Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-10
CITY COUNSEL IS
. ON THE BR|NY DEEP
carpathia Carries Official to
European Vacation with
Host of Good Wishes.

Smiling and happy. City Counsel
James r. Nugent sailed on the Cunard
liner Carpathia at noon today for a
two months kaeation in Europe.
A big delegation Of followers were
at the pier to see hIm or and to bid
| him bon voyage on his trip across
The sea. lie win. go direct 10 Trieste.
Austria, foF a short stay there and
then he will go on to Carlsbad, to
take the rest cure"
He is accompanied on his trip by
former Alderman Joseph A Wright.
Mr. Nugent chose his room. he told
an Evening Star reporter today. con-
ivenient to a wireless station.
7 I'm going tos know what's doing
even if | am way out on the briny
deep" he said in a manner that looked
bad for the "judge-made jury bill"
While he bade his friends 'good-by"
lwith his right hand he clutched
pair of big binoculars with his left
They were presented to him by the
Board of Works commissioners in his
stateroom just before the party left
the snip.
The city counsel seemed greatly
| pleased with the sea lockers and
felt greatly offended when Commits
sioner Charles F. Kraemer asked if
he knew how to use them He tried
scrapers in the presence of the party,
and assured everybody that they
worked all right.
/ T..e first big surprise of the morn
ing for the city counsel, however he
received when he first opened his
stateroom door and found a huge
harp of roses and carnations on his
bed He thought at first that he was
in the wrong room and was going to
back out. Then his curiosity got the
better of him and he glanced at the
card attached to the harp. There he
read
"Good-luek. Jimmie From the
members of the Leni Lenape."
( "Huhl" he murmured. THAT sounds
like it might be meant for me-" Then
he turned around and saw big
floral American flag on settee TO his
right. That bore his name and also
the name. of the Huron Club.
Now | know I'm in the right
place" he said.
Mr.. Nugent is making the trip at
the urgent request of his family.
After a two-montffs' stay at Carls-
bad he will return and take up his
work, he says. with renewed vigor.
His family are now at the summer
home at West End. where he will
join them on his return to this coun-
| try.
Il want the papers every day" he
told James D. Moriarity the Demo-
cratic county committee chairman,
land if anything big breaks loose ca
BILE me right away
Among the prominent persons at
the pier to see the city counsel off
were former United States Senator
James Smith. jr.. former Alder
man Alexander Archibald, Elmer A.
Day. city treasurer; Richard J..
Franz. tax receiver: Thomas A.
Boyle. Excise Inspector William Dig
nan. Democratic County Chairman
James d. Moriarity, Assistant City
Attorney Charles M Myers. John P.
Manning. of the city law department;
James Smith, Sd, Assemblyman John
J. Bracken. Commissioner John J..
Mooney Joseph G. Wolber, secretary
to Chief Engineer Morris r. Sher-
rerd: Former Assemblyman Michael
Leveen, Police Judges Simon Hahn
and Charles F. Herr, Police Lieuten-
ants Thomas J. CORDIALLY and James
F. Meehan, Harry King, Fire Com
missioner Frank Lagay and Board
Of Works Commissioner Charles F.
Kraemer.