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Show WIRE FIRM WILL HCHTJUELS Western Union Would Restrain ' Naval Secretary From Hindering Cables WASHINGTON, Nov :2. The Western Union Telegraph company ap- plied to the District of Cidumlda en preme court today for ah Injunction I to restrain Secretin of the Navy ianieis from interfering in the construction con-struction of 11 telegraph cable between Miami and Miami beach. I lorlda. The western Union company also -iUed the court to require the naval' I secretary to instruct subordinate offl-i ,01018 and naval officers to cease threatening threat-ening to destroy the cable If laid The. company In Its petition pointed out I thai ihe requested injunction would' I cover ;l different eable lin than thj , Barbadoes cable, the laying of which was prevented Kevernl months ago by the sending of worships io Miami. The. Western Union company further furth-er declared that I lie r.ihle now In course of construction was a replace-mcnt replace-mcnt of an existing line, which has 'been In operation since 1 v & , that iSlOO.ftnl) alrendy had been spent in the work and that this expenditure would go for naught unless the nnv department were enjoined from interfering inter-fering with the completion or the v. or'.; . I Rear Admiral Andersbn the com mandanl Of the Miami district, some I time ago ind compelled its employes to cease work although the war de-pa de-pa rtrmnt had approved the plans fori pasMng the draw bridges of the new Miami causeway, the company said. Secretac ianieis, it was assorted. upheld th action of the naval commander com-mander who had declared work OOuld not proceed until Washington permitted per-mitted it rr- |