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Show oo DANES IMPOSE HEAVY FINES (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Copenhagen. June 20. A few heavy fines and Imprisonments at the beginning begin-ning of the war have relieved the goA ernment of serious difficulties in pn ventlnp the smuggling of contraband The only important trade in contraband contra-band which the authorities failed to stop took place five months ago, when a director of an important corn company com-pany va$ caucht shipping two car goes of corn to Germany and was find about seven thousand dollars. The authorities detected the owners of the "Carmen" attempting to send copper to Germany All conneete.i with the attempt was heavily Fined and two of the owners were sentenced to three years at hard labor. Their vessel was confiscated by the state. There was also a futile attempt c'' a Swedish firm to send a cargo of Danish rifles to Germany. Those im-plicnted im-plicnted wore heavily fined. Since war broke out the trade with Germany in foodstuffs has been heavily heav-ily increased. An extraordinary trad' in horses took place until five month? ago Animals valued at no less than $25,000,000 were exported and pea ants received as much as $300 each or inferior hordes, but this trade was Stopped before the end of 114. 00 Read the Classified Ads. OO Read the Classified Ads. |