New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Cox and Auto
Party Halted
AS Speeders
Ohio Adjutant General,
With Governor, Charges
They Had Been Warned
Attempt Would Be Made
One Chauffeur Arrested
Candidate Drives On, Tell
ing Police He Will Be
at Executive Offices
Special Dispatch to The r,ibun,

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 15.-Gov-
ernor Cox barely escaped arrest to-day,
when his chauffeur was accused Of
speeding in the automobile cavalcade
that bore the party to Columbus from
Wheeling, W. Va.
Adjutant General Roy E. Layton
issued a statement charging that Re-
publican township officials at Jackson
town, Licking County, were in a "plot
to cause the Governors humiliation. !"
Inc Governor escaped arrest, and if the
officials still want him they must come
TO Columbus to get him.
Jacksontown, known to the people in
these parts as "Jacktown," has been
more or less famous as "speed trap"
maintaining motor cycle officers to ar
rest passing autoists and causing them
TO pay fines in the courts. Because of
this place and others throughout the
state the Ohio Legislature year ago
passed special act to thwart the local
constables. raising the speed limit from
twenty to thirty miles an hour.
Party Held Up
When the cars of Governor Cox's
party passed through the town at what
the newspaper correspondents said was
moderate rate of speed, several hum
bred persons, including men, women
and children, were on the village green.
Inc old constable waved his hand. The
Governor waved back, apparently not
knowing that he was to stop. In the
machine with him were Layton and
) ohn "A. O'Dwyer, correspondent of "The
loledo Democratic Leader" The cor
Tg,e1sSpondents followed in separate cars.
!" hen they were Fastening along be-
tween Jacksontown and Columbus, a
lew miles west Of the town, they ere
oEertaken by two men on motor cycles.
who lodged in among the cars. Thev
recorded all the license numbers and
overhauled the Governor in the van.
Marshal Joe Shipley, of Granville.
who was of the official constabularv
force, ordered the Governors car to
return to Jacksontown.
You'll have to go back he said.
Governor Cox at once identified him
self, but the constable was obdurate.
u don't care who you are" he snapped.
Y QUILL have to come back to town be-
tore the justice of the peace"
If YOU want me you'll get me at the
State House, said the Governor. and
he ordered the driver to go on. The
machine spurted once or twice and
away they went.
While the Governor and his party
escaped from the clutches of the Off
GERS, a hapless chauffeur, coming
through with a car which broke down
yesterday in GAINESVILLE, was arrested
and lodged in jail. The presence of
the crowd in Jacksontown this after.
noon was one of the points in the
chain of alleged evidence of Repub-
lean plot. Layton says he knows posi-
lively that this is true
Press Car Near Collision
Another incident of the trip was the
narrow escape of three newspaper men.
Captain W. c. Howells, of "The Cleve-
land Plain Dealer; Robert T. Small.
of "The Washington Post" and Clinton
w. Gilbert, of "The Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger" were forced by tourist
auto to run squarely in front of an
Ohio Electric Railway traction car.
They tagged it in time to avert col
lision.
The Governor conferred tonight
with former Senator W. z. Chiffon, Of
West Virginia, and with Senator Rob
ert l.. Owen, of Oklahoma, one of his
rivals at San Francisco. Senator Owen
said that William ]. Bryan will support
Cox in the campaign. He said that he
had definite assurances to this end
Bryan will be active in the campaign
later on. said Senator Owen