BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (r American sculptor, was born in Vienna on Dec. 6, 1867. After studying art there, in 1889 he removed to the United States, where he became naturalized. Among his principal works are : the Astor memorial gates, Trinity church, New York; "Elements Controlled and Uncontrolled," on the Administration building at the Chicago Exposition; a large relief, "Triumph of Civilization," in the wait ing-room of the Broad street station of the Pennsylvania railway in Philadelphia; decorations for the Dewey naval arch in New York city; a sitting statue and a bust of Dr. Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania ; and the Villard and Hubbard memorials in the New York chamber of commerce. In 1911 he finished a model designed for the Henry Hudson monument. He was director of sculpture at the San Francisco Exposition (1912 16) and at the time of his death in New York (April ro, 1915) was president of the National Sculpture Society.