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Show STORY CF CROAT OUTBREAK TOLD i Madness Seizes Group Which Attacks Italians: Commander is Killed SPALATO, DaJmatla, Julv 18 (By the ssoclatcd PreM) The Croat outbreaks out-breaks against Italians here Sunday resulted In the death of Command) r Glull, of the Italian cruder Pugrlla, another an-other Italian officer, and three Italian sailors and a hoy of fourteen The i Croats wren celebrating a national feast. A group congregated in an I Italian Cafe fa mp u w harf, while tiev- jeral Italian naval officers were con- I versing near the water front The boisterous bois-terous ' row. I from the cafe surrounded the Italian officers shouting "Down with Italian imperialism.1 Madness apparently seized the 'routs, who thm broke up the fnrnl-ture fnrnl-ture of the cafe, smashed windows and Stock and wrecked the establishment Commander Jiuii of the Puglla saw the uprising from the bridge of his ship He Immediately ordered a mo-torboat mo-torboat to sot out to fetch aboard ihe officers, who were In danger of harm from the crowd COMMANDER FALLS As the motorboai neared the wharf, revolver shots wee fired from the crowd. Commander Glsll was struck In the 'hest and fe'1 Before the boat landed he received two more imiiets. J he tilhrman ut the ho.it also was struck and killed and the motor craf Was steered In by other sailors. The Italian officers on thl wharf now were I trying the.r best to effect an escape. As they were embarking One was shot and died later Two other sailors were killed while a boy bystander in the crowd was struck by a bullet and killed. WILDER AND WILDER 1 Meanwhile the Croats were becom-ling becom-ling wilder and Wilder and shoutlriK was Ini reusing. They began molesting Italian stores and civilians Serb ma-, ma-, chine gunners took up position and I the order was given to fill the guns and make preparations to f;re at a .point in the crowd A hurried dispersion dis-persion followed, and order was restored re-stored Giull was attended by the naval surgeon aboard the American warship Olympiad which was anchored in the harbor He was much esteemed by ( n 1 1 the Americana of the Adriatic fleet, as he had maintained the friendliest relations between the two forcis |