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180 be constructed there he cannot give [[red underlined]] further interest to affairs of Naval Consulting Board. [[/red underlined]] [[large red exclamation point in left margin]] [[red underlined]] Edison [[/red underlined]] was not present at meeting but [[red underlined]] Hutchinson [[/red underlined]] was there and Sprague used unveiled language criticizing [[red underlined]] Edison's [[/red underlined]] lack of tact and went so far as to say that if he (Sprague) had committed such a breach he would feel as if he ought to resign. Resignation of [[red underlined]] Edison [[/red underlined]] is quite probable. Most members do not mind it. Others like Saunders and Cooper Hewitt ^[[and Maxim,]] are anxious to avoid it. All this brought quite a chill to the gathering. No reports and a generally uninteresting meeting. Went with Whitney to University Club for lunch. I feel very tired. [[end page]] [[start page]] 181 Jan 14 (Sunday) Here all day, feel tired as if I had the grip. Have been reading a book: [[red underlined]] What the Prussians did in Poland", [[/red underlined]] the experience of an american woman, the wife of a polish nobleman who finally succeeded in getting back here with her four small children after undergoing and witnessing atrocious sufferings. [[red underlined]] Christ crucified was a relatively small agony to some of the horrors committed in Poland [[/red underlined]] Evening [[red underlined]] Rudolf Eickemeyer [[/red underlined]] here for supper. [[strikethrough]] Jan 15. [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Jan 15. [[strikethrough]] At [[/strikethrough]] Jan 16 Was called to office of [[red underlined]] British Consul by Mr. Noseworthy. to give further [[/red underlined]] information about the relations of General Bakelite Co and Perth Amboy Chemical Co. Explained him my interview with Broderick of British
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Rudolf Eickemeyer was an American pictorialist photographer.