| Show 4 I I Mrs Werner Legatee I II I Of Valentino Visits SL uw I i Ik 1 4 5 a 4 e r 3 S Sr r r MRS THERESA K WERNER ol 1 ol r 1 J r v side f 1 B f li Ves ft I Talked Screen Stars Star's St rs Brother Br th r Into Attempt to Bl Break Bieak ak Will Vill i I A g gentle n le hite woman who was was' catapulted into international l public public limelight Mrs rs Ther Theresa sa saK K i. Werner one one d of the three legatees of of Rudolph Valentino V J n n came home hom to Salt Lake Lale on Sunday En En r route ute fO to Los Los' Angeles where the the legal legal battle over the will wilI of Valentino Val Val- may play be staged staged- Mrs Werner Werner- plans to remain in Salt Lake a few rew days visiting with i relatives l and friends she knew when her hOme was at 35 East North Temple street seventeen years years ago At present she is is' staying with her niece Mrs 1 L. L G G. Dinwoodey One senses a ii h. capacity for loyal 1001 friendship on looking into the blue gray grayeyes eyes of ot Mrs Werner and there is a stately dignity anti anO sweet humility hu hu- about her Iler which makes makes it easy to understand why V Valentino famed in the four corners comers of ol the I world as one of its greatest screen greatest screen lovers should choose to leave so much of his worldly wealth to her lien Though he had known her but a few short years she was as as his own on mother to him SPEAKS OF CONTEST Exhibiting a charity charit of thought Mrs Mis Werner spoke of the time time-irn- im impending pending contest of the w will l by by- Rudolph's Rudolph's Ru Ru- dolph's bi other brother Alberto Alberto knows very little English and T I dont don't really believe he lIe quite understands what its it's all about Mrs Werner Weiner said I 1 think probably probably abl ably some lawyer got in touch with him and suggested trying to break breal Rudy's will Rudy must have anticipated anti anti- some such thing would oc occur occur occur oc- oc cur for twice in ills his will which by bythe bythe bythe the way I have have- have never yet seen seen seen-he he stated that It if anyone should en endeavor en- en deavor deavo to contest the tile will he should be cut off with one do dollar lar I dont don't want to fight over the will I 1 dont don't lil like fighting particularly over athing athing a athing thing as close to my ray heart as anything any- any thing connected with Rud Rudy T I dont don't teal y believe it will r reach ach the courts The of or he her inheritance inheritance tance y s as 11 hOt 1 known by Mrs Ir WerI I n liar nr I She Was was yas willed third one of oC the estate as a as' as were udys idys brother and sister sister- The TIle value of the estate which includes a half interest In his last two twi pictures has ha J riot ot definitely been d t r but Mrs jr Werners Werner's eh share allOre le is is' estimated at at well over It rt has been indicated that Rudy's brother will try to prove prove that undue was exerted by Mrs Irs Vern Werner Werner Ver n ner r when R Rudy dy made hi hit will DIDN'T KNOW OF WILLI WILL I 1 was In ln New York at the tile time Rudy made his will in Hollywood In Ih September of ot 1925 Mrs Irs Werner Verner said Id 1 didn't even know he had made a a will wUl The only time I r saw Rudy after he had made the will was was In hi In New Ne York la l last st t January Januar when I went vent Gown down own to the boat to meet him when he was returning from Eur Europe pc Naturally nothing was said th then n nor did R Rudy dy ever vel mention mention mention men men- tion the will to me Mrs Irs W Warner the HUP tuot of N Natacha tacha Ra who was Rudy's wife until a year ear ago first met him when the pair paU were engaged d. d and art arter r their tl marriage accompanied themon them on their wide country dancing tour and l liter lAter on Rudy's I visit It- It to his hits old home In jn Italy Rudy was a lovable boy who clever grew or or-or or or never novel would ba have ve grown up Mrs Mis Werner Verner said The reason his public loved him lim was vas that he lIe loved his public He was a great artist but he was a Uttie lite boy too The divorce of or Rudy and Natacha who is at pr present sent in inthe tile the south of France doing the tile Illustrations for fot a anew anew anew new book called polled Color Vibrations was due t to th the fact that they were a couple of stubborn children wanting their own way say 1 Mrs Verner Werner Ver ner nor declared red If Rudy was engaged to tb Pola PoJa Negri he never told me Mrs Werner Ver VerI ner ncr said I asked him when he re returned returned returned re- re turned l last 1st January and he answered answered answered an an- I whenever I get I ready to to be married rest rest assured Ill I'll 11 tell you ou first I know that he and P Poa a seemed very devoted to tol l' l each ch other There were so many thousands of I girls who thought they loved and so r really few who knew him Mrs Its Werner Verner said The girls were were- In love hove with their Idea ide of Rudy for forIn forIn forIn In life he lIe was a gentle genie lov lo cable lad and not the tue fiet fiery impassioned lover ot st the screen |
