Show ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECEIVES TIDINGS OF OP DISASTER T ONDON Feb 10 t At a m meeting of or orthe L Lo I the Royal Geographical society tonight to- to night announcement was mail mail- mailot atthe ot of the tile dl disaster which has overtaken o Capt Roberl y F. F Scotts Scott's expedition ex- ex resulting in the thc death of t Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Scott Dr e K A A. A Wilson lIson H II R. R Bowers Capt I L. 12 U. Oates Gates and 0 n I t r nn J vo u Captain Scotts Scott's party part said Douglas laB W. W vice Ice president of ot the geographical eo society in making making- th time tho announcement ment found Capt Roald Amundsen's tent and records a at the South pole On the return trip about March 29 9 1912 eleven e 1 m. m a cs es from rom One Ton depot a blizzard overwhelmed o them They Timey had suffered greatly from hunger and exposure and the death of or Scott Bowers find and Wilson virtually was du dup due to that They riled lied soon oon after the tho blizzard bUzzard swept down lOWn on th tho party Ga Gates tes dle died from exposure March 17 li Time The death of Evans E resulted from froni a n. fall CaU The Tho other members of or the time expo expo- arc reported to be in good health i A searching party part discovered re l the bodies and records record o of those who perished some lime time later ater liln King Expresses Sympathy A message of or to the geographical geo graphical society from the tho kIng kills was rca read In which hi hr imia 5 majesty majest said I hI am deeply grieved d to heir the Iho very cry hail bad n news w you Yon JI give me mc of Ile lo loss s of oC Captain Scott and four of t f his party parly t Just when we wore hoping If to w welcome them home homo on their return from their great and arduous undertaking undertaking under under- taking I a heartily sympathize with Ith the time Royal Hoal Geographical society in the loss to science and discovery disco n time Iho death of ot these gallant explorers Time The message from the king wa waa in reply reilly to a notification of oC the tidings s from the antarctic transmitted to his majesty by hy Lord Cur Curzon on of ot president of ot the society ocl t The regular program of ot time the meHI meeting mooting moot meet I In ing was abandoned abandoner and members of ot the tIme society listened sadly to heartfelt tributes tribute to lo time the explorers rs After Arter giving 11 1 details he lie had lund r received Vice President reviewed tho the plans of the expedition and said salt No 1 party parly ever evem set act out b better equipped or better fitted d b by gallantry ant and experience than Its Itol members from Captain Scott down own to mc meet t time the ordinary nar nary perils of oC time iho poles But Dut antarctic tic travel tra would not be what It is IS is-a a. a training ground lOund for Cor time the highest Qualities qualIties Illes of the time British race race race-If If these perils could be avoided In Pay Tribute to fo p Scott StOtt After Arter an nn expression of f s sympathy for Mrs Ir Scott he concluded All that thai we can say fay to these hrH brave men is farewell They The are arc a hand baud of ot heroes whose names wilt will shine a t c an nn example of or that endurance which s i-s the highest form of or coura courage e Captain Scott will Ih live In him our memories as s 's s the Ideal Ide of or th the English sailor of our age aKe agea a a man intellectually gifted bravo rc resourceful ouro tul III in all emergencies an and full o of scientific zea zeal and enthusiasm Members If of ot parliament and high officials of of- of th the navy T department Including In ing the first lord old of or the admiralty Winston Inston Spencer Churchill paid hl high h tributes to the explorers In interviews I ws In iii the new newspapers which also allo eulogistic editorials about members s of It the time expedition Further Information reaching imo tho no Royal ut Geological l at society SI 8 that time the rescue narty which left lett Cane Ivans F. late hite In October r. r rescued reached One Ton depot and anti found the provisions In good or orTh or- or der 0 Th Tho party part proceeded alon along the the- southern south south- ern ermi rn route roule an and camo caine upon Scotts Scott's t tent ut uton lt on op XO November I 12 Within I thin I lay a the bodies of Scott and nOw Bowers Captain Caplain Scotts Scott's little son P Peter Ieter tel Is IJ staying with his grandmother at ill HenIc Ton lien I Ic icy ley The news was broken to him to to- to da day da In In- 1911 Mrs Scott had cinematograph cinematograph graph pictures of or Peter at play made and sent them out BO So lii his father could see how the ho boy was n growing It Ii is not lot known whether Captain Scott ever e rc received ed them |