The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21
MONTGOMERY MANS DEVICE
 IS USED BY RUSSIAN ARMY
A. d'P. Weaver, Inventor of Autobiography, Be- IieVeS His Plans Were Stolen From Japanese
 Embassy in Washington.

CT felt sure his plans had been stolen. He then wrote the following letter: Montgomery. Ala, May 19. '05. His Excellency.
 "Kogoro Takahira, Minister of Japan.
 Washington, D. c.
 "Excellency:-
 copy of an Associated Press despatch to The Montgomery Advertiser. dated St. Petersburg the 18th instant giving an account of the experiments being made at that Capital with a device called by the Russians the Panoramo- graph.
 Jap Ministers Memory.
 Your excellency will remember that on January l, 1905 had the honor to transmit to you by registered mail a printed description and drawing of an apparatus called by me the Telephot- oaerograph and which I designed dur ing the progress of the Spanish -Ameri- can war in 1898, the purpose of which was to ascertain by means of a photo- graphic camera carried into the air by box kite or small balloon. the posi- ton of the enemy in time of war, his masked batteries, his camps, entrench- ments and other concealed works. I had the further honor to receive from you a return registry receipt, signed by yourself, acknowledging the receipt of this communication.
 Your excellency will also doubtless remember that on February 20, 1905, you addressed to me a letter on this subject in which you stated that these papers had very mysteriously disap- peared from your files, and that no trace could be found of them.
 While I am loath to attribute to any person an improper action or an improper motive, yet the circumstances in this case would seem to lead to the belief that your Legation has been deftly relieved of these papers while on file in your office awaiting considera- tion, and that now, four months later. an apparatus obviously based thereon appears in the hands of the enemy, who find it much of promise.
 His Belief Strengthened.
 The belief that the St. Petersburg device is based upon the disclosures which had the honor to make to your Legation is all the more strengthened by the fact that the apparatus de- signed by me was the first to be elec- trically actuated, the first in which the various angles could be determined and controlled and the first in which the results sought could be attained with any degree of accuracy whatev- CT.
 T regard it as extremely unfortun- ate that a matter intended solely for the benefit of Japan should, through the criminality-that is the word-of some person, be turned to the account of the enemy.
 Since I have a deep interest in this matter--an interest Tn which pecuniary considerations in no wise find place, because your Excellency will remember that in all former communications this was waived, I should be glad to have your Excellency, should you view the matter in the light which I view 1t, to institute an inquiry into the disappear ance of these papers from your Lega- tion. If you are losing papers of minor importance, you are also losing documents of greater importance, and you will no doubt conclude that the sooner these leaks are stopped the bet ter will the interests of your country be conserved.
 With an expression of my high per sonal regard, I am, believe me, your excellency's true friend.
 "A. dP. Weaver"