Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-07
Two Gold Medals.

wife Of the explorer, asking when she
could come and see her husbands friend.
Two Gold Medals.
III any evidence is needed to establish
Denmark's valuation II DR.. Cook 1t can
be found in the fact that he is to receive
tomorrow the highest possible official
tokens within its gift. The king is to
confer on him the gold medal Of merit
with the crown, which only three other
geographers, hansen, Sven Hedin and
Amundsen. are entitled to wear, and the
Geographical society will bestow upon him
its gold medal, which has been given to
four other travellers only, Nsnsen, Captain
Scott, Hedin and Sverdrup. The Geo
graphical society of Denmark numbers
among it's members more experts in Arctic
research than any other body in the world,
That branch Of geographic science is its
speciality. It's decision to extend the honor
to DR.. Cook. like the governments to give
him an official welcome, was not formed
without deliberations The rector of the
University OF Copenhagen, who is one of
the leading lights of society and a mar
Of profound Q earning, interviewed Or. Cook
for an hour. He questioned the explorer
infinitely and on coming out of the lega-
ton expressed his conviction of the truth
of the explorers statements.
nina il Convinced.
The longer DR.. Cook remains in Copen-
hagen and the more people see Of him the
more completely is his standing established.
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press heard him c-ross-examined by com
petcnt questioners half a dozen times. His
| Tppliaa yuara 40 1t1irE Cnharanf md data He'd
that IL he is a romancer he is one of the
greatest In history. The only time the
explorer seemed to display impatience was
when speaking OF one of his critics he
said quickly, He is an old man; then, he
may apparently have forgotten that my
expedition began about where his ended"
The demand for admission to DR.. Cooks
lecture before the Geographical society
tomorrow and a banquet afterwards hat
placed a high premium on the seats. TIL,
fortunate ones who possessed tickets FOL
the municipality banquet Saturday last re
ceived bids as high as $500 for a singl,
admission card. The geographical society
banquet is limited to $50 persons and almos
every one of position in Copenhagen II
using his influence to the utmost to b,
included among the elect,
Souvenirs FIJI shops.
Cook souvenirs fill the shop windows ant
all the local newspapers are featuring pic
lures showing the explorer before and af
ter his session with the BARRIERS and tail
ors on Saturday. All the members of the
royal family requested autographed por
traits, which DR.. ,Egan, the American
minister took to them today.
| The explorer. was at lunch with the
minister at the Bristol hotel, but their wisl
to spend a quiet hour together was frus
trated because Of the persistent approachei
of autograph seekers, mostly Englisf
tourist ladies'. .ons.ef the. women insisted
upon knowing exactly what DR.. Cook was
eating, and. she. jotted down the menu sol
EMMY and carefully In a notebook. 44
On Thursday DfsUoSk and Mr., Egan viii
will spend the day as the guests of the
premier, Count Holstein Eedrebord, at thu
historic castle at Roskifde, a few mile'
from the city. This evening DR.. Cool
looked in for half an hour at q supper
which. the local. newspaper men gave Il
the visiting correspondents,