TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 September 1909, Page 3

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

- : . THE BrVAL CLAIMANTS. A ,JATSEOMI.T2SS OCEAN,' * ' , ABCnC^'EXBLOBA'UION BY ATR- ' *. Ismr. > (Received Sept. 14, 8 20 a.m.) 1 „ -' LONDON, Monday. ' Mr Caspar Whitney, editor of "Tho Dating * Magazine," ,an American millionaire explorer, who Was on a sporting expedition in the neigh- 1 bouihood of Etah, states' that he met 1 Dr. Cool, 'who spoke of his journey | north, but did not mention that he | had! reached tfie 'Pole. NEW YORK, Monday. Commander Peary, cabling to the <-'New York Times," says:— "lf Dr Cbolc mikes bis etalemet before any 'reputable' body, or even over his signature, thathe had reached the Pole, I will" furnish material of great public interest." 1?" Commander Peary's fifth com- ' panion at the' Pole was a negro servant, named Henaon. Commander Peary says that five miles from the North Pole he , met 1500 fathoms of water, and found no bottom. BEBUN, Monday. Prince- Henry of Prussia has been j, — -el<wt»cl sg jEP^-e ident of -t^io National - Society, -which is arranging to explore the Arctic Sea with a Zeppelin airship. The Kaiser is the patron _, of the society. * -^