Show I s 1 I Jr I t I r t i i 1 r 1 t n t rr f rf I I 00 0 Bub Buenos v-t v Lab L a. a j- j 4 iy j Ja r Riots T TROOPS D P USE f MACHINE liAr IJ H I N f GINS N I I j I I I i I I Firing Incessant in All Alla 4 J Parts of City for Four Hours Palace of Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice Is Point of Attack AIRES Jan 11 11 B BUENOS two Seventy-two persons were killed one eighty-one were gravely wounded and more than received received re rc- re- re minor miuor injuries in in inthe the fighting which occurred here yesterday yesterday yester yester- day and last night as a result of ot the general strike according to figures compiled complied at 3 o'clock this morning Firing was incessant in all an parts of the city from 7 o'clock until midnight but then began to die away Conditions In the interior are ob ob- ob- ob Shortly before midnight the telephone an and telegraph lines to 10 Mar Mardel Mardel del el Plata a fashionable suburb were cut and it is feared that the situation there is serious Many of the city's wealthiest families are there and the season is at its helg height t. t The congressional place was the scene of of hot fighting in which the government troops were successful only on the free use of machine guns The palace palce of ot Justice also was at at- at tacked The Mayo In front of the government palace Is filled with troops The straight thoroughfares arid and beautiful plazas of Buenos Duenos Aires famed rame as one one of the worlds world's most beautiful cities have In two days become unsightly scars scars because Of I the strike The city now has haa the Appearance of a place stricken with pestilence SCENES DESCRIBED One can ean stand at al the street crossIngs crossIngs crossings cross- cross Ings and looking jn any direction I Isee see rusty car CHI tracks and the sidewalks side side- sidewalks walks made unpleasant with garbage i The pla plazas as are littered JIttered with paper No vehicles are to be seen seen The city Is funereally quIet The sound of ot a J. J footfall startles the startles the e eAr r This much Is emphasized by the the- warI war- war bUngs of the songbirds In the plaza tree treetops tops Occasionally a great grent noise heralds the approach of an automObile patrol or mounted soldiers who rush through the streets the weapons of the forces lof of law and order at the alert The n next moment a requisitioned taxicab may dash clash by carrying half half- dressed and disheveled strike tors UNWASHED REDS On either side of the car are bareheaded bareheaded bareheaded bare bare- I headed men with red flags Ribbons of the same s color stream from the windshield The Individuals within the car invariably are coatless hatless hat- hat less Jess unwashed and bushy headed All appear to be he Russians and bear bearno no resemblance to the Spaniards Ar Ar- or Italians who compose I the he bulk of the laboring class in the country The police make no attempt to halt the speeding agitators or to compel them to remove the r red d flags Great Groat expanses of corrugated steel shutters indicate the window windows of the tile C Continual un ua s jcl t f TROOPS USE Continued from page 1 stores and shops All business houses I large and small are closed and locked On l the corners where once stood a a aI white helmeted and white gloved traffic traffic I fic ftc policeman stand stern sentinels with rifles on their shoulders The national mounted police who added I a touch of to city life lite with their bright uniforms today ride through the streets with rifles and heavy cartridge belts in place of their usual bright sabres Those citizens brave h to venture ven yen ture Into the streets talk In hushed tones Among the whispered rumors are wild ones of ot dreadful crimes and there is nervous gossip of ot what is liable to happen Suddenly shots ring out and the startled whisperers flee In another moment the street Is deserted and find still |