TITE MORN-IXG OREGOyiAJf, TUESDAY, SEFTE3IBEB 21, 190. " v
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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.
It differs with every expedition and it
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Thus when De Gerlache forced Nor
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Depending on Eskimo Food.
In this respect as in others I waa
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six pounds each.
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American Indian. It has been used be
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Only a few palate surprises were car
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Caucasian Ingenuity, in working out the
clothing for camp comforts, without
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Schools Show Big Increase.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 20. (Special.)
The public schools opened at 9 o'clock
this morning with an increase of more
than 10 per cent in enrollment over
any previous first day. In the High
School S60 registered, as compared to
320 last year. Strict entrance require
ments kept this figure down at least
100.
Joseph Davies Dead.
EUGENE, Or, Sept. 20. (Special.)
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survived by two sisters and one brother
in England and his son and grandson,
John and John N. Davies of Lewlston,
Idaho.
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