The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-27
DAILY NEWS LETTER
General News and Gossip
 From Staff Members at
By JAMES l.. KILGALLEtN, International News Service Staff
 Correspondent.

Kansas City, Mo. Sept. 27-Pic- esque and mysterious as have been the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in the Southwest, nothing so far done by the Invisible Empire psiI! approach in it's startling uniqueness the ambi- uous project under way at Spring held, Mo.-the establishment of a Missouri cave. The chamber, nays- terious, weird and replete with stalac- tites and stalagmites. will be used for ceremonial purposes by the ghostIy- looking wearers of the white hood and gown.
 The cave-Perey's cave, it was call ed-is on a 11s-acre tract five miles northwest of Springfield. It has been purchased by the Springfield klan at an estimated cost of s40.- 00o.
 Work is now in progress to con- vert the cave into one of the show places of the Ozarks. Klan mem bers say it will be an ideal meeting place for the Missouri Realm of the Klan. as Springfield is the state head quarters of the realm. -
 Electric lights, supplied by a pri- ante-cham Der of the cave. The year around the temperature of the cave will be regulated at 50 degrees. A anphitheatre. The amphitheatre will seat 5000 persons. On the hill above the cave $25,000 clubhouse will be erected. Many acres will
 
 places for open-air religious meet lnSs and conventions.
 Politicians hereabouts are asking each other this question: will James M. Cox come to Mis- souri during the Fall campaign?' Some of Senator Jim Reeds friends are adding another qassyyon: ''If so, why?''
 Reed. say the political wiseaeres, will be embarrassed if Cox comes to ia1II Presidential candidate goes into such questions as Americas entry in a league of nations and the cancellation of this country's foreign debt-mat- diametrically opposed. They say | that should Cox. talk on such ques- Reed to restate his views and that | might cause complications. as Reed :. Himself conceded to be a man who won't always stay in harness-is now l talking harmony in the Democratic party.
 Reed. regarded by many as a Pres idential possibility, in speech in Missouri recently, said: 'If I have the disposition of & fighting man there goes with it the disposition to forget all the anil woman who is a thoroughbred ex- poets to pay if he or she loses. It Is because I believe the Democrats are a party of thoroughbreds that
 
 T believe l am entitled to & seat in the circle of Democratic affections II mean affections of the party" There is significance in what Reed said to those who recall what hap pened to him at the last Democratic national convention in San Francis co.
 East is East and West is West. Here in Kansas City, 'in the heart of America" one finds endless beau- tiful homes, surrounded by wide lawns | Folks seem to believe in plenty of room. The general atmosphere is typcaIly Western-breezy, bustnnEnz h hospitable. Kansas City IS Tne "eateway to the Southwest" and one finds wonderful mixture of types the effete Fastener who has followed Horace GreeIey's advice, the sun6urn- ed men from the plains, the rural Middle Westerner and 8 velJ- mild sprinkling of all types of foreigners And how everybody from no matter where, does take to eating baree- cue!
 oklahoma towns are booked for entertainments ranging from jazz to , grand opera for the next six weeks Two of the candidates for Governor . are responsible.
 Jack Walton, the picturesque May or of Oklahoma City. will tour the ! State with -"Dinty Moore's Jazz Band" and other entertainers guar anteed to whoop 'er up. John Fields editor candidate. usually entertains ', his audiences, to use the words of the international News Service cor respondent at Oklahoma City, with High-brow stuff and baby grand ajc- compartment