Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01
PEARY MISSES COOK
Arrives in New York as Rival
Leaves for Buffalo,.
CAME. TO PILOT HIS SHIP
Taken by Tug to Roosevelt as She
Steams Up River.
MUTE AS TO CONTROVERSY
Capt. Bartlett Talks About Trip and
Scouts Cooks Claim to
Discovery.
IUTE AS TO CONTROVERSY

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accompanied by Mrs. Peary. They went
first to the Hotel Belmont.
| Shortly after 8 o'clock the explorer and
his wife, with two friends, rode down to
the foot Of West 42d street in an auto
| mobile to board the Roosevelt.
The polar ship was not in sight, but
| the tug w. F. Coogan was waiting at
the pier for Commander Peary with or
ders to take him as quickly as possible
to the Roosevelt, which had left her an
chorage and was proceeding up the river.
| There was a good-sized crowd at the
| pier, and Peary was soon recognized.
cheer was raised for him, and the crowd
| rushed in to get closer view of the man
| who has been to the pole.
| Peary did not wait for any ovation. He
| and his party boarded the tug as fast as
| they could. The little craft then put off
| in the wake of lie Roosevelt.
| Commander Peary was on the bridge
of his ship In the naval parade to New
| burgh today.
Few people in the Grand Central station
seemed to recognize the explorer when
he stepped from the Bar Harbor express
and was greeted by Herbert Bridgman
and a few members Of the Arctic Club
| Peary Will Not Talk of Cook.
To inquirers who had gathered there,
Peary said:
Before you ask any questions must
refuse to say anything about the contro-
versy with DR.. Cook. That matter Is
now in the hands of Mr.. Bridg1nan.''
Peary said that he intended to so to
| the hotel for breakfast and would then
board the Roosevelt about IL O'Clock.
| Apparently he received word that his
ship had left her anchorage, however.
AS soon as he had finished his meal
| he fastened to catch the vessel.
| AS his plans are laid at present, Com
mander Peary will not remain here long
er than tomorrow night, when he hopes
to start back for his horne at Eagle Is
| land.
| A meeting which would have added in
| terest to the squabble ever the pole was
| just missed. Commander Peary had
scarcely left the station when DR.. Cook.
accompanied by number of friends, ar
| rived to take the train for Buffalo, where
he is to lecture.
The Roosevelt. came up the bay early
this morning and anchored for while
off the 42d street pier. Capt Bob Bart
lett evidently thought 1t best not to wait
| for his commander. and presently went
on up the river, so that Peary had to ac-
cept the courtesies of tug to take him
J to his ship
Members of the Peary Arctic Club and
| close friends of the explorer will discuss
with him during his stay In the city the
| various phases of the north pole con-
| troversy. Commander Peary said he
would not talk about the subject for pub
LEGATION until his formal statement Is
prepared.
II appreciate the honor of being in to-
| days naval parade" said the commander.
| just before a1ighting from the train, 1t
| is an especial pleasure to be with my
crew on board the Roosevelt on such an
occasion"
| Peary Glad to Be Here.
| When Commander Peary, Mrs. Peary
and Mr.. Bridgman boarded the Roosevelt
the commander had not decided how far
up the river he would go.
After reaching the pier. Peary walked
up and down for several minutes with
out being recognized by some 200 persons
gathered there for glimpse of the
! Roosevelt.
How does it feel to be back?' asked
some one.
TT doesn't feel so worse-in the words
of Chimmie Fadden," replied Peary.
| Then he spoke fondly of the Roosevelt.
She doesn't look like a very imposing
ship, does she?'' he. said. But up in the
| ice she looks like something, and there
were times when she looked mighty good
| to me.
You have noticed the way she's built
The round of her bow prevents the ice
from keeping hold of her when she is
squeezed, and she bobs up when the ice
| brushes together"
The North Pole flag which the steamer
bears is the usual American eas' On with
| a strip of white bearing the words north
POLE" in black letters. running diagonaiiy
| from the upper corner of the horizontal
stripes to the corner under the stars.
Origin Of Polar Flag.
Commander Peary explained it's origin
as follows:
II wanted piece of the silk flag / few
at the pole to bury at that point with
my records, SO / cut diagonal strip out
of 1t. Then, to preserve the flag, 1 sewed
| strip of white into the cut when re-
turned to the Roosevelt.
1.-THE design seemed SO appropriate that
| we lettered this strip and adopted 1t as
the North Pole ensign
| Mr.. and Mrs. Peary had stepped on
| board the tug and were on their way to
the Roosevelt before the crowd at the
dock realized who they were. Then there
was a burst of cheering. Handkerchiefs
| and hats were waved and the whistles
| renewed their blasts.
Capt. Bartlett and the crew of nineteen
men still were on the Roosevelt, clad In
| the garments they had chosen for their
rough trip to the arctic-iannei shirts,
fur boots and picturesque sea toys.
| The Roosevelt lay at anchor answering
the salutes of the passing vessels, while
most of the ships intending to take part
in the parade had passed. She then
| dropped into line and brought up the
| rear of the procession.
Appearance of the Roosevelt.
The metal sheathed bow and the
heavy buwarks of greenheart oak that
formed the Roosevelt's defense to the
crushing and grinding forces of polar
ice are the only outward tokens of the
trim, schooner-rigged vessels mission in
life as she lies in New York harbor. But
i q climb aboard brings other testimony
that appeals to both eye and nostril to
prove the recent experiences of the ship
and her crew.
Piles of walrus skins Uttered the deck
and Eskimo dogs scurried from stem to
stern. shifting and whining at their
strange surroundings These dogs have
much of the wolf about them, and like
that animal In captivity they trot back
and forth. pausing only for an instant at
either end of their run, to snif the wind
or gaze afar with hunted look as
though thinking of their distant snow
country. Heads of game and hundreds
lof pelts were also noticeable on the
Roosevelt when one climbed over the
rail.
/ Capt. Robert Bartlett, hardy seaman,
with shock Of tawny hair and shoulders
like a bullock's, dropped anchor in the
bay near Sandy Hook about 8 O'Clock
after a stormy passage from Sydney. N.
s., where Peary left the ship. Gales and
fog had delayed them, the captain said.