The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-22
.BRAzILIANS RIOT AND
BURN HUN HOUSES
WHEN NEWS COMES OF STEAM
ERS SUNK BY GERMANS,
TERROR BREAKS OUT.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dec. 30.-(Cor-
respondence Of the Associated Press).-
A demonstration Of bitter animosity
against Germany, accompanied by riots.
the burning of many German houses
and destruction of other German prop
erty by mobs of angry Braznians, was
caused by the announcement of the
sinking in European waters by German
submarines of the Brazilian steamers
Acary and Guahyba. The mobs visited
their wrath on everything German.
As soon as the public learned of the
torpedoing of the Brazilian vessels, thou
sands Of people marched to the presi-
dents palace where their spokesmen eX-
pressed to the president the confidence
of the Brazilian people. They then
marched through the streets waving
the Brazilian flag and the flags Of the
entente allies, shouting Death to the
Germans and long live Brazil"
The crowd next surged into the Rua
do Senado and stormed the German
school, and although large police rein
forcements We're called out, they were
helpless against the shouting crowd
which, after stOning the school and
breaking all the windows, continued its
march, stoning German bars and other
buildings as they passed As the crowd
approached one bar in the Avcnida Rio
Branco, the principal thoroughfare in
the City, some Germans who were in
the bar shouted Long live Germany"
Then Everything Was Burned.
The result was like a powder eXplo'
-. m. f,,tA Lao D..
which was set afire and everything in
it was burned. The people in the mob
attacked everyone who dared to voice
protest against this destruction 9th
ers saved themselves only by flight, and
although the police were reinforced by
cavalry troops they could only have
stopped the destruction by shooting into
the crowd, and this was not done.
As the crowd left the bar after watch
ing the flames die out, the cavalry sue
ceeded in breaking up the mob by
charging through it, but this only scat
tered the crowd into groups each of
which found something German to de
stroy as it ran Most of these groups
managed to get together again in the
Avenida and burned many of the large
German business houses there. At va
rious corners, government officials ad
dressed the crowd and urged them tC
desist, but all the pleading and speeches
availed nothing.
Shortly before midnight another at
| tempt was made to break up the GROVE
with a cavalry charge, but the mol
stood its ground and there was q serious
clash with the soldiers in which many
people and one or two soldiers were
reported injured
Tear Down Name Plates.
| After stoning and burning the prlnci
pal German business houses, the GROVE
then went through the city again, tear
| ing down the name plates of all the
| German physicians dentists and law
yers.
| Later in the night the police were
compelled to fire into the crowd at sev
eral points in the city in order to pre-
vent the firing Of buildings which nigh
have resulted in the destruction of near
by property, and several persons wer
wounded and had to be taken to hos
! pitfalls.
The German club was invaded an,
wrecked, as We're several German news
papers, and the destruction did not stol
until an early hour in the morning
when the crowd had completely tire,
| itself out.
The government has taken steps T.
keep close watch over the German res
dents Of this city, many Of whom ar
said to have threatened revenge 70
the destruction Of their property.