Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-09-09 | Page 8 | Peary-Cook Dispute May be Historic

PEARY COOK DISPUTE MAY HE BE HISTORIC London Sept Tho direct chal challenge lenge to Cooks story that ho he reached the north pole April 21 1905 cabled from Indian Harbor by Commander Peary has gIven a marked Impetus to tho ho growing tendon tendency C In scientific I as a well M a popular to the claims of the tho earlier arrival In the polar regions with more than suspicIon suspicion Ion This dramatic message from Corn Com Commander mander Peary says the Evening Standard down In the most the ia rIc built up so by Dr Cook probably abl ably Is the o a dispute which will become The Westminster Gazette Gazett s says s comm Commander auder statement brings g the whole dispute to an acute crisis adding that Dr Cooks lecture de delivered delivered 1 livered at Copenhagen last night was not convincing Anticipating the j which is bound to rage around the the rival rhal explorers the Pail Mall Gazette remarks So far as Peary Is con concerned corned there thole Is 15 no question whatever I of the accuracy of his statements In Inthe I Ithe the meanwhile Dr Cool Cook In his lee tUrO tuO last nIght did not his story wIth any proof whatever I In an edItorial article the Evening Standard is even more than thanin in Its news column Referring to the tho drastic character of the bombshell thrown by Peary It declares that Peary has sent a word to shatter pretenses of imposture for that Is the tho only meaning of his quite unambiguous message This Poa has done dono