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Show DESERET EVENING NEWS. ranant b iiitMMf rrt roam. Brio la a it "dwupwgv M la llw TRUTH AXD URERTT. 10 1917 SATURDAY FEBRUARY SALT TEN PAGES LAKE ClTY tJTAlI. Great Houses Taken Over by the Government for New Offices Needed For Carrying On the War , and the Dukes Have BeeEelievsd of Real White SmcWer Reigns in the Private , Elephants Duke Buccleuch and of of 'Apartment in the Library of His Grace of Westminster Earl Spencers House Devoted to Figuring Out Compensation to Persons Injured by War Regulations London Ducal Palaces Now Homes Of Clerks and Girl Stenographers; Ex-Ste- el Ex-Groc- r Correspondence). Special Feb. ONDON'. If emneaf tha 1. -1 lth ai4 groat noblemen of th IlRh cntnrie could revisit the koiCm of their gaieties in lifo would probably bo to aa- - ' - ,. wa . r - T.in. 1 prt.p, rty GOJ'e nor, th' Ll K ng tViri. te- - known a t iUti- - of ,11 build ng th WU, ..I lliere.'.rr. f of hroile-- j'inger abnu- not run vmtirx but r. kn-- Inin in nob.cnuvn a of ( 1 at In; ay i of h.t of !' Devon- shire in London Taken Over By the Government for the Use of Its Clerks. than that of the king. The modem fen v i T'et retiring pereoa at a rale, who tkio t wild inlereat in politico when the to hear him of .. , Wfi.latinn th eaten f he ha no and pan- ,4 k privilege. a rule he At bouse. town I o fcogr. fiemi ho iroto-- t up to I. ry scat and a he rr nt likf rh h - i ..I pru,nt h. $ Krmr that . a a!l b i n rrrry i rrmon uh a purpoaa. thry will pro ; f thoM h !nihdown Houaa north. th an Ji on hijo hu.it to ua I .low-- tlrr n iny th- if a housa Mtr lr. about huh by leord Wrrkalry of known a iWrkalry UouaA in 1'if IWrkr.ry Hot (ifFirrvrl loaa - hwawa aftarward Annr, and aha liveti t hr rr until a hn lh hound wa hiusrht by tfcn ftrt Ihika nf taTrhirr Tbi hua waa h f thr third duka id ti'ro fr in ITT; un t th pmnt L id M,i!t tn tha nat jrrar in i Ir.nlti .f II tiwft- - ilii-n- r.nd there is harr thr fata of Mott ard bo taken ovrr par foon r Hnjfw nh uri.f rt-- y rrcruitinj orraniiatinfl of the i m dii equally maf-- n south roast. rar this frmt houaa has tir If that lrW f dimst oe th f a gornm,nt department. i.tifiitna' fHf hn will doubtlraa d ftwpprar, f..i n, nrr h,t a dukr and imlbonairv at nr i h nd in tha th.. rould h f f I to U. k..t fTaftrnt4y Htl a t r hr h n pn.r f V aidm ocrupiad by tree nt years at least, fm-rpalaa at Chata Kastlurnr it raw of thn hnusa .f Nir;ng .vnifp hd in ptil op ol I.i h h town and th ' than nxetirg of the llout of in .ey m;-i,- 'i c the raietiea .,f Wit largtiit privata th' and u hra'hpiarurs 4 i kn a pta tM avmdihrft, 'hnr irji;n tac 4f.l .r"vri, - fa ' lhrvonhirv t f r th . i ! h h fan prfrrrrl m the Duke brhiw hou' jlif f i th n familiar to Amfry Houm, th fToal n U nn the north udt tha HiU Hotel. Tafclnf fardrns which ahtrh the real front in u am thpoi for tha ( f r ! fomaurt and t n.-- r. f.lrr of a ;n '.j ai-- l I ! of Fircacltlty Ur hu .hen' n Prhaby -. of ibe duke the rba-taken ovr h; the eccnd ancestor of th prea,nt I Thu r I 17, H if Palace of and f arohitectur tiolly bui.t f i It II a v.ho ri.nn-iiehj,l.ler tnd a rreat the 'he reallN f.mily' i - p fg the eiu'e in the weu'th Mo I.:, hail- - y e i had war when a duke gone great fgure in politiet t well ae ta frK it hi duty to karp up a Ue only wwa-'- j- huh The hive d)i ill- - ton(udrftti by Nh 'r;' Devonshire f louse is Well Known to Many Americans .In etcil ill 1'pi- lh- - lK..- - of r Hch le r'k in any rt 1" i" difirnv i wn'V.i d ho'JM . eid Moufta o'l"rr far f.nrr fit c nation ti.k tv"- - .1 ill-- !' Duke of Vke,tn.in--- over Tie the and I for government department! trill The dukeo do no 00 s ducal man ion again. a for fart and gmd many yoaro in M them, been ha wndring what to do with Jet 1KI lb- - In T mtj. tkuh'y Gl jltt QOL .. ... l.rneler.'il II eeuor Si real. occupied by persons orhoao H1 loowc Itr one erne at Jaaid tba dukag office of a man who began g wam the private orbo it now Muilttar tad ameltcr itrrl I it Britain's war government dukae are anld hr unkind to aay that the placed hart for gladly they (gdotiiU elephants, the diapaaa at London palaem rogtiificrnl in fact what bat d tit (overnmenl, but thii It i U ta unlikely that the ducal mantione pul lime if ,rr. in iiv H a -p tpF- a- aamm an 0 ala vtnr - they finished and perturbed that tboy hava u MrB gladly to whateror their tpiriU tnc tboy left tho earth. tho yeart lM In tbotr ,nd clerk i Inrtead of dancers of pianot In the ,H ypeorritert inttaad L eww privat Their ,f jeir ducheares. tnl years Kfr a m.my var recently the huuMi wu (xtupird hv Iur n rp Forest,, th Krir of tha lata 15 r n IliHnh, rn faiwma philan n Trnti :t from Kail Sprncar. Al thropist, not v Ur" ha Mtntar' Houk nr fjro in r i Hour, orcupation ,.f tie Government t I ike f of etmintr. the town residence thy I i.tru.Ier a ". 1 Thi i the headquarter i the principal Monl.ig-at and department lo-r e M apartment it th. of fur of IIn gro.-ePe.onpnrt, oho began i.fr and ti!l or. 'Ke.ot of T'. furn-'idull the fine "u Gn-ven- I er Vr.nr dea-tro- '! n r td i t .rHi , JaPl the r,,n' e ( sr s an-- n at I dTlf ,r t'h a ' t t rf ..i Thi and :t a rh lire ha lnn wo a'ong unJ pvetfv f n government wanted room l, hoiiiv ft rtp.d'y r "owing drparUnrnU, and lliee great . rwi of them eituated in the very heart of t governmental diatnct and thua in eay touch ill Ibe Other nmcntoftiyait, )Uercd the . r com r.a adat them for their new purpoae and fcy were Uken over. More ore likely to tharejhwir bh tad before the war ie over there will be hard-- h to I hb, ar for that matter aa earl, with a roof of hi eet ever hie bead in London. - (ft ad the meet hitgreeting of the great hooee-b kai been taken wear by the government la ftgt Rouee. the Loodon rwaidenro of the Duke hwdeoch. It la altuatod la Wbltahall. Juet ftWr tha wall of Scotland Tard, the famdue yohm head qua rtera, and ita ext naive gnr- W1 to the Thamoe Embankment A Ihmw away are the Iloueaa of Parliament ftbuinater Abbey. Thia bae baea made the f lb new minleter nf labor and John the new miniater, who began life in n ttael lig work, alta in the dulm't library and rune ft department from It Today the boom la a ( d maaten, telepbonea, fine furniture e (ypcwrltero. ikoot maearnger girls etataly corridors where , once the errands were carried out by pompous rart malde, and the great ballroom k EW with little desks at each wf which oita a nin F for dear life. Sixteen-year-ol- 1 -- rv- - . "TT- - - W . rtft r - Head in Sortof SKamU """ 1 ' Irony in the fate of Montagu '.r'l the pn-- pnla- a w 'r ihe Cri'wn but un;. tying poor rUa on it, on thut ih .1 wa pari of u royal palace. nee of An hbuhniwi of nrinnui'y the u i . ,.d uuv- - r f into the piasekeMin of Ilrniy kill and then it ha bm royal property. In fart until th house a a by fire in lfiKH it waa th chief nyal in London. In ITU. J.thn. second Duke of secured a lean of the ground and huiH n great house on the site-- Tht duke's granddaughter married the Duke of Buccleuch and so the house paaecd into the hands of tho Ruerlruch family. In 18SS the then Duka of Bucclcueh, being dissatisfied with th old house, and having aeeured of the ground for 99 years, began a fresh lea th erection of the present house, which is in the French renaiaaanre afyte. Has Often Foaght for Traditions of Estate The ducal barge was always kept In waitdays the Thames ' artery of - travel. When it in IS 62 proposed to construct the Thames Embankment th then Duke gate. ing them, for even in those need was still as an Batdeadinru oog'ofth biuiAt opponent proposal. Re declared that it would, destroy 1 fco fck fought the project tooth and nail in the Houso of Lords. Finally tho Mouse of Conv- - of thl nf marriage cf the fnn"i lnbriUiw mous threw out the b.I specially iniroduewi to him. but he'wcured S,(HW Omipenvitiun proici-tIn for the injury Ui the amcmtira of hi rcauh-nc" 1911 he aga.n rru-l- a most of which is pt TTr ft evi- - rai.T. - fouoJ-alio- n in rt olleilion, Gmiwnm house Hotels and Clubs Taken Over by the Government great fight against th th govurnuicnt uf load for the erection of what are no. :h RwrJ of Tra'lc Office., th. Assessing Losses to Citizens In Home of Earl Spcnccr Patent Office and the KeorH Office, on the ground that these buiMihg. .mM orrrliaik hia garden and derttoy hi privacy, l tmoerary had progressed, however, in fifty year, and he never had a chance of aucceedir.g in this effort at obstruction. Th. buildings were creeled and he received no rompen-aatiothis time. The Thame Embankment incident gave rim to an amuring rontroeerey a few years ago when Lloyd George, the present Trim Minister, was carrying on hi campaign against the duke. One of his supporters. Alexander Ure, the solicitor-genera- l for Scotland now Lord Uro quoted the incident as a typirr. of ducal extortion and put th compensation whirh the duke received at D re was forced to Si 50,000 Instead of $2.1,100, apologise and the duke felt they had scored a point against Lloyd Georg, then their implacable enemy and now their idol. - l:n dura houses the government Is It. course of devouring hotels end duln. The latest hotel to be taken is of special A third home of th-- aristocracy that i. now livto many Americans who have inun-r- t stayed there. of the government is ing dcvoUd to th-It is the Hotel Cecil in the Strand, the largest Ihc town house. of Enrl Hau. Spencer Sjicncer. hotel in and its loot) rooms are now b It is situated in St. James's Place, clo-- e to St, turned into offices for tbc Air Board. Th ing James's raise and has a fine outlook nn the Grcrn government is also negotiating for the Royal Park. It is now the headquarter of the Royal Automobile Club, a magnificent new structure in Commission On Defence of the Realm an Piccadilly which is the mot up to date and luxurthe damage organisation whose duty it is to ious club building in In fact th chib eg done to private ctiirns by the extraordinary war hotel which is little and considers measures arid regulations. Among other thing this fortunate in these days. If it is big and up to commission sitting in Earl Spencers splendid house date the government is sure .mner or later to A has to figure out just how much money some pubit to house tho ever increasing army of ctorka lican in the East End of London has lost because and typists who seem to spring up from th ground of the early closing and other restrictive regulaas fast as the quarters are prepared to house tions on his business, and decide how much comthem. pensation he shall receive. Spencer Mouse ora built , Some of these great building may return to In 1775 by John Spencer, son of the third Ear! private uses after the war, but the majority of of Sunderland who wa created first Earl Spenceg them will probably remain government offices, " in 1766. Like all bis descendants he wag s (be department which have baen eet up ( great Wil of the government and! pcrmun,nt and also lover politician of tho art. He be-d hv bwn Permanently ; at Spencer House the accumulation of a famous art collaetioa much of which baa been diaipatad J0HM 8. STEELE, .1: v a i to alivi umi.nuing tli- - in - n nK Los, , Bake of Westminsters House V Now Home of Food Controller - .Tha second groat house which is already in tba A 4rrfrnj&rwr' tnunuicr ttl i !ao laid by frdn I gardener a gRr-- c At that time the gardens of Montagu Mouse ran down to the Thames and were separated from it only by a low wall in which there was a water is city. Of rouraa tha hy the neighborhood it came . days than tho landscape re-i- d. Cine tha tv.nhira House ri'drn which ivi f np ,n I ' wKit )i d j applies, howrvafg tnida, for It rim m. and tha dacorsUod f .,vt M00.000 which ri.H., i namad Kanl t' t r hit f .tie a rh, Km r Sew it at ht did not add to ft Demanded Quarters For Army of Employees War k',' ; rn.4kii r ftur |