Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — 3.000 STUDENTS IN RIOT [ARTICLE]

3.000 STUDENTS IN RIOT

Mob Storms Opera House at Valparaiso, Ind., and Causes Panic—Do Stunts on Stage. i . Valparaiso, Ind., April 12.—Three ; hbusand students of Valparaiso unii versity began a rampage late last j evening and for over three hours deSed the efforts of the police and fire departments to subdue them. The mob stormed the Memorial (opera house, in which an audience i v, as gathered. Men, women and children rushed to exits, and only the efforts of a few ol heads saved many from injury, it is said. Ihe students theh rushed the po- ■ ;i e who were attempting to guard the i at rances and took possession of the | :-a ter, and after dojng impromptu i age stunts formed a parade in the i 'reet ' Marching up College hill they made -rack on the college dormitories, .. they entered through the win-