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Show GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO REPORTED KILLED I ;' 3 O fi. H I Bonus Bill To Cost U. S. Two Billions, Houston Says POET'S FORCES 1 UNABLE TO HOLD I OUT VERY LONG I 'Italian Regulars Closing Iron i Ring Around Fiume, Wash- ington Learns if ! ROMAN CROWDS SHOW I SYMPATHY FOR LEADER M SB Roval Mounted Guards Quickly I Disoerse Those Seeking to Hold Demonstration ROME, Dec. 2 7 I wag re-ported re-ported from Flume today thnt I Gabriole d'Annunsio, tlu insui gent lender In thai lt, had !H-n K killed while trying to proent n fight between tula icgion ir'cs and reirular Italian soldiers. 1 Ro.ME. Dec. 27 Little hope thai Captain Gabrlele d'Annunzlo will be able to hold Fiume against Italian re. ilars Is entertained by Signer -B OdenigO, local representative of the lH j "regency of Quamero," who with sov-! sov-! eral bands of symiathizers has been iH anxiously waiting developments alor? hTH the Adriatic. "I am afraid sri Is lost, unfortunate-ly. unfortunate-ly. even honor." said Odcnlgo today. "All advices point to the conclusion that wo must abandon the last hopo "'. being Italian as long as the govern- jLM Onl hat L-r.in .-.I ti.e r".rt of Ear.ir. I between Fiume and Susak, to Jugo- I Slavla under a secret understanding. The Italian government S. now prepar- H ing to capture with superior forces H and apply tho treaty b force. Cap-i Cap-i tain d'Annunzlo with 4501) men cannot H attack by 20,000 unless a mlr- H I aclc hippemj. but it is a shame." iN il WS IN VG ro. j AsniwuiuiN, jjcc i. Italian bbbbbbbbbj government troois were believed to-day to-day slowly but surely closing the Iron ring around Fiume, where Gabrlele d'Annunzio and bis little H force of legionaries were standing Reports from the city have been meagre, but it appears that the sol- H (Hers commanded by General Caviiu jH Ami imv.i in lie. i. .. N Into the outskirts ..f the, city and that H UI of the city migh- not be ! iH Land and sea forces arrayed against iN d'Annunzlo began to move forward to- N ward the city yesterday and advices H say the grip they had taken had re- H uij. ed the legionaries in Flume to an iyM almost hopeless position. The land I N advance was made from three dlrec- ( tlons and did not encounter any re- ! Blstance. L'Ann unzian soldiers fell Lssl back as tho government troops moved H ahead and it was declared the poet- B soldier had directed his officers not iH to open fire on the advancing forces N until ho personally had given orders H to that effect. The Italian regulars were under orders not to (Ire unless I they were compelled to do so. Wl MIDI BUS IN" RUM I ROME, Dec. 26. Crowds attempted N to ho.HI demonstrations In this city In IH favor of Captain Gabrlele d'AnnunXlb H tonight, but strong detachments of royal mounted guards charged upon fN and dispersed those engaged In the I manifestation. D'Annunzio' war crj of Down with th. treaty ui Rapaie.' IN was frequently heard. IH Deputy Fcdersoni made an address H In favor of the poet-soldier at a. Na- 1 tionallst meeting and was frequontli I I Liter, several Nationalists, In r Sssa venge for the breaking up of the dent- OOStrktlonS, decided to put an end to H a concert being directed by Scrglous H Kousevlsky In the Augusteum. They formed in a column and entered the H building crying "Viva Italian Fiume! iH Viva d'Annunzio!" N The concert was interrupted and N several scuffles occurred. Prompt In- terventlon by the police re-established IN order and only a few arrests weti rsN ifcN GROl P SURRENDERS. PARIS, Dec 87. Flumtan legiona- sH ries and Dalmatlon volunteers at Zaiu. -H a port south of Flume on the Dalma-tlan Dalma-tlan coasts, have surrendered to Italian regulars, after falling In an attempt lo I N capture ihe Italian warship Marsala mmmM The volunteers boarded the vessel, the crew reOjUOSted capture and selsi iC 1 of the legion . landing thei H Ancona, an Italian port on the west- H orn side of the Adriatic, says a Havas H |