Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-20
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+ In the death Of F. ". DOhrmaHn,
president of the DOhrmann CONNER
vluI Umbany, who passed away III
san Francisco yesterday, the Iacll|
coast has lost one OF its most lnfiuen-
tai and prominent business men aAd
haWauan business CIrCIes one on us
s.ncerest trends. The news OF Mr.,
DUhrmanH death Was received Ill d
cabtegram yesterday by Emil A.
Bernut. vice-presldent and manager OF
w. W. DimOnd 4 Company, which
store is one of the syndicate OF II
stores conducted by the company OF
which Mr.. Dohrmann was the head.
MIR. DohrmaHn followed his wife to
the grave after but two and one,halt
months. He last visited Honolulu IN
April, having come to Honolulu short
" after the death ct Mrs. Dohrmanh.
Following hissFetuTnz sthe mainland.
he encountered an illness from which
he never recovered.
The story is told, and verified here,
Of how Mr.. Dohrmann, upon his re-
turn to the coast and knowing that he
must undergo an operation which
lease Of life. settled all his business
dealings and brought his other affairs
to date When this was Completed he
notified his physicians-to convey him
to the hospftAlF Ell thing was in
readiness for the operation, but just
as the anesthetic was being admins
tered, Mr.. Dohrmann suddenly sat UP
and requested that Tpatters be sus-
pended for a while and that his stenOg-
rapher be sent to him. There was
one business matter which he had
failed to close. it seems, and for two
hours the aged financier dictated to
his stenographer He then waited un.
til transcription was brought to him,
and after he had looked it through and.
made correction hefeeand there, he
called the physicians.
i am ready now" he said
Mr.. DOhrmann vas we'll known in
Honolulu. He is was who inspired the
Merchants Association here. recently
matchmaking itwith the Chamber Of
Commerce. and it is said that many
Of the ideas REGARDING the organiza-
ton Of the new Chamber of Commerce
of Honolulu were received from him
For the past "a years Mr. Dohrmann
had made his home in San Francisco
and was prominent in business affairs
On the Pacific coast Aside from being
president of the Dohrmann CONNER.
cial COMPANY. he was affiliated with
the Nathan Dohrmann Company e
San Francisco, president Of the SAT-
Francisco Emporium and of the st.
Francis Hotel Company. He was Der.
sonal representative of President Taft
during the earthquake and fire in San
Francisco and was actively engaged in
Red Cross work. He was a prominent
member of the San Francisco Mer-
chants Association, which institution
he founded
Mr.. Dohrmann's charity support
will never be known 1t is said that
he assisted various organizations reg
ularly each month. It was shortly be.
fore the fire and earthquake disas.
ter in San Francisco that he. with
his partner. S Nathan and his sister.
Mrs. r. Paulson. established a fund OF
100000 as a sickness and death bene.
fit for the employees of the syndicate Of
stores On another occasion Mr.
DOhrmann. when visiting in Germany.
called together on the campus the liv-
ing members of the class with which
he had graduated from the govern.
ment school He furnished tranSDOr-
tatiOn to and from their homes for II
members. The tract OF land on which