Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-10-05
SLAMMED PEARY
DIR. COOK ACCUSED OPPONENT
4 OF OFFERING BRIBEs.
Found Sympathetic Audience Await
ing Himl-said He Is Able to
Defend Himself BY Courts,
the Public or His Fists.

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Frederick A. Cook to an audience {
1000 people last night at the fai
grounds in the opening remarks Q
his illustrated lecture on MY Con
, lquest of the North Pole" Il wan
leach Of you tonight to appoint your
self as a Juror to test what I hav
, Ito say" he continued, as he pu
before his listeners the proof upol
which he bases his claim for reach
ling the northern pivot Of the globe
Following the detailed description
lof his Arctic explorations, he charg
ed Captain Peary with fraudulently
procuring his records and resortins
to bribery to discredit his (Cook'sl
claims.
\ DR.. Cook found sympathetic aud
fence awaiting him and was APP
lplauded loudly as he walked out
upon the platform. This pleased the
lecturer and throughout an introduce
tion by Rev. DR.. Blayney smile
of satisfaction broadened his fea-
lures. DR.. Cook stated that it was
Impossible to locate the exact pin
point of the North Pole on account
Of the fact that the polar region is
a sea of drifting ice. He said, how
ever, that he reached the place
where the shadows of himself and
his two companions measured the
same length every hour of the TWEEN
ty-four and where the sun at mid
day and midnight was the same dis
lance above the ice. This he said
was the location Of the axis Of the
earth and here he placed the Ameri-
can flag on April 81, 1908.
The polar region 10 described as
sea of ice from ten to fifty feet
thick, drifting to the south and eat
at the rate of from one to three
miles per day. Two days were spent
by DR.. Cook at this place, studying
the skies and measuring the alti-
tude of the sun every six hours of
the forty eight. His observations
were as accurate as conditions would /,
permit. I'VE must admit" he ex-
planned, shat no accurate obser-
vations can be made, but when we
had reached the platP where the
shadow was unifhrm in Asngth
throughout the day and night no
greater accuracy was possible.
Had Hard Time Getting Back.
Starting on the return trip April
30, 1908, DR.. Cook and the two
Arctic highlandeFs who accompan-
ed him throughout his explorations
desperately for several
months against the severe cold Of the
lorthern regions and were at the
Joint of starvation number OF I
Zines. Having used up aN bis {
ammunition and having no food for :
imself or. his dogs the latter were I
urned loose to hunt for themselves .
fter journeying a considerable dis 7
ance southwark. a
For 1000 miles Cook and his
ompanions traNeled in b twelver
,ot canvas canoe. The Arctic night r
vertaking them they were COM o
elled to spend four months IN
ouses built OF snow blocks and on j
february II, 1909, again started
n northern Greenland, the home
the Arctic highlanders, a tribe
$50 people who live closer to the Il
lie than any other tribe. W
At the close Of the lecture on K
s travels DR.. Cook took up the O
ntroversy between himself and A
,ary, and while he said he would d
It attack Mr.. Peary, he directly D
arged him with fraud and bribery Ii
attempting to establish his claims m
discoverer OF the North Pole. SD
Cook was compelled to leave his s.
cords and a part of his equipment Dl
ring his explorations in the care b
an old Arctic highlander. These
yether with the private possessions
the guard Cook valued at $685. oy
0, Peary. the lecturer said, find ss
the keeper OF these almost starv- de
to death, procured them by fraud, tic
d with the records obtained in py
. way was able to set up his WI
i'm for finding the north pole a
thout going farther north than FMS
i'd be reached by ship. Ne
Beside this, DR.. Cook charged a ~,
Try with offering brides to dis ma
dit bis claim to climbing Mt. Nc str
LEY, and said that be was pre- ten
ed to back his statements with ~, ~
courts, the public or bis fists,
,ecessary. Ian
ed
LAYER can tell when you'll mash ~,