Marriner Rites

The body of J. Theodore Marriner '14, who was slain on October 1a while filling his post as American Consul General in Beirut, Syria, reached Boston harbor on November 10 and was there met by high Government officials and representatives of the College. Robert J. Holmes '09, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, and Richard Parkhurst '16, secretary of the Boston Port Authority, placed a floral piece upon the flag-draped coffin as it was lowered from the American Export steamer Excambion. The College was also represented at the funeral services in Portland, Maine, on November 12.

Full military honors, including an 11-gun salute from Fort Strong and a guard of honor from the Ninth Quartermaster's Regiment, were accorded the slain diplomat in Boston. Secretary Hull was represented at the Portland burial by Stanley Woodward, assistant chief of the State Department's protocol division. Other officials included Norman Armour, American Minister to Canada; James Clement Dunn, special assistant to the Secretary of State; and Howland Shaw, chief of the State Department's division of foreign service personnel.

Meguerdich Karayan, the Armenian who shot Mr. Marriner because he believed that his American visa had been refused, was hanged at Beirut on the day on which the Consul General's body reached Boston.