Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-03
Shsokleton, Nansen, Abruzzi and
Greedy to Be Invited.
EXPEDITION WELL EQUIPPED
Financial Backer of Enterprise Talks
of Quitting It.
IT WAS NO HAPHAzARD AFFAIR
while Little Noise Was Made
About It, the Preparations Were
Most Thorough Ever
Made.


NEW YORK. Sept appropriations are
afoot here to make the homecoming of
Dr Frederick A. Cook an event Of national
and possibly international Importance. II
the plans outlined today by the members
Of the Arctic club are carried out, the well
come home which DR., Cook will receive in
New York will be an ovation in which city,
state and nation will take part, while prom
inent explorers-Cook's former rivals-from
all parts of the globe will gather to pay
their personal tribute to his achievement.
Among the most notable of those who In
all probability will be here to greet Or.
Cook on his return will be Lieutenant
Shackleton the EnEishman, whose recent
explorations in the antarctic, during which
he succeeded in pushing nearer to the south
pole than had any previous explorer, made
him figure OF worldwide prominence.
Members of the Arctic club hope that
President Taft may himself be present as
the nations representative to welcome DR..
Cook.
Such an honor would be no more than
fitting" one OF them declared today, TN
view Of the fact that the explorer has
placed the Stars and Stripes on the apex OF
the world and added perhaps 60O0O square
miles to the nations territory"
Arctic stars to shine.
Among the explorers who are expected
70 take a prominent part in tho welcome
to Dr. Cook are the duke Of the AbruzEi,
DR.. Frtjof Nansen, Captain Roald
Amundsen, General A. W. Greedy, Rear
Admiral George Melville Anthony Fiala of
this city and Captain Joseph E. Bernisr.
No definite date has yet been set for
DR.. Cooks arrival here Captain Bradley
S. Osborne, secretary Of the Arctic club,
said tonight that the explorer is not ak
pected for several weeks. He is due in
Copenhagen in three days" said Captain
Osborne, "and IL he came straight homo
would arrive in New York about the middle
of September. but his friends believe that
he may make several stops on the way
home. For one thing, the geogrophers and
scientists OF Copenhagen Will tender him
welcome. He may go to Christiana to
meet Captain Amundsen, the discoverer OF
! the northwest passage; 1t is likely that
he will visit Belgium where he has been
decorated for his services TO science, and
It is scarcely conceivable that the British
geographical societies would allow him to
pass them by on his way home without an
invitation to London"
Expedition Well Equipped.
Jchn r. Bradley, the financial backer Of
Dr. Frederick A. Cook explained today
that the Brooklyn explorers success in
reaching the north pole was not so much
the result of chance as the opinions of
several polar experts would Indicate.
This was no haphazard expedition he
said; mo intensified Arctic Joy ride
dertaken on nerve. We went about our
preparations for this thing quietly and
without brass band accompaniment but
every imaginable contingency had been
provided for.
I'VE studied out the mistakes and mis-
fortunes of other men who had tried for
the pole, hoping to benefit by their errors,
and we certainly benefited by their ex-
amples.
IT am not going to tell what the cost
was, but I'll tell you this much: One
single item was 5000 gallons OF gasoline
and another was two barrels OF gum drops.
An Esquimaux will travel thirty miles for
gum drop. His sweet tooth IL the
sweetest in the world.
Now, Cook has as much nerve as any
man in the world, 1 guess but he had
something besides nerve to Garry him
through. I'm not trying to take any Of
tho credit but l want to say that he had
the right kind OF an outfit to take him
through. Cook will prove to the satisfaO-
ton of every fair mind that he has done
exactly what he claimed he did"
! Anthony Fiala, commander Of the zieSier
expedition OF 1SoS-1SO5. agreed with Mr..
Bradley in placing confidence IN the rs.
ports OF DIR. Cooks success
This will not put an end to polar ex-
petitions" he said today, ''Other e1pe-
ditions win push their way northward. DIT.
Cook says he has discovered land In the
far north. II the land is there others viii
find it and verify his story. II It Ia not
there his story will be branded as false"
New Territory for United States.
ST. LOUIS, MO, Sept 2-An new terri
/ tory discovered by DR.. Frederick A. Cook
when he reached the north pole will be-
| long TO the United States by right Of dis
/ covery, according to the Rev. G. M. Char
ropin, s. j. professor Of astronomy at ST.
! Louis university.
Father Charropin today said Dr. Cooks
statements will be accepted by scientstA
who will attempt to confirm them