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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN', WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1909. 3 ,15 E Triumphal Entry Made Into New York, Where Crush Cheers Explorer. WILLING TO SUBMIT PROOF Brooklyn Man Says So Far as He Is Concerned, Controversy With Peary la Over Huge Pa rade Accompanies Him. (Continued From First Pairs. ) the moment he even missed the children, who stood a few fret away, until his wife silently led him to them. Then, as he lifted his youncest daughter to his shoulders, the crowd that lined -the rails of the Oscar II cheered loudly. Wreath of Roses Given. It had been arranged that the excursion steamer Grand Republic, carrying Dr. Cook's friends and John R. Bradley, his backer, should keep far enough in the background to give him a few moments of privacy with his family. But soon there followed a second transfer, from the tug to the Grand Republic. As Dr. Cook set foot aboard. Miss Ida Lohman, daughter of an old Brooklyn friend, threw a wreath of roses about his neck, greeted him as a hero and pro claimed him a "gentleman of Bushwlck." Bushwlck is the name of Dr. Cook's home section of Brooklyn. Dr. Cook looked it. Brown, patient, taciturn, he endures the business of be ing a hero with a courtesy, but no en thusiasm. "Are you going to stick by Dr. Cook?" Mr. Bradley was asked. "Why, of course, what do you think?" he answered. Mrs. Cook, at her hus band's elbow, had her first taste of the publicity she hitherto has shunned, and took it placidly. Hard Pay Is Begun. On shore the really formidable part of the day for Dr. Cook awaited him. After the first rush of welcome aboard the Grand Republic he had been able to find comparative seclusion in the pilothouse. From that vantage point he could see the streets of Brooklyn, black with thoir sands. long files of automobiles ready, and he knew that a reception had been planned for him this afternoon at the Bushwlck Club and that an ordeal awaited him. Aa he stepped ashore it was noticeable that no representative . of the Nation, the state or the city was there to greet blm. City Not Represented. Bird S. Coler, President of the Borough of Brooklyn, had welcomed him. on the Grand Republic for that borough, but the city sent no official representative. But sincere and enthusiastic to the point of tumultuousness, his welcome may be best described as a neighborly affair, de void of offjclal significance. Brooklyn's reception to Dr. Cook had ail the elements of a riot except violence. From the moment the Grand- Republic was tied up to her landing and the ex plorer, flanked by militiamen and police, fought hie way into an automobile, until he left the Bushwlck Club tonight for the Waldorf-Astoria In New York, the surg ing crowds taxed1 the capacity of the po- COOK s n WELCOMED 1 SNAPSHOTS OF MRS. PEARY AND CHILDREN AND A VIEW OF SYDNEY, WHERE PEARY i4 1 ''J,-8'? S -s-l' . li s "... t i j k ;"J . - i sykjzh. (-cfrsjir j ty oca. lice and more than once got out of con trol. Crowds Throng Way. Along the Hve miles of avenues through which the explorer passed, mounted po llic were continually fighting a way for Dr. Cook's car. when they were not stemming the mawd thousands, who secrrf d to have only one object to break oopc and embrace Dr. Cook. Around .he Bushwlck Club the police kept the na'n rows clear, but every adjoining street w-as choked long before the head it tl-..- reception arrived. A group of Cook's friends, hea-led by John R. Brad!" y. i-urrnupded the machine ss. Dr. Cook and his family stepped out, the crowd cheering and calling on the explorer for a speech. Dr. Corrk bowed. He could not have made himself heard even if he. wanted to. .After an hour's intermission, the clubhouse doors were thrown open and & public reception be gan. By the time Dr. Cook had been stand ing three hours it was decided not to tax him further, ulthough not quarter of those waiting their turn outside had been admitted. With much Jostling, the doors of the clubhouse were closed and a thoroughly tired ud frayed, citixen took off his classic garlands and sat down for a few hours' rest before he began an other surfeit of acclaim. John R. Bradley. Dr. Cook's backer, then said Dr. Cook would grant the re porters Just three minutes. "What reply have you to make to Com mander Peary's assertion that you did not reach the Pole?" was the first ques tion". "None whatever. I will have nothing to say about Commander Peary in any form until he returns to New York and is here to defend himself." ' "What did you tell Harry Whitney?" "I told him all about the Pole." "Did you give Whitney anything to bring back to America?" "l'es. I gave him Instruments a sex tant, a compass and an artificial horizon, but Whitney will be here soon to tell his own story. I do not ask him to tell mine." "Is the Pole any different from any other part of the earth?" "Only by its astronomical observations ar.d the fact that it's a cold place when you get there." The crowds about the Bushwlck Club did not dwindle tonight, though it was fully understood by thousands who packed the streets that there would be no further chance to meet Dr. Cook, who was at the table with 43 picked, friends. Dr. Cook, was greatly moved when he replied to the greetings of his friends. "l'ou have shown me," he said, "that it, is good to go to the North Pole. On returning the cheers of other peoples have been a delight, but there is no hu man ecstasy to compare with the heart felt tribute of your own people. I cannot adequately express It. but it dispels in one instant all the long-drawn discom forts of the Arctic quest." To the waiting throngs outside he shouted from a window: "I thank you for the honor of this cor dial welcome." Dr. Gook and his wife at 9:30 P. M. went to the Waldorf-Astoria for the night. WHITNEY SUPPORTS DR. COOK Wealthy Sportsman's Sister Gives Out I-etter From Witness. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. Harry Whitney, the young New Havc Conn., sportsman, upon whose testimony the North Pole controversy largely hinges, has been heard from, and in effect supports Dr. Cook's contention that lie reached the North Pole, according to a story pub lished here today. According to the New York American Mrs. Whitney, his mother, received a letter dated September 6, in which Whit ney says: "I saw Dr. Cook at Etah. He has ac complished a great 'thing. He Is bound to beconie a great man. He claims to have reached the North Pole and from evidences I believe he has." The gist of the foregoing was given out by Mrs. William S. Blodgett, of Flshkill. N. y:. a sister of Mrs. Whit ney. Whitney Is the man to whom Dr. Cook says that he entrusted some of his in struments and confided the secret that he had readied the Pole. Whitney sub sequently Joined the Peary expedition, but left on a side trip up the Labrodar Coast to mint. Commander Peary has said that Whitney spoke no word of Dr. Cook's discovery and this has been used largely to Cook's discredit. Whitney's testimony therefore ha been eagerly awaited. Cook Thanks Canada. OTTAWA. Ont., Sept.- 21. The Gover nor General has received the following telegram from Dr. Frederick A. Cook: "I wish to thank you for sending ship Arctic, 1908, Captain Bernier, with sup plies. Kindly express to the people of Canada my appreciation for their liberal help." COLORADO NOW IN SHAPE Shattered. Boiler Tubes Have Been Replaced With New. HONOLULU, Sept. 21. It Is now be lieved the cruiser Colorado, which blew out a steamplpe during the trip to this port from San Francisco, resulting in the death of two men, will be In shape to accompany Admiral Sebree's ships, on the Asiatic cruise. New tubes have been Installed In the Colorado. ' . .1 . ' t '. " 3 t : . ,' . ..... ..-v v.- y 0 ii mi mmmammat siiwm mjaxtiz;jmrWm,.L-j q 5.: yim0 I U J .... . . ; . . " : : ; r ' :i:r:;;:::;::;-;s j.;; . ' : ,, .. .jffx PEARY IS J PORT Given Ovation When He Ar rives at Sydney. SAYS LITTLE ABOUT COOK Commander Declares That He Left Stores at E(, Believing Brook lyn Man Slight 'eed Them. Denies Announcing Death. (Conttnued From First Page.) to greet the incoming Arctic steamer with Peary cn board. Mrs. Peary and her chil dren were taken down the bay on the steam yacht Sheelah. Commander Peary saw his family in the distance and sent a boat for them. Off North Sydney the American Consul, John Kehl. boarded the steamer and greeted the explorer In the name of the United tSates. The vessel steamed slowly to the moor ing place, the Roosevelt with flags flut tering from every peak and the North Pole flag flung ' from the tip of her spanker gaff. The Roosevelt will sail for New York tomorrow night and probably will arrive there within five or six days. Avoids Cook Dispute. Peary adheres closely to his determina tion not to discuss the ,Cook controversy, but when his attention was called again to the trouble arising out of his placing one of his men in charge of Dr. Cook's stores at Annotook, he said: "My boatswain. Murphy, had written Instructions which ' will be submitted at tha proper time." With regard to the story told by his cabin boy, William Pritchard, he said he had heard that Pritchard had been informed by Dr. Cook that he was at the Pole. He declined, however, to dis cuss this matter. . . . Sentence Left Unfinished. Asked when he first heard that Dr. Cook had been at the Pole, the ex plorer started to reply by saying: "I knew before I reached Etah" but did not finish the answer he Intended to give. He ruled the question out as a forbidden topic. Cpmmander Peary said that when he parted company with Harry Whitney in August the latter said he expected to be home October 1. Regarding his observations, Peary said he would first send a" general report of his trip to the Peary Arctic Club and then a detailed statement of the tidal and meteorological observations and sound in to the Coast and Geodetio Survey. SYDNEY TENDERS OVATION Welcomes Commander Peary With Flags Gaily Flying. SYDNEY, N. S., Sept. El The Amer ican flag waving at the peak spanker gaff of the Roosevelt attracted attention. It bore a diagonal white hand on which were the words. "North Pole," in black letters. A correspondent of the Associated Press boarded the Roosevelt at North Sydney and received from Commander Peary a new version of the dispute regarding Dr. Cook's sup plies at Annotook. The explorer's attention was called to the statement received by wireless tele graphy from Dr. Cook, on board the steamer Oscar II. declaring the Eskimos at Annotook had Jnformed Peary Cook was long since dead. Peary was asked if he entertained this opinion and said: "No." On the contrary he had left sup plies at Etah, in case, as might well tit III TVtcA&r 'nmuy?---. i w"",,i1r,n i ' :-- & . mi KS , . ill! 1 - 1 . SI happen. Dr. Cook should return there without wood. Commander Peary s trip up Sydney Harbor was a continual ovation. A fleet of tugs accompanied the Roosevelt up the bay and scores of carriages that had gone down to the point were driven hastily back to town and discharged their occupants who hurried to the water front. United States Consul Kehl boarded the Roosevelt down the bay and welcomed Commander Peary on behalf of the American Government and the American residents of Sydney. When asked If he had any comment to make on the statement of William Pritchard, the cabin boy on board the Roosevelt, that Dr. Cook had told him he had reached the North Pole, Peary replied: "I have nothing to say on that subject at this time." "What about the story that the two Eskimos who went north with Dr. Cook admitted to you they were never out of siKiit.of land?" Commander Peary was asked. "In my first n'essage," Peary replied, "I stated that the two Eskimos who went with Dr. Cook declared that he was never out of sight of land and this reaffirm and stand by." The Roosevelt came direct to the ferry wharf, where 2000 school children had assembled. Each carried an American flag and the emblems were waved in unison the moment the explorer stepped ashore. Th party then entered carriages and was driven to the hotel. Mayor Richardson read an address of welcome from the citizens of . Sydney, congratulating Commander Peary, on his success in reaching the Pole and his safe return. . Commander Peary . expressed his up- treclatlon of the welcome extended him. Often times, he said. h9 had sailed from Sydney for the North; once he had reached "Farthest North" and now he had come hack with the Pole. Captain Bartlstt was th.n called upon to speak. He said that after eight years with Peary it gave him genuine pleasure to say two things. First, that in follow ing Peary he had followed a splendid man, and, second, that Peary. had reached the North Pole. FOLK WANTS HO ' TARIFF IF REVENUES CAN BE RAISED IN , ANY OTHER WAY Free Trade Predicted as Next Cam- paign Issne Roosevelt May Pe in Demand. EL PASO. Tex., Sept. 2T. Joseph W. Polk. ejo-Govemor of Missouri, as sailed the new tariff bill in an addre here today. '' "There is no principle' involved in the talk that the tariff is too high on one thing and too low on another," he de clared. "The whole system must be as sailed. The Democratic party must come out, not for revision, but for the abolish ment of the tariff altogether, even for revenue, if revenues can be raised in any other way.' "President Taft only added fuel to the fire in his Winona speech. Sentiment Is growing against the tariff and it will be the issue in the next election with the Republican party split wide open over It. I believe that Roosevatt will be the next candidate, because the people want him more than they do Taft.'' GOOD ROADS MEN. MEET Huge Convention of Workers Being Held at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, 0 Sept. 21. Several thousand expert road builders, pro moters of good roads and manufactur ers (Of road-making machinery, met here today for a three days' session of the second annual Good Roads Con vention. The delegates include Governors and Government officials. 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Restrictions Against Members Con nected With Liquor Traffic Will Not Be Stronger. SEATTLE, Sept 21. The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Oddfellows today decided two questions that have been under dis cussion for years. The delegates refused to reduce the age limit of membership from 21 to 18 andi also voted not to make the restriction against members con nected with the liquor traffic stronger. It is said tbat the liquor amendment voted down today would have exoluded even grapegrowexs if literally enforced. The question of giving sanction to the Muscovites, an amusement branch of the order, on the line of the JJys.tic Shrlners In Masonry, is to come before the sov ereign lodge. The Ladies Militant, com posed of wives and. other relatives of Patriarchs Militant, are again seeking recognition, after frequent rebuffs. Grand Sire Kuykendall in his annual address yesterday advised against authorizing any ladies' auxiliary in competition with the Rebekahs. , A meeting of the Fraternal Press Asso ciation, composed of the editors of the fraternal papers of the Oddfellows, was held tonight. The following officer were elected: ' W. S. Johnson, Toronto, president; F. G. Drew, Seattle, vice-president ; W. H. Leedy, Indianapolis, secretary-treasurer. One of the most important develop ments of the convention was xne organi zation of a. National Trades Association of the past prsldents of the various di visions. Bright Future Blighted. BOWLING GREEN, Mo., Sept. 21. When told of the death of Governor John A. Johnson early this morning Congress man Champ Clark said: "I regret exceedingly to hear of the death of Governor Johnson. He was a man of high character, sterling ability and great promise. He was the seconl Democratic Governor of Minnesota slncti the organization of the Republican party." 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