Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
COOK REITERATEs, CLAIM.
Amundsen Denies He Disputes id.
n,iral Pcary': Report.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Rams january -
I4).--Thrust again into the lime!ight
! brought on by Claims and counter
claims as TO whether or not he dis
covered the North Pole, Dr. Frederick
4. Cook. now a prisoner at the Fed
eral peaitentiary at Leavenworth. re-
mains lnwavered in his claim To the
discovery.
The renewal controversy. precipi-
t'tti by tnr reported statement Of
Capt. Road Amundsen that Cook s
claims arc as Well founded as
Admiral Il. +. Pearv's was declouded
las; night when Amundsen denied
;he statement and declared he had
been misunderstood.
The purported statement support
ing Dr. Cook brought statements from
Nilhjalmar StefanSSon and Donald
Macmillan. noted Arctic explorers.
upholdins Peary's claim. These state
mentS We're followed by publication Of
/ letter from Or. Cook to the Kan
sas City Journal-Post, declaring that
further discoveries would bring vindi-
cation of his disputed claims and ask
ing that Judgment he withheld
NuSf study Reports.
What I said was" Capt Amundsen
said in denying the first statement
attributed to him. that | could not
form an oplnioIl-that one similarly
situated cannot form an opinion
without first having the opinion Of
both Cock and Peary before me fo,,
study. | was misquoted." Amundsen
said he meant to cast no reflection on
the work of Admiral Peary.
In his letter to the .Journal-I'osl
DIR. Cook declared that the recent
aerial dash 10 the North Pole by Capt.
Amundsen and other explorations
were bearing out his contentious and
/ that further work in the Arctic vii,
prove his claim
1T is by his production that a pic .
neer must stand or fall" the letter
said. and l am willing TO rest my
case with future generations by my
published records DIR. Cook wrote
that many other polar dashes will be
undertaken soon. and when this lat
ter work of exploration is complete ed
The world Will be in position 10 pass
final Judgment upon my work and
that of Peary."
Comdr. Macmillan declared that he
stood on the spot where Cook raised
his flag and called ii the North Pole. =
anu II "ctS -'tD miles from the North
Pole. Comdr. Macmillan was one
OF the three white survivors of Peary's
expedition.
Quotes Admiral Scllley.
There Is no doubt at all" said
Comdr Macmillan. "in the mind of
any man who went with Pearv that
Peary reached the North Pole. There
Is no doubt in the mind of virtually
everybody that DR.. Cook came within
500 miles of it
Macmillan also states that "Peary's
cain 10 having reached the North
role is fully as good as Amundsen's
10 having reached the South Pole"
DR.. Cook. in his letter. says he was
the first to report the physical con
dltions at the Pole and that all work
since has tended TO confirm my re
ports. Rear Admiral Schley was the
flrst to point out this phase of the
rival claims. and the spirit of his
letter is as true today as It was the
day 1t was written.
In substance. he said
The reports Of Cook and peary
are the same. Either or both have
been to the same place and described
the same conditions--or he VINO came
second copied the first No one ever
accused me of coming second"