Show WILL NOT TAKE SIDES STATE DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO ENTER INTO THE COOK PEARY CONTROVERSY The National Geographical Society Will Name Committee to Go to Copenhagen to Examine Dr Cooks Records Washington Refusing to be drawn Into the CookPeary north pole controversy con-troversy the state department on Thursday declined a request that it cable American Minister Egan at Copenhagen to request of the university univer-sity of Copenhagen permission to examine ex-amine the records of Dr Frederick A Cook when they were submitted to that institution The request was mado by a delegation delega-tion from the National Geographic society so-ciety which will appoint a committee to visit the foremost Danish scientific Instltuion to which Dr Cook Is to submit sub-mit his records Tho desire to have thb request go through the official channels was made at a conference held in this city between prominent members of tho society The request was made on the ground that the examination would he by scientists of attainments particularly particular-ly valuable In the adjustment of the polar problem The department took the request under advisement and later decided It would not accede to It It was felt such action would constitute official recognition of Commander Peary against Dr Cook that any unusual action ac-tion on its part might be Interpreted as an Indorsement of the claim of one I or tho other of the two explorers as to priority of discovery The department depart-ment has notified Secretary Grosven or of its attitude I i |