Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-22

fury should be proud Of you. His
tory gave us Ananias and Sapphira
They are forgotten, but we still have
| DR.. Cook.
Cook, this deal of yours is 80
damnably rotten that it seems to me
your attorneys must have been forced
to hold their handkerchiefs to their
noses to have represented you. 1t
stinks to high heaven. You should
not be allowed to run at large. ]
know that you have your ill-gotten
goods put away, but your wife and
daughter should not be allowed to
touch them. You have stolen this
money from widows and orphans.
You should start another company
and distribute it back to them.
Cook, have you no decency at alp"
the court continued. Are you not
haunted at night by these pitiable
figures? How can you sleep? l am
not going to do justice in this case,
for l think you will get it somewhere
else. You ought to be paraded as a
practical warning in every state
where you have sold stock"
Judge killits then passed sentence.
Sketch of Dr.. Cook
DIR. Frederick A. Cook first became
internationally known in 1909, when,
upon arriving in Copenhagen from a
trip into the far north, he announced
that he had discovered the North
Pole. His story was accepted as true
and he was received there with high
honors.
Upon returning to this country DR.
Cook published reports of his jour-
ney and wide credence was given his
variations for some months. Since
Il ic 1ni %Nl
and he ultimately was branded as a
faker. but in the meantime he was
the recipient of many honors. He
was made president Of the Explorers
Club, New York, and a member OF
7 the Kings County Medical Society
| the American and National Geo
| graphical Societies, the American
chronological Society, the American
| Alpine Club and Lesser organizations
DIR. Cook was graduated with a
! degree of doctor from the New York
University College Of Mericine in
1890 and the following year was ap-
pointed surgeon to the Peary Antarc-
, tic expedition. Two years later he
! led a party up the west coast of
Greenland, and the next year he ex-
plored the south portion Of the same
| island.
III 1oJI LIZ. LUX was dpOluIGO
surgeon to the Belgian Antarctic ex-
petition and as result he received
numerous decorations, including the
/ Order of Leopold, the gold medals of
the Belgian Royal Society and the
Municipality of BRUSSELS, and the
silver medal of the Belgian Royal
Geographical Society.
Again yielding to the lure Of the
North, DR.. Cook in 1903, undertook
an expedition to reach the summit
of Mount Mckinley, the highest point
on the American continent, more than
10000 feet above the sea level. The
expedition failed but in 1906 he A.
nanced another and this time he
claimed to have been successful.
1t was six years later that he an
nounced his claim to have reached
the North Pole.
DR.. Cook has written voluminously
for magazines along the line of eth
nology, geography and other sciences
from his observations in the Arctic
and Antarctic. He was the author
Of several books, including Through
the First Antarctic Night, In 1913
and 1914 he lectured in this country
and in England. but led a life OF
comparative retirement until he came
to Fort Worth in 1919, and went into
the oil business.