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Show SPANISH PRIZE SHiP BEACHED By HUNS Two Americans Among the Prisoners Held on Board by Germans. t'OI'KNKAOFX, Feb. :-. The Spanish steamship Isotz Mendi, with a i;ci man prize crew from the Fieifie ocean on board, is ashore near the Skaw liirht-h.cusc. liirht-h.cusc. Two of tiie prisoners aboard are Aniertcans. The jrisouers on the lots Jlendi weTe taken from six ships w hich had been sunk. Se. e:at of tho prisoners bad been aboaul t'e vessel for eiht months while she cruised in tho Facific ocean. Twenty-two persons, i net tiding nine women, two children an-', two Am.ericans. have been lauded by a lifeboat front the Shaw. The I a:iish an t hot t ties have interned the tier man comma nder of the V-ot.-I Mendi. The tier man p n.e crew ret used to lea e the ship. There had been an epidemic of beriberi and scurvy on Kati i he vessel. IbNhON'. Feb. -Amori-a.n and Fn-m'ish Fn-m'ish sea meri on board the i!i:h steamer 1l;oii Meuv'.i. sas a dispatch to the Kxc'aanizo Teeitraoh f rm V'npett-h.; V'npett-h.; sen. asset t li.it they w ere cant tired May "jl last, when the. lsoia Mendi was on hen way to Australia with ccal. About ! midday a h-.'Oo-ton mere h.a f.tman. pxiiut-i pxiiut-i ed black, apepared on tho honzoit, sieam-, sieam-, in it siowly, Sudoernv i';e ste mur de-j de-j tected t'.e lotii Mcnui arid made for her , at full sneed. t'ne of th.e sides of the strange steam-. steam-. or vhs removed, d tsc'.a m i: a number of cannon. Seeral shots wete fired at t;e li;otz .Mt'iuit, w h.ich was r'orced t-.' scop. It then wa discovered that the strange steamer x as t;-e ih-rmau atMh.ar" ctmUor !'. The Wolf hoisted a Ocrrnan au' and a prize c i e w was sent a boa r d the Uotx Mcr-di. The next victim was the P"i?ish. steamer steam-er Ma t un -a. w hmh ;ad a a iuable cari;o. The liriiii sa 1 .us were take:: ab.-ai the W'o't a'id evidently were well ticated. Ah t'--rce shi"s t:,ei nroeeeded to desert t'-e ic-v:tc o:' the ! 'utcu islands, whee ici'-t o the .Mat ui ma's caro was stored. Th Wolf took a bcvi rd th.e most aa-.tble ;or;i'u- cf this cac-to. Tuo Matunca was then sunk t a bomb. A few o.n s late- the American bark Fe i:i:.i was sunk. Her crew was save.i. Th.e next victim was the Japanese p.is- (Continued on rage Two.) SPANISH PRIZE SHIP ! BEACHED BY I (Continued from Page One.) senger steamer Hitachi Maru, w'ri-v . crowded with Asiatics. The Woi; '-. overcrowded, a number of prisoners -: transfered to the Igotz Mendi. a - j crew was placed on board the H: Maru. with orders to capture tr ; the steamer. This, however, the v" i unable to accomplish and had to ft- -! the Wolf. Thereupon the Hitacrj" ! was sunk. The Wolf now was near A'.itrs " the captain decided to return to 1 many. Ti.e voyage commenced months ago. The route taken was ; the coast of Africa. A saihnsr ve-'- fired on and sunk. The Wei:' a:''--! proceeded at f nil speed nortr.7.-ci:r i followed by the Igotz Mendi. The plan was to go to the nort'r. v land, but the heavy ice prevemec ; South of Ireiand the two shirs i company, the Igo'z Mer.di si'irV'" ! and the Wolf south.. ; The seamen said their treatment V 1 Germans was gocd. but that is v was caused them by vermin ar.3 i- adequate clothing in the coid. Aur; ! MADRID. Teh. 26. A disna.V: : Kilbuo says tiie Spanish steamer L j has been sunk by a submarine. Her j was landed on Ferro island, one of tl ; Canary group. The Xeguri is the fifth Spanish w j torpedoed by submarines in &-ff I weeks. The Spanish covernmeni I : has made representations to Ger I I concerning the sir.kir.g of several r I steamers. I |