The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-06
BATANGAS IS RAiDED
BY GENERAL BELL
Conducting Vigorous Campaign
Against Insurgents
RICH FILlPINoS ARRESTED
Lopez Family Found to be Among In
stigators of the lnsurrection
and Their Steamers and
Rice Are confscated.

Manila, January 5.-General ]. Frank
lin Bell is conducting vigorous cam
paign in Batangas province. Every avail
able soldier is in the HELD The columns
under the command of Col. S. Whit and
Dougherty are doing excellent work and
driving the Fiipinos in all directions. A
number of the latter are fleeing to Taya-
bias province, where the native constaoul-
airy are rendering valuable assistance in
capturing men and rifles.
The advocates Of peace at Manila de-
precate the stern measures employed by
General Bell In reply General Bell says
that these peace advocates have mad
numerous opportunities to use their in
fluence as they have been given passes
through the American lines aim ost for
the asking, and that 1t has been after
wards proved that they often only went
through the lines for the purpose OF as
sisting the instruction.
General Bell says that the best peace
method now is rigorous warfare until
the instruction is completely subdued
Rich F..ipinos Arrested.
The arrest of members of the wealthy
Lopez family and the confiscation OF
their steamers and rice, as well as the
arrest of three members of the religious
corporations, who were known to be in
stigators of the Instruction, has had an
excellent effect upon the natives.
Conditions in the islands of Samar are
still unsatisfactory owing to the difficulty
of rounding up the insurgents. Captain
Schoeffel of the Ninth Infantry twho was
wounded in a severe hand to hand fight
last month at Dapdap. Samar Island.
between eighteen men of Company e of
his regiment and a large force of bolo-
mem, has practically recovered from the
effects of his wound. In an official re-
port OF the encounter in which Captain
Schoeffel was hurt 1t is said Schoeffel
killed three men before he received his
wound and that the remnants of the
detachment Of eighteen men were saved
by his personal courage and daring.
The civil authorities say that the Island
OF Leyte Is now perfectly peaceful. On
the other hand. the military authorities
consider Leyte to be dangerous on ac-
count of it's proximity to Samar, II for
| no other reason.
| Last Friday Major Albert L. Meyer of
| the Eleventh Infantry captured quite an
| extensive arsenal and plant for thesmak-
! ing OF cartridges at Ormoc, on the north
west coast of Leyte. Major Meyer also
captured another powder factory, large
| quantities of ammunition, FOUR cannon
| and several rifles.
Captured an Arsenal.
| Maj. Henry 7. Allen, Ex-Governor OF the
island of Leyte now on a tour of inspec-
ton through that island and Mindoro).
! reported that the signal corps wires on
Leyte had been cut, and that this action
was evidently preconcerted. Captain Pill
cher reports that he is rapidly Riding
| the island of Mindoro insurgents.
The constabulary of Tarlac. Luzon,
have captured a number of members OF
| the Filipino secret society called the
| Guardia de Honoro. The prisoners in
tended moving to the island of Pollito,
| off the east coast of Luzon, where they
expect to be free from American inter-
| ference, temporarily at least, and where
they had decided to resist American in
vasion to the uttermost. Twenty members
of the 'Guardia de Honoro" are charged
! with sedition.
The big stone church at Balayan, in
Batangas province, is falling to pieces as
a result of the recent earthquake.