Show UNiVERSITY NES TO TURN RECORDS OVER TO OTHERS National Geographical Society Not to Have ilave Havethe the First Privilege of Passing Upon the Merits of North Pole Controversy f Copenhagen Oct sity of has hns df declined to forego 0 it Il privilege to the first exam examInation of tho ho North Poll Jol records of oC Lit DI Cook Ccok Tue lIH of Un today cabled to the Iho National GeographIc society at as follows Sorry rIl not able to com coni comply ply with your t Dr Cook had promised to lo first sub suh submit mit hIs records to the faculty or of time University of Copenhagen hut hill out on October 15 the was r re requested quested to 10 waive Us its claim of priority in favor of the NatIonal Geographic Society whIch sought an carl early deter or of time tho controversy which hua arl en as the result or of Command Pears charge that Dr Cook lilt dilL not dIscover the North Polo Pole Toledo OhIo Oct Frederick FrederickA A Cook saId loda today that ho he will bo read ready to submIt proofs of the tho el cry of tho North Polo to the of en within two montha or possibly within n a month Ho will ben begin work upon hIs documents on his return to Ne New York immediately after the doso or of his lecture tour at atil Minneapolis il next Monday Tho documents will consist or of as and geographical data my mr Ih observations and records record ho sc sold d It Itaas was aas the tho orl original inal plan to submit these first to the of Cop and there thoro has never been any auy reason for changing It There Thero is no r reason ason why the Na National National Geographic Society should bo given slen precedence over oer nu any other so society In AmerIca and the tho r will willbe be open to 10 the opinion of all such BUch so clothes after the or of Cop has completed its lout Mv instruments cannot ho bo from Etah next awn r Inor Following preparation of his Dr DI Cook said he will con hIt plan of agaIn ascending Mount He d off hOlO today on way war from Columbus to Lo Ann AnD Arbor to lecture today |