New-York tribune., 1909-09-17
HOW POLE WAS FIXED
PE4RT SAYS HIS OBSERT A.
TTONS dLL AGREED.
IL Prepared to Submit Testimony
B-hich HW DisproUe DR..
COOKS Claims.

Esrtle Harbor. Labrador. Sept is. via Ma-coni
wireless Telegrephy 70 Cape Raw " F-Com-
r7ander Robert z. Peary to-day gave further de-
tsi.s concerning his dash to the North Pole. He
dNelt particularly upon the observations taken at
the apex Of the world and the movements OF Harry
whitney the sportsman, o. New Haven. who has
been described the bearer of records substan-
rating DR.. Frederick a Cooks claim 20 have
reached the pole April =. 1898
We took hxe observations prior 10 reaching the
uole." Commander Peary said Two of them we're
made and worked ny the late Professor Ross
O. Marvin. who prepared duplicate records in each
csse ana duly signed the duplicate certificates To
Guard against accident took one set OF these
rapers and Professor Marvin took the other
When al distance Of Is miles from tho pole
to tnird observation was made by Captain Bart
lett. who also signed the records and certificates
IN duplicate he retaining one set and ] the other
TIE fourth and fifth observations we're made b,,
myself. the last hcing taken five miles from the
pole proper"
Was there thsn enc observation taken
- the pole, and by whom" the explorer was
asked
There we're several observations he replied.
and took them al myself They all agreed. You
must understand that the pole is theoretical point
wlthout length breadth thickness. Its actual
location depends the accuracy Of the instru-
rnenis employed and the conditions under which
The observations are taken"
You have stated, Commander Peary. that copy
~ your records and polar observations wrapped
IN piece cf a silk American flag and deposited in
sn ice cavity the pole. Did any person witness
t1is sct:
To this question Commander Peary declined 20
make any answer At present.
TO SUBMIT TESTIMONY
continuing, Pesry said that Or. Cook was ex-
rected hv the world 10 submit impartial
tribunal hoard OF arbitration revised and
authentic signed Of his alleged discovery
Of the pole Dr. Cook would reach the United
states. Commander Peary said. and he glad at
ihe prospect Of the matter being submitted for
sioerstion ~ early date. II should be done in
the commander declared, he prepared 10 turn
over 10 the board Of arbitration TO the public and
70 scientific bodies array OF testimony which
would disprove Dr. Cooks claims for all time
Continuing. the explorer said that he had stated
in private message 20 a friend that DR.. Cook
had given the world gold brick" This message
had been allowed 20 leak out, and while he would
have preferred a more elegant expression, he was
willing now 10 let these words stand because they
Al least emphatic. The explorer said also that
would 10 a competent tribunal and
the public certified copies of his own observations
made on his trip 10 The pole. with all other in
formation bearing thereon. Peary does not care
exhibit these records al the present time. for the
reason that the Information contained therein ~
diy-ilged in advance OF the placing hie OF DR..
Cooks authorized and definite statement. might
Re Of advantage 10 the Cook partisans.
Asked how Harry whitney happened TO remain
r. the north. Commander Peary said whitney was
of party OF sportsmen who went as pa assen-
gers on board the steamer Erik. The party in
Guided whitney. ". Norton. Of New York; man
named Harmed and G. J. Crafts. OF Washinst
who came for the purpose OF taking magnetic OBJ
ssrvations for Dr.. Bauer. head OF the department
Of terrestrial magnetism OF the Carnegie Institu-
ton, Washington.
At Etsh, where IL determined land a
parry and supplies for the relief OF DIR. Cook, par
tculsrly in view Of the fact that Rudolph Francks
vas being invalided home. Whitney asked II he
might remain on the station TO hunt walrus and
polar bears in the spring and make a trip Eses-
mere Land with EsouiHaus after musk oxen. This
vas decided In order 20 provide against the
contingency Of the Roosevelt not coming down
from the north IN the summer OF 1909, in which
event he would be obliged remain in the Arctic
for Two Years Mr.. Whitney made arrangements for
ship 10 come I'D for him this summer.
WHITNEY's HUNTING PLANS.
While not in = position TO go into the de-
tails Of the plans in regard this relief ship"
commander Pesrv continued, Il was Informed bv
Whitney and Norton that the general proposal was
mat Norton should get Up another party OF sports
men and that this party, who 10 be Whit
heys friends relatives, should pick him I'D.
Whitney had doubt a. 10 this ship coming
North, and when the Roosevelt vas sighted by Es-
0umaus at Etah August Il last, Whitney started
out ~ once i'm yailboat for the Roosevelt under
TIE impression that she his ship.
As matter Of TACT the party OF spor;smen old
MOI rnsierialze but the relief vessel Jeanie was
sent north TO bring Whitney hack. on her arrival
whitney Vas Transferred from the Roosevelt To the
Js4nie, and he is probably engaged in hunt
ing bears somewhere the west side OF Banin
Bay Davis Strait
Asked IL DR.. cook vas avian. that Whitney ex
pected ship. and uhat his reasons could have
heen tor not returning 20 the United States on
iaat vessel II he wanted TO 20 back. Commander
lfsry said ne did not know. He explained that
whitney might have expected his ship st Etah
znfa had
onoe after taking Whitney board. the COM
Fnsnder continued. she could have reached Sydney
August Is or - last
Asked how nT. Cook had made his way from
. Go5rh Greenland p,sr- -.