ALL "FAKED."

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ALL "FAKED."

DID COOK CLIMB MOUNT M'XINLEY. "DOCTORED DIARY." ' ■ AND FALSE rHOTOGRAPHS. ' (Dj". Taicaravli.' Press A"»orln|i"n - C"iijrlcht.l ,■'■'.-'''• (Rcc. October 15, 10.25 p.m.) New York, October 15. The Peary Arctic Club has. issued another statement directed at-Dr.. Cook! Burrills, who accompanied Cook to Mount M'Kinley (the Alaska peak whoso summit Cook claims tohave attained), has. made a sworn affidavit, in which '. he states that Cook was never.nearer than 14 miles to the summit, Burrills affirms, that, he ''doctored" his diary, at Cook's: request... ; ...... "Miller,- tho photographer of- the party, -. alleges that the photographs were "faked." : The men quarrelled with' Cook; because Cook did not"pay them.' "■"'■' ' "..; • ■- ■ ■I'..'. PEARY'S INDICTMENT.'! : ESKIMO EVIDENCE NOT LISTENED TO. • ■"■.\ (Eec. October 10, 0.15' a.m.) ;':Y ; ■'"'■'■". Now York, October 15." ;■ The Washington correspondent of the "Morning. Post" states that the majority of tho United States newspapers receive with scepticism Peary's statement,regarding;the Eskimos' denial that Cook went far from land. Their evidence carries little, • if. anyi conviction. ; ' Meanwhile, : Cook is making . 2000 dollars nightly lecturing.. .Peary'is making nothing.