The Washington times., 1912-12-01
PASTORS TAKE Up 4
FIGHT TO ABOLISH
CAPITALS ALLEYS
Deliver Sermons on Subject
IN Many Of the City's
Churches Today.

From their pAp.ts th,s mern,ns a
score or Eors Of washington pastors,
Acting on the requests Sf the National
Civic Fcderauot's womsn's welfare
ssction. called attention 10 vicious spd
unhealthy conditions In the city's al.
leys and urgsl that Congress take &C.
ton 70 ELIMINATE these sources Of dis.
ease and crime. The recommsndatio
called for eithsf the entire elimination
Of the alleys Or their conversion into
minor streets.
The Rev. c. q. Fults, pastor Of the
Memorial United Brethren Church.
preached . sppcjal sermon on alley con.
dttions from the text. "Inssmuch a. ye
dtd II unto the least Of these. ye did It
unto me-"
HIS address sought to awaken interest
Ing children growing up amid wrong
surroundinSS. as well as older people,
some OF them steepe0 In disease or
crime because Of their vicious envron.
The Rev. c. p. wllss, speaking a, III.
Keller Memorial Church. urSed ,SaS
Congre.s pass isgisiation which would
either DO away With the alleys OF con.
er surroundinSs. The Rev. c. II. But.
ler. pastor Of Columbia Heights Luth.
s!en Church. spsaking op II Am the
LLsnt q the Wcr!d" advocated that
from civic and sanitary standpoints.
Scenes Of AIlsy csalitisss.
Many other pastors took occasion to
mention the alley crusade In the course
Of their regular sermons. Ill agreeing
With the federation that many changes
are needed. and pleading for. early I'm.
provements. '0.r
Tonight the campaign win be contln.
ued In . number Of the churches. The
Rev. J. W. Frisseil win give IN Illus.
trated talk on THE Coming CITY"
showing more than fifty scenes OF local
Alley eondltien:. many q them surpris-
Whitley viii also give an iiius.rasei
talk In furtherancs Of the cause. The
Rev. DR.. Frank Newell. Of the New
Church. has arranged 70 devote part Of
"The Menace Of the Alley is the sub.
isiisu. q the Union Hsshodiss Epi"co.
pal cnurch. for ton .sht's sermon.
Ernest Bicknsii. The Rev. John Van Van
tor 8. Taord. and the Rev. ". Y. Maj.
lelieu, acting on the federation susyes.
Sn Ssd 8: ss:ns e. e :S h: Sss
rate among alley children a. eompsred
with the children OF the streets.
Allsy Death Rate High.
The alleys OF Washington By their
peculiar windinss and ramihcations.
otter unusual opportunities for the hid.
Ing away Of vice and the unobssrved
violations Of laws Of moral and physical
II -
the truth Of this statement on ons hand
and the health department records Of
disease and death. on the other. The
dicated by the fact that among chiidtsn
under one year OF axe the death rete
In the alleys 10 twice that OF dweliers
IN the streets while among sduits the
alley death rats e 90 per cent above
The federation also urged the pastors
to dwell upon the tact last alleys -
the center Of infection. sonstitute q
menace TO the health end welfare At
the entire city.
Pastors Aanivsssary.
In honor Of the thirtieth annivsPsary
Of the ordination Of the Rev. W. Bishop
Johnson. pastor Of the Second Baptist
Church. twenty-dx congregations Of
colored Baptists Joined todsy with HE
church In . special service.
Tho congrseattons reprssented the
churches Ar. 'Johnson has Organized.
the branches Of the Second Baptist
Church, and tho organisation from
Hhich he was ordained thirty.hve years
a6o.
The pastor delivered . special sermon
a. II o'clock, and the musics, program
VAS given BY the choir. assisted by
Mrs. Gtorgia Robinson. Mrs. Annl
Slade, and Ars. Alice johnson. 20:
| pranos: Bernadine Smith. violinist. and
George Taylor, baritone.
| The brotherhood Of the First Congre-
sational Church. Tenth and q streets
northwest, VIII attend the. fourth o.. Z
Woodrow On "The King: Victor and
| The Need Of . Christian Faith IN
Reform Work" will be the subject OF
the Y. w. c. 4. address st I O'Clock
today IN the First CONGREGATIONAL