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}: - ·- .· .- - ·- . \ ·H ~ ~· ... . .. . ·~ . . . \ . . Q, 1.· OOMBES, ~. '- THURSDAY, ~ ...... . . . ~ :1009. < ....... YOBK, oou_NTY, F.ULT,ON B R 0 AD ALBIN, VOLUME XLV. news from Dr. COOk- th:art: !le hail .di~ covere-d the pole; JUs aetkift.ei,- -b:ciw- • ~ ''II ever, I!Llld _his fat!ure to m~~;ke .·'more. f ., • ,than tlhoa meagre statements tegard- ing his trip ·roll<rn\ing his· retutn w civi.liz&tion took ·some of tiie:'ii'~k of! tM supposed ·triiiini'h. I. t:Jegan t<i w-ea>ken decidedly when Dr. ~t!k -left 'l,•.<t: • us 11111 without so m1U:ch as 'lt' :w.ot>_tLof good~bye. 'Vlren a·- nuLn l\jins ·away • • - •• ,.r • ., , ~u can't. eocpect' h1s frliends, to fight for •him, and cook's fUght, -ti*:tha.t'f what it seemed to me w ,..tn.lnitit .to. lrilled a;II my· ·inter.e5t in *~a his ... -~ .~ \ ...... \ . ~... ;. EXPLORER PEIY ~ALlEN· lilliE , , . WAXES JUBitANt r SEEKING PEACE CLAIMS PROSECIOI --. ' \ --- SAYS HE SOUNDED W.nt.L~NG '1'0 ZELAYA THINKS WAR WILL END SATISFACTORILY. ' WHOLE WORLD. EXPIEnES OPINION. ON DECISJON ACKNOWLEDGES HE IS IN CONl'lt\ECTION WITH SNEAD BAXHTUB CASE. CAN IDENTIFY THEM WITH GRIE • o------'-- a.fW:rs. _ But he foo-l:~~: the _wprlii arid. -To Melville E. Ston~, 'l'he A11S0Ci- I w.as ooly one- of_ -91-~roo.n~ •. M I a.ted Press,-~~\\{ york-1 ~v~:!l:,i~ed. ha:v~ sa~d. ;,~' :: . _ _ the Stars and· 9tl\'·J\l!lll to theil '-'North . \I a¢ sick of th!'l.\~ lb-l,o~ming Pole. This !5 au>tb.:Oritativ~ 'i6P*toot: . polar ·b!i!fina' ~~on~·~i d:im~t .want to Cook stull'Y should not be tttlr~ too hear any·tbixfg inea:e;~b~tli1li~·\Nor~. serh:ms-ly. The two. Esk-~ livhb ae- Pole m·· any of its ~~tes:_'·-· Sellds Telegt•am to Nicaraugoan Min- ister of His Regime Confessing Surrend6r-Issues Instructions to Vasquez to, Come to Terms--Does Mr. Mott DErla~ He Can EsbtltW!h the FIWt That Ma-iden . A,~t B;ad Something to do with -~tyst.eJ:oy ·a.d- Tbat the Mother Was ·at Scene' of :· COPENHI~EN UMIVERSIIY DECIDES AGAINST DOCTOR BOTH THE COMMITTEE ~ND THE CONSISTORY ARE MUCH DISAPP.OINTED ~ PAPERS OF \OlSCOVERER\ ARE WITHOUT VALUE COpies of the NotebOOks Submitted COn-In -No Original-CaleulaUons of ObservaUons Bot Only Results Thereof, and Accordingly the Committee Concludes That Be Allords No firoof ol Having Reached ttie North Pole -- Oopenbagen, Dec. 21.-The University of Copenhagen, the ftrst in• 8tltution of learning to recognize Dr. Frederick A. Cook as the diseover- er of the No1<th Pole, toda-y solemnly declared that the explorer bad :failed to establish the claim upon which his high honors bad been blu!ed. The wmmittee appOinted by the unive1-sity to examine Cook's rec• ords recently p1•esented its report to the consistory 9f tb~ miiversttr which 1-eviewed the deductions of the experts wlth the ~~ e.~. and discuSS<'d the :findings from every standpoint. That both the commtttee and the wnsisto1-y were disappointed was soon. know.Jl• This morning the conl!istory PJet and adoptM a written , report to the effect that the 1•ecords submitted tor examiJmtion by Dr. Cook tailed to prove his claim that he had reached the North P'ole. • The report of the conmlit«l~ .of .. which Prof. Stromgren was chair- ~· as presented to the consistory states--that Cook's papers are with· out any value; that his report to the university is pra~:ticalJ:y the same as that published in the New York Herald upon his return trom his Arc- tic expedition. Th~ copies of his notebooks submitted, says the commit- tee, contain no original . c;Uculations of observations but only results the1-eof. Accordingly tbe committee concludes that he affords no proof of baving reached tbe Pole. The Committee. I . -' Commander Receives the Ne\'1'11 frOm . . ~ . . . comvaniod bim sa:y be went no 'dis- -Closest. Fri. ' ftM ~. - - - tance north and nt!>t outilide·or-_Ian-d. Cfl,arles''Wake, Dii~s ·c1oseet Other members of the tribe :·corrob- personaf·tr:i~d;cw~<&ur~rtsell--a't the orated theh' story. v-erdilct reaclied';b-y the Univel'Sit.y od' (Signed ) \ Copenhagen · tfi;at he gaS{ied for Gold Brick 1\less~· breath and dWIJp.ed the .telepb.cme re- Thi& was followed by anottler m~- oelver. sage from Peary sa.y1n•g: \Tbls is sU:eb··a- sevette 'blow to me \Cuok has 80l>d the ·pUib-1ic a gold that I cannot now fu-lly eipprooiate it,\ sa:id Mr· .W-ake .when oo !i&d l)a:r- tially recayeted his. com~re. \I had every. coniidenee in Dr. Cook and I believed him thorDughly; Yet, I am well ~~JCqualnted with the . .'a.Utho!l'i- ues of tlhe Urnvell'l5i~-y Qf O<!'lJeiih.ageD and I knaw 'tha-t· any veonl:flit · theY briek.'' :Lo'rom the moment these m~ee were Jl'll'blished a &torm of t~arti!!Rn di-scussion arose. Tb:o'llgh peary un· denvnbly had sh-aken. pOfPUlar COnfi· deuce in Cook, he 'a;-t the ea.me time made friends fot his r11rat bY wba.t was looked upon b-)( ·,el~e as a. dis- play Gf pique. Since-·then the· battle between the Cook ':pa,rty . and 'the . • '1 friends ot Pea.ry waged In-c~~~: On Soptember 21 Oook e.r:rived &t New York ~nd PeatY ·at Sydney; N. S. Cook was aoclaimed -IIJ.y Ills follow- ers ard wined and •dined alii a hero. Perury remained quietl:t ttt ·his. home '. . . . . .. near Portaand, Me. . S.oon a.fterwe.ros Cook dellvered a series of 141CtU1'EIB ' and finally on December 8 lut ~mb· mitted the r~~Cords at his expedUIOO to the University ot' Copenha.g&n. - reach ii1 just an-d true. ; ' . \Dr. Cook never e~pect§·\-tlils ad- ver~e dooiJS!i.OJl....,l .. .kll.OW, fel.' lie &1 w·a.ys · epoke with fwl-l: co-li'lld.il'*~- ,tll/Bt the profN!IOI'S wouad,deMCl&:.t~t he had . ,,. gone to tbe pole,;'- - r - -. ·.- M-r. Wakel'!aidA~!Citlt-Dr. ·_~k's wife Is with him in NQi!!\'1'~1- \b'lit 'tt'll&t his ' chi_~dren a-re her~ _.. i ·.- . \From my persona,'!- :lul.O'W=ledge ol Dr. Oook, my kn~~P.'~-:tbe 0 'WOrk _In the A'llclle tnv~i;IJ&tion wanred . tn my be~lef th'lllt Dt: pook. _cou·ld nev- er proVe· .the ~cl'lllima ifte m<aA:le,\ B'lllid He!'!bert L. Brid.gmalt, seoret:a.ry __ of ; Oopenba,gen with M,utlb · ~fa.c- , I ' ' ~ ' tion-Declares He Sent :m.s- <iold ., Brick Telegr~ :oee,a:~- ·ne :pOe. sessed. Ab&6lute Froofs of tlie Ftc· -' .,. Washington, Dec. 21.-'.!Three months ago from the Labrald~ c911S-t I sounded an expHcii and delibfl;ril.te- ly worded warnin-g to the wor.ld, b&l!- ed upon eom,plete ~nd aeeur.aJOO ''in- fOI'niaU-on in regar-d· to tl!e. Cook clalms. In doing 110 I acoepted the responsibility devOilvlng upon me and tudfilled by dUty to myselt and to ~he wOII\ld. ~, With these wOil'dls Commander Robert E. Pea:r,- pointedly eJ[pressed his sentiments rega;rding the 't!!-Llu:re ar the l.Tniverai(¥ of Copenh:agen to find any prool of the dil!(l(Wery of the North Pole bT Dr. Cook. While not ilhowlng gft'&t delight ove:r the ne-ws from Oe>penhg,gen :it was evident, howeyer, ·that. the e_x- plorer reooived the naW's with much aatlsfUJtlon. \I ha '1\6 kllOIW'Il ·the OIIWome of this 1ioce week.l •betoNl 1 rea.cbed . oou.ntry on my rew!l'n :from the pole. It was n-Gt a m!!llbter of belief with ,_ . Not Want Ame1'ican lntm'Vention. New Orleans,· Dec. 21.-A special to tbe Picayune, from Port Limen, Costa Rica, says: ''The follmving telegram has been ~ - sent to tbe Nicarauguan minister of the Zelaya regime in San Jose by the- fallen leader: '-'Although there is still some un- rest to be allayed, I believe that ma.t- ters 'will eventually end satisfactor- ily; For the good of all, and in spite the fact that my candidate was Irias, I- have accepted that of Dr. Madriz.- I have issued instructions to General Vasquez to come to terms with the revoluttonlsts so_ as to pre- vent . .American int~rvention. If they accept Madriz everything will soon be at an end, if not I shall hand over my command to JUY candidate and place my11elf at the head of the army. FIVE ARE BURNED TO DEATH me, but 0'1' _absolvte kno'l\'ledg~. \' • ..,_. \\ew 'l' ork, ,JJec· :211.-., .ve person11 \However;· I llhll.ll net Mslcuas tM were b .. 'D.ed to death today in a fire ma-tter in de'ba:R for pWb>lfcatii.on. It til not neces811l1'J'. Cook in :!(4)rWa.y. · . ·the Peacy Arctic Ct'll!). \I -~liotf\ou-gh- New York, Dec. :n.-Nem tlla.t .lY belle'V94 in' the story o! PeRrY and· the University ~ ' -copenhagen had ·the Eequima,u:c- that Cook had n13t declined tJo accept Dr.' Co~;tk's claim gone f&r n'O·rth. ·An,in., Dr. _Cook's that he had reaAJhed tM North t>oJ:e storY..- was ~lletf With h!Oiles ·8() th~~>t came a~ no surpri~ to tri~tltiile .cilr- a.ny 'one Who had knoWiledge df:· Art- a;n.d ·w ·many o! .. lhle :trtends tie oon:~ns-co::JJ~ny __ th'!!t-'11~ \The wM'lling which I !lent ·to the c-ountry be<for.e I la,nded is. sllil :ftclent. Y1)u 'femember my caJble'- gr~m from Be.ti:Jle H1!1!'1bor. HeTe is tfutt deetro)'Cd a tram.e dwelling house' in Sbel'wOOd Park, Yonkers. All t.be dead '\'re members of the family of Theodore Frederick!'!, wbo lost his life ill tbe fll'e rogetbe:r with his 'wife ~ tllelr three ahildren. the exact- word·ing of'i.t=: · ·\ 'CoOk has not 'been ,100 - tlhe -. pol~i' ? ,. · ·'APril, 2.1~ it~S:, or ~Y: «Mr dat&.: ·c TIIB DOOU~NTS• ' \'~'\' ' . . He hu .. ~'\ll'lir' banded:.- the puJb1ic a · - ·.. · gold \'b:riek.' · - . ~-3-Dd Boo}gl T.bat lA!o ·Cook Subo :mltt.ed to Co~Ji· Suiclde'\BefOl'e Its Dillcovery. -~ New York, Dec. 21.-\1 'beliew I h-ave ev~cien-ce enough to olbtam thr~ indtctm~nts\ was Prq;;eoutm- M.ott's decl&ra.tion -today When mars1m1Ung- 'h'l8 w'itnes&efl foc the pr-esentaltlil>n_ of th-e f~ts con-eernin•g M!l'&, O~y Snead's death to the g;rand ju~- in Essex 001.\nty, New Joosw. · Mr. Mott- said he had ~vtdenee not only to -conneot Millss Vl~n:IQ. Wcml- · ta-~. m~den aunt of 'the 'bathtltilb vi9\ Um, -w!lth the ICl'ime, bl{!t to eetalbli~'h the presence M' M.rs. Oa>rO!lme B.. Mar- _tm, the ~-Ollng woman's mother, on . the soone of the t.mgedy ~llortly !JJe· tore its d1~ery. Miss War>d·leiw reiJ)Orted the d:el!Jth to the East Orange opolitce on NQIV'em- ber' 29. On that d&y Mor. Mott ats- -serts M'l'iS. •Martin waa see,)). by two persOI.US on an East Orange sbreM:. A v9il wbt.ch he s-ayos Mm. Ma.tUn' _ cin\oppoed ln ib-er h-aGte and. wmeh the. : ' pr10seeutor sta.tel! he h'as tn- his pO&- : .~on was gpOOtoo to fi'I'Ure as. an . eJL'!H:bit before the gmn.d jury. The alleged dtscu'Vel'Y that a qua;r 7 _ rei oocurTed bOO'Ween the sisters .and that Mil'S. Martdn left hufri6!lly the Ea&t Oll'a.nge l:louse of death, il5 -ano$- er point <the proeectltor was said to intend ca;ling to the g;r,a:nd jm·y's at- tention. . Just w'ba-t eovtdl,nee is in the h-a.nds of. th~ New Jer~· e•uth-orities to Wll.r- . rant thei;r IBlt!ing that Mrs. Mary ·Snea:4 b.e torma,J.Iy eh<a-:[.P'(l_ ~i-th _ol)m- pldcltY in- l,he ~me' Pioseoutoc .M~t . deolined to Slta:te in ad V'all0e of the presentation of the case to the ~d who hl!ld been prepared fo~ the re- fa.itlh coo-l<t'lle -- : .J:U th« .wry:· suit by ea.rly rumors. .. -- - McKiQie-,-I'I'Ji~frstl~- .. -<mo Dr. Cook is now in Clu-1~nd, Dr. ~lWif ohtim that/in- ,1\li06 be \My friends mciy eoil•der this--de- cllllion it··cmtJIPiete vindication of ;tlrei:r. attl:tude on thl:! -whole- swbjeet, Copen:lm!gen, Dee. Zl-.--'-TM d;OI\!u••-1 • . JUry. ments n:an'lied · the ·edm.miiSiOD. of. the Norway, acoordlug to Wt)liam' L. tll&lde the:·.;~~s~oen•t of Ni:-oont. M~n!ey Cook, brother of the- elt'plorer, ·-who in Alaska, -·the Mghest •peak in ~mer today for the firnt time m~~- kn0f~!:ri- tea, is no·w under investigMion 'by a, the whereabouts of Dr. OO'Ok, committee of the E~lorern' Clu'b ... llill ·for ,me, I ·d.o· not cim-e·to comlllent. further,\ said Mr. Peary in cone<lu• -sion. ., - .. . University of ~~~~hagen for exam- ina-tion g're: · · - Flirst; ·a ty.IJe\'''rl tten re,>ort prEI!PIIil'- ed 'by. Dr. Cook's- &eiCII'etaEy, Walter St L · D 21 On • 0\UB, ec. .- e hundred FA_ILEO TO REACH THE - JAIL had boon 0. mystery to even b:ie cloo· llere. Dr. Cook promised to appea.r es't friends and counsel.. bdore the <l<>IUmittee a.fter he ha;d Recovers :froDI shock._ CODl'Plffted Ms ·pOila:r cbttt. .J:mt lhe has THE OFFICIAL FINDINGS. Donsdwle, and eO'Ve~ 61 'P61Je6 Of and fifty employes of the East· St. foolscap. Louis and Suburban Railway Co:; Sooond, a ty'Pewcitten CIOPY made early today, seized a trolley car and by Lonsdi~e fr(lm Cook's notebooks. started for the county jail at Belle- _Thi-s .ooc,wpdes 16- pages O'l' fa<>lseap ville, 16 miles away, where Willie- and it~Jcludes e. description o,f the ex- Clark, alleged slayer of a street car pediltio-n· dul'iDg the period f:rom l.ntotorlman is held under guard, The Mil'. Cook said, that Dr. Oottk .M.d .not yet done os. \ la.rgely recov-ered from the ~'V-'P'!ls brea.k<lown whieh he was 'J:lU~~ng ·when he left here. He deolMed that ,, . ',\ . . ' Man'Ch 18, 1908, to June 13, 1908, during: whilcll, aeeocding to the staW- ment, Cook jonrneyed from Svarte- vo,; t.o the North .Pole amd r~urned to a poinlt on .the polar ice not sveci- fioa.l.~ -indlLcated but w~ o4' the axel hetberg land. men ran the car three miles teward Bepevil!e. Then the power on the Bellevme line was. shut o:lt' by 'Gen- eral Manager Howett and the car left stranded. Later the men went to tbeir homes. LYNCHING LOOKIO LIKELY The pa.pers were not aceompoanaed by -a private letter from Cook, but Seeretflnr Lonsdale statoo 'verbally to the committee that the original Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 2:lf.-Mat• n<ltee and books of the exp-l-orer from thew Todd, a planter of Devalls whio~his copietit were ·ma-de hml been Blu!t, Ark., who was serio~ly sent to _Fnu'ope by another route a.s wounded during last week\ for a pl!'ecautioowry merusU>re and wo-wld Miootin.g a negto, is not as seriously be delivered to the university in the· injured as was expected. eourse of a feJW days. It was widely .. reported last ni~ht that Todd's injuries- were fatal and · Ex;PECTED THE VERDICT. great crowds gathered from the countryside, both negroes and whites·- :r.allying in expectation -of an. out~ :--. br;eak. · -The temper .of the white· oitiilens was indiCl!.ted by rope noases wh~h. they stretched across the. .dE!aU/'AJ\l'' of the more belligerent·-.blackil;'= ~- .' .· . _ ...... ; ... .._ ' ·· tOENTIHED AS WOMAf IPORtfl~L:~.
