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Allen (HENRY J an American statesman)

HENRY J., an American statesman, born in Warren co., Pa., in 1868. He was educated at Baker University and Washington College. In 1894 he began newspaper work and soon became owner of several daily newspapers in Kansas, the most important of these being the Wichita "Daily Beacon."

He was president of the Kansas State Board of Charities for five years. During the World War he went to France under the auspices of the Red Cross and during his absence was nominated and elected Governor of Kansas. His prompt action during the coal-mining strike in the winter of 1919 attracted attention throughout the country. In abandoned by the miners. Following response to his call volunteers from all classes undertook to man the mines vention of strikes. He was mentioned as a candidate for the Republican noming for an industrial court for the preven as a candidate for the Republican nomthe same year he was re-elected Governor.