The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-04-14
JAPAN'S YOUNG HEROINE
Daring Exploit of Miss Yoshi,
Who Stole Russian War Maps.
PRAISED BY THE WHOLE NATION

/ She Made the Czar's Officers Drunk
and Escaped From Port Arthur
With Important Russian Charts.
Disguised as N Cody, She Carried
Them Safely to the Japanese MINI
lister at Picking.
From g native source have been re-
ceived the details of the daring exploit
of young Japanese girl who succeed
ed in stealing Russian war maps at
Port Arthur and delivering them to
the japanese authorities at Tokyo, says
q New York special to the Cleveland
! Plain Dealer. The story follows:
"All Japan is ringing with the dar-
| ing exploit Of Miss Ando Yoshi, which
the authorities have just permitted to
be known. Her name is on every
body's lips. She is being cheered by
the students and merchants in torch
light professions and by the boys wag-
ing the war game in the temple
grounds. Moreover, she has been high
~ commended by the mikado and in
all probability will receive a decoration
from him.
Miss Ando Yoshi stole important
war maps and papers from the Rus
slams at Port Arthur and carried them
| to Picking, where she delivered them
to the minister They show the loca-
ton Of forts throughout Manchuria
and the disposition Of the Russian
forces up to the day the maps were
stolen. Then there are full details of
| defenses to be erected in case of
Japanese invasion and instructions
concerning the mobilizing of troops in
such an event
Miss AndO primarily owes her fame
to the circumstances that her family
was too poor to support her. She OBJ
jected to becoming a geisha girl, and,
hearing that many of her compatriots
were making a good living in Manchu-
ria, she decided to go there She land
ed at Port Arthur about four years
| ago. There she began selling rice
cakes for living, first to the Japanese
and TO the Chinese population and later
TO the Russians.
"Miss Ando, according to Japanese
standards, is a prepoSseSsing young
woman. and it was not long before
she attracted the attention of some of
the Russian officers. According to the
native account, it was her lacquer
black hair and bright eyes which
worked havoc with the Russians.
Whatever the cause, Miss Ando found
favor in the eyes of the officers and
was permitted to sell rice cakes in the
officers quarters.
'sWhen the news reached the Japa-
nese at Port Arthur that relations were
strained, Miss Ando had long enjoyed
the freedom OF the barracks and off,
GERS quarters. Indeed, she was not
infrequently present at many of the
entertainments given by the officers.
Miss Ando, upon learning Of the inn
pending war, determined to put her
privileges to some account for her
country. Her chance came some days
before Port Arthur was bombarded
In getting about the quarters at night
she came upon a group of officers en-
gagged in conference over lot of maps
and papers.
although she could not understand
the Russian language well enough to
ascertain what the officers were talk
ing about, she intuitively realized the
Importance Of the papers and deter
mined to secure them at all hazards
and take them to Japan. She noticed
the officers drinking heavily, and, to
encourage them in their cups, as soon
as the supply Of vodka gave out she re-
plenished it, as had been her custom on
various occasions. The Russians did
not object to her presence possibly be.
cause she was in the habit of dropping
in to sell her wares at all times
cat any rate, she was allowed to
remain through the conference. When
it broke up all the officers We're more
or less under the influence of vodka,
and not one Of them had enough sense
to secure the maps and papers. Miss
Ando was not slow to improve her op-
portunity. With the disappearance Of
the last Russian she hastily seized the
papers, slipped them under her kimo-
no, fastened them around her body and
made her way out of the quarters
"Her thoughts were now of immedi-
ate escape. she knew that she was
well known as a pet of the officers
and that her presence at the railway
station might be commented on anG
lead to her detection.
''When she had made her way to her
room in the foreign quarter she dis.
guised herself in the dress of & cody
and started for the railway station.
Being unfamiliar with the way. she
became confused and spent precious
minutes trying to locate herself. al
last, in her desperation, she hailed
cab that happened by and was taken
to the station. There she found
crowd Of Japanese and Chinese refu-
gees waiting to take the train for Pc
king and joined them She succeeded
in escaping detection and getting on
| the train.
During the trip to Picking she kept