Show j I Foreign News I D' D Annunzio Hero Italian Writer Battles Illness i GARDONE Italy March 13 U UP Gabriele dAnnunzio famous Italian Italian Ital Ital- ian novelist and dramatist was ill o of pneumonia today DAnnunzio whose third seventy-third birthday was vas yesterday first was stricken with influenza which de developed developed de- de into pneumonia Dr Antonio Antonio Antonto An An- tonio tonto Duse his physician was optimIstic optimistic op op- although friends were worrIed worried wor- wor wor wor- ried ned because of age DAnnunzio has lived JIved in seclusion on at his villa here revered by Italy for his dramatic exploit in o occupying occupy occupy- cupy- cupy ing tag Fiume Flume following tho the armistice Although tam famous us for many years before V this adv adventure because of his exploits as a writer and lover Jover the march on was the most dramatic undertaking of ot his extraordinary extraordinary ex ex- career With Ii a body of volunteers dAnnunzio dAnnunzio dAn nunzio occupied tho city in defiance of ot the peace agreements J of ot the war waz which had awarded the former Hungarian Hun Hun- garian town to He held heldt it t from September ber 1919 until Christmas day 1920 when he was shelled out by an Italian war vessel DAnn action g greatly r rea c a t I y helped the eventual annexation of Flume in 1924 Italy then created him ilm Prince o of By his love affairs also zio's dos name is famous No one has written more extensively than dAnnunzio dAn nunzio himself of his passion n for Eleonora Duse Ida and V. V WL V V VV 4 I V w Gabriele dAnnunzio Fights Ravages 5 of ot Pneumonia other well known stage and literary figures |