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pole, or had anything happened before
you returned to cause you to anticipate
this event?" was next asked.

pole, or had anything happened before
you returned to cause you to anticipate
this event?" was next asked.
Heard It in New York.
II heard 1t in New York that DR.. Cook
was going to bring the pole back re-
piled the commander.
as 1t true that you opened letters or
documents having reference to TINS
point?"
NO" he responded, emphatically
Did Harry Whitney make any impor-
tant statements to you about another po-
lar expedition"
He made no statement said Com
mander Peary. "He is on the relief
schooner JEANNE now, and Is probably
shooting bear on the western coast"
What life is there to be found at the
north pole? Are there birds, fishes or any
animals there?"
when 1 was there it was not the sea-
son for birds. l do not know If there are
fish in the polar seas at that spot. There
are no animals at the pole.
Commander Peary declined to discuss
the charges that he took supplies at Etafr
belonging to DR.. Cook. but he declared
that Capt. Moses Bartlett could not throw
any light on this point because he had
not been in Greenland since Peary went
there last.
Rudolph Francke had begged piteously,
he said to be taken out of Greenland. He
was suffering from scurvy.
UNEMPLOYED Regions Of Arctic.
Speaking about the unexplored area in
the polar regions, Commander Peary said
there were 100000 square miles Of UNI
known territory between the pole and
Bering straits previous to his expedition.
He had not yet figured out by how much
that quantity was reduced.
Asked with regard to the purple snow
fields at the pole the huinmocks and
crevices approaching the pole, Commander
Peary said:
THAT is a range OF information that
do not care to impsrt now: - .,,
that he had run out 1,1OO fathoms OF
line without reaching bottom within hve
miles Of the pole. I'VE took soundings
from Cape Columbia to the pole" ne
continued, which gives a cross section of
that part of the foes of the Arctic ocean.
The soundings were from ten to twenty
miles apart.
"What was the thickness Of the Ice and
the temperature of the atmosphere" he
was asked.
II had no means Of measuring the ice,
which was heavy. 1 do not care to tell
the temperature"
Talked With Cooks Eskimos.
oOAA OOHA~
mander Peary was asked:
Are the Eskimos who were with DR..
Cook in his dash to the pole on your
ship"
mo. But talked with them"
Have you heard that any Eskimos
were ever at the pole before yours?"
mo. never. No inducement that could
be offered them would tempt them out on
that sea of ice until I went there. They
TO- t~,. n fot ~ ffo {,o
breaking up and carrying people away to
DEATH"
Why did you J.. not have white wit
dearly wanted the honor for myself"
A number of dispatches addressed to
Commander Peary at Chateau Bay. Red
Bay and Blanc Sablon. dated September
and 9. were received here only yester-
Pearly spoke feelingly Of the death of
Prof. Marvin of Cornell University. who
at the head Of one Of the supporting par
ties broke through lead OF thin Ice on
the return trip.
The body was not recovered and his
personal effects were buried in the Ice.
cross bearing his name, his college
and the date OF his death was erected at
Cape Sheridan. just above the Roosevelt's
winter position and visible for miles. This
is seventy-three miles from the point
north of Cape Columbia, where he was
drowned.
Roosevelt Going to New York.
With regard to his steamer Commander
Peary said:
The Roosevelt IL In first-class condi-
ton and is practically uninjured. The
hull. engines and machinery are as good
as when she left New York in July,
1905"
The crew was busy scrubbing UP the
deck in an endeavor to remove the accu-
mutations caused by the killing Of eighty
winter. The walrus were cut up on board
ship, making the vessel look like a
slaughter house.
The Roosevelt will proceed to New York
complete. She will leave here Thursday
or Friday for Sydney, with Commander
Peary aboard. going direct to that port
without stop. There the steamer will fill
her bunkers with coal for a straight run
to New York.
Asked If he would accept an invitation
to the banquet In his honor at Sydney,
he replied that he probably would. From
Sydney Commander Peary Will go to the
United States by rail.
He would not say what would become
of the Roosevelt. At New York, how
ever, the crew would be paid of. The
ship belongs to the Peary Arctic Club.
Participation in Hudson Parade.
Regarding the Hudson Fulton pa
rade, the commander said he did not
know whether the Roosevelt would par
ticipate. but II Mr.. Bridgman had said
the steamer would not take part II the
schooner John r. Bradley. Cooks ves-
sci. was admitted. that this would likely
be the official opinion OF the Peary Arc
tic Club. and was his (Peary's) own
view. If the Roosevelt did take part in
the parade. Commander Peary said. he
would likely command her. but he was In
doubt as to who would be his guests.
The explorer suggested that It would
be a good idea for the United States to
take over the Roosevelt as a cutter in
the Boring sea. or to keep some chan
mel open, as she would be a splendid
ice breaker. italy. he pointed out, now
holds possession Of the Stella Polare.
the Duke of the Abruzzi's ship. and the
Norwegian government holds the Fran.
Why should not the United States gov
eminent secure the Roosevelt, he asked
Continuing. Commander Peary said that
he had already made an official report of
his work to Washington. and therefore
had not yet decided whether he would go
Immediately to the National Capital on
returning to the United States. The sur
vey work Of past expeditions was embod-
led in the government maps and the
same course probably would be followed
| in this case. Not a dollar Of government