Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1916 — CAMPAIGN RIOT STAGED AT VALPARAISO [ARTICLE]

CAMPAIGN RIOT STAGED AT VALPARAISO

Rival Parties ul Valparaiso University Engage in Fiat Fights On Public Square. Conflicting political \ factions of Valparaiso University engaged “in a riotous demontsration Monday night. A thousand students marched to the public square. Banners were torn down and fist fights followed. Frightened coeds were carried out of the melee to safety. The democrats had planned a big rally, but republicans intercepted them and gained possession of the court house entrances. Here the battle raged fast and furious until the strife was declared a draw.