Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
COUNT DEMANDS SCALP
OF Won HENCELMULLER
Won Auersperg Says He Was
Snubbed by Members of
Austrian Embassy.

NEW YORK, September 27..Count
Guide Won Auersrerg, who claims 100000
acres in the province of krain, Austria,
and says he is millionaire and suzerain
of 5000 vassals, is now demanding the
diplomatic heads of Baron l.. Hengelmul-
Ter Won Hengervar, Austro-Hungarian
ambassador to the United States, and DR..
Neiber Won Perkered, Austro- Hungarian
consul general at this port.
According to the count, documents to
which his name is attached have already
been mailed to Graf Aehrenthal, minister
of foreign affairs of the Austro-Hunga-
rian empire, in which he AYERS that he
was not only snubbed by members of the
Austrian embassy and the consul gen.
erals staff in this city. but that he was
accused, despite his high rank. of being
a fortune hunter and a traveller in the
United States for the sole purpose of
acquiring an American wife with mil
lions.
DR.. Walter j. Briggs, personal counsel
for the count, declared last night that the
Vienna Academic Singing Society also has
a grievance.
Singers Also Find Fault.
1.-The Vienna Academic Singing Society
came to this country forty strong last
August" said DR.. Briggs. They went to
Washington and on August %, represent
ed by Prof. Henry Swobcda, president of
the University of Vienna, called on Baron
Won Hengelmuller. He was not present
at the embassy nor was there any person
in authority to receive Prof. SWODOda
and his delegation. / was informed by
Prof Swoboda that after kilograms sent
Of SOcipfV
was informed that President Taft would
be unable to receive them at Beverly. SO
enraged did the members become that L
was informed by DIR. Swoboda at that
time and later by cable that the members
Of the society had, since their return to
AUSTRIA preferred charges against the
embassy and demanded the recall of the
chiefs. Several members of the society
are also members of the Austro- Hunga-
rian diet and the matter will certainly be
thoroughly thrashed out in the forth
coming session that convenes in Octo-
ber.''
Baron Won Hengelmuller is at present
visiting friends in LenoX. A reporter
found DR.. Neiber Won Perkcred at his
apartments at the Hotel st. Regis
Consul Not Uneasy.
THE Count Won Auersperg is after what
you Americans call my scalp" calculated
the Austro- Hungarian representative
here. HE may try for that scalp. but l.!
has remained upon my head after twenty
two years of diplomatic experience. l
may surnlise that it will remain for a
considerable time to come.
you say that this man is a count
VOLTA! There are so many counts in Aus
tria. Personally I have only met this
particular count on one occasion. 1 can
not quite understand his. what you call
it, attitude You say that he will remain
here until he sees my recall and wit
nesses my physical disappearance from
these shores. Well. as 1 have stated to
yourself, my scalp is still upon my head,
and as 1 am now going into dinner. 1 be-
lieve that it will there remain this night
and for many nights to come
Earnest inquiries failed to elicit any
really definite response by the consul gen.
eral. In fact he ingenuously admitted
that while he knew that charges had
been preferred against him to the Aus
TRAN Ministry of foreign affairs by
Count Won Auersperg, he added that he
was not worrying about them.