The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-29
whitney T0lO
CORRECT STORY
SAYS DR.. COOK
DR.. Cook Suggests That Peary
Should Publish Instruc-
tions to Murphy
PEARY DENIES THAT THE
INSTRUCTIONS we're AMBIGUOUS
Declares He Will Make Them Pub.
lie and That They Provided for TAX.
ing Care Of DR.. Cook If He Should
Return.

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Return.
Philadelphia, Sept. 29.-Dr. Fred.
erick A. Cook, the arctic exnlorer
came to this city today for the mr.
pose of delivering a lecture tonight
at the academy of music, and received
most enthusiastic reception at the
hands of the great crowd that waited
for him at the Pennsylvania railroad
station. His ride to the Bellevue
Straitford hotel where he is making
MS headquarters, and up to the city
nall, where he was officially well
coined by Mayor Reyburn, was a con-
tinuous ovation.
Dr. COOK could not escape from New
York without recognition this morn
ing. When he made sudden dash
from the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to 90
to the ferry in motor car, he was
recognized on all sides. Everyone
cheered or raised his hat as the car
sped along. Once in the train he
hoped to have few moments in which
to prepare his lecture for tonight
This. however, was not to be, for the
passengers passed and repassed his
seat in order to get glimpse at the
famous explorer and shake his hand.
Governor Fort of New Jersey, who
was on the train, passed twenty min
utes with the explorer.
The passengers on the train shook
hands with Dr. Cook SO heartily as
to cause the explorer considerable
pain. DIR. Cooks right hand is so
injured by the hand-shaking that he is
now compelled to offer his left. The
reception in the city hall was under
the auspices of the city of Philadel-
phia. There were no scientific men
present to meet the explorer.
Cook Agrees.
New York. Sept. 29.-Dr. Cook,
when shown Mr.. Whitney's statement.
said today that he approved of ali
that Mr.. Whitney had said.
Everything in the interview is
substantially. correct" said DR.. Cook.
1T confirms all my declarations"
With reference to the written in
structions given to Murphy, the
boatswain. by Commander Peary, DR.,
Cook said:
The written instructions handed
to the illiterate boatswain Murphy
were worded very ambiguously, as
MIR. Whitney affirms; but l will not
comment on them now. Let Mr..
Peary publish them"
Concerning the papers left with Mr..
Whitney. DR.. Cook said:
"Mr. Whitney was in all probability
unaware of the written records being
left with him. They are not of much
consequence as I have duplicates. AS
to the instruments, his statements are
correct. There was sextant and an
artificial horizon and the third case
contained two compasses. I have the
watch chronometer here.
"The whole story as to my not 60
ing far north is based on the reply I
gave to Murphy when he asked me
one day: Have you been farther
than 81 north?' l answered, Yes.
much farther north But l gave no
other information to Murphy and Mr..
Whitney stuck to the original idea
and would not let Murphy know.
"The Eskimos did the same. They
had promised me not to disclose what
had DONE"
Herbert L. Bridgman, secretary Of
the Peary Arctic club. today said he
was member of the expedition of
ten years ago when Commander
Peary met the Norwegian explorer,
Sverdrup, and that the American ex-
plorer not only carried a large
amount of mail to Sverdrup, but
brought back with him from Smith
Sound mail which Sverdrup gave him
to be forwarded to Christiania.
".The Peary party did not refuse to
bring back Sverdrup's records" said
Mr.. Bridgman, "but l suppose Sverd-
rup did not care to hand over his rec
ords to Others"
At Etah. Mr.. Bridgman continued.
he and other members of the Peary
party visited Sverdrup's ship and the
relations between the two groups Of
explorers were exceedingly cordial.
When the Americans left, the Nor
wegian ship dipped her colors and the
Peary party answered with three
cheers.
Peary's Statement.
Bar Harbor. Me-, Sept. 29.-Com-
mander Peary was informed last
night that Harry Whitney on his ar
rival at St. Johns had stated
that he had read the instructions
which Commander Peary left with
Boatswain Murphy regarding the
stores at Annotok and Etah. Whit
new stated that Mnrnhy could MT ,ao,a