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New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
JIR. B4LDWIN DOUBTFUL.
Erplorer Thinks DIR. COOk Did Not
Reach the Pole.

EVELYN r Baldwin. the Arctic explorer. COM
ranion Of Peary and organizer and commander Of
the Baldwin-Zegler polar expedition. was seen at
his home AT No a West oath street last night.
He said that he was Of the opinion that Or. Cook
did not refer to the discovery OF the pole when he
used the word successful" in his dispatch to his
wife. lie thought that Dr. Cook meant that he had
succeeded I'm finding groups Of islands reaching to
the northward or northwestward OF GrinneU Land
or that ne had come upon tribes Of Esquimaus stiI
further north who were ready and able 10 help
in a trip to the pole.
Mr.. Baldwin. in aIIuding the Danish govern
ment official who sent a telegram from Ler-
wick Shetland Islands, to the effect that Dr. Cook
had reached the pole on April q. 1S0s. said that
the Danish official assumed a prerogative to ex-
plot news Of the expedition to which he was not
entitled"
The explorer said he understood thet Dr. Cook
left Annatoak on March g. 1905 with twelve Esq,Ii-
maus. The last communication from Or Cook W., :,
on March II. 1905. and sent from somewhere
near Cape Hubbard Near Cape Hubbard said Mr.
Baldwin. Or Cook sent word that he found F;sa,Ii-
maus superior 10 the more southern tribes That
was the key to the whole story. said Mr. Baldwin
and he added that DR.. Cook might have pushed on
with some of these men and found islands stretch
ing Eorthward or northwestward. He thought DIR
Cook had made progress. and probably had pushed
his way far northward hut he did not see how
Dr.. Cook could have covered the necessary distance
to the pole between the dates Of March L. 1905 and
April q. l9" He also commented on tho period
between April q. 1905 and yesterday. when DE-
Cook was first heard from after long interval.
and said he thought it strange that little over
month consumed in reaching the pole and so
long a time needed for che return.
He thought IT probable that DR. Cook had en-
oountered Esquimaus 10 the northward OF Cape
Hubbard. and said that Nansen. on the Fran
found traces OF such northern Esq.inaus He
added that Dr. Cook was PROBABLY keeping the real
accomplishments Of the expedition 10 himself
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02

back by Rudolph FRANKIE, who was rescued by
the Roosevelt the Peary ship. on her return in
ishe summer OF 1908 II wac letter dated The
Polar sea. North Of Cape Hubbard, March l..
;1e0s" II read, in part:
Thus Gar aE has gone well but the weather
has been awfully cold. II we are lucky we will
take g short cut back and get 90 Annoatok by
the end of May. Up to the present have seen
nothing Of Cocker Land and am taking a
'Btrsight course for the pole The boys are
,doing well, and ] have plenty OF dogs. hope
10 succeed At any rate. will make a desperate
attempt wish you to get ready 20 go to
,Acponie the island of North Star where the
'Nvhalers' steamers come. by the hfth OF June.
and II I am not back so home with the whalers
ssoodbye, and now fer the pole"
FRANKIE followed Or. Cooks instructions but
found no whalers at Acponie. He suffered terri
bly, in making the journey. He was forced TO
live on his dogs, and finally found that his
snatohes were no longer servicesble. He reached
Etah on his return barely able TO walk with the
sid OF two crutches only 10 find the hostile
,Esouimaus had plundered the stores and left
absolutely nothing.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02

George w. De Long. in 1879. and was crushed oy
the ice off Siberia two years later Captain lie
Long pershed from starvation during the retreat
in small boats.
Robert = Pearv sailed first from New York in
June 1891 in the Kite. the expedition being sus-
tained wholly by his own private resources ana
those OF few friends He reached S degrees %
minutes and demonstrated the insuiarity OF 1Ieen
land For this he received the Culun goId meua
Of the American Geographical Society He returned
in 1905 with a larger party In the spring Of 1880
with two OF his men, he pushed across the ice cap
and went about fifteen miles further notth tIIali @
before He visited Greenland again in 1895 ana 1877
In 1895 he sailed in the windward, from Newfouna-
land and in 1899 reached Fort Conger again. 'so-
lated since Greely's departure
PEARY's RECORDS.
The next wear he rounded the northern end OF the
Greenland archipelago. discovering the most nor'h-
cry, Lnovxn land I'm tf. world. which he named, III
honor Of the president Of the Peary Arctic Cluo'
cane Morris X Jesup. In the spring OF 1870 ne
made the last "furthest north" record. gong Wlth
in 2O2 miles Of the pole
Several conspicuous expeditions have started
from Europe in recent years. In 1898 Frlthiot Nan
SEN In the Franz entered the ice north OF ASIA
and drifted north for three years. He left the
ship in March, 1896. and with dogs and sieds
pushed over the ice TO Ss degrees IA minutes
Alfred Harmsworth. in 1892. dispatched Frederick
c. Jackson to Franz Josef Land in the Windward-
1an Tuke d. d'Abruzzi in the Stella Polari. went to,
Franz Josef Land and by seds from there reached
latitude Sc degrees 50 minutes. the highest then at
tained.
Other attempts on the Pole by the Franz JOSEF
Land route were made by Walter Wellman whose
third sally by airship proved failure last nonth
and by f. b Baldwin. the latter under the patron
age of William ZieEler. whose second expediton
under Anthony Ffala left Tromsoe in July, 1898.
OTHER EXPEDITIONS.
Other notable expeditions are those of Captain
Ronald Amundsen Of Norway. who completed the
first VOYAGE through the Northwest Passage IN
1906 Baron Toll. n Russian. led an expedition by
way of Siberia in 1904. but all the members per
isbe1 from, Tho cold Erickson Dane got rs far
as Saunders Island 1888. where he and his party
were rescued in a destitute condition
Professor Andree made his fatal balloon trip In
1877. expecting TO drift TO the pole He has never
been heard from again
In the search for the opposite pole, in which DIR.
Cook has taken part. Lieutenant Ernest II
SbackIato, leads He got within III miles Of the
South Pole in January of this year.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
ALIMONY WITH THE AGED
Mortuary Tables Play Part in Liti-
cation of Gray-Haired CoupIe.

A peculiar phase of alimonv ramihcatons coupled
with the probable length Of life Of the Itgants as
evidenced by the mortuary tables OF life EXPECT
ancy used by insurance actuares caused Justice
Giegerch. Of the Supreme Court, to do some think
ing yesterday, and then he finally reserved deci-
sion. The case one wherein the elder Of the
ntigants. the wife. admitted eighty-one years and
the husband ten years less Their differences cul-
minated in the divorce courts. Mrs. Andrew Logan
alleging that her aged husband had been guilty OF
misconduct
Logan, through his counsel asked Justice Gle
gerich yesterday TO sign order directing the
Title GUARANTEES and Trust Company to pay him
weekly allowance OF SIS out Of the S4sls the re-
mander OF 5000 impounded with the corporation
TO make certain alimony payment awarded the
wife At the time OF the sequeStraton the aged
husband contended that he left absolutely pen
niless and he asked That he be permitted to par
tcipate in the fund. Justice Giegerich after
much study. decided that under the tables Of life
expectancy Mrs. Logan. II she lived up 10 the Ia
bles. would at SIS week consume all of the money
excepting the sum Of S240. An order was Therefore,
made directing the Title Guarantees and Trust Com
pany to pay the husband IS weekly for forty weeks
claiming to be entirely without funds asked YES
terdsy that Justice Giegerch order that he rsr.tva
an allowance Of SIS weekly out OF the sslS lsft o.
the money.
Counsel representing the wife argued that IL Mrs
Logan, now etghty-three lived up TO the axnsct
ancy OF life allotted TO her by the mortuarv tables
there would not be enough money in the trust
fund to provide for the payments
Justice GiegeriCh sent out for a coupIs OF rsr,ys
and took the matter under adviserlent prorrfs1,e-
to figure IT out II he could
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
SKETCH OF DIR. COOK.
Best Kno5cn by His ascent of Mount
McEinleu. an Alaska.

ny cook has been best known perhaps Tor
A,s ascent of Mount NcKinley in Alaska the
s,,gles7 peak Of the North American continent
..,,icb no acconlplished on September u, l9o''
a. also ,rop reputation with the Belgian eXpe-
5f-ior ln the Antarctic regions I'm 1879
r7o ,,.as horn I'm CalUcoon. sullivan County. y.
y on June 10 1855 He was graduated from
New York University and from the 'ohes' VI
aoll,-siciaus and Surgeons of COLUMBIA lIlN,lSi'H
an $500 Two wears later he married MISS MalH
Hunt ~ Brooklyn
~ ,,,,,t ,,ortl, with the Pearv Arctic eypedi-
stor of 1912 ar its surgeon. commanded the
-. "a ,.aci1t ON n northern cruise in 1893, ana
q, -sas o~gsui-ed and led a scientific eXpedluon
. .pe Greenland coast which was in numbers
,,,7e ~ the largest of northern ventures flIH
t.-udents and investigators sailed with nm III
,be steamship Miranda, Of the Red cross Line
r shin of 100 tons
Tho c-,,fec Of the Belgica was ono ~ the most
sr,,,ortart Of Antarctic expeditions. she was +
,r,,su bark which WAS fitted out partly by the
Belgian government and partly by private sud-
,ori,,ion 20 explore the seas below the Nntare-
81 circle She smiled from Belgium in August
90 1897. and at Rio de Janeiro was joined bN
nv cool, in the capacity ~ surgeon in chez and
snthropologist ,.. 10
RI, t,,,la shin was caught in the heavy Ice
-, and carried with the drift for two thousand
smiles From May. 1925, 10 February lN'f'' the
.bir was frozen in the centre 81 an Ice h'ld
,sto,,t two miles square. She made Punta Arenas
.,n March a. 1899. The most important results OF
she exuedition were contained in the magnetic
,,bsor,ations. covering an entire year, which In
.4ics,o5 that the Southern magnetic pole was
,vo hundred miles farther east than the obser-
stations Of SIR James Ross had seemed 20 show.
In 1901 Or Cook returned 20 the Arctic seas IN
slle expedition OF the Brio. tho Peary expedition
Ruxjliary In 1903 he attempted TO scale Mount
AfcKinley hut after making complete circuit
of the mountain in search of favorable route
De found that h- had wasted the summer. He
managed to reach an altitude Of eleven thousand
feet. t. De turned back BY a sheer wall OF rock
or thousands 81 feet in height.
In 1906 ne set out again. this time with a
considerable party. including DR. Herschel c.
PARKER professor ~ physics ~ Columbia Uni
versity. The expedition was primarily one OF
exploration the plan being TO push as far as
practicable MP toward the mountain and Tins
discard the impossible routes DR. Parker re-
turned after most of tho summers work had
ben done. leaving two parties in the field
Dr. Cook with one companion discovered q
route which proved so easy ~ ascent that tbey
determined upon q dash for The summit. After
seven days OF hand climbing and suffering from
the intense cold they reached the summit ON
September -, planted tho flag took observation
and photographs and hurried back The obssr
Vations showed that the mountain WAS % asa
ieet IN height. or somewhat less than had been
supposed
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
SKEPT'ICISM HERE.
Peary's Friends Express Doubt That
DR.. Cook Reached the Pole

Friends Of Lieutenant Peary were inclined last
night 10 be skeptical Of DR. Cooks being able 70
scientifically establish a cIaim that he had reached
the North Pole.
He was the only white man IN the expedI.Ior
they say, and TO his ability 20 make-the nacas.
sary scientific observations To determine the nras
ence OF the pole. they inclined TO express seri
doubts
We do not know" said one Of them iast ,f,bt
what he had in the way OF Instruments aItp,,,,h
1t would have been easy enough. I suppos, for him,
70 have carried all that were necessary without a
large expedition He has never been known "a .,
scientist. however. and the question is What facts
viii he be able To present that will r,rove ., ,
scientific jury that he actually reached the norse
OF course, it is easy enough 10 travel across ths
Ice on sledars. II you have the food but what
does that amount to- What the world experts >,
get from polar exploration is scientific kucvIedge
II that is not obtained. polar travel amounts %
nothing except as an interesting exhibition OF en-
duranCe
comment was expressed the fact that in the.
dlspatch addressed to Dr., Davidson for Mrs Cook
Or. Cook did not say he had found the pole Tn,
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
SCIENTISTS INTERESTED
PaI"e of Expedition Depends on
Dissertations Taken. Then San

Winnipeg' Sept The British Association for
the Advancement Of Science held its final meeting
here this afternoon The scientists particularly, th
geographers. We're greatly interested I'm the ranor,
that Dr Cook had reached the North Pole
Colonel Sir Duncan Johnston. president az ,,
geographical section. declared that while the fact
'ha' the pole had been reached was not IN itself
OF great importance. the expedition would be OF thu
highest scientific value N scientific ohso,,.,.,.
were made by qualified men,
C. H. Chisholm. professor Of geography AZ Ed,,-
hurgh University, said the whole scientia, WI,
would await eagerly the fun report or Dr Cook
IN, ihe magnetic observations which could be made az
valuable results Of the discovery.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
SH4CKLETON PLEASED.
.AntWctic Explorer Says DR.. Cooh
uIaSt Hare Made "One-MGn Dash.

London Sept. 1T am more than pleased 10
n1ear the news" said Lieutenant Ernest IL
sShaclleton. who recently returned from ar e.
hoedition that got very close to the South Foie'
N,hen informed of the announcement OF Dr.
Frederick A Cooks polar SUCCESS.
Of She news as received IS correct continued
The lieutenant ''it is very remarkable achleVe-
-nert II must have been a one-man dash 10
sbe pole as DR.. Cooks only companion was
. uRudolph FRANKIE, who left the explorer wheh ne
Nvas between five and six hundred miles lroin
she pole" e.,--,.,o-
sop dilated on Commander Robert Z. Pesry
achievements and said that II any one reached
- ,-,-+b polo he expected that Peary would
Dc the man. 49,.
,,ar,sin Robert F. Scott. commander Of the
s,-..,st Antarctic expelition OF 10000, in an
Interview tonight, said:
..yVben saw Dr. Cook in 1901 he gave HIe
a-aruable information which proved "f coHslu-
prable service 10 me on the Discovery eNpeu'-
49,, r4e impressed me with being well fitted Tot
s9olar exploration. From the meagre news ie
-, ,,-la, he seems to have made an average
ur twelve miles daily from Cape Coluilnla 10 'le
,,ola rer, good progress indeed. considering the
6iaculties Of the ice packs. Remembering 'ile
experiences of Markham and PearH' il Husl pe
ty,ae-iped that Cook had extraordinary good luck
In getting no~thward at such speed. lie u'es
M, aprear 10 have travelled over PearN's latest
tollte which starts AT point consia'rHplS .'
49, eastward Of cape Columbia, SO that i is
scarcel,. fair 90 suggest that he has taken
Fearys route
Captain Scott was Of the opinion that the an
eence Of FRANKIE his only civilized companion
$1,000 ny Cook in an awkward position II
le wished 20 re,urn with corrohorative evidence
hut II could scarcely he expected when ne sa"
the possibility Of reaching the pole Simply VII"
the aid Of the Esllimaus. that he would ioreeo
she ,ournev sip1plv because he was not accom-
psnied by another civilized man.
In conclusion Captain Scott said that if an
American had succeeded in reaching the pole
81 WAS 10 be remembered that t-1t country was
An the lead in pioneer efforts. Great Britain
etiu holds the premier position in Antaruc eN-
,,loration. and he added that il is TO he hopeo
1.ne,ishnen would not Jet slip the nonof oi 'lie
conoues, Of the South Pole by neglect such as
A. beer shown recently I'm North Polar eX-
h1lor2 ton
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
WEN STILL IN NORTH.
Recent Expeditions Sent in Search
of the Pole.

There are at the present time several other e
plorers IN the far north vet TO be neard iroii-
Among them is Commander Peary' VINO lslI +'0
York a year ago in the Roosevelt.
When Peary went north last year III MS S'7'-'
the Roosevelt he planned to remain two years.
His scheme was to push the steamer as Iar ho.'n
during the autumn as the movements Vi te -
vvouId admit and when further progress was m
.atr,o % and a convenient point. establish winter
Quarters and prepare for ADVANCE across the
ice from the northern part 81 Greenland 70 'H7
mole itself or as thereto as ne cou4u I7a'i,.
This advance was to be made between SlaIch o.
Iune of the present year. after the sun hao riSen
above the horizon subsequent . the lons AIc,'-
nfzb+ II Pearv attained the pole in this essay 10
would return Etah with the ship Il posSlo.e, an
without the ship II any mishap befen her H. now
aver he failed reach the pOie' ana ''l0i7 eF
nearea a good prospect OF his doing so by an0ther
-, = ,,o,- later he proposed 70 remain nortn
,,,u +bs summer Of 1910 and make another daSn
tovar the pole in the early months OF next year
The schooner Jeanie. sent by the Feary OIo'I0
Club left Newfoundland last month 20 reopsn 80 49,
,I,t,,+ior with Commander Peary- Considerable
a,,,,e+, has beeu felt for the explorers saIety on
account Of the length Of time that has elapsed sC'
he was last heard from.
r,~ Nelson the Norwegian who sailed from san
Francisco in 1905 in the Star sloop Of eleven TONS
was 70 try u sail through the Northwest Passage
from west to east the reverse Of Captain Amuna-
sens trip. The Star cleared last from Unalaska
in the Aleutian archipelago.
q j. freldSen. a 4NoINtSleH iuAAtSt anu 0Nf'''t
was expected to head expedition which would
attempt to reach the North Pole during the sum
mer of 1903. starting from Dawson. and depending
on dog teams for the entire trip. For the last
year nothing has been heard from him.
Another expedition which left New York a year
ago is in charge Of L. Stefanssen and r. NJ Ander-
son. They planned stay two more years in
Arctic America, carrying on chronological and
Ological work for the Museum of Natural History
They last heard from at Flaxman Island.
Alaska. last spring their letters being dated In
October Of last year
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
INVESTIGATORS GO To soNYEA.
One Of ColOny's Managers Says State Is to
Blame for AnY Tronhla

Rochester' Sept Having completed their vv,rls
oN taxing testimony in Rochester. Dennis Nc
Carthy Of Syracuse: Dr. Stephen smith Of NJ
YORK city, and Horace Mcclure of Rochester
members Of the State Board OF Charities under
whose Jurisdiction Craig Col nv for Epileptics
Comes moved on 10 Sonyea to-day. 20 continue
their investigation of conditions at that institution
As IN Rochester, the hearings at Sonvea will NJ,
oenind closed doors. The investigating committee
expects TO have report ready for the state Board
at Albany on October Is
<Ni"e'I Low Dow' or Brooklyn. one OF the men,
bers OF the coouys board OF managers s,,s tt.
the state is to blame for any condition at Sorvs-,
Ihe state is spending money for the care of {ts
ahicted and its policy in such expenditures * "a
'''' Sa'" Mt. DOW. There are not enough
attehdahts 20 care for patients although they bav
been asked for repeatedly BY this board
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
ANOTHER cHURcH1IL's IN BROADWAY.
Former Policeman Plans to Re-enter Restau-
rant Business at 18th Street

rN'FoAce captain James Churchill intends ty
continue In the restaurant business In Bro,sv,,,
nePr the centre OF the theatre district He rera,,,
sold his restaurant. at the northwest corner OF 4
street and Broadway. TO George Rector to- about
$2seOOO " '''N-
@ me former pohceman leased yesterday from,
william Il. Lockwood the promises n, $50, .
1909 broadway and Nos. els and PIN west ,o,I,
street. forming an l. shaped plot st IN, s,,,,,
west corner OF 49th street and Fro,,tc.. rr,
plot has frontage Of 59l feet on RrC,' -, 5 tI'I
OF 80 feet on 4StlR street It's Sother,. I an. @
Is Cor tweuty-oue years '''S- Ahe tease
& On t9s site site, Mr. Churchill viii build a restaurants
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
HELo FoR STEALING AusrRlAn morro

Robert Freeman thirty-six years old. an Fnr,I-S
man. was held In the Tombs Court yester,ia,' j.,
s-,D S-VvO o"i loI examination Friday charged witb
pe'hk Fugitive from justice. A short afp4,,,.
made by Pinkerton detective stated thar -
man had exchanged by Thomas Cook 6 sors ~.
18th street and Broadway. several 1 OOo krore~ .
whl'h haA been stolen from the postoffice m ~,
eni"' austria Freeman gave no address ~,
when arraigned before Magistrate Corr,v,, -, -I'
o,o mO'nA 1, Thomas Corcoran, hotel Keeper OF Na
4'S West 18th street, went on his bond.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02

word successful" might mean a variety OF things
skeptics pointed out. They asking why DR.
Cook should not have sent word of his discovery
personally to some Of the news associations, IN
stead of having the news come from Danish on
cal sources. They point out that there is cable
line from the Shetland Islands to Great Britain
and ask why he did not send dispatch to London
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02
MRS. COOK NOT TO BE roUND.

Portland Ne. Sept. Mrs Frederick Cook VIE
of the successful Arctic explorer. has been snend
ing the summer al South HGrpswcI She came 10
ths city yesterday 10 spend the day with a friend
Mr.. Austin ID. Sullivan. II Nas ieasnsd thar Mrs.
Sullivan was driving this afternoon and il was
believed Mrs Cook was with her, but she could not
ie found dispatch from Copenhagen and scores
Of kilograms hold al Brunswick - -.rs. Cook
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02

said Mr.. Fiala, land I heartily glad that his
efforts have been successful. Mrs. Cook also
merits honor for the interest she has taken In
her husbands ambition. and ! shall extend my
congratulations TO her the first thing in the
morning"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02

CCHooL days are he days
- when most Of the I'M
portant habits Of life are
formed. Teach your
children the daily use OF
New-York tribune., 1909-09-02

and they will some day nse to
call you blessed. 1t cleanses.
beauties and preserves the
teeth and imparts purity
and fragrance to the breath.
The Newtown bee., 1909-12-10
HOWLAND'S Entrances Main Street. Fairfield Avenue Cannon Street
The Christmas Store
IS FULLY READY.

From Sportmens Corner in the basement with its great collection of skates and seds and such up to Toyand on the fourth floor with its complete little world of delight for young folks the Christmas store is ready.
 It holds bright welcome for you In every part the holiday spirit is plainly to be The things that are up permoS in folks mind are most prominent in each part of Ithe store.
 Here are books-a whole storeul O. them Every sort from little amusing ones for the smallest member of the fam fly to fine illustrated books and special sets for the student and the book-lover
 Here handkerchiefs enough to carpet the river ea- dow with beautiful snowy covering. Umbrellas of beauty las we'll as service Sparkling cut glass and beautiful dinner sets
 There are truly handsome fur coat made on good fitting and comfortable models and warm as toast even though wintry winds blow nipping cold over the hs Small frs too; these for the who prefers cloth coat bu likes warmth of huff and of scarf.
 And Toyland Well Toyand just cannot be told of here. It spot that is fairly alive with delight and pea sure; delight that easily transferred to your own home
 Will you not come and see it? Will you be sure to count the store home when you in the cy2 We are ready to care for your parceS there Sa cosy rest room where you may take your easel shopping becomes tenn porary esome and there is first rate Iunch-room in the basement where good food is served at fair prices All the food served there is appetzng, most of it cooked right the store