Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-17
CLAIMS POINT SCORED
FOR PEARY
Bridqman EIated Over Congralu|alofg
Message From inter.
national Society.
EXPLORER STARTS HOME TODAY
Refuses to Board Faster Craft, Say
ing That He Will Bring the Roose-
welt into Port-peclines to Answer
Question as to Witnesses o. Flag
Burying.

Se'y t'S.
(By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept 16.-When
Herbert l.. Bridgmen. secretary and
treasurer and the Peary Arctic Club
returned TO his home in Brooklyn late
today from sydney. N. s.. he found
unopened on his desk number oil
cablegrams of congratulations to Com
mander Peary. among which was the
following dated. >Uccle. Belgium. Sep
TENDER s, and addressed to him in Mr..
Bridgman's care:
.'Peary: International Polar Com
mission sends sincerest congratula-
tions to their member.
"CAGNI,
"NORDENSKJIOLD,
"LEECOYNTE."
Uccle, a suburb of Brussels, is the
seat of the royal Belgian observatory
Of which NJ Lecoynte is the director.
Captain Umbertc Cagni, who was the
Italian leader of the Due D'AbruZzi's
polar expedition. is president of the
International Polar Commission; DR..
n. Otto Nordenskjioid is its vice pres
ident and has led Swedish expedi-
ton into the antarctic circle, while
NJ Lecoynte is its secretary. With the
weight Of these names behind 1t, the
cablegram assumes scientific impor-
lance. Mr.. Bridgman pointed out, of
the first magnitude. The Information
al Polar Commission was appointed
Nav 90. 1908, by the delegates of III
nations who met in Brussels to con-
stitute the international polar con-
gress.
Nothing Official to Cook.
DR.. Cook, while at Copenhagen, re-
ceived kilograms of congratulations
from Brussels and invitations to lee
ture there, but Mr.. Bridgman was in
sistent tonight that none of them had
come officially from the International
Polar Commission and that the mes
sage dated September and made
public today was the first scientific
recognition of the discovery OF the
pole yet accorded 10 either claimant
by a world wide body of recognized
authorities on the subject.
Additional messages were received
by Mr.. Bridgman from the Scottish
Geographical Society. Societe Geogra-
phique, Paris. Societa Geographic,
Italiana. and the American Geographic
cal Society
Peary Club to Meet.
Il was learned tonight that meet
ing of the Peary Arctic Club will be
held early next week to decide wheth-
or the club will launch formal cam
.paign in behalf of Peary's claims as
sole discoverer of the pole. Mr..
Bridgman declined tonight to discuss
the matter.
The committee OF the Arctic Club
of America. which has been arrang-
ing for a dinner of welcome to Dr.
Cock on September % announced to-
night that the occasion should not
be regarded as a partisan affair =
Supporters of both Cook and Peary.
It was said. viii be present.
Prepared to Submit Observations.
BATTLE HARBOR. LABRADOR.
Sept. is via Marconi Wireless Teleg-
raphy TO Cape Ray. n. F.-Comman-
der Robert f. Psary declared today
that Dr. Cook was expected BY the
world to submit; to an impartial tri-
bunaI Of board Of arbitration a re-
vised and authentic signed statement
of his alleged discovery Of the Toie-
DIR. Cook soon would reach the Unit
ed States. Commander Peary sad.
and he was glad at the prospect OF
the matter being submitted at an early
date. Il should he done inside Of
couple weeks and when i was done,
the commander declared. he was pre-
pared to turn over to the board Of ar
bitration 20 present 20 scientific bodies
an array q testimony which would
disprovc IT. Cocks claims for al
time.
Gold Brick Leaked Out
Continuing the explorer said thar
he had stated In a private message
10 a friend that DR.. Cook had given
the world a gold brick This mes
sage had been allowed 20 leak ont
and. while he would hsve preferred
a more elegant expression. he was
willing nov 70 iet tncse words stand
because they were AZ least emphatic
. The explorer said also that ne
would turn over 10 competent tn
hunaI and the public certified copies
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