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Show RASMUSSEtl BELIEVES IN COOK Danish-Eskimo Explorer Has Seen "Enough Evidence of American's Success to Believe in Him. Toledo, Ohio. That tho statement of Knud Rnsmusson Is a valuable aid to tho establishment of proof of his discovery of tho North pole was Dr. Frederick A. Cook'B comment hero on Thursday. Rasmussen's statement, which has Just been made public, was that Dr. Cook's claim is fully borno out by tho Information which tho Danish explorer ex-plorer secured among the Esklmoa. Rnsmusson has seen and talked with Eskimos who were with Dr. Cook on his North polo Journey, and declares that ho Is convinced that Dr. Cook succeeded In reaching the North pole. That he regards the explorer as one of tho most daring explorers of all tho ages, and that there can be. no question as to the truthfulness of his report of his Journey to tho frozen north. Dr. Cpok road the statement when ho stopped Ip Toledo between trains on his way from Ann Arbor to Canton. Can-ton. Ho said Rasmussen's statement Is valuable, because he isxhalf Eskimo hlmseir and speaks Eskimo and understands un-derstands tho people. "Tho statement 13 from a man who had no occasion to defend mo," said Dr. Cook. "Ho Is not particularly a friend of mine, nnd he had no relation rela-tion to our expedition. I first met him at North Star in 1907. He gathered gath-ered his lnrormatlon from the Eskimos Eski-mos before ho heard from me that 1 had discovered tho North pole. I saw him at Eggeademlnd early In August last for a few minutes, when I first told him of tho discovery, although ho mav havo heard of It previously from tho Danes." |