Show UTAH MINING I ENGINEER DIES IN WA ASHINGTON N Chief Inspector of Mines in Utah for Industrial Board and Federal Em Em- Influenza Victim Carl Carl CarlA A. A Allen district engineer I of the United Stats States bureau of mines and chief hief hl f inspector for the mines In in Utah Under tinder the state Industrial in industrial industrial In- In I I commission is dead the end coming on Monday in the emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency hospital In Washington J C. C where he had been bee taken when stricken down with an an attack of influenza t that at d developed into pacu- pacu monia For several s months past Mr Alien Allen Al Al- Ien len has be been n- n nIn In in the East as chief engineer of th the United States coal commission and in the coal regions of West Vest Virginia he was attacked with a severe cold Mr l Allen Alien obtained his early schooling in Colorado and was vas a gr graduate of the tho Colorado school of mi mines s. s Subsequently he taught in th that t jn institution n for a number of years He die e had experience in mining fields fields In iri in Mexico and elsewhere and where he Joined d the tho bureau forces he was sent eat east to mako make special Investigations in the West Virginia coal fields Later as mining engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer he ho spent about nine months In Montana and came to Salt Lake in 1917 in charge of or a bureau mine rescue car The Tho following year the cooperative agreement be between tween the state industrial commission and the bureau was arranged and Mr Allen was made district engineer and placed in charge of the work here Since that time he had assisted materially In mine safety work In Inthis Inthis inthis this state and He won the support and respect of miners and mine operators alike and was able to secure cooperation of all In Interested interested interested in- in forces In the reduction of loss of life Ufe and property in the mining industry and in the th general Improvement of working conditions Not only does the mining profession profession pro pro- l lose se an able man said a close associate of Mr Allen last night but his death is a distinct los loss to and to t tho the state e His ability as a a. mining engineer was recognized and his integrity asa as asa asa a man was A widow and three children survive survive survive sur sur- vive him residents of Salt Lake He was well known In local Masonic circles being a member of Progress lodge No 22 22 Free and Accepted Masons The body will be sent tonight from Washington to Denver where it will wUl be met by Mrs Allen and the children as ris also the mother and sister of Mr Allen His brother will arrive here on Wednesday noon and will accompany Mrs Allen and the family to Denver After Atter a conference conference conference con con- ference with all in Denver the place of interment will be determined determined determined deter deter- mined on It will either be in Denver Denver Den Den- ver vcr or in La Junta Colorado The Masonic brotherhood have charge of the funeral |