Show HASTENED TO TOMAKE i MAKE AKE CLAiMS IDl Dr Cok Cook o l B 1 by Oom Com Commander mander mader Peary Friends Frend to Have Have Learned Leed of the ta th Lers Successful Search Seo for Pole THEN HIKED HOMEWARD WITH DISCOVERY STORY Herbert L L Bridgman Secre Secretary Sere Secretary tary tar of Peary Arctic Club at Sydney N S Awaiting the Arrival of Commander CONTROVERSY C NOT ABATING Sydney x N S Sept 12 5 of evidence designed to t back bk up his hs statement that tt Dr D Cook Ck did di not nt reach h the north nor pole pl is i in in the te hands bands hJ of Corn Com Commander Cm mander Peary Fer according to ii t assertions mode made me here hee tonight ht This view vew is i taken ten by a large num number nu ber br of explorers scientists sien it and aad a others or who are a e here h to t greet It the te explorer e Commander Peary will wi have with wih him incontestable proof to support ev ePI ever PI 5 statement he has hu made in tn connection win will with Dr Cooks trip to the Arctic Att Berber Herber J L Bridgman B secretary of the Peary Ar Artic A r r tic Ue club said ad Everyone who know Peary Pa realizes realises he be never nver makes mae s sunless unless he h can caim prove them absolutely When hen the te proper time arrives and th hi will 11 be when Dr Cook eo has han h made his bis stat att ment over his signature the proof wilt be b forthcoming I 1 quite agree a with Provi Provident P Pre i 1 ident dent Hubbard Hubb of the Peary Pe Arctic el 1 that Dr Cook might have learned leae w wi 1 h mo C in Greenland of Commander Comande Pear l ar discovery diey and that In the tl Interim Int lie be h wo the story stoy sto of his I discovery of the tha th nor norDle cole Dle News you know travels trave fast fa anion amon the Eskimos Eskimo and it is la quite likely r Vi P Cook heard of what Peary had ha done d F Feels U Much Flattered Flatter Flate Mr Bridgman solid he be b felt fet much mu flat fla flattered I t that Commander Comand Peary Per had h stai tail i 1 that he h was WI the only logical loic Candida t for the polar commission The Te Belgian Blan government In 1908 1906 1 sa 1 Bridgman Invited Invite the several er nations nation nati attend an international polar convention which adopted a provisional u for an n International polar commission The Te United Unite States State designated me inc m to t n a nas ad adI aas as I its It representative at the congress COn ai am allI amI 1 I took my credentials from the varion vail on geographical societies Arctic and ers era pr clubs cu Two years later late a sail aIl aJ for a meeting meUn of the commissIon was W Wo wt issued o and ad the th conference was wa held is i iB I Brussels in of that B May o year ye The he commission colo was wu designed to d a sort of coordinate working t i tern tem of Arctic exploration which won 11 1 have bave prevented Just the sort of versy Yr that now has bas arisen aen The Te lon sion also alao a planned to define the work the geographical and other branches of such Arctic exploration i order that the results of each h inn might be b b determined and labor econ economized eol mla I reported to the state department t tat at Washington and later Commander Command rr Peary was designated as commissioner for f r this country Commander Peary Pery felt fel I should l I Ime ho homade n made commissioner but nothing forth further r me tl was WI done don in the matter Welcome for Peary Pe Sydney is putting on a a holiday all e ir r rane ance ane for the coming of Peary Pe United States flags fg are displayed ee h hand hand hand and the headquarters of the welcoming party is besieged with visitors visitor inquiring for the latest news new The Te French Fl frIgan Isly is here and probably will remain in inthe inthe inthe the harbor to aid in the welcome to Pears Pear No British warship Is IB expected Peary likely will 1 remain reman epe here two day dav da and then go with his family to his horn hon hornin hOl honin in Casco Ca bay Maine where be he h will wi nt r n st for a day or two tw proceeding thence lo n I Washington to make mae his official report to tn the government Commander Peary Pear is moving southward in the t same sante precise manner that charm chara his methodical and nd well wel calm dash duh for tor th tin pole The Roosevelt is being overhauled and paint painted at a AJ A r sizes siz harbor habor near Battle Batte Harbor Har and a her lir commander has ordered that tha every injury sustained in her long stay say in the i ic c cradle of Cape Sheridan shall b be remo removed cd before she sails ais for this port p Bonne Bon Bay By N F Sept Sp 12 After a run of 0 miles mies from Sydney N S the th tn Thomas Toa H 0 Douglas chartered charte by b the t 1 ii Associated Press Pa arrived at this ti early today tay and departed again an at nom toward Battle Battie Harbor Harr Labrador to t mee m Peary Pear The plans plana on teas ini here were to stop aop at Point Ric Riche sixty five miles mies up the Newfoundland coast where three is a wireless station The Te Douglas Duglas had a rough roub trip from fr m Sydney All Al Saturday night a high hh t oa sea sa broke over the tugs bow and stern str Bonne Bay By is a bold bl gash gh in the shore shoreline shoreline line lne It I is a trading and fishing village of 5 people popl and inside Inde the harbor en entrance entrance 1 trance the bay runs for two miles mies in inland inland inland land Inquiry as to whether Pars ship th Roosevelt was still sti at Rattle Battle tte Harbor Habor nv met t with conflicting replies and no information b be obtained |