosevelt had been disabled
in the ice.
In wireless messages sent from.
Indian Harbor on Monday, Conn
mander Robert e. Peary expressed
his intention OF proceeding at once
to Chateau bay, Labrador, where
he proposed to file by telegraph
his long and eagerly anticipated nara
tive. But since Peary and his party
went North the telegraph station III
Chateau bay has been discontinued, ana
the nearest wire he can reach ls al
Red bay. twenty miles from Chateau
bay. and 600 miles down the Labrador
coast from Indian harbor. u is not
probable THAT reary can reach Red
bay before tomorrow night or Friday,
There is a possibility that, on finding
the Chateau bay telegraph office dis
continued, Peary may pass by Red bay
and proceed to North Sydney, Cape
Breton. before Ming his long dispatch.
interest in the International c%ontro-
verAy as to whether DR.. Frederick "A.
Cook. of Brooklyn, or Commander
Peary reached the North Pole first has
been considerably augmented by. the
arrival here of Mrs. Cook, wife of the
explorer who is now enjoying the con-
ordinations and homage of Europe.
William l.. Cook, a brother of the ex-
plorer. was to have sailed yesterday to
meet DIR. Cook in Copenhagen, but he
changed his plans when Informed att
the steamship Office that the Scandi-
navian line steamship Oscar H., on
which DIR. Cook had announced his in
tention of returning to America, would
san from Copenhagen tomorrow and ar-l
rive in New York about September 81.
SO far none of the cablegrams from
Copenhagen have mentioned Or. Cooks
W -. - .a..tnna
80. 80 ~ ps..aeta a., 80
address the Royal Geographical Society.
Rfch Reward for both Men.
No. matter which explorer was first
to discover the North Pole, great finan-
cial fortune Is In store for both. and
It is believed that the fame OF one will
endure as long as that of the other. DR..
Cook has already been besieged in
Copenhagen by scores of publishing
and lecture bureaus, and II he
the most nattering ogers 1t is
estimated TINT his financial profits in
eighteen mouths will approximate $780,
And as many publishers and lee
lure bureaus are struggling gamely
the telegraph companies to get l
nto communication with Commander ]
9eary to make similar offers. But |
while DR.. Cook has not made any ar I
for the publication Of his
,ook or for lecturing 1t Is known that '
Peary is under contract
With a large New York publishihgl {
lotse. a contract which amply provides s
or his future fortune, providing he 7
ound h North Pole. (
Lieutenant Ernest H.. Shackleton, CT
who holds the record of hav-
ng reached nearest to the South Pole, I
las sent the following cableEram to |
York. |
II am glad to be able to offer. my :
congratulations to Commander Sd
9eary on his discovery of the North &
Pole, which is the well-deseryed reward
y indomitable pluck and perseverance,.
With ali explorers | rejoice In