April 28, 1916. 
of practically all of the rentable property on this part of 
the North Shore. 
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Mr. and Mrs. E. Prescott Rowe of 11 Mason st., 
Brookline, are to become permanent summer residents of 
Magnolia. They have just bought, through Jonathan 
May’s agency, the Houghton cottage on Norman ave., 
Magnolia, located near the Library building. They plan 
to move to Magnolia the 20th of May for the summer. 
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The E. C. Richardsons of 9 Bay State road, Boston, 
are among the early arrivals at Magnolia. They have 
opened their house on Norman ave., for the season. 
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The Wm. H. Coolidges have arrived at Blynman 
Farm on the Magnolia-Manchester road, for the summer. 
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The Henry G. Halls of Salem and Boston, who have 
spent the winter on the Lothrop boulevard, Beverly, have 
returned to Magnolia for the summer. | 
Preparation for war is sometimes the best security 
for peace. 
WRITING to the Springfield Republican George ‘T. 
Odell, the Washington correspondent, tells of the 
appreciation being shown in Congress of the work of 
John Hays Hammond, Jr., of Gloucester, in developing 
the radio-controlled torpedo. Mr. Hammond has sold to 
the United States Government all of the patents—128 in 
number—and the exclusive rights to a device for control- 
ling the courses of torpedoes by radio-dynamic forces, 
either from the shore or from aeroplanes. The torpedoes 
will have a maximum range of 28 miles from shore. He 
will receive $750,000 for his invention, the price being 
fixed by a board of military and naval experts without 
bargaining on his part. ‘The sum is said to represent but 
little more than he spent in developing the device. 
John Hays Hammond, Jr., is 26 years old, and has 
been working on the device for eight years, beginning 
while he was in college. Many foreign countries have 
conducted experiments with the view of developing a 
controlling device for an explosive missile, but all have 
been unsuccessful. Young Hammond studied their 
nethods before arriving at the conclusion that wireless 
control was the only practicable method. Soon after the 
announcement of the success of his radio torpedo a for- 
eign government is said to have offered him a fabulous 
price for the secret, but he refused to consider the offer, 
declaring that no amount of money would tempt him ‘to 
give preference to any but his native land. The money 
for the experiments was contributed by the young man’s 
illustrious father, John Hays Hammond, the famous 
mining engineer. 
Young Hammond some time ago demonstrated the 
torpedo before a sub-committee of Congress. Army and 
Navy officers have viewed the tests of the torpedo off the 
Gloucester shore and have advised the members of Con- 
gress that the Government should purchase the device for 
the control of the torpedo at any price. The new inven- 
tion means that the coasts of the United States will be 
practically invulnerable to attack from foreign vessels. 
So great was the impression made upon Congressmen 
by the act of the young inventor in refusing uncondition- 
ally offers of foriegn governments for his secret, that a 
movement is afoot to give him a vote of thanks of Con- 
gress. The vote is expected by the end of this week. 
The honor of a vote of thanks of Congress is rarely be- 
stowed and never, the records show, has a person so 
young been thus honored, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
Cobh, Bates & Yerxa Co. 
Salem, Massachusetts 
We announce the 
Opening of Our New Store 
In the Masonic Temple Building 
Washington and Lynde Sts. 
In addition to our Complete Stock of Imported and 
Domestic Groceries, Confectionery, Fruit, Vegetables, 
Bakery and Delicatessen, we have added a Modern Meat 
and Fish Market carrying Fresh Meat, Poultry and Game 
in season, and choicest varieties of Fresh Fish to be 
found in the Eastern Market. 
All goods delivered, by our own men, at all the shore 
resorts from Swampscott to Manchester, and by Freight, 
Express or Parcel Post anywhere in New England. 
In addition to perfecting his torpedo and the method 
of radio. control. Mr. Hammond has a system by which 
“listening in” on wireless messages can be prevented. The 
device also is to become the exclusive property of the 
United States and is included in the price paid for the 
128 patents. This is perhaps the greatest sacrifice he has 
made, parting with that device, because it undoubtedly 
has great commercial value. 
HE celebration of the tercentenary of the death of 
Shakespeare is to be celebrated in Beverly by an ex- 
hibition in the Library, of books, prints, photographs, and 
portraits. On Tuesday and Saturday afternoons at three 
o'clock, Miss Wiggins, the consulting librarian for Essex 
County, is to give an address on Shakespeare’s Work 
and Works, on Tuesday for the children. On Wednesday 
Miss Loring, a trustee, will give a description of “Shake- 
speare’s Country,” for the children, and on Friday for 
grown people. The great event is the reading of Macbeth, 
on Tuesday, the 9th, by Mrs. Edward Holton James, 
whose reading is so justly and widely celebrated. All 
these events take place at 3 o’clock, promptly. Free ad- 
mission is given by tickets tg be applied for in person, 
distributed by the librarians at Beverly, Beverly Farms 
and North Beverly. On Monday evening, May 1, the 
mayor will give an address of welcome at 7.30 o’clock and 
an informal reception will be held by the mayor, members 
of the city government, the trustees and librarians, to 
which the public is cordially invited. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Amory, who make their 
winter home with Mr. Amory’s father, Francis I. Amory 
of 413 Commonwealth ave., Boston, are leaving town 
about June 1 for Beverly Farms, where, as usual, they 
will spend the summer, 
