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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 9, 1910

— Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States from 1905 to 1909, died suddenly of apoplexy, May 31, in New York City.

— A gale that swept the north Atlantic coast on June 1 resulted in the death of eight persons and the loss of a number of vessels.

— John Marshall Harlan, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday on June 1. He has spent thirty-three years on the supreme bench.

— Eight rear tenements owned by the Trinity Church corporation in New York City, which has been subjected to much criticism on account of the conditions of its tenements, have been ordered torn down. Their removal will result in more air and larger yards for the front tenements.

— Word was received May 30 of a cyclone off the coast of Mazambique, East Africa, which did immense damage to shipping, and resulted in the loss of many lives. Among the boats lost was a coasting vessel carrying 400 natives, who were on their way to work in the Rand mines. All were drowned. Extensive damage was also done along the coast, and many persons were made homeless.

— Probation officers connected with the juvenile court of Cincinnati are authority for the statement that “juvenile delinquency has increased alarmingly in that city since the multiplication of the cheap moving-picture shows.” The increase is placed at fifty per cent. In many of the cities and larger towns, a strict censorship of all such amusement-halls is recommended. It is pointed out that in addition to the depraving influence of many of the pictures themselves, the associates, the late hours, and the often unsanitary surroundings can not but work harm to the boys and girls who are among their most enthusiastic patrons.

— On May 29 Glenn H. Curtiss flew from Albany to New York City in an aeroplane, thereby winning the prize of $10,000 offered by the New York World. The distance of 137 miles was covered in 2 hours and 32 minutes, an average flying speed of a little more than 54 miles an hour. The Twentieth Century Limited train, running between Albany and New York, has an average speed of 49.6 miles an hour. This flight by Mr. Curtiss is said to “surpass any record ever made by an aeroplane in long-distance flight, and in its entirety his feat perhaps eclipsed anything man has attempted in a heavier-than-air machine.”