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Show FUNERAL FOR DAVISON HELD, MANY ATTEND Members of Family Follow Wishes and Wear No Mourning LOCUST VAL.LBT, N T.. Mar 9. ; Men nnd wonn-n of International prominence In the vwrldl of finance i miimled toda with plnln villagers In a ronimon Krlef at the bier of, Henry P. Davison, financier, phllan-tropist phllan-tropist and h-ud of the American Ked Crou during the world war. who died Saturday The little Ivy covered chapel of St Johns of Lattlngtown. nrstllnK among1 the flowering hills of this plcturoequol Long Island village, was crowded and I many hundreds unable to gain admit-1 lanre stood silently outside. A fipeolal train conveyed mourners fiom Xew York Buses carried them I through lanes of apple trees In blow-1 S im unil over road overolllnK past acres of velvety green law n of th- vstates of millionaires. ut of respect to the expressed wishes of Mr. Davison no mourning! was worn by the members of his family. fam-ily. The service was unostentatious The euulogv was omitted from the KplSCO-pailan KplSCO-pailan ritual which followed the ser-vicos ser-vicos at the home, and the scene at th-gravealde th-gravealde was reserved for only those nearest and dearest. The s,erire was conducted by the Re Charles W. iimton. a-sjtr.i by Rev Endicott Peabody, headmaster of Oroton school. A mixed iuartet from Xew York sang Mr. Davison's favorite hymn.-) ' Abide With Me," and "On-Ward "On-Ward Christian Soldiers." The active pallbearers were all mcmberso f Mr. Davison's office staff at J P. Morgan' , Company. The Ue( Cross th- greatest mother' , n v. h , Mr Davison so ably flided i With D world In turmoil, played an important im-portant role in the final tribute to I him. In a little church banked with flowers, flow-ers, a preen laurel wreath bearing t h I red cross symbol occupied the pla of j honor. ' ver the casket, from the raft- j crs. hun? the flag of th- 1'nited States j and the red cross. Outside the chapel stood a group of nurses who during the war had hailed Mr. DavisoiV as their chief. |