THE ARCTIC SECRET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 629, 5 October 1909, Page 7

THE ARCTIC SECRET.

NEWSPAPER-VOTE. PITTSBURG GOES HEAVILY FOR.COOK. WHITNEY'S EVIDENCE ; :"■ J ,!.- (Bs Telesraph.-PruM ABe6cl»ilon.rOoDjrrlrhl.l ' (Bee. October i, 9,25 p.m.) ..Now York, October 4; The Pittsburg "Press" has taken a vote of its readers, to'mo bow many believo, |;bat Dr. Cook reached tho Polo, and how many beliove Commander Peary did. ; Tho great majority beliove Cook's story, and.disbelieve Poary'e. The figures are , ,— Thoso who believe Cook ... .73,237 ■ , „ ~' „ ■■-.Peary' ' 17,043" -■■; i>■■'■■' ,i disbelieve Cook ...' 2,814 " .. .»■ : .,, - Peary J ... 58,009Mr; 'Whitney, hunter and traveller,'/.states that when ho met Cook in North Greenland,it was difficult to distinguish him from the "Bski,mop.' Cook was exhausted and;ill, and had nothing but ekin on'hie bones. ' -~.!• His'condition,' adds' Mr. Whitneyi precluded tho idea thai- he had only beon two days 'march from land, as Peary asserts. - EXPLORERS' LAURELS. PROOF MUST PRECEDE DELIVERY. '' i New York, October 3. The National Geographical Society, which has refuse; dto recognise Dr. Cook' 6 claim to have, discovered tbo Pole, explains that the submission of Cook's and Peary's records should precede their official recognition. ■ s CANADIAN^'ANNEXATIONS.'' \ '- '";■'. > _■/ Ottawa, October.3. Captain Bernier, in the Government steamer Arctic, is taking formal possession of Banks Land and other Arctic lands for Canada. '■ '/