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bald head, looks much like portrait of his father. Very enjoyable gathering.
Afterwards meeting with A. A. [[red underlined]] Noyes [[/red underlined]] in relation to his report of [[red underlined]] Nitrate Committee. [[/red underlined]]
Later on [[red underlined]] Charles Curtis [[/red underlined]] asks me to write a letter to Secretary [[red underlined]] Daniels [[/red underlined]] calling his attention that Britain and Japan are using [[red underlined]] geared turbines [[/red underlined]] for their new warships, which are cheaper and better than electrical transmissions adopted by U.S. [[strikethrough]] Prom [[/strikethrough]] I shall do so to morrow. He tells me [[red underlined]] Edison and Frank Sprague [[/red underlined]] will write letters to the same effect.
Dec 13. This morning had the visit of Mr. [[red underlined]] [[Irye?]] [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] (or Erie [[/red underlined]] as he spells his name now) who is returning to Japan. Evening went to
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University Club lecture and supper. Subject "The Rocky Mountains". Took midnight train for [[red underlined]] Washington [[/red underlined]]
[[strikethrough]] Dec. 14. [[/strikethrough]] Since two days the newspapers are rather active commenting on a formal [[red underlined]] proposal of peace [[/red underlined]] by the German Government. 
[[red underlined]] The Germans themselves seem desirous enough for peace at a moment when they are in a rather advantageous position [[/red underlined]] Specially since their late successes in [[red underlined]] Rumania. [[red /underlined]] But the Allies are defiant of any peace offers of Germany as long as they do not clearly indicate the certainty of preventing the repetition of a still more intense war. - [[red underlined]] Peace prospects seem far off. - When will it end? [[/red underlined]]
Dec. 14. Went to [[red underlined]] British Embassy [[/red underlined]] to meet Broderick in further relation to embargo of Cresol from England 

Transcription Notes:
Perhaps Mr. "Frye" is "Irye" since it probably sounded like "Erie" as mentioned by Dr. Baekeland (whose capital "I's" look like large "7's.")..just sayin' Instructions say to use the word 'underlined' in brackets when words are underlined in text. Seems appropriate because indicates past tense.