Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-07
H.P.DAVISON OF
new YORK CITY
FINANCIER dies
Man Who Directed Drives For
Red Cross Funds During
War, Is No More

NEW lDlik. y. l.. MAY G-il~nry
l.. Dawson. member ot the banking firm
of J. i. Morgan \ Company, directing
head II the American Iird Cross during
the World War, this evraing died on th.
operating table while surgeons were Hf-
tempting 10 remove a tuner from has
brain ar his country estate at Locust
Valley. Long Island.
The Internationally known finanri~r
faced death a. imperturbahly zs he met
the problems uf life.
lie was kuuWn 90 the street As aae
who never showed undue alarm. H.
took no formal farewell II his family
and joked with his loved ones whilr pre-
pairing te leave. Close associates say
he made two requests in ease hr should
die unaer ether. The first request was
that he hc laid ~ rest in Locust Valley.
and the second was that bis funeral he
SIMPLE and representations a. far u IHuS-
sIhlc. Ills fcdrw anw rak ankary anyy
sible. Ills requests will ~ respected
! notable finanrier. Henry Pnm@rnr
Dawson viii best he remembered. uer-
hapS. a. che man who IN President WI
sons request directed the work II th.
for the two years the United States wa.
NJ war with thr Central Powers. Tax
On out of the hurry hurly IL Wall
Street. one IA the NEST active ai the
IL partners w the firm ~ !. 4. N.r-
gan \ Company. the man who - years
hefor" had walked the streets ~ New
York locking for job. directed the
first drive W the American lied CrosS
for funds raising $I1l.npN.On0 an.l With
in few weeks had Red Cross waFk.
rrS NJ their tasks In Italy. RrlEinm AMI
Switzerland as well a. war-t0rn Frans..
II. i. Dawson was one " the most
trusted lieutenants II the ekIeF 4. Pier
rnnt Morgan Who commissioned him tn
represent the firm in numerous finansaal
leaniialinns abroad. lIr made many
trims 10 London. Paris and Berlin. he
made study ~ the financial system af
Germany In 1905 ard, three years later.
~ that city. presided at conference 10
intrrnatiU nal bankers regarding the
lIank"wSz Chmurn railway loan AN
which the sn-callcd six powers Kroup
was interested. In 1919. he was ono ~
the ncsotintoFs ~ the $5n0. .OO-D 600 Am-
erican loan tn the Allies. Fer his MAR
work abroad ~ was hanoretl Nv manv
G"vf rnmcnis and Columbia an.l ether
universities conferred upon him the hen
(Continued on l'nRr Twoi
oriiary degree W doctor ~ laws.
Mr. Dawson was especially interest
ed IN the conservation IN child lf. IN
Europe after ihe war and. with Her
bert Hoover aui others. planned a
worldwide campaign in hchalf uf the
children abroad. lIc also directed Red
Cross relief work in Russia. Poland and
other countries in Eastern. and Central
Europe. Shortly after his return fsnnl
Paris IN April. 1890. he emphasized the
gravity If conditions abroad ami snK
gcstel that Congress appropriate S-s.t-
hn.NM for European relief. Congress.
however. was cold "a BIZ appeal.
ln 1919. H. was one of the advisors af
Fr"s'dcnt Wilson w the Paris pears
conference. That same year. when the
war councils work had ended. Nv was
elected chairman oft hs governing board
of the World League W Red Crus~ So
cicties nt il meeting in Paris.
The New York career of the man who
was e. figure 50 prominently In itS FIN
ancial district began IN ISSS when
young Dawson. then II years old. went
~ that city from Troy. ra. where Nv
WAS born on June ~. 1867. Unable to
find a position in New York, he went ~
bridgeport. Conn. where he started
work ~ a hank messenger. Three years
later he was hack in the city of this
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