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Show DEVICE TO LAUNCH AEROPLANES FROM WARSHIP iN ACTION Promising Invention Being Perfected by Lieut Elly-' Elly-' son of the Navy. BRIIX3lcrORT. Conu . May 11 An ap-1 psratisv for launching aeroplane from (he, Jerks of warships in action without re- j jtifnng any elaborate special rigging and aittiaut lnteferlng with the firing of the I un in being perfected here under thai supervision cf Ueut. Theodore G. Ely tt'tt, U. . -. In a statement regarding the prugieae uf the work, ma-1- to tlie Hnrtguport Umrd of trade. Lieutenant Kllyeor declare de-clare that while the feats of Mr. Ely in flying to ami from a batlleahfp and achievements of Mr. Curtis in flying ar aeroplane from the water and a'lgi.tt g on the water, are atepa In the tight direction, di-rection, they have not solved the problem of the use of aeroplane In naval war-fare. war-fare. The new apparatus whlh is prl-jf prl-jf mart I y the Invention of Mr. Curtis, may w be rigged up In Ave minutes and In such a position kb to Interfere with none of the guns of the battleship. It wit I make It possible for war vesaet to carry a I' neoi 0i aeroplane |