Show Styled Self-Styled World Saver Ends Death Fast of Four Days John A. A Bender 59 gulped a digitalis pill for tor breakfast breakfast break break- fast complained of a stomach ache acne and then announced that he was ending his fast unto death which he started in hopes of ot saving saying sav say ing the world Bender who began his fast to teach the world the value of or virtue virtue vir vir- tue and save it from destruction said a religious caller visited him to dissuade him from starving himself himself him him- self to death He said the caller was Frederick Kettner head of ot the Institute Institute Institute In In- for Advancement of ot Cultural and Spiritual Values He said he could use a man like me and he wants me to give up the fast and join him Bender said He had planned at first to move to io the home of his sister Mrs Morris Morris Morris Mor Mor- ris Le May at Chippewa Falls Wis but she didn't seem impressed or sympathetic with her brothers brother's fast If he wants to starve himself to o death that's his business she had said Well bury him In the family plot up here Bender tall tull and gaunt had not ea eaten ten for four fa our ur days except to wet his lis lips with water But he continued continued continued con con- to take digitalis to alleviate a heart condition he has suffered for 10 0 years The manager of his hotel could not explain why Bender would take digitalis to gu 3 on living so that he could starve himself to death Im not h k g crackpot Bender had said Im just an ordinary person trying to be a savior |