Deseret Evening News | 1906-09-22 | Page 18 | Druce Claim Scares Ducal Family

I r S elf t y I I i I I I w r 7 I r M jr r eI 1 I i r t tI 1 i l lf lL f I s J ZORD L OAD soWA D I I BRUCE CLAIM SCARES SOARES DUCAL FAMILY I IThe The almost almo t preposterous Druce claim dalm to 10 the thc title of or Duke of or Portland and tn 1 to 10 the vast property left by tho the fifth duke has taken a II new ne turn The lion now In progress In England Is giving considerable alarm to the l e two per tons rant sixth duke and Lord Howard Cloward De Walden Valden grandnephew and principal heir of ot the fifth duke There T li la half haIr a II billion of or dollars dollar at t stake alake besides beside one of 01 the most moat enviable ducal titles The Tho claimant George Hollamby Druce a young oun man born In hr Australia Is a grandson duly dul proved of oC Thomas Charles Charlei Druce the mysterious proprietor etor elor of ot a london shop hop Thomas Druce Druc 1 according to the contentions of ot the claimant was liS no other than William John Cavendish Scott fifth Duke of Portland Jortland whose notorious eccentricities led Ina him to 10 maintain main lain two Identities one M as a bachelor peer to the day cia of ot his hi death the other as a shop shopkeeper shopkeeper keeper married and the father of the claimants father tather N IN NJ IW