Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-09-04 | Page 1 | Gaynor off for Europe

oo GAYNOR OFF I FOR EUROPE New York's Mayor Surprises His Political Friends and Enemies By Taking a 20-Days' Trip Abroad Planned to Go to Adirondacks. New York. Sept. 4 Mayor Gaynor surprised his friends and political enemies alike today by sailing for Europe on the steamship Baltic. As tonlshment that he should leave New York on the eve of his campaign for re-election was somewhat allayed bv the announcement that his trip would last only twenty days The mayor will return on the same ship, due to arrUe here September 25. Mayor Gaynor's plans, previously announced, spoke of a vacation rnp of two weeks to the Adirondacks, !;Vfc which was to begin today. Nobody 3 il knew that he bad gone abroad until IE after the Baltic had sailed at noon j ll The mayor changed his plans at the eleventh hbur because he believed that a sea trip would give him greater relief from 'he throat trouble that has recurred at intervals since he waa shot more than ihree yeurs ago. The bullet that lodged in his throat is still there and his voice never has served him for public speaking since that A time. E jfl oo il 1 1