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Show - oo GORE STORY HAS NO FOUNDATION Colleague Visits President and Investigates Amazing Account Ac-count Blind Senator Made to Senate. WILL SUPPORT WILSON Acting Chairman Pou Assures Victory in House for Administration Ad-ministration Position. Washington, March 3. Senator Owen, colleague of Senator Gore, who amazed the sonate with a report that President Wilson had said the entrance ent-rance of the United States into the European war might render a service to civilization, conferred with the president this morning and said later he had found Senator Gore's account entirely without foundation. Senator Owen went to the White House at the request of several other senators to learn the exact status of the international situation before the senate votes on the Gore resolution warning Americans off armed ships. Will Support President. Senator Owen will support the president. presi-dent. He said after his conference that while the international situation was grave It was not nearly as bad as pictured by Senator Gore In the senate yesterday. Acting Chairman Pou of the house rules committee saw the president and told him a victory for his position was sure In the house. Mr. Pou declared that he still thought tho foreign affairs committee would be able to reach some kind of agreement to get the question to tho floor. He said the rules committee did not plain to move until It was plain that the foreign affairs committee commit-tee would act. Mr. Pou dlscusBcd the International situation generally with the president so that he could have information for other members of tho house. The president reiterated that ho did not desire a vote of confidence. It was Indicated that the administration adminis-tration leaders were laying careful plans for bringing the question up In the house, but Mr. Pou refused to discuss dis-cuss them. |