The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-29
COOK GETS BACK
Returns 10 His Native Country From Eo-
rope on LAT Thursday.

rope on LAT Thursday.
|, JUST AS CAIN AS EVER
His Presence Aboard Causes a Dis
pute on the Ship.-The Passengers
Were Divided Into Two Camps On
tho Question of His Reception, !,
What He Says. y
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, arrived in
New York on Thursday on the steam:
ship George Washington as calmly "
as II there had never been North
Pole controversy. He looked well !,
and said little; in fact a typewriter I
interview handed tho reporters en-
braccd all that he had to say with
the exception Of the necessity formal
tiles OF conversation thrust upon him
by interyiewers. s.
! or far more dramatic interest was
la headed controversy among the
steamship passengers concerning the
impression he had made upon them.
The doctor still asserts that he be-
lieves he was at the pole.
/ Dr.. Cook in his statement referred +
to the fact that he was IN the United {
States less than month ago. i:
! y arrived in Quebec on October:
90, went to Troy, N. Y, then to
Newburgh and Poughkeepsie," said,
he. IT was in the two last named
cities about three weeks, writing, re-
vising and correcting proofs OF my
story. registered under an ass um-
ed name because I was very busy,
too busy to receive my personal
friends or newspaper men. No 9th.
er precautions were taken to keep
my presence concealed" !;
DR.. Caad said he didn't know what
his plans for the future Will be-;
that he had no plans whatever fGtf
going on the lecture platform. am.
II have come back solely for the:
purpose Of rehabilitating myself and:
my family by setting matters right
with my countrymen." he declared.
The argument among the George
Washington's passengers arose when
the Doctors sympathizers aboard
Wished it understood that he was re.
' ceived with 10 shadow OF discrim1na-
tion by the other passengers, BIS
enemies wished it made clear that ne
: had been summed. The minute the
men who had gone down the harhor
on the revenue cutter stepped into
! the saloon, representatives Of both
! sides descended on them. Perscne
:. who in ordinary circumstances dodge
publicity as they would the plague,
" fairly button-holed the reporters in
their eagerness to present their case
=, first
While the dispute in the ladies' So
!. loon moiled, more temperate minded
passengers elsewhere found time TO-
tell without heat about the Doctors
trip. He came aboard at Bremen,
they said, wearing a full beard, but
had it shaved of the next day. He
was an unostentations passenger,
playing cards Of an evening with a
few friends and neither seeking nor
avoiding attention.
Once when the toasts were going
around before bedtime and it came
his turn to name health, he was
quick to propose the STARS and
Stripes" toast that none could re-
fuse.
Another time when passenger
who had not marked to him before
asked brusquely: Are you Or.
Cooke" He answered, MY pame is
Cook"
Arc you the DR.. Cook who went
to the North Pole?" persisted the
questioner.
II have been there" asserted the,
doctor gracely.
The typewriter interview with the
doctor did not satisfy the reporters
! They piled him with questions, but
almost all Of them be parried.
"You have written this, doctor:
, After mature thought, confess that
do not know absolutely whether ]
reached the pole or not Do you be-
, lieve that you did," .'.'
II still believe It,"
Does your uncertainty at all ea-
tend to your ascent of Mt MsKln-
ley"
mot in the least. ] shall have
, reply to make to Prof Herschel c.
!, Parker's latest attack on my ascent
, Of Mount Mckinley In a few days
probably next Monday.
did you still believe in your REQ
ords when you sent them to the Unf-
versity Of Copenhagen"
"Oh, certainly"
Then why did you call Capt. Au-
gust W. Loos to aid you in complf
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