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Show PENSION FOR POLICE LIKELY TO BE , ADOPTED Measure Pastes Second Reading in Senate After Prolonged Discussion Bunker Canister's measure to pen-sloa pen-sloa police officer In cities of the first and second ciaes was up In the senate Thursday on an adverse report made l.y the committee to which It had been referred, although a hard fieht was made to have the report set aside. It' wns contended upon tle part of the ( opponents of the bill Ihat- ic4Ues-uf ( the first and second classes It would prevent men who were In the early ' fifties In age from obtaining work in the department. A numher of amend-' menta were offered, one of which makes the Inauguration of the pension op-. tlonal with city cnmmlKelonera and another an-other providing that the pension ahall be 4 per month. With these amend-menta amend-menta the measure passed second reading, read-ing, the one negative vote being castj by Henator Jenkins. There was a prolonged debate over I the measure of KeprcncntatWs arker tally every senator participated, r"ev- , eral amendments were msde to the bill i by Henator Jenkins affecting the sale I if the condensed product. One amend- inent to compel all dealers In condensed I milk. In addition to those who dealt' In the Imitation article, to obtain a II-I cense, failed to be adopted. It Was this intendment thst precipitated the debate i ind It was defeated by a vote of to II. Another amendment adopted flsed I I he date for the measure to go Into ef. ,i 'et at ninety days after approval. The! Jill Is on the third reading esJendsr. ' DAMAGE SUIT DROPPED. When neither tha plaintiff nor.i he defendant were represented In , ludge M. 1 Ritchie's court yesterday, i ho $.10,040 heart balm suit of Arthur , he nurd against Dr. Tbomss O. Odell , in dropped from tile calendar. The , luit was brought several months ago l, hen rihepard alleged that Udell kept I -ompany with his wife while he was in , "run re with a musical unit of the I, .'nlted Htates army. Mrs. Mhepard and ' ( ler husband were divorced when he turned to the ''nited Plates I |