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Show LAWYERS LEAD IN SUICIDES REPORT; ' EDITORS IMMUNE : NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Since I the signing of the armistice j there has been a constantly increasing in-creasing number of suicides everywhere, ev-erywhere, according to a report issued today by the Save-a-Life league. The report tabulates 5122 cases of suicide in the United States during 1919. Of the pro. fessions lawyers led the list with 43, of whom 12 were judges 36 victims were physicians; physi-cians; 28 teachers and 11 clergymen. cler-gymen. The list included 20 presidents of large business concerns and 50 prominent clubmen, millionaires and wealthy society women. Unhappy Unhap-py marital relations were responsible re-sponsible for 350 tragedies. Men outnumbered women 2987 to 1657, but of the child suicides 252 were girls and 225 boys. Newspaper editors appeared ap-peared to be immune. I |