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Show Marshall Speech Broken Up By j Gruesome Hoax ATLANTA. Oa., Nov 23. Through a hoax perpetrated by an unidentified person today an address by Vice President Pres-ident Marshall at the auditorium armory was broken up by the false announcement an-nouncement that President Wilson was j dead The man, It was said, telephoned to the auditorium office and asked fori the vice president. When advised that Mr, Marshall was making an address .and could not come to the telephone, 'the voice replied "Well, he'll come; now for tne president o the United I States is dead and Washington wants; !him on the long distance." j The engineer of the building re ceived the telephone call and a police j in took the news to the stage and j told it to Charles G. Haden. a business man, who informed the vice president that "the president is dead." Mr Marshall bowed his head and ; appeared overcome. Then recovering, somewhat he told the audience what bad been told him He could hardly I speak Women broke Into weepintrl and someone began to play "Nearer ; Mv dod to Thee" on the immense organ I As soon as he could the vice presi idem gut to ,i telephone and called the I Assoc iated Press where he was assured that there was no truth in such a rumor. Thank God," he replied. |