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Show NATIONS TO HONOR COOK. Home-coming of Explorer Will be Made International Event. Now York. Preparations already are afoot here to t make the homecoming of Dr. Frederick A. Cook an event of national, and possibly International, Importance. Jf plans outlined by members mem-bers of tho Arctic club are carried out, the welcome Dr. Cook will receive re-ceive in Now York will be an ovation ova-tion In which city, stato and nation, will tako part, while prominent explorers, ex-plorers, Cook's former rivals, from all parts of the globe, will gathor to pay their personal trlbuto to his achievements. Members of tho Arctic club hope Prosldent Taft may be presont. "Such an honor would be no more than fitting," on declared. "In view or the fact that the oxplorer had placed the stars and stripes on the apex of tho world and added perhaps 00,000 square miles to the nation's territory." Among the explorers who are expected ex-pected to take a prominent part are tho duke of tho AbruzzI, Dr. Frltjor Nansen. Captain Ronnld Amundsen, Gcnornl A. W. Greeley, Rear Admiral Oporgo Melville, Anthony Flala and Captain Josoph E. Bernler. |