THE POLAR WAR.
DR COOK'S CLAIMS.
ATIACKS ON HIS BONA FIDES
STATEMENT BY Hls SECRETARY. United Presi Association—Dy uieOtrlc 'felegraih Copyright. Received December 14, 8.40 a.m. NEW YORK, December 13. With regard to the affidavits by Captain Loose, a retired navigator, and George Dunkle, an insurance agent, ihat they fabricated nautical and astronomical observations for Dr Cook, the Arctic explorer, Mr Lonsdale, the doctor's secretary, states that Cook merely allowed Loose to read bis records. None of Loose's observations were used. Mr Lonsdale adds that Loose was discharged for drunkenness.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9676, 15 December 1909, Page 5
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90THE POLAR WAR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9676, 15 December 1909, Page 5
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