The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-27
Cabcll 10 Dismiss Any Enlploye
Ii It Can Be Shown lie
II Started Talk.
POLITICS AND FRICTION
Commissioner Certain That
Revenue Agent Is Not
Responsible for Report,

That Colonel w. H. Chapman. United
States Internal Revenue Agent, Fourth
Virginia District, with headquarters
in Richmond, Will be transferred to
Baltimore. Is persistcntly rumorcd, and
Commissioner Royal Cabell is looking
for the man who is responsible for the
report. If he is found and If he is an
employe of the revenue department he
will be instantly dismissed, accord
Ing to information received last night.
In some quarters 1t is said that certain
diStillery people are bittle against Col
onel Chapman, while in others it is
limited that Internal friction and poll
Tics In the local branch OF the SER
vice are at the bottom of the affair.
Colonel Chapman said yesterday that
he had had no intimation that he was
to be transferred. although he had
been aware that rumors to that effect
have heen in circulation
Heard They Got LAWYERS.
The department. at Washington has
recently been acting on most OF the
recommendations Of this Office" said
Colonel Chapman and the distllers
in this district may have became bit
, rSS am told that sometime ago
they subscribed to n purse for the pur-
pose of effecting my transfer to some
other district They employed counsel
with this end in view. am given TO
understand
"of course. IL i am ordered BY the
commissioner to go 10 Baltimore or
any other point, will go. ! have had
no word from him However, would
hale to leave Virginia my home, from
which ] have been absent for three
quarters of my life.
Collector NJ. X. Lowry. Of this dis
trict was also seen Yesterday. and
stated that he knew nothing of the
matter other than a report OF the
rumor published last week
Friends of Colonel Chapman deplore
the situation which has arisen, and
most Of them place the blame Tor It
upon those responsible for the alleg ed
Internal friction and political antag
onism said to be directed against the
revenue agent.
Cnheii Takes Firm stand.
In st9tement given last nigh, to
the correspondent Of The Times Dis
patch in Washington. Commissioner
Cabell also intimatod that an effort to
Gust Colonel Chapman from the Rich
mond office may be the work Of some
member of the service He said:
II do not believe that LIQUOR people
are interested in the transfer of Col
onel Chapman. but sometimes this kind
OF influence is brought to bear by
agents Who desire TO change locations
II could find out who is at the bot
tom OF this matter would have him
dismissed Instantly from the service.
am satisfied Colonel Chapman is not
In explanation of this statement Mr.
Cabell said Very few liquor prose.
eutons in Virginia recently have beer
directed hy Colonel Chapman. On the
other hand, they have been entirely In
charge of w w. Anderson. special
agent There have been probably IF.
teen such cases in the two Virginia
districts recently, and all Of them have
been In charge Of MIR Anderson, sc
II will be seen from this that Their;
would hardly be any likelihood OF I'll,
lifuor interests asking for the trans
fer Of man who had not molestec
their affairs. a III
IF they should go after any one II
would be Anderson and not Chapman