The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-14
CLAIMS TO ANCIENT
BARONY REJECTED

check undue immigration, but also
tend 20 keep out the undesira BILE
clement. besides enormously facliitat
ing the work Of the Fedora! Immi-
grafton Bureau. which fulfills its du-
lies under The most extraordinary
disadvantage and handicaps.
II would still further promote 'he
cause OF justic" ia this country II no
one would be allowed 20 sail from any
American port Or 70 leave Dy ianu
without being able 20 show a passpor
containing an official visa 10 the effect
that the bearer leaves no unlqGidalec
obligations behind him. or course
all this seems very utopian but
that n is practicable "a shown by the
example Of Russia.
The Marquis Cgo spiuola. now in
New York and who has been crtN-
cizing American women ~ printed
interviews. is a scion of one of the
most ancient families of Genoa. some
of the mem beers also played an i'm DOr-
notably the Marquis Ambros" Spinola;
VINO was one Of the most tinguished
OF Spanish generals Witn many any We.
notable feats Of arms were the seige
and capture of Ostend in 1904, and the
capture of Breda. after a long serge
twenty wears later, the surrender OF
Breda being the subject OF one OF the
rasterpieces of Nelasquez, entitled
Las Lanzas, Spinola occupying a
prominent PlaTGse Spin SSs.'e we're me
principsl rivals of the Dorias for
supremacy in the republic OF Genoa ,
nished number OF Doges TO the
commonwealth
The Duchesse de la Force. by pre-
senting her husband with son ana
heir in Paris. named Jacques. has
diminished the prospects of the success
sion of her husband 8 younger orothers
Officers in the army-to the family
honors The Dukedom of La Force
though IL will not be found IN the
current issue of the Almanach de Gotha'
and is one of the most illustrious IN
The first Duke. Jacques NOmpar de
Caumont. was one Of the sur tIYoo {, OF
Covered with the blood of his father
aud of his elder brother. who had been
slain by the ringleaders OF the massacre
the then nine-year old boy had the
presence of mind to simulate death,
and remained PROSTATE until discov-
cred by thief. who was plundering the
corpses This ghoul, with more kind
ness of heart than Is usually possessed
by people of his class instead OF killing
the lad. managed 70 smuggle MN out
OF the city. and the boy. was able 20
reach his uncle, the Marshal de Biron,
in fety.
Growing. up. ne developed into a
closest friends and adherents of Henry
". and was in the carriage of that
monarch when the latter was assassin
ated bv Ravaillac in 1910. For his mill
tary services he was in turn advanced
TO the rank of Marshal of France, and
created peer. as Due, de la Force.
by patent dated May. 1853 He vas
succeeded by MS brother Henrl, VINO
was also a distinguished military
commander.
About the time of the American War
of Inde pendence, the descendants OF
the second Duke de la Force became
extinct in the male line, ana Louis y l.
( thereupon authorized the assumption
of the title by the chief of one OF the
iunior branches of the family, descend
ed from a certain Bertrand Nompar
de Caumont This Due de Ia Force
emigrated with the royal princes at
the outset of the Revolution in l1S2.
but returned to France soon after the
establishment OF the empire, entered
the army took an active part In the
various campaigns. inquired IN the
invasion of Russia. and in the terrlple
retreat from Moscow, attained the
rank of general. and became member
of the legislative assembly
The present duke is married 70 a
daughter of the ducal house OF Noa-
! lilies. and his mother. who died year
/ or so ago was by birth a De Mallie de
/ Ia Tour Landry one of the best known ng
ures in Partisan society, an acknowi
] ed ged leader of the Noble Eau bourg, and
a vervgreat friend of the late King
Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
Copyright, 1913, by the Brentwood
Company