Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-29

Why He Disappeared.
 T went abroad with my wife and family because I needed rest, but had another reason. When l found that my enemies were stooping to bribery. gross misrepresentation and even forgery in an attempt to prove my story untrue. l made up my mind that there was no use in in ereasing the agitation of the public by entering into a controversy at that time. I went away because felt that the campaign of abuse waged against me was unfair. and thought that by going abroad for few weeks the public agitation would subside during my absence. people would get a more normal perspective. and my enemies could fire off all their ammunition. Thera was no great secret about my going. except that l did not take tine press into my confidence. During the time of my absence I spent several weeks in Europe, and afterward took SC ries of long ocean voyages, went back to Europe. and then home to America, being gone about a year. although at the time that left the country l had expected to be gone lut week or two. I want to say that during all that time the many hundreds Of press reports starting cut to give my location and where abouts. were all untrue with one ex- ception. and that was the report from Chilli My long trip did me a great deal of good and I enjoyed the freedom rom the public excitement very much. was not used 10 i' and needed the relaxation"
 Misleading Caption
 Referring to the articles in Hamp- ton's Magazine. which were printed under the caption of Confessions or pr. Cook he explained that he had no control over the editor so far as writing the head for the ar ticle was concerned, and declared that the subject matter certainly did not Justify such caption, and no matter how the editor of Hampton's might have interpreted the word, confession" it was grossly mis- leading, so far as the magazine reader was concerned. Said Dr. Cook:
 T wrote series of articles which were in the nature Of heart 10 heart talks covering the psychological and scientific phases of the expedition. The first series was published while I was in Europe. The editor of Hampton's labeled the articles my Confessions This struck the pub lie as being a confession of some thing wrong-as a retraction. Now, the intent of the articles was noth-- ing of the kind. The subject matter did not warrant the use of such head One phase of the work took up in these articles was the matter of the accurate determination of the exact location of the pole. This IS a physical impossibility, to determ- inc it with pin point accuracy, for the region about the pole is GOV cred with 9 moving sea Of ice, and all observations must be made on the altitude of the sun. which can not be recorded with sufficient ac- curacy to determine the exact loca- tion within several miles. It was so in my case, it was so in Pearys, and it will be so in the case of any other man who undertakes polar exploration"
 Asked for a brief history of his career up to the time of his last Arctic venture, pr. Cook said:
 His Arctic Ventures.
 T graduated in medicine from the University O. New York in 1890. and like a good many other medical students thought the people of the country would be fighting to get in-. to my office as soon as l put out my shingie. Unfortunately this was not the case, and l had good deal of spare time on my hands during the first year of practice. Finally ] saw an article about Commodore Peary's expedition leaving for the north, and I sent in my application for a place on the staff as physi- clan. For several months l received no reply. and at last q letter came advising me 10 report at Philadel- phia. I went at once. and satisfac- tory arrangements were made. The next year. 1891. we left for the north. There is one thing that is rarely mentioned by the press and that is the fact that during all my years of polar exploration I have never work ed on a salary. ' have always VOL unteered. On that first expedition nearly everybody but myself was on a salary. but gave my services free. On this first expedition we ex- plored northern Greenland. and had a pretty hard time of it all around. Peary broke his leg. and we were all in a bad way for awhile. We re- turned after being out year.
 Some Hard Luck.
 Again in 1893 l went to the Arc tic waters in the schooner Green land. One year later organized the famous Miranda expedition which was sent up for the benefit of fifty three college men who wanted to