Evening star., 1933-09-03
G. ]. MARYE DIES;
RETIRED j. S.ENV0Y
Californian Was Ambassador
to Russia in Early Years
of War.


the early years Of the World War, died
yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
his home, 1900 N street. He had been
i'll for some time, and was "a years of
age.
Mr.. Marye, who was of pioneer Vir-
ginia stock, had maintained a Winter
residence in Washington 80 years His
other home was in Burlingame, Calf
He became critically i'll last Spring.
Rallying earlier in the Summer, the
former diplomat was reported regain
ing his strength when, two weeks ago.
he suffered relapse
Members of his family reported last
night that the body would be sent to
San Francisco Tuesday, where it will
De inferred near that Of his father, who
closed out his dry goods business in
the East to become a forty miner" in
the California gold rush. He made q
fortune around San Francisco and
Virginia City, New.
Appointee Of Wilson.
Mr.. Marye, who in his earlier years
had been active as a lawyer, author.
banker and broker, was selected by
President Wilson in 1914 to represent
this country at the Imperial Court of
Car Nicholas. Hardly had he arrived
in the Russian capital, then St Peters
burg, before powerful forces started to
work within the empire and the in
trlgues OF RaSputin, the monk shaded
the World War scenes that claimed the
energies Of the American envoy.
Treasured highest among his memo
ries OF the ambassadorship was the
Cars beStowal of the Order of ST.
Alexander Nevsky. Mr.. Marye and
Count Benckendorff, Russian Ambassa-
dor at the Court of st. James, were the
last two on whom the honor was con-
ferred
So far as Mr. Marye knew Russia,
from his arrival in 1914 until his reSig-
nation because of i'll health in 1916. he
had no premonition of the upheaval
that was to follow year later when
the Gar abdicated. The envoy was
the war which started just after he was
appointed Ambassador and before he
had made his way to Russia.
Mr.. Marye was born December 13.
1849. in Baltimore. the youngest son OF
George Thomas Marye. who was Of pio-
neer Virginia stock of French Huguenot
descent. and Helen Tucker Marye,
daughter of one of Baltimore's foremost
business men. In 1904 he married
Marie Alice Doyle of Columbus Ohio.
They had one daughter. Helen Martha.
who is the wife of Lieut. Comdr. VIII
liam D. Thomas, U. S. N.
Family Left Behind.
When the elder Mr.. Marye left Bal
timore to seek his fortune in the gold
fields of the West. he left his family
behind. Later the family was sent
abroad resulting in Mr.. Marye. jr-. be-
ing educated in schools at Florence,
Italy; Darrstadt. Germany, and Paris.
and then specializing in international
law in the University OF Barcelona,
Spain. Finally he was sent to Cam
bridge University, England. where ne
was graduated with first tlonors ana an
IL. B. degree in 1872.
Joining the family in San Francisco
he was admitted to the California bar
in 1878 and practiced law. Il did very
we'll" he later said, not so much
through any ability of mine as the
fact that father threw his business my
way"
He abandoned law to become associ-
ated with his father in the banking
and brokerage business in Virginia City,
curing the heyday of the famous
Comstock lode. the Big Bonanza and
other mining operations, and in San
Francisco he continued the work for
10 years after his fathers death in
1883.
Mr.. Marye was the author of two
books. From '49 to 'S3 in California
and Nevada" which traced his fathers
career in the events on the PACING
Coast. and Nearing the End in I'm
perial Russia" an account of his am
bassadorship
His European education gave him
taste for reading books in French and
German, but shortly alter his 82d birth
day anniversary he said he was no
longer so much interested in reading
las in remembering what I have al
ready read"
Friends Urged Appointment.
Mr.. Marye was personally unac-
ouainted with President Wilson and his
name was put forward for the Ambas-
sadorship by friends. There were two
posts open at the time. in Russia and
France. with Mr. Marye planned as the
French envoy, while William Graves
Sharp of Ohio was selected for the
other.
Mr.. Sharp. however, was not ac-
cepted by the Russian government and
tIr Marye was sent in his stead. Con-
f1rmed by the Senate July 8, 1914,
Marye carried on his duties until early
1916 when he found the climate try
ing to his health. His resignation was
accepted and on March 6, 1916, David
r. Francis of Missouri was confirmed
as his successor
Mr.. Marye never held an elective Of
fice but was an active Democrat. being
a presidential elector in 1888 and serv-
ing from 1888 to 1898 as chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee of Cali
fornia. He was member of the Church
of England and a number of clubs in
San Francisco, Baltimore, washington