The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-22
DIR. COOK RECEIVES
A HEARTY WELCOME
Dscoverer Of North Pole Meets His Wife and Family and
Calmly Receives the Honors Showered Upon Him
by Thousands of Friends and Admirers
Would Avoid All Arguments

New York. Sept. 21.-"I have come
from the pole. have not come home
to enter into arguments with one man
or with many men, but l am here to
present clear record of piece of
work over which / have right to
display a certain amount of pride.
Il am perfectly willing to abide by
the final verdict on this record of COM
petent judges. Furthermore, not only
wall my report be before you in black
and white, but l will also bring to
America human witnesses to prove that
/ have been at the pole
Such is the substance of the first
message DR.. Frederick \. Cook brought
home in person to America today, an
swering the critics the world over.
Throughout an uneasy night the fleet
of tug boats, outposts of a curious
continent. had tossed in the darkness
for a glimpse of the Oscar III. At )
o'clock this morning the explorer was
on deck. The Oscar ii had purposeiy
been. held back SO as not to disarrange
the reception plans of the Arctic Club
of America, bit she nosed her way into
quarantine at an hour too early for
everybody but Cook. There was an
anxious wait at quarantine while the
tugs bobbed neryousiy about. the
newspaper men on board them shout
ing broken queries through mega
phones at the black sides of the Oscar
ii, high above them. Or. Cook lowered
signed statement in a pail to the
Associated Press. Soon afterward came
the tug bearing Mrs. Cook and her two
daughters. DIR. Cook clambered nim-
bly, down the ladder and made a rush
for his wife. For the moment he even
missed the children. who stood a few
feet away, until his wife si.e.-tlv led
him to them. Then. as he lifted his
youngest daughter to his shoulder. the
crowd that lined the rails of the Os-
car ii cheered loudly.
Wreath of Roses.
1t had been arranged that the ex-
cursion steamer Grand Republic, car
rying DIR. Cooks friends and John r.
Bradley, his hacker. should keep far
enough in the background To give him
few moments of privacy with his
family. But soon there followed n see
ond transfer from the tug to the Grand
Republic. AS DIR. Cook set foot aboard.
Miss Ida Lohman, daughter of an OH
Brooklyn friend. threw a wreath of
roses about his neck and greeted him
as hero and proclaimed him gen
tleman of Bushwick" Bushwick is
hs ,F hapaa
of Brooklyn.
DIR, Cook looked at it, Brown, posi-
tive. patient, tae:turn. he endured the
business of being Il hero with courtesy
but no enthusiasm.
Are yoN going to stick by DIR.
Cooke Mr.. Bradley was asked.
Why. of course. What do you
Think" he answered.
Mrs. Cook. AT her husbands elbow.
had her first taste of publicity she
hitherto has Stunned. and took it
placidly.
On shore the really formidable part
of the day for DIR. Cook awaited him.
After the first rush of welcome aboard
the Grand Republic he had been able
to find comparative seclusion in the
pilot house. From that vantage point
he could see the streets of Brooklyn.
black with thousands, long files of au-
tomobiles ready. and he knew that
reception had been planned for him
this afternoon at the BushNtiek club
and that an ordeal awaited him.
Unofficial.
AS he stepped ashore it was no.
ticeable that no representative of the
nation, state or city Was there To greet
him. Bird :. Coler, president OF the
borough of Brooklyn, had welcomed
him on the Grand Republic for that