Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1918 — DURACK TO VISIT AMERICA [ARTICLE]

DURACK TO VISIT AMERICA

Negotiations Have Been Concluded for Visit of Australian Swimmer to This Country. William Unmack of San Francisco, formerly an official of the Pacific A. »A- U., authorizes the statement that negotiations have been concluded for the visit to this country of Miss Fannie Durack, the famous Australian BW’immer, who holds nearly all the world’s records for women. It is quite surprising news, for only a few weeks ago cables from Sydney, New South Wales, announced the departure of Miss Durack for “somewhere at the front” as a Red Cross nurse. Unmack, however, is positive in his statement. He asserts that the Australian mermaid will land in California about June 12, and that he has already booked her for several meets on the coast. He is now endeavoring to secure dates for her in the middle West and East, so that she may tour the United States and try conclusions with the fair champions of all districts.