CONQUERING HEROES
' ."■■ . -——*— — ■ ■; ' ' , PEARY AND COOK. THE LATTER OVATED IN NEW YORK. PEARY '. IN CANADA. (By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright.) (Rcc. September 22, 10.30 p.m.) •Now Yorli, September 22. Dr; F. A. Cook, who claims to havo. reached the North Pole on April, 21, 190S, arid lvhn recently took, direct boat'from the Continent to New York, has arrived here. His steamer was met by two thousand members of the Arctic Club and other public bodies, aboard an.excursion steamer. ...';.•>.. '. ;-. On arrival at tho pier, fivo thousand people waiting/there, tumultuous!?, mobbed tho explorer. Tho polico rescued him. ..'.Hundreds of cars and carriages followed Dr..Cook, who motored through five miles of cheering people to Brooklyn. Commander A. W. Peary (who claims'that ho reached the North Pole on April 6, 1009, and that.Dr. Cook is an impostor) had an .enthusiastic .reception on his arrival from .•Labrador'; at Sydney, Nova Scotia, where he met his wife. .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 7
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148CONQUERING HEROES Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 7
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