Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1907 — VOLIVA TO LEAVE ZION. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

VOLIVA TO LEAVE ZION.

Says Will Take Bic Following and Build a New CityRefused the granting of his petitionthat he be appointed by Judge Landis of the United States District Court a coreceiver with John C. Hately, now in change of Zion City property, and unheeded in his protests against the sale of Zion City lace industry, Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva, who usurped John Alexander Dowie, asserted his defiance of the

force* organized against him and de<ffn«< ed he would abandon Zion City and establish a colony of bis own elsewhere. "I shall abandon tbe old hulk and she can sink for all of me,” declared Voliva as he was leaving the court after his petition had been denied and the sale of the lace factory had been ordered. “It is my purpose now to gather my followers about me as soon as possible and leave. When I go I ‘will take a big following along to establish a new Colony.” _