Show SIGN EIGN TRADE AT SHOWS DECREASE By A Associated socia ed Press All ATTLE LE March 19 The The value 0 a forel foreign trade of oC the Wash Wash- n It district for the tho month of or jary lary showed a decrease of or orthan than from that of or nr iary iry 1916 according to the Ins uis returns just made public month tho thu Imports totalled 4 34 and the tho exports 1 as compared with Imports of oC and exports of or year a ago o B big big- decrease is lf chiefly ac- ac 1 td 1 for l by hr the tho fact that trade Russia has dwindled to oncI one one- 1 I of oC the amount of a year ago |