The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
PEARY RAISED FLAG AT POLE Explorer Tells Of His 1. Acts. BURlEs RECORDS IN BOX Naval Man Continues To seoff At
 Cook. Declares He is Moved by Plans Under Foot to Welcome Him Home
 Holds Back the
 Details.

Battle Harbor. Labrador. Sept. 15 (via wireless telegraphy to Cape Ray, N. F.) Commander Robert E. Peary, who is still at Battle Harbor on board the steamer Roosevelt. vonversed further today with the representative of the Associated Press regarding his journey to the North Pole. He spoke particu- larly of the flags he raised at the pole and the records he left there. and he touched again on some of the asser- -tions credited to pr. Frederick Cook.
 Commander Peary said that when he reached the pole the first flag to be thrown to the breeze was a silken American emblem presented to him by his wife fifteen years ago. He had car ried this flag on every one of his ex- petitions to the north, leaving a piece of 1t at the highest point he, attained The last remnants were raised and left at the pole.
 The explorer then raised the navy ensign. the flag of the Navy League then the flag of the Delta Kappa Epsi- Ion, Fraternity, and finally a flag of peace. Tent poles and snow lances were used as flag staffs and when all had been raised the commander took several photographs of the group.
 Buries Box in Ice
 After this ceremony Peary enclosed records of his trip and other documents and personal papers in box and buried 1t in the ice. The documents were placed in water tight coverings and the box itself was water tight. so it would float if the shifting or melting ice brought 1t to water. Commander Peary has not yet developed the flms he took at the pole.
 Referring to the weather conditions at the apex of the world, Commander Peary said he found nothing, like the revolving wind referred to by the Antarctic explorers. The weather con- ditions varied from time to time all though there was probably considerable uniformity. He would not say wheth- or he found currents at the pole
 Commander Peary today received a cablegram asking him to make a state- ment regarding a report from a Danish source that he had posted a notice on the Greenland coast to the effect that Dr. Cook was dead, making this notice a pretext for approprtat ting Df. Cooks sappHes. s9he exfyio Fer saiF t6 .,tths As knew nothing Of this that 1t NRhs evil dently a newspaper pdbfieatiofl. He expects to be quoted erroneously in the press as making a variety of state ments. !..'2f@
 Commander Peary has said aireats sll he intends to say regarding Dr. Cook. His statement dict4ted to the Associated Press covers this subject fully for the present. 1aiii ~
 The solar Eclipse.
 Peary did not witness the beginning ar the ending of the solar eclipse; the part he did see was obscured by clouds He said he had experienced no earth quake in the polar regions, explaining at the same time that 1t would be diff ficult to recognize such occurrences be- cause of the movement in the ice and the continual grinding noise resulting therefrom.
 The Roosevelt has on board vafua- ble collection of mineral and. 'geologi- cal samples and specimens of northern bird. plant and animal life for the American Museum of Natural History
 rReferrine toia the reception being planned for him when he reaches home Commander Peary asked the Associated Press to publish the following state- ment: .1. .s have received, I am more touched. qratified and honored than I can say st the way the public has treated my work" |"