The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-13
THREATS RENEWED
BY FIERY DOWIE
Denouncing Voliva's Followers as
Lying Vipers." the First
Apostle Orders War.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
chicago. April ia complete res
toration of John Alexander DoWie to
the position of temporal as well as
ecclesiastical head of Zion before any
further peace proposals wall De con tI
FIRST APOSTLE, transmitted to the Vo-
Iva insurgents.
Judge Y. V. Barnes, head of Zion :
: legal department, received the curt
statement from one Of Dowie's attor-
news. and soon afterward communicated
II to Overseer Wilbur Glenn Vollva.,,
Following brief conference OF the
leaders in Zion, Overseer Voliva sent
! back a reply that Dowie's bell1cose al
titude did not so much as cause ~ a a
ripple on the placid surface IN the
UHolv City, and that the present re-
! gime would not change it's position one
iota.
When the two positive statements
had been made, attorneys for the oP-
posing forces practically gave up nope
Of effecting an amicable settlement or
the controversy and began preparations
for the legal tussle.
Back Down, or War. % X
ATTORNEY Emil Wetten still clings to
q faint hope that the Voliva forces
may modify the reply. He admitted,
however, that the dove Of peace was
resting on a very slim perch. -,
While the protocol was malntalned
! turnout the day, Mr.. Wetten was not
sanguine that the legal artillery would
not open within twentyfour hours: The
only thing that can now ward or the
impending clash, declared the, attor-
neys, is a complete backdoWn ny me
insurgents and the promise to 'reinstate
4bo ECct ooostle inStantar.
With every hour Dowie S health has
improved, and with the return Of his
! physical strength the old fire hared up
and shook the frame Of the grizzled
warrior.
viii Enter "Holy City,
Dowie informed his attorneys that
all talk of compromise that contem-
plated pushing the Dowie ear onto a
sidetrack should be sPurnesd. without out
ceremony. He also declared that John
Alexander Dowie was the first apostle
of the Christian Catholic church, and
that as first apostle he would return to
Mexico, and not as pensloner or a
supplicant for aims and mercy at the
hands of the "devil's emissaries.''
Dowie further instructed his attor
neys that he did not propose to shake
the dust of Chicago from his sandals
unGl dIJST uo udQ OuCS nSnAA SAoStS|
Zion City and claimed his own. The
charges against him, he termed 'vile
defamations' uttered by " pack Of
/ lying vipers." - =.
Counsel have begun preparing a bill
In chancery to be filed in Waukegan
the county seat of Lake county, at thu
earliest possible date. The bill vii
ask the court to set aside the <reeen
transfer of the Zion property to Deacon
& Granger by Voliva, who claimed to &C
with the power of attorney, delegates
to him by the first apostle. t> =,
To Ask Injunction. I:
In the bill an injunction will be aske
to restrain Voliva and his follower
from acting in any way in admlnistra
tive capacity in the management Of tn
Zion assets.
Whether a receiver will be sought ha
! not yet been determined. It is anticl
. pated, however, that this course will b
pursued, as the appointment Of re
ceiver would at once strip Voliva an
his forces Of the leverage now availabl
i by reason of their possession Of tn
] strong box. ,-- .-.,. - -.
The first move by Dowie to immed
+ ately cut off a portion of the revenue
= and to place himself in personal touc
! with the affairs of Zion was made whe
/ he notified the postal authorities tina
all mail addressed to him at Zio
4 should be delivered to him. Soon afte
4 the notice was given scores of letter
and much official correspondence wer
j sent to the hotel.