The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13
|BRAzIL'S GUNS
| BOOM WELCOME
TO OUR FLEET
Evans Battleships Anchor Safe
ly at Rio de JaneirO After
5000 Mile Trip
Thousands Cheer as Flower of
Yankee Navy Proudly
Sails Into Bay
Riot of Tars at PernambucO
Mars Reputation of Jackies
for Orderly Conduct
srEc1AI p1spArcH 10 ZEE cALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
RIO DE JANEIRO. jan IL
Steaming naiestically into the har-
Dor here at 3:15 p. m. today. the
American battleship fleet bound to
the Pacific was vociferously
cheered by thousasds on thousands OF
enthusiastic Brazilians. By noon
100000 people in holiday attire and
mood gathered along the Beiramar
boulevard and on the hills of Tijuca
and Corovodo and wildly cheered
the grandest spectacle ever witnessed
in South America
Stretched out in one long line. the
battleships steamed slowly through
miral Evans flagship. was in the lead.
with the escorting Brazilian squadron
in gala rig on either side
Passing the fortress the Connecticut
fred a salute of 81 guns. which was
responded to by the Brazilian warships,
the German cruiser Bremen and the
shore guns The yards and lighting
tops were manned. and cheer upon
cheer were given for the splendid pas
sage Of the flagship and her sister
ships At 4:20 D. m the American ships
anchored in four rows. each a mile and
half long. stretching toward the
mouth OF the bay. The division hag-
directly in front OF the city
The sky was eloudless and the ther-
rnometer registered a temperature ok
rs degrees Fahrenheit
As soon as the anchorage was maAo
the Brazilian minister OF marine. Ad-
miral A1encar, the captain OF the port.
the American consul. G. E. Anderson,
the commandants OF naval divisions
and the civic authorities. went on board
the Connecticut and extended a hearty
welcome to Admiral Evans. his officers
and men
Hundreds OF launches. tugs and SAIL
boats circled about the battleships un-
til long after the sun had gone down.
Not less than $4,000 to 10000 persons
were aboard these boats.
Tonight the city was beautifully IL
Eliminated.
TARs RIOT AT PERNAMBUCO
News from Pernambuco yesterday
told of ugly rioting on shore by zoo
American sailors OF the torpedo notilla
arrived there the day before. This was
sad blow TO the reputation which had
preceded Admiral Evans sailors
T. %oI ~.
fleet left Trinidad a week ago last sun
day the British governor of that island
wrote to Admiral Evans asking to be
allowed to congratulate him on the ''ir-
reproachable behavior OF his men. add
ing:
"A residence OF years at Gibraltar. a
rendezvous of the fleets of the world.
has given much experience with jackies
ashore. and can assert that your men
established record hard to equal and
impossible to beat
So, after pondering the matter. the
Brazilian officials determined to give
Admiral Evans a hand TO keep his
/ sailors up to the reputation they made
at Trinidad. asking him to police this
city with a corps OF his marines. who
are authorized to make arrests and
will be held responsible for the con-
duct OF the men OF the feet while on
shore The trouble at PernambucO be-
gan among the American sailors them
selves
CLASH WITH POLICE
The police of the city undertook to
restore order and the men from the
hotilla attacked the police for inter
fering. and the net result OF it all was
that large numbers OF sailors were se-
verely handled and 20 were locked up