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Show CHEERS FOR COM AS IEJEJS SI Explorer. Happy and Confident. Begins Homeward Journey From Copenhagen. SCIENTISTS OF DENMARK REPOSE FULL CONFIDENCE Dr. Cook Willing to Compare His Records Willi Those of Peary. COPENHAGEN. Sept. 10. Dr. Frederick Fred-erick A. Cook left Copenhagen this afternoon on the first stage of his journey jour-ney homeward, apparently happy and confident and with the cheers of a great crowd ringing in his cars. Formal farewells were exchanged botwoen Dr. Cook and committees of the Geographical Geograph-ical society and the University of Copenhagen. Co-penhagen. As he departed, the explorer stood alone on the high bridge of the yacht Molehior. which is taking him to Christiansand, raising his hat in response re-sponse to tho shouts of tho spectators. The yacht, will arrive at Christiansand tomorrow noon, whero Dr. Cook will board the steamship Oscar LI for the U'nitod States." Will Soon Bo Home. .Managing Director Cold of the Scandinavian-America 11 Steamship company j accompanied "Dr. Cook. ITo said iho Oscar II would reach New York Tuesday, Tues-day, Sepi ember 21. Before the gangplank of the Molehior was drawn tip there was a pleasant ceremony in the cabin which was attended at-tended by -Maurice V. Egan, ihe American Amer-ican minister, the rector of the University Univer-sity of Copenhagen and a number of geographers. Admiral Dokichelieu thanked Dr. Cook for returning to the United St-utes under the Danish Hag. ''Green-eyed envy and jealousy," the admiral said. ' 'are "doing their o'nvomed work, but we in Denmark believe in you absolutely. " Appreciates the Honor. "I want 10 thank you," said Dr. Cook in reply, "fur the great honor I hat is niino in going home on a Danish Dan-ish steamer. Since I cannot reach home on an American steamer or an expedition expedi-tion vessel, it is fitting that J should go on a steamer of 1 ho land which has given me such happy days. 'Vou have made 'my return so happy hap-py that (lie tortures of the past arc forgotten. for-gotten. Vou have been my friends; yon have fought, my battles'. With a full heart T say farewell to tho people of Depmark.' Sneaking to a correspondent. Dr. Cook said: ' '1 am perfectly willing to put mv records before the American coast and geodetic survey to be compared with those of Commander Peary, but 1 do not see why I should nsk" for such a comparison first."' Asked if he had any message for the public, Dr. Cook replied: "Don't you think that would be rather presumptuous? All 1 want is to j got home to my wifo aud children and to finish my work. PEARY SHIP TO BE IN HUDSON-FULTON PARADE SVpNRV. N. R.. Sept. 10. Herbert Ij. Bridginnn, who is here to meet .Peary, today arranged for the Roosevelt to' C'outinued on Page Two, CHEERS FOR COOK AS HE SETS SAIL Continued from Page One. take part, in the Hudson-Fulton naval parade. Tie wired the exposition management .'iskiiig tor a position and received the I olio wing reply: . " Hudson-Piilton celebration commission commis-sion proud to have Peary Arctic, club's steamer with north pole in naval parade, pa-rade, Hearty congratulations B. 11. Hall, assistant secretarv. " The probability is. 'Mr. Tiridgman -said, that tho Hooscvclt easilv will .reach New York in time to participate in the festivities. Questioned concerning the report that the yacht. .John R. Bradley, which conveyed Dr. Cook, to Greenland, would be in the parade. Mr. Bridgman said it had been sold, but of ' course it could be entered by its new owners. He declared, however, that if the Cook yacht was given a place in th-j parade, the Koosevelt certainly would not par ticipate. |