Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-20
Head of Large Syndicate Ar
ranged Financial Affairs
Before Operation

, In the death Of F. w. Dohrmann
president of the Dohrmann CONNER
Clal company, who passed away Il
san francisco yesterday, the PacIn>
coast has lost enc or Its most lnf1uen
I al and prominent business men and
HAWAIIAN business circles one OF Us
s.ncerest friends. The news or Mr.
Dohrmann death was received III a
cabIegram yesterday by Emil A
Berndt, vice-presIdent and manager OF
W. w. Dimond & Company, which
store is che of the syndicate CT IL
stores conducted by the company OF
which MIR. Dohrmann was the head.
Mr.. Dohrmann followed his wife to
the grave after but two and onehalt
months. He last visIte1 Honolulu IL
April, having come to Honolulu short
" after the death Of Mrs. DChrmann.
Following his return TO the mainlan1 1.
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
NOulu IIlGdH uSdIl vi AC"
lease of life, settled all his business
dealings and broughtshis other affairs
to date. When this was. completed he
notifed-his~-p physicians to convey him
to the hospital Everything was in
readiness for the operation, but Just
as the anesthetic was being admins
tered, Mr. Dohrmann suddenly sat up
and requested that smatters be sus.
pended for while ard that his stenog-
rapher be sent to him. There was
enc 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 a correction here and there, he
called the physicians, lie
i am ready now,Htife said.
Mr.. Dohrmann was 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 81 years Mr.. Dohrmann
had made his home in San Francisco
and was prominent in business affairs
en- the Pacific coast Aside from being
president of the Dohrmann CONNER.
cal Company. he was affiliated witl
the Nathan Dohrmann Company C
San Francisco, president of the Sal
Francisco Emporium and of the ST.
Francis Hotel COMPANY He was per.
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. B. Paulson. established fund OF
$4,000 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 transpor.
tation to and from their homes for II
members. The tract OF land on which