Show WILL NOT THE SIDES STATE department REFUSES TO ENTER INTO THE COOK PEARY controversy the nat onal geography Geo graph cal soc ety will name comm atee to go to copenhagen to exam ne dr cook cooks s records washington refusing to be drawn into the cook peary north pole con troverse tro versy the state demartin de department partin nt on oin thursday declined a request that a t 1 t cable american minister E egan n a copenhagen to request of the niver siti sit of adir amine the records of dr frederick A cook when they were submitted to that institution the request was made by a delaga tion from the national geography Geo graph c so clety which will appu appo nt a committee to visit the foremost danish scientific matitu on to which dr cook Is to sub nut mit his records the desire to have the request go through the official channels was made at a conference held in this city between prominent members 0 the society the est was made on the ground that the exam nation would be by scientists of atta particular ly valuable lalu able in the adjustment 0 0 he problem the department took the request under advisement and later decided it would not accede to it it was f felt e it such action would constitute official recognition of commander peary against dr cook that any unusual ac ton on its part m be incerpi interpreted eted as an endorsement indorsement indor of the claim of one or the other of the two explorers as to priority of discovery the depart ment has notified secretary grosven or of its attitude |