Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-20
MOON DISPROVES
CLAIM OF PEARY
According 10 the Italian Astrono-
mer, Signor francesca Fac
cia de Schio Of Bergamo.
NORTH POLE CONTROVERSY.
Expected II win Reach a Crisis This
Wcck-Flnding GrcCIcy's Old
Headquarters.

Rome, Sept 2o.-Accorling to the ass
tronomer signor Francesca. Faccia de
Schio Of Bergamo. the moon absolute
" disproves Commander Pealy's claim
10 having discovered the pole In his
dispatch 90 the New York Times. tho
explorer states that on April 6, having
accomplished the six stages he had
planned. he was favored with an OPEN
ing in the clouds which permitted him
TO take astronomical Obervations From
these he established his position as
latitude 80 degrees, 50 minutes. Slgnor
taccia points out. however. that UNI
questionably accurate astronomical cal-
culatlons show that with the horizon at
50 degrees, 50 minutes. the moon could
not be seen az the time indicated by
Commander Peary because from mid
nisht-day, April G. the declinaton Of the
moon became negative-that ls 60 say
the moon was below the equator which
is the natural horizon Of the pole.
on this day and for the days follow
ing the moon sank still lower below the
quatOr. and al midnight April 6-Pans
time-that Is 10 say, the moon was al-
ready two and one-hah degrees below
the equator
Signor Faccia denies that refract.on
va ffAN llVt iNhAl M0NlN uNNt AFMWfAt'il
the moon visible aud he adds that no
sailor would dare. even ln normal at-
mospheric conditions. TO determine mis-
latitude by the stars on the horizon.
GREELEY's OLD HEADQUARTERS
New York. sept. 2O.-Intense inter
est is manifested here Ia the fndng
81 Gen. Greeley's old headquarters at
Fort Conger by Prof DOwald Nc
| MILAN, member OF Commau lee
Peary's expedition. Many OF the stories
OF mat tragic Greeley expedition which
! horrifsd the world were recalled by
the relies found by Prof Mcmillan.
Gen. Greeley and his party had estab-
lished their headquarters at Fort Con-
ger and IN the fall OF 1881 and I'm the
| spring following they made their un-
usual dash for the pole Returning 20
Fort Conger they expected their ship.
the PrOteus. 10 come for them the next
spring. There they waited until 1883
not knowing that the Proteus had been
shut In the ice trying 20 reach them.
/ Realizing that starvation awaited them
| there the party started on its traces
southwark in which II OF them starved
10 death
Tho personal papers OF Gen Greeley
and members OF his party and the relics
found by Prof. Mcmillan in the aban-
doned hut at Fort COngor are destined
| to become some of the most interest
| ing cargo brought back to civilization
by the Roosevelt.
A CRISIS THIS WEEK.
Matters IN the north pole controversy
are expected to reach a crisis this week.
At about the same time that Dr. Fred
erick \. Cook arrives in New York to-
morrow Commander peary is expected
| at sydney, y. S. After a formal re-
ception there Commander Peary win
proceed TO Portland. Ne, whore he win
be honored again and then he will come
70 New York, reaching this city pos
| sibly Friday. In a wireless from Bat
tie Harbor, Labrador. Peary IS quoted
as saying that he would wait until DR.
Cook had submitted data and proofs of
his claim 10 having reached tho north
| pole on April n, 1898 TO a competent
geogra phical body. before he himself
submits the proofs which he not only
contends show that he reached the pole
on April 6. 1909. but that IN. cook did
not go 10 the north pole.
DR. Cook declares that he has an OF
! his data with him and IL b. I'm shape "a
| properly present as soon as he reaches
the city.
WHlTNEY'S TESTIMONY
The testimony Of Harr Whitney
| which Is being anXiOusly awaited is
considered OF prime importance in the
| controversy, Even Pearys supporters
now believe that he largely based his
announcement OF Cook on the fact that
Whitney had failed 10 tell him az Etaf
that Cook had reached the pole Or
Cook declares that he cXacted "a pledge
from Whitney not to reveal the fact
| 10 Pcary or any member OF this party
Partial substantiation of Or. Cooks
statement comes iu AN Associated
Press wireless mcssage from BATH,
Harbor that Peary's cabin boy, VIII,
heard DR. Cooks narrative OF finding
thu north pole, was also placed undel
pledge not 60 reveal the fact 10 Peary
whitney Is now believed 10 be hunt
ing Ia the vicinity OF Bafins Bay. bu
may be expected al "A cable or tele
phone point any day