New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
LET POLE ROW DROP
URGES SH.iCkLETON.
In Dinner Speech Seeks TO
Pour Oil on Troubled Uaters.


-7sae public allusion TO the Peary Cook
No.-h Pole controversy al a dinner at the
g-.usportatiou Club last night, At which he
md Lady Shack.etou wee the guests of
lou.r il was 20 pour oil on the troubled
vate-s Tie sale:
&C.. rave carefully avoided entering iato
.r. controversy. but ! would like To say
tla Nhether there is right CT wrong about
l.. 1r V-ha, is right or wrong about Il, work
= sl-d IN the North Polar region. and II
spaaca Is too tree there breeding IN the North
o-as not make certainly fo- accepting
ts;uss "a 4 thcy were invitations 20 dance
Nricn one csEao; accept. Ne should not
aisolss these th.nSs now. We should !esve
rheN alone. Discussing Jhem Goes no
gooc
senator ChaGacey NJ. DepsN spoke before
Lieutenant Shack.etop aud said "a his
s.es
old HeroGutus u-tA recently and tor
IorS ionG time had been considered tho
Eroatcs- lar m the world Then, after
some further talk about explorers snd their
porA - said. 4 have a very dear LADY
friend. q relative OF mine She vas = arm
believer IN Cook until the Copenhagen ri
tlusl had passed Judgment. Then she SAID
20 me I do not want ever 20 hear the name
o: either cook OF Pesry again. Cook was
lar and gentleman. Pea-y was
neither
After Lieutenant shackleton LETT the din
* room a Tribune reporter saw him. lie
Emphasized the fact that he declined 20
ase sides in the controversy; tha; he Wa.
rrt saving night or wrong Of e." and that
fr thought b. best Cor every one 20 drop
tn question.
Lady shsekieton Shares t4onors.
Lsdy shsokleton shared with her has-
1srd the honors % the evening All the
~neaoers paid her nicely turned compli-
l'erts ard these received as hearty AZ
I'asse as the laudatory remarks ad
dressed sboUt rhe lieutenant TIE latter
~-en he rose 10 speak got a great rec~p-
tor Al the guests rose and CEeered
..-~ rrril rhe walls rang.
Tae dinner was much on the order % an
rlo-Anericsn love feast Every one
r-,ed 70 say something nice- shout Erg
-s16 and America than the preceding ono,
s~a this al tended 70 harmony and good
fellowship Senator DepeW remarked that
tro achievements of Shackletor and PearN
og.~ went % show that the world wouldn't
mount % anything except for the Angle
-aNo-s Then Tslcott williams. editor Of
philadeiphts paper, got up and told all
auuuf how much We owed 10 the mother
country and Row happy We Vere 70 cele-
hrste Vith our cousins across the sea the
great work ~ the guest or honor. Again
NJ. Depew praised explorers by saying
wat Il - weren't for them the viriliry Of
trs nations - the world would b. IN grave
danger OF being sanped BY luxury and in
ooIeu~o
Lieutenant Shackjeton said there was no
deu,iDg tho lure or the North. we otren
thought when We were or those icy
rlsreaus- SAID he THAT Se were fools tor
te'0E there but n1w when We are safely
Hark m civilization We wish that we were
hack ,here again making another try FOR
the pole"
NE explorer began his speech IN q way
r. ~ made great ''hir" with his hearers.
rle said: 1T is ffting that I should speak
before tho Transportation Club, because
r.e transportation business is tie one IN
Which < have been lately engaged. though
perhaps a little unusual kind 3oS trans
uortation sud = difficult one always ex-
eertius The more difficult one e getting
YOUR luggage from an express company
"a rere they give you = cheJA Instead OF the
luggage sou Want"
Besides The speeches referred 10. num-
rer 81 others were made Lieutenant
>raekle'on and his party hsd 10 leave be-
.ore these 20 catch a train for Boston
,rer- ne .ectures to-day.
Al luncheon given N his honor hy
Il-rry CleWs ar Saerrys yesJerdsv after
.0or, Lieutenant Srackleton gave briefly
lis opinion OF America. Americans, and
E.v. York city ~ particular Horace
Greeley wears ago. ana, in fact. before the
ing sh Antarctic explorer was born, ad-
,#s-a Young Americans - 50 West Yes
,s-8av I.ieurcnar. Shack'erou gave the
san. advice RltA slight u,oLihg a-ior-
-pasp.te 4 feW shortcomings necessary To
f-. rapid development q any new cogn-
l- 1e said. America IS distinctly and
t.-pha,!cauy the iaud of opportunity.
speaking - NeU York he said: Prom
g. ~taudnoirrs OF Interest G-d intense
ergv d, ct-v - the greatest one IT. the
vo~'a-oertI!D'v :he greatest z ever saw
Thea :a, EXPLORE went On 20 say tEat he
ro- -ee1 q g.est a. many !ancheous ead
o.-.ers IL Europe but the one al which
Was ,he1 p guest he thought the anest
fe asd ever attended. The guest 0f honor
oSe Few words in appreciation %, tas
reception gtvo- nirn AZ Carnegie Han on
--csaar evening and sat down while the
.loe- guess apl.suced vigorously
ers was plenty - toast drinking The
host proposed the one 70 The guest u A0no-,
% which he told him bow glad every one
mas o. see l'm over here. and how they
90 aoyed ae would stay long ;ir1e and
.7 - a good time while about it,
l--maudc- pesrv Nas one ~ rhe guests,
..a toast was proposed L. h.m and an
r-rer 70 Professor Parker, of oolu1sbia UUl-
,-ry,rr who VIII shortly attempt 20 climb
Al..lt Mckir'sy The other guests were
J.sera a. C'hoare. Isaac =. S.lig7nan.
Archer 81 Huntington. J. Edward sim
..pls Francis l.ynGe SteJson. StGyvesar &
lI~. F. r a SsiEmsE. 4. Barton Hep
rr. Mo--JOr Frewer. Bishop Greer, r. z.
q. could " a. Bennett. Georg" B'umeL-
r.s. and 2cbc-- r. L!y.
To.r % fhe trustees or the ,..c Forum
80 present and tl~y spoke with deep
rsC-,t 90 tlc Geatn of Justice Brewer. J-s-
toe Brewer was tae FIRST man 10 speak
lrse~ The auspices - this rgaLiza -.or-
COUNT o. FRASso Ill AT ROWE
roCr' carlo D-utios 81 Frass0 = rrl,.c-
ely 3 with gpla.i fever az Rome. His