Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid Acts of Congress, do hereby prescribe, proclaim and mak..."

"This order is issued solely because of the present international situation, and will be withdrawn when the emergency is passed."

"Done at the city of Washington, this sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen and of the Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and Forty-first."

"All persons are warned against entering into any agreement, combination or conspiracy which will prevent any of said lands from selling advantageously, and all persons so offending will be prosecuted ..."