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Show STEAMER CALIFORNIA CANCELS PASSAGES NEW YORK, March 3 The Cunard line offices here were notified by a cablegram fronrf the home office in Liverpool Liv-erpool to stop the loading of the steamship steam-ship California and to cancel the pass-; ages of all persons who have booked on her. The California was due to sail for Liverpool tomorrow evening. Forty cabin and seventy-five third-class passengers pas-sengers had made reservations. The cablegram gave no reason for the order, but the understanding here is that the British government intends to take over the California as a naval auxiliary. |