Show Y M f BATTLE F fOR ii NORT Ti j I POLE POl CUN UN N EARNEST r Coast and Survey Win Will Attempt to I Arbitrate Question If Cook Who Is Deter Determined Determined mined f to Defend r His It IL r Pears Peary Is still at Harbor H Ibis is making slow progress southward North orth N S from will proceed to Amer AmerIcan 2 lean Ican ports ro o further word has come from him tc t any Quarter concerning the thC controversy which has and America by jy his of Cooks claim Dr Cook I still at Copenhagen the tho center tel of attention from dig dignitaries digI I of 10 o official and scientific world but lUi Ith diminished prestige owing to th tb cloud hl his glory since arys announcement and his dramatic challenge oi of Cooks ex exploit plolL What data lata is on which the tho vo 0 explOrers base baso their positions Is till withheld from Cool Cook of determination to bide his own tio in presenting his el L lence and rom Peary became he Is still beon range or readS corn com of detailed of the claims and Foreign as expressed by bythe the Londo and other Metropolitan journals wile sUll high highly I wrought ui with mingle enthusiasm and doubt i is to bo be tinged with flip fill flippancy panty pancy and orn The Tho trend or of this d foreign coment appears to bo be against Cook the view being that judgment be g against him b by default in non res of his corroborative tl tive a On 00 the o or r hand his champions insist that I 1 this will be forthcoming ing In luc due urse and a the thc proper time Peary the foreign attitude to be ono one of accept accepting I ing his announce announcement announcement ment of the tho pole although there Is str stIa a reserve of judgment t in his on as to Cooks claim of haYing having reach there thero also I IThe The two Eskimos who accompanied now become a vital Ital factor In and in anti anU anticipation of lC e Issues involved Dr Cook hs has that he hc will equip an Greenland at his own expense to fj 11 these men and bring them to to record their testimony coast and sun will undertake to ar arbitrate arbitrate tho mry Cook North Pole Cook re rc controversY o Dr t quests that do so In view Of fact that Peary has been heen the tho directions of the geodetic ne It will the duty dut of that to compute his Dotes from anyone and acting Perkins said saltI today th If Cook should so de desire desire sire the tho would go over his pa papers papers pers also New ew pt battlo for north polo hrs Is now nOv on and a Is expect cd ly both sh si commander Robert E Ii Peary wh claim that lie he discovered discovered ered the on April G 6 1909 i doubt authority Is IE not b by any feeling his n down the Labrador coast in the exploring vesel Roosevelt st only long enough to take on C and send dispatches which more to In Intimate his belief beller that Dr Fredk A Cook did not dis discover cover the polo pole April 21 1908 Pear Peary and his party part to land at atS S Sydney ova olfa and ani come from there h by rail mil New York By that I time timp il ii Is that he will have stated not full details or of his successful qU for the far northern axis but that will add sensation already alread sensation chares agat aga Dr Cook And with of Commander Peary leary in ID New rk ile Dr CooJ CookS s fri friends here r propose him vigorous vigorouSly ly Iy The Tho of the Arctic club are divided in Ir support and it ft Is no friendly dilon president Os Oshen hon hen declares I when Pear lands ho in will accused o of taking Coos Cooks sup pi with forcing open Cooks trun inspecting his 3 ao notes and with opening and din ding a personal letter from Dr hill his wife Mr Ir Ot 05 hen hOIl further aOl auli says fiaS has a davil lII t Pear PearY address addresser idler Jetter charging her er cd a tOm Cook bl hand with ing a at fakir sends sonde From Dr Cook Coole t word that the charges t to by P peary ary lie he I alreadY under the Ind a ship the tho command o of to famous farnom to bring America the t I who pan led him north a year and a halt hail ago aso Dr Cook declares that ho he have those Eskimos face faco Commander Pears Peary In the elTon t dis disProve Prove prOe the charge that Cook was never neer out of sight of land There Thero Is a mad rush among publish ors ers from all over the tho world to obtain the rights to the books which the rhal will hll prepare or have havo pro pre prepared pared The Tho offers alread received b by Dr Cook arc so 0 that t to ilay a Paris newspaper publishes an anad ad e calling for fOl bids from for Dr Cooks book The Tho advertisement states that alreadY words have been written and and that there thore are arc ample photographs to Lo illustrate It The race raco to first reach the public with the full details of the polar Is adding further bit bitterness to the contest Dr Cook has curtailed his program abroad So as to Teach reach and defend his Is due to ar rho In this city on 21 1 His in the tho various geographical leal ical and exploration societies with his friends are arranging a notable reception for him Borough President of appointed a commit committee tee of prominent citizens to ar arrange range the details One ODe member of this committee who Is not expected to tal take an active part is Herbert 1 L Bridgman secretary tar of the Peary Arctic club and ann the tho fir first l man to d do noun co Cook and his claims supporters aro arranging just as notable a welcome for him It Is now hoped to have hae his ship the Roosevelt take a prominent place In the great naval parade The Tho dispute has become so aggra and promises to create such widespread dissensions that several members of the American Society ha havo YO sug osted that both Peary and Cook submit their Individual pro proofs Including all and other data over to the tho United States coast and geodetic sur survey ve vey w which body theY declare to ho the bo bojt t In the world orld to maJ maJa make a fair decision as to the merits of the polo controversy It no develops that CommandEr Peary suspected Dr Cook a year ear and anda a half ago In May ilay 1908 before he sailed from Now New York for the North Pole Mr Pear Peary left a letter Inthis In Inthis this elt city which was to bo be opened on his return should ho he find the North 1 Pole After quoting a number of news newspaper newspaper paper articles relative to the depart departure ure of Dr Cook for tho North Pole Commander Pear Peary concludes rn In order that thal hero thero may ma be no as to my position In Inthe Inthe the matter 1 I wish to say that I regard Dr Cooks action In going north sub subrosa subrosa rosa whilo In of cf forts to promote Antarctic work for forthe the tho admitted purpose of oC forestalling me as one of which no man pOS possessing a sense of honor would be beFriends gul It Friends of Commander Peary have 1110 begun to urge his promotion to the rank of rear admiral In tile the no navy y Commander Peal Is not Dol an officer ot of the line but bul a civIl engineer attached to th nay nay There Thero Is no vacancy in inthe inthe the list of Tear rear admirals and as the commander would have bae to pass through the rank of captaIn before he could be made an admiral It Is pos lies possible sible that congress will see Gec fit to create an additional admiral anti and con coner confor for er the rank and title upon Command or Penry Peary lt Jl Is a delicate matter Mr Ir Perkins to decide the claims In such an important case hut our men are arc scientists and would be impartial noL to say in such an tI as it would he necessary for thorn thom to make In arriving at the corn com merits of the claims of the tho two men Moreover I believe he that an aa conclusion or ar arrived rived at by the would be ac accepted as controlling Mr Perkins admitted that lie he hall had ro r a suggestion lookIng to such aC aCtion tion by the survey and anI while saying that th thip bureau hureau would he b willing to undertake the task of arbitration ho had that Dr Giok Dook had ox Ills Jils Intention ur his claIms to lo thc Uta UnIversity of Copen b ago IIo Ho scarcely do better sa I Mr Tho Janos are a son on f fring p for centuries have boon ensa In Arctic exploration c men would lie be hark larl to nl an Inquiry of this character and I 1 that any re rel l b stilts arrived at by the tho university would ho bo accepted as conclusive Mr Perkins said that even ovon If tho university review Dr Cooks work vork the coast and geodetic survey would b be willing still later to compare comparo the doctors notes with willi Corn Com mandor The ct he said wits one of such Ilich that thal tim tho worM want wanted ed 01 to know the tho exact truth and too much pains could not be taken In S set t thing this dispute Ho He expressed the tho opinion thai thal the work could couii he con coit eluded within a month aft H the notes wore were submitted Tho coast and geodetic survey Is just up to 10 fact that Mr Ill Pears achievement t Is destined to bring fame famo to it We realize said Mi ilIr Perkins that Mr Ir Peary has accomplIshed a groot groat work and the Is really pleased to be Identified with JL It EspecIally Is this true trite because of the tho fact that Mr Ir Pear be began Rn lila his official career in con connection with this lIe Ho then referred to the records to show that SOOn graduating from college collego In Mr Ir PearT Pear attached himself to the tho survey remaining wll whIt h that Institution for fOl about two years ars Mr Perkins expressed that Ute experts of tho thio be able allic to dete t L any false falso notations If th there re or an any ilir saId that suro had been called upon frequent nl b 3 to review r reports of expeditions sad and on an more than one occasion had the met fact that thal tile were doctored We Ve shall not nol enter upon the tho work tt to find finel intentional error In either report ut will merely go after the truth and will find It IL |