| Show g t CULLS CAL I COOK AN IMPOSTOR I Asserts That His Story Is Sus Suspicious Both in What is Tells I And in What it Omits I SLIMES PEARY PEAKY WITH PRAISE Story llo Ho Ill ti III n Ilic ll Kar nod 1 Is J I o a Counterfeit I Washington Nov No H 2 Waller aller Well hOle I for a conquest ut of tho the north pole Ole In nn w Wen r abandoned upon up I tho the announcement of or ortho i tho the of ur Dr Frederick A rook t x h and nd Commander K E IVary lar to ht Issued a II along long statement lent In which h hta reanalyzes the of or the tho two explorer declaring that of ot pre pre dve Iw workmanlike con credible c In lit every particular and denouncing l Chet of or Dr D Cook us it IL ovid nt and von even deliberate Imposture Cooks Cook story dory Is III suspicious louII both In nhat hl It do dose dOli is tell lell end and what It do does doe s not nol not tell Mr Wellman declares H lie He Is II generally and Indefinite Inda but like men of ot his hla class cia altogether too precise J at ut tho wrong rong ron Nowhere iio does riOM s hl hi hk story glory ring nn true It Is I always n approximation of reality Itself Thin le Is III true true of of ot hili figures figu his hla descriptions 01 tit u everything v Those Thune of or no tie who halo tian hl hat had n a share Of or franc life II and who ho have felt anxiety that thaI no blot of or fraud should stain th the proud record of ot efforts and IO Cn had a 0 first hope hOle that Dr Cook would bo ho ablo able to 10 demonstrate tf hit his Rood good faith falth This Thill has dissolved In the of ot ofhie his hili story A second hop that he ho wee was the victim of or some Conic hallucination or mental Illness and himself believed he had hod been to the poll pole though of course ho he has not vanishes In the light of ot earlier and events There remains though one nays It with keen keenest est et regret only r tho the wretched alternative the tive that the tho Journey which he did cUrl make and end the th report which hn he Rave gave if tit It war sere 8 deliberately planned from the outset wm WI FINDINGS INGS The rhe rl a giet of ot Mr MI Wellmann Is III that with his hili meager party part and ment nt lIl Pr nr Cook could not possibly have hava accomplished the th twit toot for tor hn ho credit that tha t life hit astronomical lUll r data latA are arc al too minutely precise to have hAWI hren made modI under the th claimed condi condl conditions lit ht the tho field and that the Ih ex ox darth for tor the lecture platform And his hla acceptance l of or crowns crowlie of flow flowers 10 Ira ers re placed upon uton Ul on his head heM l by y Innocent women and children child tI n before submitting lili field t records record II to le scientific e Unit all conspire to his 1 I discredit Mr r an first ut Cooks Cooke dory to y of his hie Journey He plc points out that arctic luelle at sledging Is la not n I new no venture nor noran nn fill experiment but bur has been b n reduced Almost to a science If U lie proceeds to the that the first thing thIn to be 00 bedone done cIonI In 1111 over oer the Ice fields Is le I lethe th the reduction to 10 the minimum of or food fond fM nod nn fuel 11 1 and secondly the th organisation tion ot or supporting parties that can b be beCent sent Cent hark back tk from the dwindling main body bOily until the few V who lio are ar enter on till the final struggle to lo the soa goal The Tho Th longer the tha th route he lw sMs III forth I tho the greater the th weight of ot fo 11 fond 11 awl and fuel furl and ard rn to consequence a mush much slower pace Bating i hb la argument mainly on these thue principles Mr Wellman takes taken up ft a J I comparison of ot the supposed achieve achievements Ah I 01 monte ments of ot Peary Penry end took rook lie III quotes QuaI from records to show how thud that lie former took tonk his hla ship to within miles of or the Lola supplies and his hili 47 41 miles clr closer InI s r In the autumn and spring prIng Cook he h points out started 1 hum from OO X mil from the pole and went lit t 1 tnt miles mile westward before turning turn hI northward to 10 his ha own n n etory tor Peery ln continues continue m pp Hl out his plane Ians carefully for the advance and started with Ith 10 JO or CO C C men IID I 10 dors d and fl l 1 sledges He divided his hili parts ort HO Co he ho had hod tour four supporting partie nho eho ho kept open the till back trail and In III lent leav leavIng log Ing tho the main man body budY lightened loud loads which men and dogs were pre compelled tu to draw Dr ook had no supporting rl says nays 11 Wellman Wellmon except for the first three days day lily Ills party part consisted of ot men loon 26 6 dugs dogs und and two In the thelong thelong thelong long dash duh ho ha made IMPOSSIBLE That who he b claims to have bRe done declares Mr Ir Wellman referring took Cook with 10 th his hili equipment and organ orRan I was M I Impossible lp le It ItIs Itla Is la beyond human power Later In hl hi hk statement he be adds alIde The laws lawn of ot physics and oo of l kill Ira forme tor ran no more morl be Jelled defied av a Ignored In I the till arctic regions than i 1 where cave sae In the Imagination Taking up lip In order Dr Cooks Cooke rei rent m 0 I or of his hili trip northward Mr points to the statement that the iok nook party made loads Gg S miles In three days da do I spite bad had weather rough Ice and Md the necessity of or going twice ocr over A n big blK bl bigland land two miles wide and this he aU aJ l at nt a time when the lie ilIad loads wrt one 11 Cook he says thus thull travel d da 1 I Ia a distance of ot 27 7 1 per nor cent ernt greater at a t speed 40 0 per cent faster than with his of experience and his huc superior organization Mr Ir Wellman Is la especially rs causti in 11 intoe his toe 11 of ot Dr fr Cook for rOI not turn turnIng Pig lilt over records of or his hll trip Immediately to some come scientific body May especially when his hl glory was wall Questioned by s This Thle he hI declares to be Indefensible Records he says nays of ot any ln arctic tra trat eler need no fI revision for tor If It they are honestly they cannot be sub aub subJect jact to 10 revision Such flu h records he ho points palate out are kept In dirty greasy Jr grime note not books Moke the Inscriptions In III whir wh h It have 1 been penned with frostbitten fingers by a 1 weary man lying 1 in the bair of ot a R reinder bag within a 1 snow Inow hut but or tent tentIe Ift Ie t It be understood says Mr 1 r rellman Wellman ellman tint that such ouch record are al always a awaya ways was ready They 1111 are A complete and l perfect the moment they are written They lh y can be turned over to 10 a solon scientific 1101 committee In two minutes as an well as aa In III two months and much better The man who has haa h done an nn honest Monett Ilon t place piece of ot work and aut recorded It hour by hour needs n ds not to 10 reco that record rr rd The hank bank cashier cubler who took his dally dall ledgers led rl covering a n quart ear sear honor homo with him hint upon the that they needed revision and preparation Lion tion before be for being bring submitted and Insist cd cil on o retaining thrill theta for some Mine months with pith lIh no other eye than his hIli to tn see en them than would probably find himself In III trouble etch Ith his hili directors director and officers of the theat law at SCOFFS SWI R AT COOK Mr scoffs orb at nt Cooks Cook nominal date data especially the tho allo ho claims chime to have hAvo taken lm feet of or the pole Ho lIu Is Indeed a Ii mal trawler declines declares who can average irs Ii 5 mlle miles per day for rOl more moio than a month over Oer sea era lIe lee Ice with peaty heavy sledges ledges and a IL astronomical cal ob eror or who tan ran an locate locale hU hie position 1400 1410 feet fe t tour four minutes walk alk and I then al nl for lor the purpose of ot locating It nuts closely Io ely still like the story slon or of the amateur mountain climber who ho attend attended ed rd d a R peak I lik and anil returned ned with a are re reI rev I port ort that he hI measured lie Its altitude by bv l v barometer and found It to be eight r role rods 7 i feet f tot Ot and S 3 Inches Wellman Veil man flatly nally declares that curb ob oh s lien n lion could be bo manufactured ans n where by anybody and to I mimic Din assertion he h Includes an such uh as ac might hate ha been made mode ut tit th north pole on April 21 1 lOS 1901 which hl h I Imade Imade made today In tn Washington with Ith a IL pen penti penU ti U and II lid a I nautical almanac Anyone who ho knows known nautical attro mm only he adds can lilt alt It down In Anna Anita tok or or anywhere with a n almanac by hH hie aide Ide and an col cog 01 latitude observations at et will ticks Is I to the th trained ear ur and en ese ena esea r a story atory of ot a counterfeit cc presentment proc precisely such h a story ji As one ems might pen during a 8 leisurely journey j along the pie coasts of ot the genie game lends using u ln the Incidents thereof to aid alot time the I 01 1 In a deliberate transfer of the Iho thene Ine ne of or action came foune hundreds of ot miles attics fUI north |
