The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
American Explorer Reaches
Copenhagen and the Danish
King Officially Accepts Him
as Man Who Reached Pole.
LEADING MEN OF DENMARK
TENDER HIM BANQUET
Newspaper Correspondents
Quiz Dr. Cook for Long Pc
rOdl but He Gives SatiSfaC-
tory Answers to Questions,
OUTFITTED BY THE KING
u OPFNHAGEN. sept. 4.-Dr.

UFENHAGEN, sept. 4.-Dr
~ Frederick A. Cock stepped from
the steamer Hans Egede in COpenha-
gen harbor on the arm of the Crown
Prince Of Denmark at 10 o'clock this
morning, unshorn and looking like a
sailor before the mast.
He sat down to dinner at o'clock
tonight in the city hall, the guest Of
a brilliant company of the capitals
most distinguished men and women,
arrayed in evening dress provided by
the kings tailor.
The hours between these events
were the busiest of his life.
Polar exploration never afforded any
thing half so crowded with variety and
excitement They were hours of speech
making, hand shaking, bowling to clam
Oring crowds and then after addressing
the people, who almost tore him TO
pieces in their eagerness TO see the
GiscOverer of the pole, DR.. Cook was
the recipient of formal welcomes at
the hotel where he is the government
guest.
There he passed through the hands
of tailor Outfitters and BARRIERS. Later
he lunchesl with DR.. Maurice T. Egan,
the American minister, being Piled in
cessantly for an hour with questions.
He went through hundreds of teie-
grams, including congratulations from
geographical societies of several ma
tons, explorers and friends, offers of
exploitation ranging from books 10 mu-
sic hall engagements, and then hurried
TO the palace and gave the king and
other members of the royal family a
long account Of his adventures
Talks to Newspapers.
Returning to his hotel, he received a
battalion Of correspondents. who sub
jected him for an another hour 10 a
merciless cross-examinatiOn, demand
ing explanation Of all criticisms that
have been levied against his claims.
These questions DT. Cook answered
frankly and fully.
Whatever may be thought of DIT
Cook elsewhere he has impressed all
who talked with him here as a modest
Straightforward ana able man. Danish
explOrers-and Denmark is the home
of Arctic piOneers-Were the first "a
endorse Cooks claims to the discovery
of the pole and his methods of getting
primarily on personal knowledge Of Dr.
Cooks character and former achieve
ments.
Only after consulting them confiden-
tally and receiving the fullest pro-
nOuncement Of their belief in the gen
uineness of his feat, did the Danish
government give its official seal by to-
days reception to DR.. Cooks good
faith.
Guest at Banquet.
The banquet this evening was held
in the magnificent municipal building
-Four hundred persons, many of them
women, attended, while thousands con-
gregated in the streets in a drenching
rain storm TO catch sight Of the eX-
plOrer when he entered.
There was a preliminary reception in
the lofty and spacious entrance hail
The company marched upstairs to the
air Of the Star-Spangled Banner" At
ter all had been seated the minister OF
commerce, John Hansen, escorted DR.
Cook to the chair Of honor amid a
demonstration which caused him tc
color deeply
Minister Egan sat at Dr. Cooks
right, with the mayor Of Copenhagen
and Miss Egan beyond. Mrs Camel
a wealthy Copenhagen woman, who
has contributed extensively to Arctic
exploration and has been closely iden-
titled with il, was at the chairman's
left. The menu was an example of en-
terprise with a Telegraph Of the crown
prince greeting DR.. Cook and q map OF
the Arctic circle giving DR.. Cooks
route and fac smile Of his auto
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