Show SECRETARY TAFT IN SAN FRANCISCO i party will spend four days there before embarking for F ip pines san francisco july 4 secretary of war william H taft arrived in san francisco at today A hearty greeting was extended the visit ors by the citizens aho vho assembled at the ferry depot to watch the party conclude their trip across the continent secretary tatt and miss roosevelt took a malting automobile and were immediately taken to their hotel the remainder of the party following la closed carriages As the automobile passed through the main street of the city the secretary and miss roosevelt bowed in ac of tha greeting that vas extending the distinguished visitors have coma in the midst of exceptionally warm weather for the region about san fran cisco today the thermometer having registered as high as 94 degrees in this city today none of the members 0 the party were affected however by the unusual warmth that be might make an inspection of straits tor the purpose ot making a report to the president on the application to place a railroad bridge across the span of water secretary taft left the special train at sparks nov and took another special of three cars to san francisco bay while but a few hours were devoted to an examination of the proposed location of the bridge tha inspection was thorough secretary taft said he had not determined what would be the result of his report after the inspection secretary taft joined the party at benica and proceeded to san francisco the primary object of this trip said secretary taft Is to go to tho philippines to look into matters that ara immediately within the province of the war department the senatore and congressmen who are included in the party will be thoo roughly acquainted with the needs of the islands the secretary announced bis intention of looking thoroughly into the california side of the chinese exclusion question while here 1 I am thoroughly in favor of entorf ing the chinese exclusion law 10 th letter said taft but I 1 am aulta sure that it will never be the intent ot the law to bar chinese merchants and students from the united states such a policy might work a serious hardship to our trade in china the secretary and party will spend a busy four days in san francisco and vicinity before departing next saturday on abo steamer manchuria tor the orient among tho points of interest alch will be visited are the home ot luther burbank in santarosa and tho forest thursday night a ball will be given and friday morning will be devoted to an excursion of san r bay and a visit to presidio and island military in the at hernoon the party will visit the university of california en route to the philippines stops will be made at hong kong yokohama kobe and shanghai DESPERATE JAIL BREAK BY EIGHT CRIMINALS cut through brick cell partitions with spoons break through steel roof and arc now at large tacoma washington july 4 one of the most daring jail breaks ever recorded in the northwest took place at about midnight last night at the federal prison at and eight desperate criminals serving terms of from one year to twenty years aro now at large those who escaped are ed stickney from tacoma sentenced to three years for counterfeiting fei ting S C castle from tacoma two years for altering money order james leslie from alaska one year for larceny W D mccarty from alaska ten years for robbery J H malone from alaska six years for rape matt moore japanese from alaska five years for stabbing K japanese from alaska twenty years for manslaughter george wade from alaska five years for larceny wade was the ringleader of the gang and the convicts centered their plans of escape about his cell tha partitions between cells were of brick wado was in cell no 18 and mccarthy cut through the partition of cell 17 into wades cell maloney cut through cell 20 into cell 19 and then the nine together with stickney who was in cell I 1 cut way into cell no 18 the four convicts who were in the second tier of cells cut their way through the root into the third tier chero convict leslie was in cell 31 the two japanese were imprisoned in cell 33 and cut their way into cell 32 castle was imprisoned in cell 31 and cut his way through into cell 32 where all of the escaped convicts assembled and broke through the roof the roof was of sheet steel one fourth of an inch thick one of the sheets of steel was bent downward and the other pushed up and through the opening the convicts left the prison once on the root the men scaled the walls with ropes made from blankets in their cells two of the men had also made clothing of their blankets before the escape was made everything would indicate that the men immediately upon getting on tho outside made their way to the wharf and boarded the government launch irma this they attempted to man but failed to bandla it right with the result that the dynamo broke and left them stranded not discouraged by this failure the convicts worked the launch near shore disembarked embarked dis and boarded two row boats which were tied to shore it Is presumed they then rowed out until daybreak day break when they put up at some beach and started out la quest of clothing i if they again take to the boats it is thought they will not do so until after dark i george wado is supposed by the united states marshals office to be the leader of the gani ho has riven tho federal officers a good aca ot trouble during tho last fifteen years marshal popkins lias large posses ready to start out as soan as the con are seen the prison was in specter last saturday and it Is believed that immediately thereafter the convicts began digging through the brick partitions using spoons had been concealed in the mattresses at midnight when a ledger 1 left mcneil island nothing had been seen or heard of the escaped convicts federal officials in launches have been patrolling ng along the various islands but found no trace of the former prisoners it is believed cheva will come out of hiding during thea night and their trail may be picked up tomorrow |