Show EX EXPLORER COOK WELCOMED HOME DISCOVERER OF NORTH POLE IS GIVEN AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION RECEPTION RE RE- BY AMERICANS Thousands Do Honor to Intrepid Explorer Ex Explorer Explorer Ex- Ex Who Issues Dignified Statement State ment Concerning the North Pole Controversy I New York City Dr Frederick A. A Cook the Arctic explorer who has set the whole world talking of his wonderful wonderful won won- feat in reaching the North Pole almost alone and unal unaided d by bi any govern government nent or 0 heralded by br the press ress has bas reached leached this port feeling In excellent ex cx- con condition physically and menially men men- tally an and I expressing unbounded joy at l eing leing again with his family and friends in tho the land of the free The steamer r Oscar II with Dr Cook on board r reached ached quarantine early Tuesday morning and anchored to await inspection b by the health of or the port The scene as s Dr Cook was greeted by y his family and friends was one to tobe tobe tobe be long remembered From 5 o'clock in the morning the explorer Intermittently intermittently intermittently intermit intermit- paced the salon deck placing his glasses to his eyes ees and watching every tug or 01 other vessel which approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap to see whether he could observe ob ob- ob serve seive his wife on all the deck of the craft At last tho the right rig tug was dimly outlined outlined out out- lined through the mist and Dr Cook springing to the companionway leaped across the Intervening stretch of water to the tug and dashed up to the hurricane hurricane hurricane hur hur- deck where his wife was waitIng wait wait- lag Ing ng for him hini waving the Stars and Stripes The returned explorer took her ier in his arms without a single wor word passing between bet them Dr Co Cook Coole k broke th tire the silence Where are the children he ho asked led His Ifs wife did not reply but led him to the children a few st steps ps away a He his eldest daughter then seized ed the younger one in his arms an and J raised her to his shoulders At this the spectators broke out into cheers Bravo Cook Welcome home Were proud of you rang out across oss thE he water Then the words For hes he's a jolly soc good oc-d oc fellow were sung lung by Dr Cooks Cook's fellow passengers rs on the Oscar II as the tug left the ships ship's side The Oscar II immediately weighed anchor and continued up the river to her ier dock and Dr Cook was transferred transferred trans- trans erred to the Grand Republic Cinematographs Cinema- Cinema and cameras were turned on him lim from every point as he went on onboard board oard and passed through a guard of honor lonor of the seventh Forty regiment to o receive the greeting of the reception reception recep- recep tion ion committee On board the Grand Grand Republic Dr Cook was greeted by the official reception reception re re- reception committee and a wreath of roses was placed abo about t his neck Standing on the upper deck of the steamer Dr Cook addressed the committee com corn mitt e and his friends briefly The steamer after reaching the foot of West Vest street went up the North river as far as Spuyten Duyvil and ind then retraced its course to the Battery and proceeded up the East rIver iver to the foot of South Fifth street in n Brooklyn where Dr Cook landed Tile The e ceremonies on the Grand Republic Republic Re Re- public were informal The first pers per's per- per s 's s cn n to greet Dr Pr Ccok was Ida A A. Loumann Lehmann Leh- Leh mann nann a daughter of one of hIs Tiis old Brooklyn frI friends who had b been n delegated delegated dele dele- gated to decorate the explorer r with a wreath of roses Dr Cook Cool wore th thi garland during the reception le ice es A concise and dignified d' d statement has bas been made by Dr Cook regarding hl his to the North Pole as follows J I h have ve come from the pole I have hav m my and my data with mo me- meI I have not come corne home to enter into nto arguments with one man or 01 many men but I am here to present a clear record of a piece of work worle over which I have a right to display a certain amount of pride |