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Show CALIFORNIA CITIES t LEAD f SUICIDES NEW TORK. July aSulctde bu developed de-veloped In American cltlee In the tut year, the Spectator, a New Tort publication. publi-cation. howa In an article tody. It la elated that the combined rate of one hundred American eltle. which wm SlS per cent per 100.0 people m " and f0. waa only l.7 met year. New .Tork'e suicide raw waa U per. 100,00 population. ... .. One of the revelatlona hVunJ: countable frequency of aulclde In tne clue of aunny and not over-populatea California. According to the Spectator a statistical there are more suicides In van rrent-ec than In any other city In Ibis country and It remains the greatest sul-ilris sul-ilris city of the United States. , " the article eay why It u that of els cltlee of America where aulclde nee been moat fluent in the laat ten yar. nv aav been California cltlee. Thes cltlee, In the order of their aulcloal fre- quohcy. are San Francisco. Ban otto, Sacramento. Los Angele and Oakland. The table accompanying; the article howe the aulclde rate In twenty rltles. the highest being Ban Franclaco, with 4: per .duO.000. . |