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Show Rear-Admiral Chester, of Na- H tional Geographic Society, Delivers Lecture. jfl SATISFIED PEARY'S CLAIMS H ARE WELL FOUNDED Points Out Alleged Errors in H Statements Made hy. Peary's Rival. fl WASHINGTON, Nov. G. That Dr. Frederick A. Cook could not have reached the north pole and tbat Com-mandcr Com-mandcr Peary did attain the goal, were statements made tonight hy Rear Ad- miral C. M. Chester, "retired.. 11 The officer was a. member of the com- iH mission of the National Geographic so-ciety so-ciety that passed upon Commander Peary's data and announced their coi:- ifl viction, of its genuineness. Tho lecture lfl delivered to scientists in the hall of the 11 Universitv- club created aprofouud im- SH prcssion, for it was practical! v the first utterance of an official of the Geo- IH graphic society, although given uiiolli- eially, which has openlv cast discredit IH upon Dr. Cook. One Alleged Error. Admiral Chester contended that Dr. 91 Cook erred in saying that at. a certain lH point iu his travels north he witnessed lH a remarkablo sunset. If he bad been at that point, the speaker continued, he would have found the sun high iu the heavens. The testimony of tho Eskimos who ac-companied ac-companied Dr. Cook also was reviewed. This tcslinioii-, the admiral insisted, showed conclusively that the pnrt3" wit-ncssed wit-ncssed the sunset "at 81 degrees north, a considerable distance from the pole. He also declared that Dr. Cook's partv-would partv-would have been compelled to travel fortv- miles a day to have accomplished the trip, a spce'd that was impossible even under the most favorable circuni-stances. circuni-stances. While tonight's lecturo was intended onl3" for scientists. Admiral Chester an nouueed that he had in course of prep-aration prep-aration a statement to tbc public which, he said, would establish the truth of tbo inattor. lH |