The Washington times., 1915-04-19
MRS. NJ COMBS SILENT
ON DIVORCE REPORT
Wife, Formerly Miss Dorothy
Williams. and Chairman Sep
arated. Is Rum0r.

Efforts to obtain a Nerification today
of the report that William +. MCCombs,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee. and Mrs. McCombs, sister Of
Mrs. Joseph Letter. and one of the
recognized leaders of Washington So
ricty. have separated, and that Mrs.
MrCOmbs in short time will sue for
divOrc" were without avail.
All inquiries at the Letter house at
Mel can, Va, elected the one answer:
Neither Mrs. McCombs, Mrs. Will
Jams. Mrs Letter. nor any other mem-
Zor of tho family wishes to make any
statement whatever concerning the re-
port
At the residence of Col. and Mrs. John
r. Williams. parents of Mrs. McCombS.
at 1872 r street northwest, servant
informed all callers that the family left
several days ago. lie said he did noI
know where the family had gone or
when they would return.
Living With Letters.
Friends of Mrs. McCombs declared she
was living with her sister and brother
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. at
their Virginia place. Intimate asso-
ciates of Mrs. McCombs declared that
that part of the report concerning the
separation of Mr.. and Mrs. McCombs
was true, but that tho prospect of a
divorce was remote, as Mrs. McCombs
Mrs. McCombs. before her marriage,
was Dorothy Williams. She was edu-
Gated, as were her sisters, Mrs. Letter
and Miss F'rancise Williams, debutante
Of Of This season, at the Convent of the
Visitation in Georgetown.
Mr.. McCofnbs l. on his way West
according to his friends. and intends to
spend some time on his plantation near
Little Rock. lie stated to friends in
Chicago several days ago that thcro was
no poutiCal significance in his trip.
At the time of his marriage 10 Miss
Williams, Mr. MCCombs was slated for
tn" post of ambassador to France, and
it was believed he would accept. His
refusal on the ground that he did not
have sufficient money to take the office
subsequently, was reported, ard after
his marriage he returned to this
country.
Married In London.
Tne marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Combs in London was attended by q
brilliant company. The ceremony was
performed in the chapel OF IS. Petel
and Edward. Among the guests at the
Ritz Hotel were Col. and Mrs. Williams
Walter Page. American ambassador tt
Cheat Britain, and Mrs Page; Myror
I, licrrick. ambass ador to France, anC
Mrs. Iierlicli. James Bryce, the Ear
and Countess of Craven, the Ear
and Countess of Suffolk, the Earl anC
touNtess OF Derby. Lord Curzon, vii
liam Gillette, Mrs. G. ". Iialsey, Majo
Colon PoWAs Campbell and Mrs Camp
bell, Frederick Townsend Martin. Mrs
New house Howard Martin, and the stat
! OF the American embassy.
kumors of the estrangcment Of tn,
McCombs were in circulation in Wash
= ingt0m society more than a month ago
At that time Mrs MCCOmbs was re
ported t. be critically i'll at the hom,
! of her parent. here Her friends saiC
she was so Ill that she was re
moved from Union Station after til,
journey from her home in New Yorl
g. to the Williams home in r street, in al
! ambulance.
Several days later Mr.. McCombs ar
| rived in the city and registered at tn
! Willard.
Futile efforts, it is said have beel
! made repeatedly within the past feV
weeks to bring about IA reconciliation.