Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-13
FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF ZION
DR., Dowie Preparing Bill in ChsnOery for
Recovery Of Property
MAKES DEMAND FOR FULL POSSESSION
He Says He VIII Return Com
pIeteIy Restored TO Temporal
and EccIesiR sticaL
Power.

CHICAGO, April 12.--Dr John Alexander
Dowie will not turn tail and fee to Mex
ico. He will wage a vigorous legal war
fare to regain control Of Zion City. and
soon as he considers that he has taken
the proper preliminary steps he will de-
scend upon that place and proclaim himself
the only and first apostle" This state
ment is authorized by Dr. Dowie himself
and by the firm Of lawyers who represent
him.
In this connection Attorney Haley Of the
firm Of Eddy, Haley & Wetten, who rep
resent DR.. Dowie and his counselors, made
the following statement:
We have advanced and will advance only
enc Conditon-complCte restoration Of
power, temporal as well as ecclesiastical,
end a demand for an absolute retraction
or the slanderous statements made by Cen
eral OvCrseer Noliva and his followers
agl tue moral character of Dowie.
u,Ni,t, pr preparing pairing a bill bill in ehanceTy nc ~ pc
fer OF the property at Zion City made be-
tween General Overseer Voliva and Dea-
strument was absolutely void. Dowie re-
Noked the power Of attorney which he Gel
egated to Noliva two days before the Illegal
Dowie will not Immediately proceed to
Zion City, but will remain i'm his apart
ments at the Auditorium annex In this city
until every preliminary legal step has been
taken. lie will then proceed to Zion City
ana enter II with all Of the power and au-
thority he had when he last left the place.
Several Conferences Held.
Despite the positive assertion on the part
OF Mr. Haley, attorneys for both factions
were in numerous conferences throughout
the day. Judga V. Y Barnes, head of the
legal department Of the city of Zion, came
to Chicago today and was closeted with
Attorney Emil c. Wetten, representing
Dowie, for considerable length Of time.
What transpired between the two lawyers
was not made public, but while Mr.. wetten
was as emphatic as his associate in deny
ing that any compromise measures were
under way, he qualified his statement by
aying that both sides were extremely de-
sirous Of preventing the issue from com
ing into court, as such a proceeding might
be ruinOus to the resources of Zion City.
Dowie Secures Mail order.
The attorneys for Dowie have secured
an order from the Postal department dl-
recting that all mail addressed TO DR..
/ Dowie be delivered to his apartments in
| the Annex. This they consider a very i'm
portant strategic move, the majority of
these letters are from members of the
church remitting their tithes. This, they
claim. will checkmate the general order
sent out by Voliva and his associates in
Zion City ordering that no moneys be re-
! mitted to Dowie hereafter.
Dowie's Furniture Sold.
DETROIT, Mich April ia Free Press
special from Muskegon, Mich, says: In the
| lofty stand wherein for years past John
| Alexander Dowie, with great pomp and
ceremony delivered impassioned addresses
/ to thousands assembled at Ben MacDhui,
! the splendid summer home of the former
ruler of Zion City, an auctioneer today
waived his hammer and sold for paltry
! $3.50 expensive furniture and fittings of
! Dowies White Lake establishment II is
estimated that the property sold today was
worth $4,000. Ben MacDhui was included
in the property, which the Voliva faction
of Zion City recently took over through
power of attorney given by Dowie before