The Tomahawk., 1919-10-23

years, preSlOent or the CltlZenS DauA,
a veteran of the Civil war and a
Mason of statewide reputation. died
at Wapello, la.
James N. Wallace. president of the
Central Union Trust company Of New
York, and leading American f1nan-
cier, died suddenly at his country
home at Nyack, N. Y. from heart dis
ease.
Personal.
Col. e. NJ. House, who has been
representing the president in Paris
since Mr.. Wilson returned, came back
to America a gravely sick man. BE
was so Ill that he did not leave the
transport Northern Pacific for several
hours after the ship arrived In New
York.
Brig. Gen. William Trent Rossell.
q. 8. A. (retired), who served for
nearly fifty years inn the engineering
corps, died at his home at New
Brighton, N. T., on his seventeen
birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Robert Morris of Toledo, O.,
was elected president of the Service
Star Legion. formerly known as the
War Mothers of America. at Balti-
more, Md. Mrs. Taylor Allerdice was
elected first vice president.
Fo,eiR,
The Journal Ohlciel at Paris an
nounces the signing by President Poin-
care of the document ratifying the
peace treaty with Germany and other
acts signed at Versailles June %,
which are to be deposited in the for
eign office in accordance with the final
clauses of the peace treaty, thereby
ending the state Of war.
About $4,000 German troops have
refused to obey orders from Berlin to
return home from the Baltic provinces
and have gone over to the Russians,
while approximately 1900 others are
moving for home, according to re-
ports received by the government at
Berlin.
The total military force recruited
from all races of the British empire
for the war was 8,654, 400, according
to the figures of the new blue book,
issued by the war cabinet at London.
President Poincare of France dec
grated the city of Nancy with the
croix de- guerre and the legion Of
honor. The populace of Nancy ac-
corded the president an enthusiastic
reception.
"Bloody fighting has broken out In
Albania between the natives and the
occupying troops" says a Paris La
Liberties correspondent ut Annemasse.
on the Franco-Italian border.
Assignment to Warsaw of Louis E..
Van Norman. as the first American
trade commissioner to Poland. was an
nounced by the department OF COM
merce at Washington.
Premier Georges Clemeneeau has de-
clared to q number of deputies ut
! Paris that he has made up his mind
to leave the cabinet after the coming
elections.
Greater Berlin faces a shortage of
! million pounds of meat this week,
less than one-tenth of the amount con-
tracted for having been delivered.
The British admiralty, answering a
request from the German government
at Berlin asking the whereabouts OF
the submarine Bremen, stated that 1t
knew nothing of the Bremen's fate.
Newspaper dispatches from Rome
state that about 80 persons have been
killed in encounters between armed
peasants and troops in Sicily.
| Disorders due to the recent uprising
of peasants in Sicily continue, accord
ing to news from Rome. Thousands
of peasants, supported by soldiers. are
still trying to invade all estates of the
wealthy.
The state of war in France and AL
geria is declared to be ended and the
censorship lifted by two presidential
DEGREES signed Saturday, which be
come effective Monday through publ
cation in the Official Journal at Paris
The Danish government at Copen
hagen will present to the next parlia