br. Frederick 'Cook, the explorer who claimed to be the tst man 10 Teach the North' Pole, died here yesterday at the age of 75.
Dr. Cook, afler along career as an explorer, admitted many failures and climed any. two" successes, which Ing "colleagues either refused. 40 believe "or accepted Teluctantly. Fellow explorers refused to believe Dr. Cook's. claim' that he sealed Mount McKinley, Alaska, after' his first" attempt' foiled, although his
said" the "claim was "aul substantiated. ery: associate Me. Ralph von © Asletet,
But Admiral Robert E, Peary: contested Dr. Gook's claim that he had reached the North Pole in 1908 and fan investigating committee named Peary the true discoverer, Dr. Cook started it bel sults totally ing US $125,000 against publications which ridiculed his claims, Some of the suits were still pending when he suffered a stroke last May 3, He was United Press, Next year he joined in the first rush to the Johannesburg gold fields, where he formed a life-long friendship with the late Cecil Rhodes and lola. the foundations of his enormous wealth.
He was for some years Chairman of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, head of one of the biggest mining and Jand-owning groups operating on the Rand, and Director of 27 other con corns.
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