THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 23, 1918.
The Bee Household: Group of Men Who Handle the
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Me xi can Independence
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In the
Centennial
Year
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Night Ceremony
(of Ringing Again
' That Historic -Liberty
Bell
Two of a Series of Travel
Letters Written in 1910 to
The Bee by Victor Rosewater
Mexico City, Sept 30, 1910. When
our Uncle V Samuel celebrated . his
100th birthday anniversary with the
Philadelphia exposition the big dv
ings eliminated in the ringing of the
. original Liberty bell on Indeptndence
day. So in the celebration of the
: cente.inial anniversary of Mexico's
first blow for freedom the ceremonies
have focused in the ringing again by
the president of the republic of. the
selfsame bell upon which the curate
Hidalgo sounded forth his Grito de
Dolores just -100 years before. By a
peculiar coincidence the birthday of
President Diaz also falls upon, the
eve of this date, affording an oppor
tunity to make the holiday honor the
personality of the ruler as well as the
idea of self-government which his rule
js supposed to typify.
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It was our fortune to witness from
specially good vantage ground tne
principal head line acts o' the centen
nial program. We were to have an
" audience with the president and view
the historic pageant from the palace.
Comparatively little difficulty was en-
' countered in gaining admittance to
the building and only the usual waits
for our turn for, presentation. Of
course, we were not the only ones
. in fact, we were the most somber
among the gaily dressed diplomats
and brightly . informed officers, pro
vincial dignitaries in native gala garb
and palace attaches attired with equal
brilliance. As the line moved slowly
through one chamber after another
we could examine the rich furniture
and handsome wall decorations. At
the far end of the last room the vis
itors passed in front of a raised plat
form on which the president stood
with his cabinet members behind him.
He shook hands as each person was
presented by name and usually added
a word to the greeting." .
4 You have my felicitations on your
birthday," I said, r
r- "I am very pleased," he replied.
As I surveyed him hastily he did not
- look 80 years old. His hair and
moustache, to be sure, are growing
w hite, but are strong reminders of the
jet black they once were. His eye is
keen and his facial features firm, but
not noticeably lined by age. He wore
simple evening dress with a broad
silk band of the Mexican tricolor
' green, white and red across the ihirt
bosom. Hi did not teem to be as tall
. as I had expected probably five feet
eight inches, but then he looked more
impressive the next day when I saw
him driving past in full military nni
iortn and coat breast laden with glit
tering decorations and jeweled
sigma of honorary rank.
Some of the Cabinet Members.
We were not presented to the
cabinet members, but could recognize
many of them by their portraits or by
having them pointed out by, more
knowing friends. For the most part
they had strong faces and would
doubtless hold their own among men
in similarly responsible positions in
other countries. I met the adminis
trative head of the federal district,
Governor Landa y Escandon, who
has a courtly manner and speaks Eng
lish most fluently. I also met Senor
Romero, nephew of the late ambas
sador to the United States of that
name and himself now a prominent
member of the Mexican congress. He
sked particularly after Herbert M.
Rogers, with whom he had studied at
Princeton and whom he had visited in
Omaha for a few days after gradua
tion. . :
All this was but a prelude to he
grand historical pageant which was to
portray the striding scenes In Mexico's
onward progress. In front of the
palace, stretching as far as the eye
could reach, was one dense mass of
humanity. It would be a rash guess
to hazard an estimate surely not less
than 100,000 people, and the efforts of
police and soldiers to keep open the
ipace in front of the reviewing win
dows were in vain. The Aztecs, head
ed by Montezuma, accompanied by
their different tribal allies, were to
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William J. Hotz
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William J. Hotz, well known Omaha lawyer, was born October 16, 1885,
at Iowa City, la. He is the soS of Matilda Ward Hotz and the late William -
J. Hots. Both his parents were born at Iowa City, la., where they reared and
educated their family of nine children. ,
Mr. Hots received his collegiate, as well as his legal education at the
State University of Iowa. . s -
In 1912 he was married at Sioux City, la., to Josephine Lynch, a brilliant 1
graduate of the State University of Iowa. She is the (laugher of J. M. Lynch, ' ,
well-known and prominent in business and social circles at Sioux City. Mr,
and Mrs. Hotz have one son, William J., jr.
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In' the ten years that Mr. Hotz has been practicing law fn Omaha, he has '
demonstrated exceptional ability as a lawyer, and has won the confidence and-'
respect of a very large and influential clientage in this city and throughout ;
the state. He is able and resourceful in the trial of his eases, and has made
it his practice to conform to the highest ethical standards.
Mr. Hotz has three younger brothers who have enlisted in the army and ,
navy, and says he has two more brothers who are anxiously awaiting until
they arrive at sufficient age to enlist. Mr, Hotz has worked diligently with
the other members of the Omaha Bar Association and the American Bar Asso
ciation in the performance of much important work that the government has '
assigned to lawyers, to help insure the complete success of the Liberty Loans, '
i Red Cross and other war measures. -
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Mr. Hots maintains his suite of offices for the practice of law at 1580-SI
City National Building.
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General John C. Cowin
was born at Warrensyille,
Ohio, January 11, 1846;
born and raised on a farm;
attended public school and
Hiram Eclectic Institute un
til the outbreak of the civil
war. ,
In 1861 he enlisted as a pri
vate soldier, and had as com
rades Privates William Mc-!
Kinley, who afterward be
came president, and his
blanket-mate, Joe Rudolph,
brother-in-law of Garfield,
tfhis regiment also furnished
President Hayes and Associ
ate Justice of the Supreme
Court Stanley Matthews.
Cowin participated in the
battles of Second Bull Run,
South Mountain, Antietam
and others. He served to the
close of the war and rose to"
the" rank of captain.
Returned, to Cleveland,
s Ohio, studied law, and
graduated 1 from the Union
Law College in 1867. Same
year came to Omaha, and
commenced the practice of
law. . ' - 1
In 1868 was elected Dis
trict Attorney; two years
thereafter re-elected. He has
been attorney in many of the
most important litigations,
giving him a national repu
tation. He was attorney for Gov
ernor Boyd in the classic
case of Thayer vs. Boyd, in
volving United States citi
zenship of Boyd, finally de
termined in favor of Boyd in
the Supreme " Court of the
United States, where a new
class ; of u citizenship was
established. Boyd was de
clared a citizen, though a
foreigner t and had never
been naturalized.
He was special counsel
for the United States in fore
closing the subsidy bonds of
the government against the
Pacific railroads, and se
cured for the government
$68,000,000.00 as a result of
the suits, claims that had
been declared in congress to
be worthless.
. He is a republican and has
been active in politics; was
a candidate for United
States Senator and defeated
by a few votes by General
Manderson; was a delegate
to the National Convention
in 1896 that nominated Mc
Kinley, his private comrade
in 1861.
He sought no other office.
He was invited by President
McKinley into his cabinet as
Secretary of War, but de
clined on account of his em
ployment by the government
in the foreclosure suits. ;
He was on the staff of
Governor Furnas with the
rank of Brigadier General.
He is a member of the G. A.
R., the Loyal Legion,
Knights Templar, Shriners,
Elks, the Omaha, Country,
Field, University Clubs, and
of Chamber of Commerce,
American Bar Association,
and other societies.
1 His only son is in the regu
lar army, W. B. Cowin;
who served in Cuba, Philip
pines and Mexico, and is
now Lieutenant Colonel.
General Cowin has always
been a persistent advocate of
reasonable military pre
paredness. Ten years ago,
responding to a toast at a
banquet to Secretary of War
Taft, he said :
"We cannot' have a peace
nation, safe against the outer
world, nor safe against the
democracy of lawlessness
rapidly growing within our
land, unless it be supple
mented by reasonable mili- -tary
preparedness."
Cowin was roundly de
nounced for this speech as a
militarist, but he is of the'
same opinion today. .t -
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