In the November 13 , 1905 edition of the '' Washington Post '', a "Hengelmuller-Washington" incident was described. Evidently Professor Booker T. Washington and the Baron had been visiting President Roosevelt at about the same time. The Baron left first, accidentally taking Professor Washington's overcoat instead of his own. When the Baron reached into the pocket, he pulled out a Rabbit's Foot : "the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit, killed in the dark of the moon.".
The November 14 , 1905 comment by the '' Detroit Journal '' about the incident was, "The Austrian ambassador may have made off with Booker T. Washington's coat at the White House , but he'd have a bad time trying to fill his shoes." {Link without Title}
The Baron took over as ambassador from Ernst Schmitt Von Tavera . From 1894-1903, the Baron's title was "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" (''Ausserordentliche Gesandte und bevollmächtigte Minister''), and then from 1903-1913 he was "Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (''Ausserordentliche und bevollmächtigte Botschafter''), though in American press sometimes he was simply referred to as "Austrian Ambassador" and "Dean of the diplomatic corps at Washington." [http://www.umsl.edu/%7Emuns/elonka/nyt19271228p26.pdf
He was one of the signatories on the 1909 treaty to "resolve international disputes" between the United States and the Austro-Hungarian Empire , which provided for a Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague .
After the Baron, the ambassadorship went to Dr. Constantin Theodor Dumba , who held the post until he was expelled from the country by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915.
He had a daughter, who married Henry Brougham on April 24 , 1923 .
One of the Baron's nephews was Count Alfred Von Niezychowski . Alfred was a Polish " Szlachta " noble who entered the German merchant marine to be an officer aboard German passenger liners. In 1914, Niezychowski was pulled into World War I when his ship the ''Kronprinz Wilhelm'' was drafted into the German Imperial Navy and turned into an Auxiliary Cruiser . The ship proceeded to raid commerce ships in the southern Atlantic until it ran out of supplies, and put into port in Virginia in 1915.
- Hengelmuller, Ladislaus
- Hengelmueller, Ladislaus
- Hengelmuller, Ladislas
- Hengelmuller, Laszlo
- Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár
- Baron Laszlo Hengelmuller
- Hengelmüller von Hengervár, Ladislaus Baron
- Hengelmüller, László
- Hengelvar, Ladislaus Hengelmuller Baron von
- Ladislaus Freiherr Hengelmüller von Hengervár
- Baron Hengelmueler
- Laszlo Hengelmüller von Hengervar
- "In Defense of Austria", by Baron L. Hengelmuller. 1914, 1915. '' The New York Times '' "Current History: A monthly magazine. The European War, Volume I, from the beginning to March, 1915". pp 559-562 {Link without Title}
- ''Austria-Hungary and the war'', 1915, New York, Austro-Hungarian consulate-general. Co-authors: Albert Apponyi , Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár, Konstantin Theodor Dumba , Alexander Nuber Von Pereked
- Hengelmuller, Ladislas. ''Hungary's Fight for National Existence: or the history of the great uprising led by Francis Rakoczi II, 1703-1711''. 1913 (English translation), London: Macmillan. [http://www.country-data.com/frd/cs/hungary/hu_bibl.html
Note: Francis Rakoczi II is sometimes listed as "Ferencz -- II, Rákóczy, -- Prince of Transylvania "
- The ambassador had a summer home in Maine, built by George Newman in 1886, and to this day the bed and breakfast in that location advertises it, as "the summer residence of the Austro-Hungarian ambassador and his wife, the Baron and Baroness Hengelmueler." {Link without Title}
- The Baron was involved with a famous quote by President Taft: ''"Let him wait," Taft told Captain Butt regarding the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador’s impatience over a delayed appointment. "A man with the name of Hengelmuller should not want me to leave my lunch."'' {Link without Title}
- The Baron was present on January 10 , 1908 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York when the American Priory of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights Of Malta was officially incorporated by the signing of the corporate charter. The charter was underwritten by ''His Highness the Grand Duke of Russia Alexander Michajlovich, Prince Peter Trubetzkoi, Prince Michele Khilkov, Comte Alexander Buturlin, Comte Alfred de Choiseul-Gouffier, Prince Amm. Paul Ligny - Baron James of Harden-Hickey, Comte de Boissiere, Baron de Rosen (Russian ambassador in the U. S.) Carlo Magno Tower (U.S. Minister and Ambassador in Russia, Austria and Germany), Hethelbert Watts (U.S. General Consul in Saint Petersburg), Baron L. Hengelmuller von Hengervar (ambassador of Austria in the U. S.) and many others''. {Link without Title}
- In with royal honors, but the conservative court of Vienna resisted this, causing some embarrassment to the Baron. (''The Covington Sun'', April 14 , 1910) {Link without Title}
- The Baron is mentioned in the book '' Titanic : End of a Dream'' by Wyn Craig Wade, on page 157, as someone who was checking out one of the rumors about the cause of the disaster. {Link without Title}
- The Baron is listed in the index (''Hengelvar, Ladislaus Hengelmuller Baron von, 239'') of ''History of the Louisiana purchase exposition : comprising the history of the Louisiana territory, the story of the Louisiana Purchase and a full account of the great exposition, embracing the participation of the states and nations of the world, and other events of the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904'' (compiled from official sources by Mark Bennitt, editor-in-chief and Frank Parker Stockbridge, managing editor, Universal exposition publishing company, 1905). {Link without Title}
- "The Avalon Project: Arbitration Convention between the United States and Austria-Hungary" , Yale University's website about the treaty signed in 1909.
- William M. Malloy, ''Treaties, Conventions, International Acts and Agreements Between the United States of America and Other Powers 1776-1909.''
- Alfred Niezychowski, ''The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm'', 1928, published by Doubleday
- thepeerage.com , Genealogy of European royal families (contains reference to Baron Hengelmuller being Austro-Hungarian Ambassador)
- "Booker Washington's Overcoat" , '' Washington Post '', November 13 , 1905
- ''Fort Covington Sun'' (PDF), January 8 , 1903 . In "Minor events of the week: Washington Items": "Baron Hengelmuller presented his new credentials as Ambassador from Austria-Hungary to the President"
- (Austrian) Hengelmüller von Hengervár, Ladislaus Baron (1845 - 1917), Diplomat , biography on an Austrian website
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