The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-27
|PEARY LEAVES COOK RECORDS Refus ~to Allow Them
 5n Roosevelt. >HITNEY SENDS MESSAGE Says Documents Are in Cache in Greenland. pr. Cook Declares Delay win Not Hinder Pubiicatien Of His story
 As He Has Preserved
 Duplicates. 
SENDS MESSAGE

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 New York. Sept. 2s.-commander Robert E. Peary refused absolutely to allow any of the records or instru- ments of pr. Frederick A. Cook to be brought aboard the steamer Roose- welt and was. thus instrumental in causing these records to be left in a cache in Greenland, according to Har- ry Whitney, the New Haven sports man, in . dispatch received in this city by Dr. Cook today.
 The message. which came as re- sponse to one from pr. Cook Is as fol- lows:
 "strathcona. via Indian Harbor ana Cape Ray. N. F.. Sept %. 1909. 'Dr. F. A. Cook. Hotel waldorf. New York.
 "started for home Roosevelt. Noth- ing arrived for me. Pearys would al- low nothing belonging to you on board. Said to leave everything fin Etah. Met Captain Sam. North Star. Did not go back after going schooner bound St. Johns take steamer home Hope you we'll See you soon. Ex- plain all. Good shooting.
 Harry whitney,
 Dr. Cook Reticent.
 pr. Cock was questioned today as to his view of the situation created by the action ascribed to Commander Peary. but he declined to say any thing derogatory of his rival Tt may be that the instruments will ar- rive this year after all" he said. and as for the records and observations their non-arrfval. here makes no diff ference whatever as I have complete duplicates. so there will be no delay in compiling my story with all it's de> tails."
 pr. Cook denied the report that he was to bring suit for islander against Peary. 1T have no intention of bring ing suit. Naturally I am taking measures to have everything In order in case of necessity; but I have never thought of filing suit and I wish sa contradict such reports again" If they are stiii at Ectah. pr. Cooks instruments may not arrive in Nav York until the spring nonfha of 1910. There Is a possibility. howsver,~ of their reaching here this year, as ar- other vessel may have touched at Etnh after the Roosevelt left. Waitss- for Whafnex.
 T shall wait" continued Dr. Cook think Mir. Whitney knew what he had In s.his possession. It would be very difficult for me to say what ef- feots the occurrence will have. The absence of the records and instruments will. however. not affect the ultimate results q particle. But it would be very desirable to have the instruments hers. that Is certain
 "Mr. Whitney certainly knew that the effects with him were importan mt. He was compelled. to tell Mir. Peary that he had my things with him. He Is too honest to suppress such intor- nation.
 q had not spoken to Mir. whitney of any estrangement between Mir. Peary and myself. He had believed that a ship would come for him from the American side and the things would go along with 1t.
 The leaving of the instruments may cause delay in sending any rec ords to Copenhagen. but 1t will not efl rect the people who are to make the final investigation.
 Tt is impossible to send any one to Etah to fetch the instruments and records at this time of the year, aa navigation Is closed and if it. were open, ship would take four Or five weeks to get there.
 "The claim that I copied Peary's sledges is nonsensical. He hitherto used the exact prototype of the Es- kimo siedge. I never copied anything ) have not seen him for over i've ears
 There was few originals among the documents left with MT. Whitney. hut 1t will not make, any difference if they are never found again. Mr. Whitney really does not know what there IS, or what there Is not among them.
 Instruments Not Lost.
 The instruments are mt l0at Tha Eskimos know where they are They will be looked after. Mir. Whitney has sent no word except that they are at Etah
 "As to the question of proof. that is the same, whether the observations are made by one person or by five or more.
 getting any news of me since the mid dle of April. but he knew that had gone south.
 "My instruments were packed sep arately in several boxes and these were put Into a packing case. They could not be injured by falls or rough handling
 Regarding the possibilities that a man could get within two or three hundred miles of the pole and think he had got there. leave that to ths
 
 When Mir. Whitney met me on my arrival at Etsh. the first thing he said was: Well. have been here in a lucky year
 ''Mr. Whitney has said all he needs to say on the subject Of my expe. dition.
 T have entered into no arrangement to meet Mir. Peary at any time.r
 General Hubbard Talks.
 Bar HarbOr Me. Sept. 26-General Hubbard. president of the Peary Are tic Club, when shown the dispatch from New York tonight. to the effect that pr. Cook had received, a cable from Harry Whitney stating that Commander Peary refused to take pr. Cooks box of data and instruments aboard the Roosevelt. said that Com mander Peary did not mention any such circumstance to him during the conference with the Arctic explorer last Thursday. General Hubbard said that undoubtedly Peary felt that inas- much as Dr. Cook had intrusted the data to Mr. Whitney. 1t was quite Inl- portant that Mir. Whitney should re- tain sole custody of it.
 General Hubbard left 1t to be as- stunned by his friends that Commandee Dearv did not desire to have cffafndxy