The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
POPULATION OF
 MOBILE IS 6O,618 Alabama Bankers AssOcia- tiOn COnyenes in May TO BUILD STEEL SHEDS Tug Boat Participated in the Maine Obsequies-Interest in Under
 wood-The Easter Monday
 Parade Abandoned
TO BUILD STEEL SHEDS

Mobile, March 31.--(5pecial.) )-The popu- lation of the city of Mobile, according to the 1912 directory just issued, is 606lS, a gain of nearly 1000 over the United States census of 1910. The new directory contains 24,246 names, and the population is estimated by using two and one-half as the multiple. The directory contains Ill more names than the directory of 1911, and the Smiths, as usual, lead the procession of family names with a total of 2l5. The Williams family is second, with a total of 115. and the Brown crew third with 1O3 names.
 Bankers Convene in May
 Arrangements have been practically completed for the twentieth convention of lne Alabama Bankers association, which meets in this city May r and IS. According to the programme there Will be two sessions on the opening day and one on the second day ot the gathering. The address of welcome will be delivered by Lag Schwarz, mayor of Mobile, on behalf of the city and D. J. Buck, pres Iaent of the City Bank and Trust com pany, on behalf of the Mobile financial in stitulions. Ire response will be by John II. Drake of Tuskegee. The sessions will be held at the Battle House auditorium A luncneon and automobile ride about the city will be features of the first day, fol- lowing the opening session, on the sec- ond day the business sessions wlll De neid on board the pleasure steamer Pleasure Bay, N hich has been chartered for the ocoasiol.s The excursion will be run to Point Clear.
 Langan a Candidate
 David D. Langan, tax assessor of the city of Mobile, mas formally announced lis candidacy for the office of city com missioner, us successor to Pat ]. Lyons whose term expires this fall. MT. Lan- gan made the race when two commisslon- CTS were to be elected last summer, par tcpating Tn the celebrated straw Dallol of the commission government forces. MT Lyons has also expressed a determine ton to make the race for the office, and it is hinted by those who are in a posi- tion to know that Harry T. Hartwell, chairman of the commission government campaign committee previous to the elec- tion last year, will also be candidate Steel Sheds at Wharves AS soon as material can be placed upon the ground, work upon the steel sheds, 10 be erected upon the city wharves, will be begun The contract was let this week to the McCllntic- Marshall company of Pitts burg, and the plans call for a shed lZ4l feet in length and a little over l00 feet wide, upon d concrete piling foundation. The cost of the work will be slightly over s500O0. and the completion of the sheds ,,Ill s,dd mucn to the facilities of the port Of Mobile.
 Tug Boat Took Part
 A Mobile tugboat with an Alabama crew on board played a prominent apart in the obsequies over the battleshiI al offt of a i6. according to advices which have just reached Mobile The tug was the Le Baron, Capt. B. G. Anderson, which has been under charter to the government for number of months assisting in the work of raising the hulk of the ill fated batt,eship. The Le Baron assisted in towing the hulk out to sea, and. according to the advised, was the last to cast loose after the sea cocks were opened.
 Interest in Underwood Interest in the candidacy of Oscar w. Underwood for the presidency of the United States was reflected in the unus- ually large registration yesterday and to- day, when the books were opened for the last time previous to the primaries. An unusually heavy vote is predicted at the primaries Monday.
 Abandon Easter Parade
 The parade of the Order of Myths planned for the last night of the Mard Gras celebration, which was postponed on accouat of d heavy downpour, will be held over until next year, according to of ficials of the order. It was planned, al the time the parade was called off. tc give it Easter Monday, but this plan has been abandoned
 Conditions at Pest House