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US. RECORD EXPORT
Is $6,O6O,OOO;0OO
Gain Of More Than Two Bill
lion for Year Ending
April 30.

WASHINGTON, May "a 81, ,060. .0o0.-
600 export record for the twelve months
ended April 20. 1917. has been estab
lished by the United States. the nrst
time In the history OF the country that
such nm enormous foreign trade has
been achieved. the Department of Com
merce announced to-day.
In the same period a year ago total
exports were less than $4,000. 200. 600.
In previous years for corresponding
periods the exports ranged from s2.50O.-
100000 downward.
Exports for April were about $780,
100000 This compares With S554. .000,-
ary. when 9ermany's intensified subma-
rine warfare was begun. and $613.32i.-
900 for January. Americas pinnacle Of
exports for all time
The U-boat campaign undoubtedly ac.
counts for, q large part OF the reduction
of exports from January. but the ordi-
nary huctuation Of foreign trade figures
to some extent in the drop. II the u
boats are to be held exclusively RESPONSE
BILE conditions may be said to be some
what better in March and April than In
palgn, when exports were about $4,000
900 below those recorded last month.
Imports during the twelve months
ended April 20 were $4,000. 100000. giving
the United States favorable trade bal
ance for the period of S3.o60, ZOO, 900.
against $l,914 900, 900 In the correspond
ing period In 1916 and 31,374.000,000 In
1915.
For the ten months ended with April,
1917. exports amounted to $51s7.0oo.-
900. against S3,3s4, 900. 900 one year ago
and $2,225, ,000, 900 two years ago.
The imports during April. 1917.
amounted to 1900. 900. which, with
the exception Of March. is the record
month of the last six years.
For the ten months ended with April,
1917, the imports amounted to $2.027,-
600. 900. against s1.723.0oo,00O In 1916
and Sl.374.000.000 In 1915.
For the ten months ended April. 1917.
the excess Of exports Amounted to $s.0sb,-
600. 900. an increase Of $l.$24.00D.00o
over the excess Of exports year ago.
The imports Of gold amounted to 332,-
000, 900 In April. 1917. against exports
Of gold amounting to $17.000.O0O. The
imports Of gold during the ten months
ended with April. 1917, amounted to
Ss33, 900, 900, which is S490, 100000 more
than a year ago.
Exports of gold during this period
amounted to $1s7.000.0 900. an increase OF
81, ,OO0, 900. The excess Of imports Of
gold over exports during the ten months
period ended with April, 1917. amounted
to Ss6s. 10000 in 1917. against $274.-
100000 in 1915.
The sun., 1917-05-30
INJUNCTION is SOUGHT.
Government L. InvestiRntinR Pos
sible Reasonable Motives.

KANSAS CITY, May 29.--Every invest
eating agency OF the Federal Govern
ment In Kansas City was assigned to-
day to the task of learning II treason
able motives were responsible for In
junction petitions seeking to restrain
operation OF the army conscription res
istration law which were filed in the
State Circuit Court. Hearing on the Pc
titions has been set for Thursday at the
request OF J. ID. Shewalter. attorney for
tle petitioners, who declared his presence
in the State capital was necessary to-
morrow SO he might prosecute a man
damus suit which he declared would be
The sun., 1917-05-30
BURROUGHS WINS IN N. H.
Defeats Democratic Opponent for
Consr % by LAO.

MANCHESTER, n. H.. May .9--Sher-
man Z. Burroughs Republican candidate
for Congress from the First New Hamp-
shire district to succeed the late Con-
gressman. Cyrus A. Sulloway. Republi-
can, was elected to-day over Patrick
H. Sullivan. the Democratic candidate
by 1910 votes. according to unofficial
returns.
With one town missing from 129 dis.
tricts and wards the total vote was
Burroughs, l7,452: Sullivan. 1922
The sun., 1917-05-30
Lord Devenpert May Resign.

LONDON, May 2s.-It Is said on good
authority that the resignation OF Lord
Davenport as Food Comptroller will soon
he announced. Lord Devenport's health
IL far from satisfactory. and tits UNDER
stood that he Ii very desirous Of being
relieved OF the strain of ONCE
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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23

The opening of the Board of Trade
carnival last night drew large crowd
and proved most agreeable surprise
to those who attended as we'll as the
committee in charge of the grounds.
So much had been promised that it
was natural that parts of the claims
made by the Sibley Superb shows
should be looked upon as exaggera-
ton, but it is a pleasure to go on rec
ord with the fact that every promise
has been lived up to in every detail
The attractions as a whole and indi-
vidually are clean cut and wholesome
and there is not one single feature thai
can be be adversely criticised. The
principal attractions are the "Watel
Circus" and Dion's "Big 10 in l."
The swimming and diving of the
members of the former proved of ex.
ceptional interest to the Greek divers
many of whom were on the grounds
and it is safe to say that very few
of them failed to pay this show a
visit. Miss Margaret Offer, who is
featured as the champion heavyweight
swimmer and diver of the world, can
certainly lay just claim to the title.
Miss Offers weight is three hundred
and seventeen pounds, yet despite
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
FRONT GATE TO FLORIDA WILL
SOON Be OPENED AND TRAVEL
WILL Be INCREASED MANY FOLD

With the opening of TIE new bridge
across the st. Mays river at Folk
-ston early next month, and with only
some six to eight miles of uncomfort-
able roadway between Jacksonville
and the bridge, the front gate to Flor
ida will have been well opened, in tn
opinion of F. o. Miller, good roads
man, a state highway commissioner
and general and specific urger ant,
compeller- of good reads for Florida
and those contiguous parts of other
states, that have to be passed through
to get to Florida.
Mr.. Miller characterizes the opening
of the bridge and the elimination of
the old ferry as the one greatest
thing of the past year in making for
more through auto travel from tbs
north and west to Florida. 'f 49,
He has just been over the old road
the entire distance, and he declares
there is no "bad road" in the entire
link, although there are six to eight
miles of what may be called "uncom-
Portable" roadway, which will now
soon be made good also. 3sia:t4a .,-.
The claying of roads of sand foun-
dation is often the cause of much
dissatisfaction at. the start, for il
takes some time for the clay to be-
come an intergral part of the surface
and naturally until there is some, rair
and travel on these roads there vii
be more or less of cutting the. rough
Soon, however, the cementing a6f the
two materials becomes accomplishing
and then there results the finest 0:
roadways-indeed, experts have de
clared that such a roadway is super
Tor to brick.
The new short cut, that is opene,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23

fin compelling a reduction in Price for
.,roiectiles furnished the government.
The financial loss to the government
| in that connection has been important,
it says, and adds:
what has not been made clear,
',owever, is the failure Of the compa-
MES manufacturing projectiles with
10, spur of competition to drive them
|. y to keep pace with the improve
ncnts in the, qualitNof armor-piercing
shells that were being made abroad.
A difference in the price of shells can
be expressed in dollars and cents. In
Priority of weapons of defense, when
he fate Of the battle may easily de-
pend upon this single element, cannot
possibly be expressed by any amount
Of money, however large"
Will Not Cripple Home Industry.
Mr.. naniels declares that the argu-
mert used by those who oppose the
construction of naval projectile
SAINT, which contends th@t the result
will be to crush American industry, is
!lout value.
"- Lave never had in mind" says
'.e, "a navy plant of greater capacity,
working one shift of men, than one
third of the total amount required by
the navy. The two-thirds left for pri-
tvate manufacturers with our new
ships in commission, will be greater
than the whole amount of a few years
ago.
"Only in case Of an utter failure on
the part of the private manufacturers
to keep their product abreast Of the
times or to quote prices in any way
reasonable would it be necessary for
the navy by working three shifts in
stead of one to manufacture enough
material to cover our entire demands. y
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
The MUCK BEDS
Of EvERGtA DES
GOOD FERTILIZER

If the German people had the muck
beds of the Everglades and the region
surrounding Lake Okeechobee, the
valley of the Caloosahatchee and other
sections where these deposits are
found to a depth of many feet, they
would solve the problem of drainage
by transporting at least one-half of
this humus to higher ground, where
there is no question of its value. With
in a period of twenty years railroads
would penetrate this section from ev-
cry direction, steam shovels would be
used by the hundreds of thousands,
and high lands that are now regard
ed as valueless would be- made the
most fertile soils of the state by prop
err distribution of this muck.
Laugh at this if you will, but re-
member that Columbus was laughed
at when he said the world is round,
and that by sailing west he could
reach the East Indies. These muck
lands will prove to be .vefitable gold
mines. Right here we:are reminded
of the advice an old farmer gave, his
sons. He said, ,"Bogs, don't go in debt,
but, boys, if you must go in debt, go
in debt for manure" These muck beds
are manure, worth, by actual analysis,
1926 ton as fertilizer, according to
the present prices of this commodity.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23

by the new bridge, means a saving of
some sixty miles between Waycross
and Jacksonville, and that is actually
to any part of Florida, except the ex-
IRENE western part. In addition to
this distance cutting, there is made by
the bridge the only ferrylcss route to
Florida from the North and West.
The new bridge is not an expensive
affair. but it s safe and comfortable,
conveniently located crossing. where
has, therefore, been ferry of more
or less crulity.
Mr.. Miller says that Wits the open
ing Of this bridge, the last link in the
chain of good roads from Georgia to
the last wished for place in this state,
and he says that after Florida is
reached there is a stretch and net
work Of good roads paved or hard sur
faced that cannot be equaled or ex-
celled in the entire country.
Campaign Just Started.
Florida's good road work during the
past year has been the marvel of the
other states. for while many have
Ebeen hoping for and waiting for fed
(eral assistance this state has gone
ahead and bonded its counties one
after the other for millions of dollars,
and has paved or. otherwise hard sur
faced hundreds Of miles of road reach
| ing down and across the state. The
Egood reads campaign in Florida has
just begun and the next year will see
Hundreds of more miles hardened and
1.-The next year viii continue the cool
work, until soon the day will be here
THAT when the state line; Is crossed
There will be good roads over the en-.
tire state and Florida win be known
les the good roads state.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
AMERICAN NAVY
FORCED TO BUY
SHELLS ABROAD

Washington, Jan. 22.-Secretary
Daniels issued statement today ex-
planning and defending his action in
awarding to Hadfields, Limited a Brit
ish munitions company, contracts TO,
a large number of navy armor-pierc-
ing projectiles at price of about 5000
each below the lowest American bill.
The statement is a reply to published
comment upon the contract which, Mr..
Daniels says Convinced mo that q
concise statement Of experiences O.
the department in obtain 'ng shell-
equal in quality to those used by t,
eign navies, at reasonable price j
necessary to enable the public to un-
derstand what has been going on
Referring to report in certain Am
erican trade journals, that the BIRTHS.
government had urged Hadfe,ds to
seek this contract for the purpose of
creating panic in the American stce,
market and q resultant reduction in
the export price of American steel, the
secretary says "that is patent absurd
ity," as such an order would have nc
appreciate effect upon the market. =
Mr.. Daniels says the Bethlehem
Steel company, which "has been filling
uthes0apers with advertisements crit
he department" admitted in
ese publications that it had
make satisfactory shells on
e awarded two. years ago.
is able to fill its contracts,
"it does not become the Beth.
IN company to criticise the navy
department for awarding contracts te
manufacturers who can make shell:
that meet the tests"
Appeal to Patriotism Failed.
"The department wishes to give al
of its orders to American manufactr''
ers whenever they quote reasonab,'
prices and furnish Shells that nee.
navy requirements. Nothing but tn
utter failure of the. patient negotia
tions and appeals to- fine patriotism q
the little group of steel manufacttf
ers which have practical monopoly o
this business have made it imperativ
for the government to build projec
4 Tile factory and giyeSa contract to
foreign bidder"
The statement reviews the depart
ment's dealings with American shel
makers during the past few years T
show that bids from the British con
cern previously had been instruments
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23

this enormous handicap she gives a
performance that would be exception
ally hard for the best male swimmer
to duplicate.
Dion's 40 in /" show attracted big
crowds with its well lighted interior
and exterior and general air of clean
illness. Each of the ten pits contains
some unusual or freak animal, all
alive and in the very best of condition,
which, with the absence of the usual
mummifed exhibit, makes this most
interesting and instructive show.
The Barnes Musical Comedy COM
pany give an hours entertainment of
high-class vaudeville, which introduce
es several performers of rare ability,
presenting late songs, clean, catchy
comedy and first-class dancing. "Ka-
lamity" James concert hall, or the
Golden Days of as, proved real
llodestone to the young men who
evinced their approval by continuing
to dance until nearly midnight anc
clamoring for more. Eva La France
the million Dollar DOLL" is most in
teresting and as has been claimed fol-
her, woman of unusual beauty. Miss
La France weighs five hundred and
twelve pounds and is the one " fat
woman" everyone should see.
Owing to several delays the new
ride, "The Whip" could not get ready
to operate last night but can be relied
upon to furnish all the excitement ne
|cessary tonight.
Many other amusements are to be
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
THE PINEL[AS COUNTY BOARD
QEIRADE, ITS AIMS, OBJECTS,
AND ITS ACC0MP[ |SHMENTS

The Pinellas County Board of Trade
is body incorporate, and probably
the only Incorporated body of men in
the county whose aims and objects are
to conserve the rights and holdings Of
the people of the county, for theii
good perpetually, and to look after
their interests continually. To init
ate legislation and improvements, to
assist in carrying out measures thai
will be for the good and benefit of the
people generally, the County Board OF
Trade of Pinellas county is composed
at present Of about one hundred OF
the representative business men OF
the county. They meet quarterly and
have. a board of governors selected
from every civic organization in the
county, who meet eftener, These men
spend their time and money for the
public good, they receive no remuner-
alton, and have to pay their own trav-
cling expenses; they are philanthropy
lets in every sense Of the word. Would
that the county had one thousand sucl..
men instead of one hundred. Would
you live in community where there
are no philanthropists? Show M.
such a community and / will shoy
you community where there is n.
public spirit and where they are eth
er standing still or going backward.
The present board is in debt nearly
five hundred dollars which has been
contracted in bringing about many inn
provements such as the County Beau
tiful movement, the agitating and
laying out of a road system, which
eliminated in the brick roads now be-
ing built, and in various ways adver-
tising the county, etc, etc. 1t is the
duty of every tax payer and resident
in the county to assist this board in
the work in which it is engaged by
becoming a member himself and help
ing to increase the present member
ship and the annual receipts by pay
ing one dollar into the treasury.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23

A campaign is now on to increase
the membership to at least one thous-
and by February 1, and to this end
a committee was appointed at the
recent meeting OF the board held at
Largo. The committees slogan is
| "At Least One Thousand New Mem
bers." The committee is composed Of
c. S. Washington lex oficio), ]. E.
Rebstock, Roy S. Hanna and L. A.
whitney. These men have had severa!
meetings and have made plans for a
big rally day and tag day at st. Pc
tersburg, Saturday, January 27, at
which time Lorenzo D. Cash, field sec
rotary of the South Florida chamber
of commerce, will speak. He is very
able speaker. There will also be sew
ieral speakers from different sections
1of the county. A band of music has
been engaged, and fifty ladies have
volunteered to assist in placing the
colors of the board on every one who
viii become q member.
We hope through this rally to create
a public sentiment that will spread to
every part of the county. The COM
nittee will continue its efforts through
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Of
the following week, through the entire
county, which they feel assured will
result in making this board the
strongest county board in Florida.
And an organization with such
strength will get results that cannot
be gotten in any other way. Let us
have your help and cooperation, AMI
don't say no, when you are called
upon to join and Fay your dollar; in
fact, don't wait until you are called
upon, but send in your name and one
dollar to any member Of the commit
tee, and thus aid and become an ac-
tive force in the work of extending
the name and fame Of PEERLESS
PINELLAS PARADISE" until il
shall become q by-word in every state
|and county Of this great land Of ours.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
WILSON TELLS
SENATE VIEWS
ON PEACE PLANS

: Washington, Jan. --22.--President
Wilson personally addressed the SEN
ate today and laid before the country
..efe question of whether the United
States Should enter afworld peace
league and thereby abandon its policy
If isolation and no entangling ALI
ance.
He said that a lasting peace in Eu-
rope would not come from a peace
pact or from victory for either side
That must be followed, he said, by d
concert of powers % assure the world
Icf E lasting peace. The United Statef
CONTINUED on page ~
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
SAYS THE us. IS
THE JERUSALEM
Of The FUTURE

Richmond, Va, Jan. 22.-Allegiance
to the faith that has preserved Israel
through twenty centuries of ADVERSE
ty" and faithfulness to the democratic
ideals upon which this government
rests, were the notes stressed at the
opening session here tonight of the
forty-third annual convention Of
Grand Lodge No. 5, Independent Or
der of B'Nai Birth.
Simon Wolf, of Washington, the
principal speaker, entered an indirect
protest against the Zionist move,
pleading for an unhyphenated Amer
lean Jewery committed to an irrevoca-
BILE destiny in this country. This coun-
try and no other. he said, is the Jerus-
alem of the future.
Delegates are in Attendance from
the District CT Columbia, Maryland,
North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
THE BONDS CARRIED MONDAY
By Good Margin 10000 Will Be Spent for Open
ing Pinellas Avenue Through to Eagle Street and for
Extending Water and Sewer Mains---This Means That
An Era Of Progress Has Commenced In Tarpon Springs

Tarpon Springs held an election yes
terday to determine whether $500
should be spent for opening PineIlas
avenue through to Eagle street and
the voters (who were required to be
registered property owners) decided
by q vote of % to 10 in favor of OPP
sening the street named. They also de-
cided by avote of Is to 10 in favor
of the sewer extension and Is to 10 in
favor of extending the water mains.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23

The above vote plainly shows that
the voters considered the opening of
Pinellas avenue of more Importance
than the extension of sewers and
water mains, and there is no question
but that this street is of vital import
ance to Tarpon Springs.
The erection of the $4,000 Greek
cathedral depended upon the opening
Of Pinellas avenue, for the main en-
trance will have to be on this Street.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
BURSTING TIRE
INJURIES JUDGE
BRANDON'S EYES
FEARED AT FIRST THAT HE
MIGHT LOSE HIS SIGHT AS
RESULT OF ACCIDENT !.

The bursting of an automobile tire
tube came near resulting in the loss
of the eycsight of Judge Leroy Bran
don of Clearwater, yesterday morn
ing as the county judge was on his
way to st. Petersburg. The tube burst
while the judge was making repair
and the force of the outrushing air
imbedded many particles of sand in
his face and eyes. 1t was feared at
first that he might lose his eyesight,
and he must be very careful yet for
a few days.
Judge and Mrs. Brandon were driv-
ing to st. Petersburg in their auto
mobile and when Seminole bridge; had
been reached some tire trouble devel-
oped. Judge Brandon was making the
repairs when the inner tube let go.
He had his head so close to the ground
that his face and eyes were filled with
the sand and small shells. It was
with great difficulty that he made his
way into st. Petersburg and to- the
office of DIR. Welsh. The doctor spent
several hours in picking out the parti-
cles of sand, but unless something un-
expected arises there will be no dan
ger of losing the sight. 1t will take
several days of treatment before it is
known how serious the accident may
become.-St. Petersburg Independent.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
SWISS PEOPLE EXCITED

Berne, (via Paris), Jan. 22.-The
German measure prohibiting all i'm
portations, news Of which was receiv-
ed here Unexpectedly, caused consider
able excitement, throughout Switzer-
land. The government will make re-
monstrance to Berlin.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-23
SCHOOL REPORT J
FOR MONTH ENDING
FRIDAY, JAN. IS

Perfect attendance roll of the grade:
for the school month ending Friday
January 10:
First Grade
Arthur Woods, Lois Arbritton, Ethe
Mulkey, Cleburne Jacks, Dorothy
Smith, Ella GasEill, Robert Carey
Theresa Lilies.
Second Grade.
Edith Youngblood, Harold Anslow
Elizabeth McMichael, Christine Pin
der, Ernestine Meres, Joseph Boyer
Howard Clayton.
Third Grade.
Jewell Arbritton, Gilbert Shelton
Theophilos Athanassiou, Rachel Full
ton, Ruth Craig, Carl Cause, Ora Lex
Rouse, Nick Kladakis, John Guthrie
Malcolm Hill.
Fourth Grade.
Lille Mae Bush, Theresa Pinder
Francis Burts, Ernestine Butler
Kathleen Schargus, Cecil Toye, Ma
rian Lowe, Leon Catrobos.
Fifth Grade.
Lillian Pinder, Ester Fulton, Anna
Renfroe, Grace Davis, Geo. Smith,
Elizabeth Boyer, Katherine Gaskill,
Virginia Fourier.
Sixth Grade.
J. Y. Blake, Leon KRONER, Frances
Lilies, Waldo Baker, Gale Reigel, Eliz-
abeth Pinder, Edward Baker, Joseph
McCarroll, Charles johnson, Christel
Clayton.
Seventh and Eighth Grades.
Ruth Smith, Carl Pierce, Frances
Peterson, Nick Athanassiou, Thomas
Craig, Alma Klosterman, Max Decker,
Alice Youngblood, Wayne Carey, Es-
ton Youngblood, Thelma Cardy, Faye
Blake.
Honor Roll of the Grades.
Ella Gaskill, Cleburne Jacks, Ethel
Mulkey, Harold Anslow, Ruth Craig,
Ora Lee Rouse, Theresa Pinder, Anna
Renfroe, Gale Reigel, Richard Good
ing, Robert Carey, Sarah Meyer, Paul
Whitehurst. Marie Louden, Cora Bells
Renfree, Kathleen Schargis, RATHER.
inc Gaskill, Joseph McCarroll, Haze
Woods, Jessie Welge, Joseph Boyer
Gordon Alderman, Grace Boyett, Ma.
rian Lowe, Agnes Cause, Charles Ell
deny Edith Gaines, Frank Davis, Gus
Meyer, Rachel Fulton, Jewell Arbrit-
ton, Ernestine Butler, Annie Mulkey
J. Y. Blake.
Cases of Hardness.