New-York tribune., 1909-12-10

ss nrblnhee fer which Captain Loose.
.ooorasnr 70 h.s story. criticised him.
ne siso. according 70 his story. showed
N. dcctcr how 70 take time IN that way
Acrer his frst interview with pr- Cook
s-srtsfr Iocee had clear understand
ma ot what ne uas 70 90. and described
RS i6es y these words
rrhsr I iert Dr. Cock u vss with ne
r1aerstAnclng that ! was 10 get tor him
TIE charts he wanted. rosether With a
-sunbsr q. books on polsr oossrTstions-
and rhst 7 was "a work OFT IRON MS
-e~spaper nz-rat;ve al his sights tor
,a-itr1s and longitude. based upon tns
;r-i-u6ss as published. That wss q
xrertv geod Sob. About thirty lstitatss
u-ere gwen II his narrative anc 1ew
lousirudes The lEurudes carried Dr.
Cock from Svz-revzEg 20 the POLE The
Which he had written the observations
ne wanted from Svarrsvsas north.
WHAT DR- COOK LACKED.
Before arriving a. tins understanding
Canaan Loose. according 70 hls story.
Rae bssn surprised 70 md that Dr cook
Lacked certain charts ana books and that
his comprises and chrcno-aetsr Rad not
h.en corrected 50 as 70 give him aecu-
rate time from Anorstok. his point ~
departure Tor the dash 70 the pole. This
sls-ressed Captain Loose goo6 Deal ano
soaeo % his rapidly growing doubts as
=, whether Dr Cook had reached the
pole But he didn't want - Wrorry the
explorer ~ showing his lack OF tsith.
90 ne said nothing that would tend 70
snbsrrsss hin.
rr cooks vhsresbout beng the SUB
vet az excited conjecture on al sloes
vesteras--. he couldnt he asked for in
s-~Ynsrioil As 70 the narratives of Loose
and punkle John r Bradley was out
q Town Henry Wellington Wack- who
usee 70 be Dr.. Cooks attorney. made
10 statements. The FIRST. which was
-orTnzl. Vas given out - his ofiice snd
rollowS
During Dr. Cooks continuing absence
I shall have nothing 70 say ccncerilhs
rs cass. His own gift q speech elsa "l
lsilence shoule BE sufficient Tor All pu'
poses ~ desirable publicity
r7t,- nFr -vacF reported later. sno DE-
,-ided that Re was wasting golden op-
vortunirv for speech he said he dlo not
.l.row where ~. Cook wss, or Why ne
was hiding himself when his presence
'--ss vital - his own interests he IN
uolinea. hov ever. 70 the belief that the ez-
rlo--- vas abroad He said further that
trs STATEMENTS % Loose and Dunkle con-
-ained proof within themselves cf 'hsir
f-ulsir-- ,r truth. As would appear upon
1she publication of the Copenhagen re-
ro-- Ese has nct heard directly from Dr.
Cock since November ~ but had let
ser from Mrs. Cock on December 8. ask
snr him 20 cease incurring expenses on
account Of Dr. Cook
REAL POLE DIs~ovERERs.~
Captain Lsose could say little yerter-
dHy 70 snplify his narrative as pub
i.Ehec. although he sought - sccentuate
LIS idea that he might help D. Cook
Bur. as be coupled this with the state
rnent that h. soon decided that there was
soGnsrhing wrong with the doctor. r. aP-
peared taaf he had no aversion 20 pro
viding q falsihe6 So ~ observations.
and. in tsct. according n his story, hs
rciC Dunkle that II tle explorers proofs
were PASSED ~ Copenhagen they would
D. rhe resi- discoverers ~ the pole.
Dunkle vas even more frank -estsr-
Cav
went into the thing vith ny sves
open sad ls T Hgreed 20 d. certain
rhinEs ror e certain remuneration. did
~ part. rhe Others didn't do theirs. snd
rhat is -h- I blew Moreover. felt
that au- tine q mar could frame up
something and put it across on bunch
- uni''srsi-y professors ne was justified
in maki-E The srtempt
rhs ooloquisl tone adopted b~ NJ
DgRkle m conversation rs entirely dif-
fersnr from the studied correctness of
his literary erorrs. as published -ester-
dar