Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09
GAME YOUNG ALFONSO MAIL SERVICE WORSE
King Defes Anarchists in Co. Registered Matter Shares
ing to Barcelona. Fate of Ordinary Letters.
IS THOUGHT FOOLHARDY PLAIN ADDRESS IGNORED
Public Opinion Madrid Against New York ONCE Puts Message on
the Trip Right Track.
REDS DECREE HIS DEATH EVIDENCE OF CARELESSNESS
of
safetv-oueen Will Not
company. Complaints OF negligence
New York Office Puts Message on
Right Track.
EVIDENCE OF CARELESSNESS
Precautions of Post Office Patrons Go
for Naught-Star Receives More
Complaints Of Negligence.

While the Post ONCE Department 10
taking measures looking toward re-
storing to normal conditions the dis
organized city delivery service. COM
plants of delays continue to reach the
Star. These are varied occasionally by
new grievance.
One example of what may happen to
registered letters If they are intrusted
to the tender mercies of the Washing
ton post office is given by Leet Broth
ers 14th street and New York avenue.
f. L. Grosvenor. 1871 Kalorama ave
nue.. registered and mailed a letter to
Leet Brothers last Friday. March s.
This letter, plainly addressed and regis
tered to insure careful handling. was
missent to New York city and remailed
from the office there Saturday. March
Z. 1t reached it's Washington address
today at 10:45 am.
Only Two Days Delay.
letter addressed to j. Russell Young.
pressroom, District building. was mailed
at 3 pm. March in station b, and de-
livered to John r. Young, in the Dis
trict Court. at the courthouse, who
placed it in another envelope and trans
mitted it to it's original address. the
letter being delayed two days.
Miss Elizabeth Ellicott Poe, 80 18th
street, informs The Star that she received
a day too late cards of admission to the
funeral services of Bishop Satterlee. The
cards had been mailed two days before
| they we're delivered. This is the second
| instance of this kind.
Charles A. ZiesenitZ. a guest at the Ma
tional Hotel, writes to The Star that he
did not receive until the afternoon OF
March a letter mailed in New York
March 4. He incloses the envelope on
which his name is printed in large capi-
| tails, with his Washington address plain
| ly written.
Lawrence c. Dodge of the bureau OF
plant industry. Department Of Agriculture.
contributes the envelope of letter which
| was received in the Washington office at
$50 am. March 6. but was not delivered
until March T. The letter was plainly
addressed.
Two More Isolated" Cases.
Mrs. F. R. Hollingshead of the Vincetta
apartment house. 337 Maryland avenue
southwest, has been having trouble with
| letters which arrived after their period
of usefulness had vanished, never to
IL.
city Friday, announcing visits on the next
day, did not reach her until the follow
ing Tuesday.
But such cases are becoming so common
that no one appears 10 be surprised IL
will get to be in Washington that a sui
ficient excuse for neglecting to keep
business or social engagement will be that
the letter was never received. or received
two or three days after the function had
taken place.
But the question still remains un-
answered what is the matter with the
post office?
No excuse has been put forward. no ek-
planation deigned- The best mat the
mlblic gets from the postmaster is an
assurance that the service is all right.
But a man whose mail is late. knows that
it is late and no amount of talking Will
convince him that service which cannot
deliver his mail on time is good. The re-
suits are the only things that can speak
with authority.