The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02

Her name is on everybody's lips. She is being cheered by the students and merchants in torchlight processions and by the bays wagins the war game in the temple grounds almost as much as Ad- miral Togo and Uriu. Moreover, she has been highly commended by the Mikado, and in all probability will receive deco- ration from him.
 Miss Ando. Yoehi deserves her coun- trymens praise. At great risk she stole important war maps and papers from the Russians at Port Arthur, and in dis guise carried them through the Russian lines to Picking. where she delivered them to the Japanese minister
 These maps, 1t is understood here, have influenced the Japanese general stan to considerable extent in its plan of war. since they give detailed information concerning measures taken to protect Port Arthur and Dalny-harbor defenses, strength of the garrisons. dimensions of the Notifications, etc. They also show the location of forts throughout Manchu- ria and the disposition of the Russian forces up to the day the maps were stol- en.
 Then there are full details of defenses to be erected in case of Japanese in- vasion and instruction concerning the AANNAAAAb3 OA NHC tlOOPh buCN du GNGuts Means of transportation and the possi- bility of laying railroads for the purpose are minutely outlined, and the names of the regiments to be sent to the front at once, and their destinations are given.
 Miss Ando primarily owes her fame to the circumstances that her family was too poor to support her. She objected to becoming a geisha girl. and, hearing that many of her compatriots were mak- ing a good living in Manehuria. she de- cided to go there
 She landed at Port Arthur about four years ago. There she began selling rice cakes for living. first to the Japanese and Chinese population and later on to the Russians.
 Miss Ando, according to Japanese stand. ards, is q prepossessing young woman, and 1t was not long before she attracted the attention of some of the Russian ofi1- cers. According to a native account, 1t was her lacquer black hair and bright eyes which worked havoc with the Rus slans. Whatever the cause, Miss Ando found favor in the eyes of the officers and was permitted to sell rice and cakes in the offfcere quarters.
 When the news reached the Japanese at Port Arthur that the relations with Russia were strained Miss Ando had long ei..oyed the freedom of barracks and of- icers' quarters. Indeed, she was not in- frequently present at many of the enter tainments given by the officers.
 Miss Ando, upon learning of the i'm pending war, determined to put her priv ileges to some account for her country. So at the first sign of trouble she did not flee from the city with the majority of her countrymen. Instead. she sold rice cakes as before, but she also kept her eyes open.
 Her chance came some days before Port Arthur was bombarded. In going about the quarters at night she came upon group of officers engaged in conference over lot of maps and papers.
 Although she could not understand the Russian language well enough to ascer- tain what the officers were talking about. she intuitively realized the importance of the papers, and determined to secure them at all hazards and take them to Japan.
 She noticed that the officers were drinking heavily, and, to encourage them in their cups, as soon as the supply of vodka gave out she replenished 1t. as had been her custom on various occasions The Russians. according to Miss Ando. did not object to her presence, possibly because she was in the habit of dropping in to sell her wares at all times.
 At any rate she was allowed to remain through the conference. When it broke up all the officers were more or less un- der the influence of the vodka she had served to them so literally, and not one of them had enough sense to secure the maps and papers and take them away to safety.
 Miss Ando was not slow to improve her opportunity With the disappearance of the last Russian she hastily seized the papers. slipped them under her kimono. fastened them around her body, and made her way out of the quarters.
 Her thoughts now were of immediate escape. She knew that she was well known in Port Arthur as a pet of the officers, and that her presence at the railway station might be commented on and lead to her detection.
 When she had made her way to her room in the foreign quarter of the town, che disguised herself in the dress of a cooue and started for the railway station