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Show NOTED SCULPTOR IS DEAD 1 NEW YORK Karl Theodore Francis Bit ter Succumbs to Injuries Received in Accident NEW YOEK April 10 Karl Theo dore Francis Bitter Chief of the depart ment of sculpture of the Panama Pacific exposition and one of the best Jcnown sculptors jol this country died in a hos p tal here today of injuries he suffered when he and Mrs B tter were run down last n ght bv an automobile n Broadway Mrs B tter s injur es are not senous Mr B tter was director of sculpture of the Buffalo exposition and chief of the department of sculpture of the St Louis exposition He had executed many important private commissions, nclud ng the statue of arl Schurz here, and works in the homes of Collis P Hunt ngton Cornelius Vanderbilt an 1 other wealthy men He des gned the or gates for Tnn tv h ireh here He was a member of the Nat onal In t tute of Arts and Letters and an aca 1 m cian of the Nat onal Academy f es gn Mr B tter was 47 years of age oming here in 1889 from Vienna, where e was born His home was in this city Mr B tter had his advent into sculp ture as a ak lied laborer He was em ployed in th s capac ty by a firm of arch tectural decorators when he en terel a contest for des en of the $200 000 bronze doors at Tr n ty church known as the Astor memor al gates lie won the contest and w th tb s money as d. foundat on opened a small studio and started h s career as a sculptor SAlv FRANCISCO Apr 1 10 To Men 1 sculpture with varying arch te taral concepts an 1 to ens re in Pana na Pacific oxpos tion b 1 1 gi and courts what s said by cnt es fo le ft remnrk able on ty was the 1 ty of Karl fheo dore Francis litter consulting chief of the department of sculpture who led todav n Isew lork H a success experts said is shown throngho t the expos Hod anl not in any one group A Sterl ng Caller of New "iork s act ng in charge of Mr Bitter e work |