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Show MOSCOW RIOTS PROVE COSTLY Seven Hundred Buildings Are Wrecked, Wreck-ed, Causing Damage of $20,000,000 Petrograd, via London, Juno 21. Moscow suffered damago to tho extent ex-tent of $20,000,000 during tho recent antlGermnn demonstrations In which nearly 500 stores and factories nnd moro than 200 prlvoto lodg'ngs woro wrecked. Tho mobs turned tho cltv Into wllil disorder, according to oye witnesses. Tho rioters, heated with liquor which they found in demolished wine Btores, beiamo reckless in their pillaging, pil-laging, sett'ng flro to nnd destroying many stores and npartments, tho owners of which were BusBlans. Of tho totnl numbor of buildings destroyed destroy-ed only 113 belonged to Austro German Ger-man subjects. Tho demonstrations began early on Juno 9 and lasted moro than twonty-four twonty-four hours. Tho Moscow council at a meeting held on Juno 10 took measures mea-sures to Quell tho disorders and pro-vent pro-vent a repetition of tho rioting. Tlw number of fatalities Is not known. |