Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-21 | Page 1 | Peary Says He Sounded Warning Three Months Ago

rEAlty SAYS SAYi UK lIE SOUNDED dp G MONTHS AGO iGO Washington Dec 21 Three months Igo gO from tho the Labrador L coast I sound r Id d an explicit and deliberately d worded j jr r 7 warning to the world bused based upon com corn complete and accurate Information In ic Ie gard to the Cook claims In doing so 10 soI soI I accepted ace the tue responsibility devolving upon mo nio and fulfilled my duty dut to my myself myself self and to Lo the world With Vilh these words word Commander Robert K E it Peary Pear today pointedly pointed ex cx expressed expressed pressed lila his sentiments regarding the tho failure of the thc University of ot 0 Copen Copell Copenhagen Copenhagen hagen haSen to find any an proof poor of oC the discovery cry ery cr of the north pole by b Dr Ur Cook CookIn In Iii his apartments on Columbia road Commander Peary Pen received an au Asso Associated elated Press representative rel who ap apprised apprised d him of the decision by the Den Don Denmark mark marle scientists against Dr Cook Not so much as a suspicion of a 3 Il II Illuminated illuminated his stern face but his eyes lighted up with the welcome knowledge of or a vindication which had come to him after aCter difficult trials I have known the outcome of oC this since weeks before I reached coached this coun country I Itt try tt 3 on Oil my m return from the pole ile he lie said It was not a matter of ot belief b iler with me but of absolute knowledge However I shall not discuss this matter In Jn detail for tor publication it is not necessary Tho Tue which I sent scat to this country before I landed Is stilt still sum dent clent You rou remember my m cablegram from Battle Harbor hole Here is the exact wording of ot it Cook has not been to the pole April 21 1 HIS or at any other date d te He has hus simply handed the tIme public a 3 gold brick With this Commander peary declined further to discuss Dr Cook Coole or 01 his af affairs affairs fairs and It was wall evident that ho re cc regarded regarded the controversy as ae ended Hu He declined to say whether he considered It IL I L I Ipos possible pos for Dr Cook to proceed further I In presenting additional evidence or In submitting his data to other courts of author authority Ity My l l friends may consider this de dc decision a complete completo vindication Indication of ot their attitude on this subject but as asfor asfor for Cor me I dont care to comment said I Mr Peary In conclusion In lila his letter to Prof Torp Cook states slates that not only were his Instruments instalments left at Etah as Indicated In hi his cable to the thu university of Oct 20 O but most mot of oC his astronomical observations nl also were left at that northern point and he h adds ad K that without these It seems unwise and impossible to pass pailS a final Judgment upon his hili expedition eX After obtaining obtain InS InSall all available information the committee committe finds as as follows COMMITTEES FINDINGS First The report of the expedition I sent to the university by Dr Cook Is the same as that printed In the New Nest NewYork NewYork York Herald Herold during the months of or Sep Sop September September and October last Second The copy of or Cooks note flote notebooks notebooks books does docs not contain any original or astronomical observations whatsoever but only results Third Tho documents presented are arc Inexcusably abi lacking In Information which would prove that tho the astronomical heal cal observations theren therein referred to tn were really reilly made and contain no de Ce details tails as 38 to the actual work of oC the ex cx expedition expedition and the sledge Journey Journe which would enable the committee to deter determine determine determine mine their ther reliability Tho The committee therefore Is of oC tho the opinion that th lt tho material transmitted for tot examination contains no imo proof that Dr Cook Cool reached the tho polo pole The TIme report Is signed by b all aU six mem members members bers of ot the who were as assisted assisted In their Inquiry by Knud tho the explorer COUNCILS STATEMENT STATE The university council Issued this statement The documents handed l tho the miniver university r sity sit lilt for Cor examination do not contain observations and un Information which can Bo lie regarded aa proof that Dr Cook Coole reached tIme the t le north pole polo on his h 9 I recent expedition The committee chosen to represent ett the tho University of ot Copenhagen in tho tIme examination of df C Dr Cooks claim chum was wan composed as follows Prof Ell Strom gren director of at the astronomical ob observatory Dr C F astronomer astronomer mer attached to lO the observatory ol Gustave Gusta Helm Helth explorer Prof A AB AB AB B Yonson president of oC the school of ot navigation Dr Royder director of ot meteorological offices s and ami Dr P F 1 A director of oC the tho Lund ob oh observatory