The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
E. Fl. DILLON &

ed, and Loose later was put in jail for another offense. To the city editor of a New York evening paper Loose of fered to sell a story retractfng the charges published in the Times. Dun- kle admitted to witnesses that he had been paid for the affidavit publish ed in the New York Times. Loose, willing to discredit the Times story, ey' for retraction.
 Were Members of the National Geo.
 graphic Society Implicated?
 pr. Cook then makes one of the most sensational counter charges of the entire Polar controversy. This IS to the effect that he believes mem bers of the National Geographic So- ciety conspired with Dunkle and Loose with the purpose of inveigling pr. Cook to use faked figures, so that they might discredit Dr. Cook should he have fallen to their sugggestions. pr. Cook declares that Captain D. B. Baldwin discovered that this faked material was in the possession of Pro- lessor Gore and that, from the meth ods pursued by the National Geo. graphic Society, he is inclined to the belief that the Dunkle-Loose fake was concocted for members of this so- ciety." If not" asks Dr. Cook, .'how does 1t happen that Professor Gore is in possession of this faked, forged and perjured stuff? How did he come by them? Why does he have them. What were the relations between Dunkle and Loose, Peary's friends, the New York Times, and the National Geographic Society? Do honest men, with honest intentions, conspire with men of this sort, men who offered to sell me faked figures most likely to betray me had been dishonest enough to buy them-and who, failing, perjured themselves ?''
 The following letter from Captain Baldwin is now made public.
 Professor James H. Gore, of Wash ington, said to me that. he had in his possession the Dunkle and Loose papers. This statement by Professor Gore was made in the course of a friendly conversation between the Professor and myself while attending a meeting of the subcommittee on Naval Affairs of the House of Repre- sentatives last winter, and before which Committee Commander Peary was submitting his proofs of his jour ney to the North Pole.
 b T was pleased to hear Professor Gore volunteer the information that he had in his possession the papers in question, for the reason that it confirmed Dr. Cooks statement made to me a few days previous that when Loose had proposed that the Doctor should use his (Loose's) computa- tions rather than the Doctors reduc- ed observations, the Doctor had or dered Loose to pack up his papers in a suit case and leave the room as quickly as possible. Surely, had Dr. Cook desired to make use of fraudulent computations. he would not have permitted them out of his own possession. Moreover, he would not have waited till his return from such journey and depend upon a |ichance meeting with strangers to perpetrate a fraud.
 When Dr. Cook goes to Rome to at tend the International Congress of Geographical Societies next October, it is understood from Dr. Cooks New York representatives, that number of sensational revelations regarding the National Geographic Societys ver- dict on MT. Peary's claim and the at titudes of number of influential members concerning pr. Cook will be made Tn his book which will short ly appear, Dr. Cook will make sensa tional revelations of unfair and ques- tionable methods employed by this society in their activity for MT. Peary Dr. Cook declares he is. prepared to give evidence of members of the so- ciety themselves that their favorable verdict to the effect that MT. Peary reached the North Pole was based upon examination only of worthless observations
 My aim,' says Dr. Cook 'tis not to challenge MT Peary, nor to attack him, save only when it is absolutely necessary to explain MT, Peary's own unfairness to me and the unfairness of his friends during the controver- sy I have personally felt reluctant to say anything that might in any way reflect upon Mr. Peary, and what I shall say will be only the things that are necessary to clear up MT. Pearys attitude toward me and ex- plain myself"