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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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Thieves and vandals looted $1,500,000 in jewels, valuables, and garments from Berlin's Imperial Palace in the weeks after the armistice. 500 arrests made; some property recovered. Ex-emperor's warden secured art treasures before ex-Kaiser's flight to Holland.
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Imperial palace at Berlin,
Recent dispatches from Berlin state that thieves and vandals, operating during the weeks since the armistice was signed, have pilfered jewels, valuables and rich garments totaling $1,500,000 from the imperial palace at Berlin. Five hundred persons have been arrested in connection with the thefts and considerable property has been recovered. The ex-emperor's warden took the bulk of the art treasures to a place of safety before the ex-kaiser departed for his hiding place in Holland.
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Berlin
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Weeks Since The Armistice Was Signed
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five hundred persons have been arrested in connection with the thefts and considerable property has been recovered.
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Thieves and vandals have pilfered jewels, valuables and rich garments totaling $1,500,000 from the imperial palace at Berlin. The ex-emperor's warden took the bulk of the art treasures to a place of safety before the ex-kaiser departed for his hiding place in Holland.