San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-28
COLE IS NAMED
To DIRECT DRY
WORK IN TEXAS
Will Have Authority to
Make Such Changes
as He Desires.
MANY OTHER CHANGES
Deny General Shake-up Due
to Visit of Commits
sioner Haynes.

Frank NJ. Cole, acting director of
prohibition enforcement work in Tex
as since the resignation of David Nor
ris, was appointed director for Texas,
Saturday, by r. A. Haynes, national
prohibition commissioner. Group Head
Harry Hamilton of San Antonio was
frequently mentioned as the possible
successor to the former director aud
many of his friends in this city directed
their activities toward that end. In
making the appointment, Commission
er Haynes asserted that it had been
made after personal intimate review
of conditions in this state.
"Mr. Cole has had valuable expert
ence as field supervisor" Commission
err Haynes asserted, land is regarded
one of the highest grade officials in
federal enforcement service. He has
proven his worth and has the fullest
confidence of the Washington office.
His appointment is made along the
lines of administration policy.
viii Have Absolute Authority.
Director Cole will be given absolute
authority for thorough re-organiEa-
ton OF his forces in all branches aud
his recommendations will be concurred
in az Washington in all respects. These
changes will invoke a material reduc-
ton of agents in conformity with the
original organization chart, perhaps a
re grouping and corresponding strength
ening Of forces of general agents, such
as the consolidation of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth areas, placing W. u.
Smith, divisional chief, in charge, with
Headquarters at FL Paso and Dallas
Among those named as possible sue
cessors to the former director, in add,-
ton to Mr.. Hamilton, were Sam Gross
of Dallas, and J. Ii. Manss, group head
at Houston.
w. A. Nitzler, head of the field
forces at Dallas, has been transferred
at his own request. to his former sta
ton in Pennsylvania.
Hanson Is Field Director.
Edward Fry, who formerly worked
under Grouphead Hamilton, and who
later was director of the field forces
Mt Austin, has been succeeded by Il. Is.
Hanson. who is reported to have come
to Texas recently from the office of the
field supervisors office at Louisville,
KY, Mr.. Fry went to Austin during the
early part of last summer from an
agents post in Brownsville.
Mr.. Cole the new director, has been
in government service with a brief in
terruption since 1909 in various cap
acitfes. He served for four and malf
years as secretary to Attorney General
Wickersham during the Taft admins
tration and was retained in that cap
acity for several months by Attorney
General McReynolds. He resigned the
post later to enter position in New
York.
He later entered the prohibition ser
vice and prior to coming to Texas two
months ago to make an investigation
of prohibition activities in the Southwest
was field supersicor of the six New
England states with headquarters in
Boston, Mass.
Mr.. Cole was born in Ohio but has
resided for many years in New York,
Massachusetts, and Connecticut ana Tor
five years made bis home in Berkeley,
Cal. His place of residence is Gull
ford, Conn, a suburb of New maven.
His wife and daughter are living in
Cambridge, Mass, where his daughter
is attending college.
Several Men Dropped.
The general shake-up of the prOhibi-
ton organization here, is not attributed
BY federal officials, in other than pro-
hibition departments of the government,
to the visit of Commissioner Haynes
and his party to Texas. One official
based his statement on the fact that the
commissioner has been in Texas for a
very short time, and it would not be
possible for him to make a personal
and intimate review at first hand of
conditions in this state. 1t is believed |
that the general shake-up has been |
brought about as the result of secret |
Investigator from Washington who is |
known to have been working in Texas |
several weeks ago.
Information from Ell Paso is to the |
effect that one man has been sus-
pended from the force there on charges !
of being in league with liquor runners
there. The charges, however, have not
been made public.
Two men have been dropped from the
prohibition enforcement personnel at
Dallas, and three others have been