The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-04

Teacher Now. Tommy. what Is n
lypocriie?
Tommy \ boy that comes TO school
18th suilp on mis- face I.iprinrott'S
New York, Sept. sensational
charges against Real Admiral Robert
Il Peary, and rcitcration that he.
and not Peary, discovered the North
pole, were today made by DR.. Fred
crick a. Cook to the international
congress of the Geographical societies
When that body meets in Rome H.
mid October, 1t will be asked TO name
committee to consider the entire
matter. Cook declares that he can
now prove his case without all of his
missing proofs, which he left in the
Arctic with Harry Whitney ana
claims that he is prepared to demon
strate absolutely that he did all he
says in the way OF exploring the
! frozen north.
II have purposely waited so that /
could marshal in proper order all
my material" he says In his demand
for an inquiry, and now | have all
o. my proofs and in addition evidence
Of the fraud and bribery In the con-
spiracy to discredlt me.
IL include in my proofs my COM
plete study of the meteorological
phenomena my observation OF the sin.
gular stability and uniformity of the
| thermometer and barometer and a
detailed account of my shadow OBJ
servations / give eight polar alti-
tuues of the sun. These were taken
with the sun at twelve degrees above
the horizon.
81 call attention to the fact that 1T
the time Mr.. Peary claims he took
observations at the pole. the altitude
of the sun was less than seven de-
grees above the horizon. Difficult as
/. IS TO take observations at twelve
degrees, because of refracted high
any accurate observation at seven de-
grees is well nigh impossible. Yet
MIR. Feary's case rests upon such OBJ
lservations."
! Cook insists that he did not send
IGli of his material TO Copenhagen be-
cause 1t had not been scientifically
compiled and that he now realizes
this was a most serious blunder whici
he is at present rectifying in tn,
proofs he is sending to President VIII
liam Smith of the Scottish Geograph
ical society.
In his day-by-day record, Coot
shows his daily observations an,
q checks up his speed record, thu
"conclusively" proving his claims, HI
assails the Peary speed records Al
bordering on the impossible and sucl
that they should be analyzed by tn,
scientists of the world
|
Geographical society accepted Peary'
word on copies of his records and alb
solutely failed to examine and hav
tested his instruments, IAN unpre
cedented performance and one calcu
, lated to prove that the society wa
far from impartial" He refers {
' the fact that the verdict of "COpen
hagen in December, 1909" was not
I rejection but "A destination that hi
/ proofs were insufficient and that h
y has now remedied this defect.
"The only proofs of my attain
ment," he says, "rest on the contln
= Llty of my account of my quest. Tha
stood upon the very pivotal pi
! point of the earth, | do not and neve
did claim, That | reached the Mort
!, pole, approximately, and ascertane
g my location as accurately as pains
takingly, as the terrestrial and cees
tla conditions and the best instru
Il ments would allow, l emphaticali
n assert"
Cook declared that his narrative /
IIampton's was emasculated and led
tcrially doctored" for advertising pu
Loses, and that ametrial changes wer
| made without his consent.