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...York, began crossing water at the behest of Presidents 23 years ago in Rock Creek Park, Washington. There he was riding on the bridle path one drizzly afternoon when he heard his name imperiously called from across the creek. The caller was Mr. Stimson's Manhattan law chief, Elihu Root, then Secretary of State. out for an airing with President Roosevelt. Sergeant Stimson of Squadron A. N. Y. National Guard, spurred his horse over the swollen stream, nearly foundered in the middle, clambered up the slippery bank opposite, gave a mud-bespattered salute, reported for duty. President Roosevelt asked...
...wise achievement, President Coolidge has a sincere reverence. Some day, perhaps not far .from now, Calvin Coolidge may reasonably expect to be himself regarded as an Elder Statesman.* It was with unusual pleasure and a fervent handshake, therefore, that he last week welcomed into his office Elder Statesman Elihu Root of New York...
...ELIHU ZWILLING Villain, leader of anti-Childs stockholders...
...Elihu Root who has been everything from U. S. Secretary of State (1905-1909) to Trustee of the New York Public Library and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, accepted an invitation from the league of Nations, last week, and will sit on a commission called to revise the statutes of the World Court...
...Fund is controlled by a Fund Council of 30 men, of whom the following five were recently elected: R. G. Fessenden '90, E. P. Joslin M.D. '95, S. H. Wolcott '03, Elihu Root, Jr., L.L.B. '06, H. S. Vanderbilt '07, and Mackey Wells...