An item dated Seattle 19 March reported that the German consul was released after paying 2.000 dollars as a warrant. He had been arrested while trying to bribe a employee of the Seattle Construction Drydock Company to obtain details about the building of submarines.
The edition dated 7 April published an item dated New York dated the 6th referring to the Times reporting that the German consul at Seattle and his clerk were to be arrested accused for trying to bribe a employee of the Seattle Construction Drydock Company to obtain details about the possible building of submarines for England.
