Show ROOSEVELT RECEIVED FIRST NEWS Emperor of Russia Sends Word That He Has Signed Peace Treaty St PetersburgAs a graceful marK of appreciation of the part he took In bringing about the conference at Portsmouth and the resultant peace President Roosevelt was the first person per-son to be notified by tho Russian government gov-ernment that Empcroc Nicholas had ratified the peace treaty As soon at the emperors signature had been affixed af-fixed to the instrument and before the treaty had been brought back from Peterhof for the counter signature ol Foreign Minister Lamsdorff tho news was sent directly to the president The official notification to tho French government according to the foreign pfllce followed several hours later When Count Lamsdorff had completed complet-ed the ratlllcatlon by his signature |