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TITE MORN-IXG OREGOyiAJf, TUESDAY, SEFTE3IBEB 21, 190. " v l I II, : ; PEARY- PILES FUEL ON ARCTIC FLAME Denies Circulating Story of Cook's Death Did Not Steal Stores. POST LEFT BY FRANCKE Commander Says Rival's Guard De serted Supplies Murphy As serts He Explained Fully to the Doctor. SYDNEY, N. S.. Sept. 20. Commander Peary will make his entry into Sydney Tuesday. The Arctic ship Roosevelt an chored off St. Paul s Island today when the explorer found he could not reaech port before night. This Is about 65 miles north of Sydney. Mrs. Peary and her children undoubt edly met the Commander tonight, having sailed north on the steam yacht Sheelah. News that Commander Peary was near ins port and would probably land today caused a general cessation of bustness In town. Crowds swarmed the streets and the water-front to welcome him. All manner of water craft from yachls to sailboats moved down the bay when three blasts from the whistle were heard, the signal that the Roosevelt was approach- Steamer 'cars Sydney. The observer at Low Point reported that he could see 30 miles and could not right the Roosevelt, and later it was an nounced that the vessel had anchored off St. Paul's Island. The tug C. M. Wllch will convey the official welcoming party down the bay at an early hour. Commander Peary has given emphatic denial to the assertion credited to Dr. Cook that he told the Eskimos at Atinqi took that Dr. vok was dead and that he consequently would take possession of the supplies left there by his rival. As nearly as can be ascertained from members of the Roosevelt's crew the house built by Dr. Cook at Annotook and left In care of Rudolph Francke was found unoccupied when the Roosevelt ar rived. Francke was away trying to get Passage home, his authority for depar ture being a letter he exhibited pur porting to be from Cook at Cape Thomas. Francke sought permission to go to the United States on the Peary auxiliary . ship Erik. Says Francke Peserted. This was granted him and he turned over an inventory of the supplies in Dr. Cook's house. Boatswain Murphy was then placed in charge of the house and Its contents. He says he found many packages had been broken open and their contents partially or totally re moved. The stores were checked and the' ' house was taken down and re-erected a short distance away on higher ground. When Dr. Cook returned to Annotook he complained about the occupation of the house and its removal to a new po sition. Murphy says he explained the situation fully to Dr. Cook, who appeared satistied, exd it was agreed that the house should be occupied Jointly. The boatswain said he offered to vacate im mediately but as everything had been satisfactorily explained this was not thought necessary- CABIX-BOY STICKS TO STOHY Member of Roosevelt Crew Insists He Heard Cook's Tale. SYDNEY, N. S-. Sept. 20. Accord ing to the statement made at Battle Harbor by "W illiam Pritchard. cabin boy and assistant cook on the Roosevelt, two persons knew as long ago as last April that Dr. Frederick A. Cook asserted he had reached the Pole April 21. 1908. These persons are Harry Whitney, a wealthy sportwman of New Haven, Conn., who is at present on the Greenland coaet on board the eteamer Jeanie. and Pritchard himself. They saw Cook at Annotook. Greenland, after his return from the North. Whitney Drops Remark. The only reference to Cook which Whit ney is known to have made on his brief sojourn on board the Roosevelt was a casual remark to a member of the Peary party that he be;ieed Dr. Cook had reached the Pole. Pritchard kept the news more faithfully and his statement of Saturday waa the first Intimation that he had any information on thi subject. Pritchard explained that he kept the news to himself because he did not wish to be dragged Into the trouble. He was asked how he knew, before he came south on the Roosevelt, that there was going to be a controversy, and said that Dr. Cook had cautioned him not to speak to' any one until he reached civilization. Pritchard'a reticence with this impor tant news in his possession was a sur prise to everybody on board the Roose velO Boy Modified Story. In the beginning Pritchard told the cor-, respondent that Cook had talked freely to him at Annotook with regard to the - dash, over the ice. indicating to him on a map the route he had followed. Later Pritchard modified this by explaining that Cook's story was told to Whitney and that ha (Pritchard) was present in the room. Pritchard said Dr. Cook had only two Eskimos with him at the Pole. The lan guage barrier made it impossible for Pritchard to talk to these Eskimos. John Murphy, the boatswain of the Roosevelt, who was ashore wlth Pritchard when Dr. Cook appeared at their station, was astonished when in formed of Pritchard's knowledge. Mur phy declared that Coo talked with hlra on several occasions about his trip on the Ice. bat said nothing about having- reached the Pole. Murphy Grows Serlotrs. Cook limited his Information to Mor- phy to the fact that he had passed the 87th degree, which was Peary's farthest north in 1D06, and that the Ice was rough up to the 84th. According to Murphy. Cook arrived - at Annotook with one sledge and two Eskimos, but no dogs. The sledge was left out on the ice for a day and then brought in. Murphy was curious to know more about Cook's experience on the Ice and. later, when in company with Whitney in the muskox country opposite Etah, he inquired if Dr. Cook had reached the Pole. The boatswain says Whitney told him he did not know. Asked how It was possible for Pritchard and Whitney to have heard Cook's story without his also hearing it. inasmuch as all four men occupied the same house at Annotook during Cook's stay. Murphy replied that a question to Pritchard had brought him the answer that Dr. Cook's story of his dash to the Pole was recited to Whit ney and the cabin boy one day when Murphy waa absent at Etah. The I abatement waa referred to Pritchard, who Identified the date he heard the Cook statement aa the day Murphy was absent. To Fly New Fla. it Commander Peary gets into Svdney tonight he will be greeted by glorious weather. The "North Pole flag," which Peary had made at Bat tle Harbor, will be displayed for the first time on the Roosevelt entering this port. It is a standard United States flag with a broad white band laid diagonally from the union corner down. On the white ground are the words "North Pole" in black letters. Coming into Sydney a Canadian en sign, presented to Peary at Battle Harbor by the captain of the Canadian government vessel Tyrlan. will deco rate the foretopmast of the Roosevelt. The Peary Arctic Club flag will be flown at the mainmast and the New York Yacht Club flag, that ha been displayed at Cape Sheridan, will be at the mizzenmast. GREELY SAYS IIB LEFT STORES Tells How His Supplies Once Before Saved Peary. NORTH CONWAY. N. H.. Sept. 30 General A. W. Greely. U. S. A., retired, talked tonight regarding the discovery by Commander Robert H. Peary's party of some of the stores of the Greely ex pedition of 1SS3. He said: " "These stores were left bv me in W3, when retreating southward. In 1S98, when 4eary went North during the Win ter from his ship, then wintering at Cape Durvllle, he was badly frozen and was obliged to seek shelter at my old quarters in Discovery Bay. He then lost eight toes and was saved from death by the stores then found by him in good con dition. "I think It was more than' two months before he was able to return to his ship. There was left at Fort Conger all the books, clothing and other personal be longings of 25 men. Almost anything might be found, as we took with us only our scientific records, diaries and the clothing which we wore, with 10 pounds of selected personal property for each man." COOK IS NEARING HOME (Continued From First Page.) however, and replied by wireless that she would be unable to come. The first tugs bearing the advance guard of newspaper men from New York reached the Oscar II tonight, but no one waa allowed aboard the vessel except Anthony Flala. the Arctic explorer, who is a friend of Dr. Cook. He swung him self up from the tug. held a brief con versation with Dr. Cook and departed. Plans for Home-Comlng. The passengers. Including Dr. Cook, watched with amusement the vain at tempts of the reporters to get aboard and Dr. Cook shouted, "glad tosee you, boys." It was evident thst Dr.. Cook wished to avoid too demonstrative a reception tomorrow and his attitude may curtail some of the arrangements in Brooklyn that have been tentatively made. The Oscar II will reach Quarantine about 8:30 A. M. ' There Mrs. Cook, accompanied by the two children. Dr. Cook's brother, William, Dr. Roswell O. Stebblns and J. Knowles Hare, of the committee of the Arctic Club of America, will be waiting on the tug. Dr. Cook will Join his wife on the tug and will be transferred from there to the steamer Grand Republic, which will carry a party of friends and enthusiasts down the bay to meet him. More" than 1000 persons' will be on the Grand Re public, but the Borough of Manhattan will not be officially represented. Bird S. Coler, president of the Borough of Brooklyn, will officially welcome him there. Brooklyn Plans Big Greeting. The greatest reception, however, will be held In Dr. Cook's home section of Brooklyn, at the Bushwick Club at 12 o'clock. Soon afteA that Dr. Oook will Join his family at the Waldorf-Astoria. His plans thereafter, with the exception of being the guest of honor at the ban quet of the Arctic Club of America, to THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE. 8rnopi o' Chapters Printed. rnnt Pol. (Copvrlg-ht. 1909, by The w York Herald Company. Registered in accordance with the copyright act. Copyright In Mexico under the laws of the Republic of Mexico. All rights reserved.) In the first installment of his thrilling story. "The Conquest of the PoVe." printed In the Herald of Wednesday. September 16. Dr. Fred erick A. Cook told of the start from Gloucester on the Bradley, of the voyage to the polar aeas and of the overhauling en rout of the equip- needed for the daan to ma In a gr&phlo manner the dis coverer wrota a story of Eskimo life that never has been excelled for human interest. He told of the home life, the tragedy and comedy that mingled In the dreary axlatenoe of the dwellers In the Arctic, and of the childlike eagerness of the natives to trade their valuable furs and ivories for the simplest things of civilization. The yacht, her owner. Mr. John R. Bradley, the explorer, and his party, were pictured In their preliminary work for the final daih. Finally, after describing the various placea visited in Greenland. In search oT guides, and information as to con ditions further north. Dr. Cook wrote of the trip across Inglefleld Gulf, put Cape Auckland and on toward Cape Robertson. Here the discoverer closed the flrat part of his narrative, with Etah and Annotook, the last point of . call, looming in the icy dis tance. In the last installment. Dr. Cook describes the voyage to Etah and then on to. Annotook. the place of plenty, which he selected as the baae for hla dash to the Pole. The explorer describes the work. of preparing his Winter quarters, clos ing with a graphic description of a narwhal hunt. be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Thursday night, have not been an nounced. ' Alexander Begg, of Washington. D. C. representing the National Geographical Society, arrived in New York tonight and will represent the society on board the Grand Republic. Mr. Begg comes as a representative of the society, vice Willis L. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau Service, who cannot be present. COOK'S CXIMB TO BE PROBED Tacoms Lawyer Retained to Investi gate Mount McKJnley Ascent. TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 20. Attorney J. M. Ashton. of this city, has ben retained by a New York law firm to obtain all information possible regarding the dis puted ascent of Mount McKJnley by Dr. Cook. He eays he does not known whether the information is wanted by Peary ad herents or by friend of Dr. Cook. DREARY NIGHT. COOK GETS READY When Summer Dawns, His Conquest, of Pole Is Really to Begin. FOOD Is HARD PROBLEM Expedition to Subsist for Most Part on Pemmican Sledges Have to Be Made Canvas Boat Is Found Most Adaptable. (Continued From First Page.) quest of the Pole at sunrise of 1908. Most expeditions have had the advantage of the liberal hand of a government or of an ample private fund. "We were denied both favors. But we were not encumberad with a BAUEST DATES THRTLIXKO II) LAB DRAMA. February 19. 1908 Dr. Cook parts with Rudolph Francke, his whits , companion, at Etah. Greenland, and i starts for the Pole with two Eakrmoa. April 21. 1908 Observation show North Pole has been reached. April 23. 1908 Starts on return trip to tha south. May 21, 1909 Reaches TJpernavlk, a Danish settlement. September 1. 1909 Reaches Ier-, wick. Shetland Islands, and sends world first news of discovery of Pole. September S. 1909 Arrives at Co penhagen, where he is greeted by King of Denmark and scores of cor respondents. Week of festivities be gun. , September 10, 1909 Sails from Co penhagen for chrlstlansa-nd, Norway, on way to America. September 12. 1909 After an ova tion at Chrlstlanaand and tribute by King of Norway, sails for New York on the Oscar II. due to arrive Sepr t ember 21. cargo of misfits devised by home dream ers, nor waa the project handicapped by the usual army of novices, for white men at best must be regarded aa ama teurs compared with, the expert efficiency of the Eskimo in his own environment. Our food supply contained only the prime factors of primitive nourishment. Special foods and laboratory concoctions did not nil an important space In our larder. Nor had we balloons, automobiles, mo tor sledges or other freak devices. We did, however, have an abundance of the best hickory, suitable metal and all the raw material for the sled and its accesso ries, which was henceforth to be linked with our destiny. The eled was evolved as the result of careful study of local environment and of the anticipated ice surface northward. We did not copy the McCllntock sled, with its wide runners, which has been used by most exlorers for 60 years. Nor did we abandon the old-fashioned iron shoes for German silver strips. What a Polar Sled Should Be. The conditions which a polar sled must meet are too complex to outline here. In a broad sense, it .seemed that the best qualities of the best wood Yukon sled could be combined with the local fitness of the Ekkimo craft, with tough hickory fiber and sealskin lashings to make elas tic Joints. With plenty of native in genuity to foresee and provide for the train of adaptability and endurance, the possibilities of our sled factory were very good. For dog harness the Eteklmo pat tern was adopted, but canine economy Is such that when, rations are reduced to workable limits, the leather straps dis appear as food. To overcome this disas ter the shoulder straps were made of folds of strong canvas, while the traces were cut from cotton log line. A boat Is an Important adjunct to every sledge expedition which hopes to venture far from Its base of operations. It is a matter of necessity even when following the new coast line, as Is shown by the mishap of MjMius Brtckson; for If he had had a boat he would himself have re turned to tell the story of the Danish ex pedition to- Bast Greenland. Need for a boat comes with the changed conditions of the advancing season. Things must be carried for several months for a chance use in the last stage of the return. But since food supplies are necessarily limited, delay is fatal. Therefore when open water prevents progress, a boat becomes in the nature of a Hfe-pre9erver. Foolish. Indeed, is the explorer who ignores this detail of the problem. Trans port of a boat, to be sure, offers many serious objections. Nansen Introduced the kayak and most explorers since have adopted the same device. The Eskimo canoe serves the. purpose very well, but to carry It for three months without hopeless destruction requires an amount of energy which stamps the Polar ven ture with failure. Canvas Boat Best. Sectional boats, aluminum boats, skin floats and and other devices have been tried, but to all there is the same fatal objection of Impossible transportation. It seems rather odd that the ordinary fold ing canvas boat has not been pressed into this service. We found it to fit the situation exactly, selecting. a 12-foot Eureka-shaped boat with wooden frame. The "slats, spreaders and floor pieces were utilized as parts 1 of sleds. The canvas cover served as a floor cloth for our sleeping bags. Thus the boat dlduseful sen-Ice for 100 days and was never In evidence aa a com bersome device. When at last the craft was spread and covered, in It we carried the sled, in it we camped, in it we sought game, the meat of which took the place of ex hausted supplies. Without it, we too, would not have returned. Preparation of the staple food supply Is of even greater importance than means of locomotion. To the success of a pro longed -Arctic enterprise In transit suc cessive experience is bound to dictate a wis? choice of equipment, but it does not often educate the stomach. From published accounts of Arctic travelers it is imposilble to select a satisfactory menu for future explorers, and I hasten to -add that perhaps our experience will be equally unsatisfactory to subsequent victims. Nor Is it safe to listen to srfentlflo advice, for the stomach is the one organ of the body which stands as the auto crat over every other human sense and passion and will "not easily yield to for eign dictates. ' The problem differs with every man. 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