Woodrow Wilson actually said...

It shall be, and is hereby, made unlawful in any case to pay any seaman wages in advance of the time when he has actually earned the same.

The provision of the statute prohibiting the payment of advance wages to seamen is intended to apply to seamen shipped in foreign ports as w...

the Canal is completed, and is open for commerce

I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority of the Panama Canal Act, do hereby declare and proc...