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Russell nor his assistants [[red underline]] do not appear very keen to have laboratory located there. [[/red underline]] In fact I wonder whether they care for it at all or [[red underline]] whether they even understand the purpose of the laboratory [[/red underline]] There is no doubt that the available grounds would be quite available for our purposes. But I [[red underline]] believe the spirit of the place is not conducive to the best interests of such a laboratory. [[/red underline]] Construction and repairs seem the dominant note. [[strikethrough]] Rus [[/strikehtrough]] Prinz Eitel Frederick, the [[red underline]] German [[strikethrough]] transport [[/strikethrough]] warship, just removed from Norfolk Va. [[/red underline]] A procession of German visitors has been arriving since Sunday, also wives and sweethearts of officers 
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or crew. [[red underline]] Crew and officers are virtually interned, [[/red underline]] so much the more as they have been notified from Germany [[red underline]] not to accept parole-conditions. I consider it very bad policy to leave these German ships quite close to our own warships were they have abundant opportunity of [[strikethrough]] sy [[/strikethrough]] spying out the secrets of our [[/red underline]] navy.
[[red underline]] Captain Russell [[/red underline]] in a conversation to us said that he [[red underline]] was pro-german [[/red underline]] then he tried to modify this by saying he was [[red underline]] pro-american and not pro-ally [[/red underline]]
At about 5 P.M. we left the Navy-yard. [[red underline]] Capt. Russell [[/red underline]] had not even [[red underline]] the gumption to order a taxicab for us so we [[/red underline]] had to compete with the workmen of the Navy yard in assaulting the different [[red underline]] jitneys [[/red underline]] and surface cars until after several unsuccessful efforts

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From wikipedia: "In March 1915, with her bunkers nearly empty and her engines worn out, Prinz Eitel Friedrich headed for the neutral United States, and on 11 March 1915 sailed into Newport News harbour, to be interned."