Show COOK COURTEOUS NOT Declares He Has With Him Proofs That He Reached North Pole K New w York Sept 21 I have hare corns coma I from the pole I 1 have brou brought ht rm my m story tory and my data with me I 1 ha hanot hay n not come home to eater enter Into arguments monte menU with one or many men but T I Tam Iam tam am here to present a clear record II IIa IIa a piece of work ork over which I hav hava a right to display a certain amount 0 o pride uI I am perfectly willing to abide by bv the final verdict on this record of com corn competent competent potent judges That must be the laM la H word and that alone alORe e ean n satisfy me nw in inand and the public Furthermore not only will 1111 my report be before you Jou In black and aud white but I 1 will alito also bring to ti t America human witnesses to prove that I have been to the pole Such is the substance of the fir first t message mes age Dr Frederick A Cook brought home in person to America today an answering answering the critics the world over overCook overCook overCook Cook Meets His Family Throughout an uneasy night a fleet of tug boats boat outposts of a continent curious had tossed in the darkness for a first glimpse of the Oscar II IT At 6 S this morning the explorer was on deck The Oscar II had pur purposely purposely been held back so o not to dis disarrange disarrange disarrange arrange the reception plans of 0 the Arc Arctic Arctic Arctic tic Club of America but she nosed her way Into Quarantine at an hour too early for everybody but Dr Cook There was an anxious wait wall at Quarantine Quarantine antine while the tugs bobbed nervous nervously ly about the newspaper men on board them shouting broken queries through megaphones at the black sides of he the Oscar II high above them Dr Cook lowered a signed statement in a pail pall to the Associated Press Pres Soon afterwards came the tug bear bearing bearIng bearing ing Mrs rs Cook and her ber two daughter Dr Cook clambered nimbly down the tha ladder and made a rush ru h for his wife For the moment he even missed the tho th e children who stood a few tew feet awa away until his wife silently led him to them Then as aa he be lifted his hi youngest daugh daughter S Ster ter to his ills shoulder the crowd that lined the rails of the Oscar II cheered loudly It had been arranged that the excursion excursion excursion sion steamer Grand Republic carrying Dr Cooks friends and John R IL Brad Bradley Bradley ley hey his backer should keep far enough S SIn in the background to give him a few moments of privacy with his hilt family But soon there theN followed a II second trans tranA transfer transfer fer from the tug to the Grand Continued on Page 2 COOK COURTEOUS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC Continued from Page 1 lie He As Dr Cook set foot aboard Miss Mitis Ida Lohman Lehman daughter of an old friend in Brooklyn threw a wreath of ot roses about his neck greeted him as aa a hero i and proclaimed him a gentleman of or Bushwick Bushwick Is the name of Dr Cooks home section of Brooklyn Cook Not Enthusiastic Dr Cook looked at it Brown peal tive patient taciturn he endures endure the business of ot being a hero bero with courte sy but no enthusiasm Are you going to stick by Dr Cook Cooler Mr fr Bradley was asked Why of course coure what do you think he answered Mrs Ira Cook at her husbands elbow had her first taste of ot publicity she hitherto had shunned and an took it pla pIn On shore the really formidable part of ot the day for Dr Cook awaited him After the first rush of welcome aboard th the Grand Republic he had been able to find comparative seclusion in the pilot house h From that vantage antage point he could se see the streets of Brooklyn black with thousands long files of au ready and he knew that a reception had bed been planned for him this afternoon at the Bushwick club and that an ordeal awaited him As he stepped ashore it was notice able that no representative of the na tion Uon state or city was there to greet him Bird S Coler president of the borough of Brooklyn had welcomed him on the Grand Republic for tor that borough but the city sent no official representative But sincere and enthusiastic enthusiastic to the point of tumultuousness hi Ills his welcome may be described as 8 a neighborly affair devoid of official significance |