Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-21
University of Copenhagen Finds
That Records Submitted
Fail to Prove 1t.
PAPERS WITHOUT ANY VALUE
His Note Books Contain No Orig
inaI Calculations or
Observations.
Commander Says He Sounded an EN-
plicit and Deliberately Wordcd
Warming Months Ago.

Copenhagen. Dec. 81 The University
OF Copenhagen. the first institution OF
learning to recognize DR.. Frederick a.
Cook as the discovcrer of tho north pole
today solemnIy declared that the ex-
plorer had failed to establish the claim
on which his high honors had been
based
The committee appointed by the uni
versity to examine Cooks records re-
Gently presented its report TO the con-
oastory of the university. which re-
viewed the deductions of the experts
with the greatest care and discussed
the findings from every standpoint.
That both the committee and the con-
slstory were disappointed was soon
known.
The consistory met today and adopted
written report to the effect that the
alleged records submitted for examina-
ton by DIT. Cook failed to prove his
claim.
HIS PAPERS VAUULESS.
The report OF the committee. of which
Prof. Stromgren was chairman, as pre-
sented to the consistory states that
Cooks papers are without any value;
that his report to the University OF
Copenhagen is practically the same as
that published in the New York Herald
on his return from his arctic expcdi-
ton
The copies OF his notebooks sub
mitted. says the COMMITTEES, contain no
original calculations of observations but
only results thereof Accordingly the
committee concludes that he affords
no proof of having reached the pole.
There was produced before the COM
mittee letter from Dr. Cook post
marked Marsellles, Dec IA This lends
color to the earlier report that Cook
sailed from New York for q Mediten'an-
can port
COOKS DOCUMENTS.
The documents handed the commits
sion Of the University. of Copenhagen
for examination, are:
First. typewriter report prepared
by Cooks secretary, Walter Lonsdale
hnd covering 81 pages of foolscap.
Second, typewriter copy made 10y
Lonsdale from Cooks note books. This
occupies is pages OF foolscap and in
sludes description OF the period from
March 49, 1905 to June 13. 1908. during
which, according to the statement,
Cook journeyed from Svartevog to the
north pole and returned TO a point on
the polar ice not specifically indicated
but west of Axel Heiberg land.
The papers were not accompanied by
private letter from Cook. but Secy.
Lonsjale stated verbally TO the coai-
mission, that the original notes and
socks OF the explorer from which his
copies were made had been sent to
Europe by another route as a precau-
tionary measure and would be delivered
TO the university in the course OF a
few days.
In presenting the data Lonsdale stat
ed explicitly and repeatedly that the
copy numbered two was a complete and
accurate duplicate OF the Information
that could be OF any Importance to the
university for the purposes OF the ex-
animation.
PROMISED NOTE BOOKS LACKING
In spite OF the explorers promise and
his secretary's assurance that they
would be forthcoming. the commission
Is not yet In possession OF the original
note books and diaries.
Up to this time II has been lmpos-
sblc for the university authorities TO
Cook which was suspended some time
ago. The explorers address is not
konw here even TO Secy. Lonsdale
After the members of the examining
committee had made themselves ac-
uuainted individually with the material
delivered and SO convinced themselves
of its worthlessness as q means OF de-
north pole. the president OF tho COM
mittee. Prof. Stromgren. called n gen
sral meeting OF the committee for last
Friday when the report. TO the uni
vcrslty and which is now made public.
was drawn M.
Lopsdalc, who had been invited to
this meeting to answer some questions,
brought with him letter which he had
received from Cook which bore neither
the placo nor date of Its writing.
The opened envelope. however. bore
the postmark Marseilles, Dec. Il. 1909.
The same envelope contained letter
addressed by Cook to the former rec
Tor OF the University OF Copenhagen
Prof Torp. The letter to Torp was
dated New York, Sept 27. 1909.