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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
One Sign Of the Times.
(Rnrton Advertiser

One very significant fact may have
escaped the attention of the average
reader of the news. Since the tragedy of
the Lusitania, three large American
plants, which had previously declined to
take any part in the tempting contracts
offered by representatives of the Allies.
for the manufacture of ammunition. have
already made the fact public that their
scruples against entering that industry
have been swept away. The only excuse
offered by the Germans, SO far. for that
abominable deed in taking the lives of
the inoffensive and helpless women and
babies, was found in the meagre ship
ment of small-arms cartridges which
formed an inconspicuous feature of the
Lusitania's cargoes. These three firms
alone, which have now agreed to turn
out ammunition as fast as it may be
needed. can send over to Europe in a
little while. probably, 100 times as many
cartridges as were destroyed when the
Lusitania was blown up. Simply from
selfish standpoint. without counting the
unanimous execration Of the United
States, and the inevitable complications
with this country, how much do the
German statesmen believe that they
have gained in stimulating the efforts
to supply the Allies with ammunition,
now?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

looked with favor on the Young man, and
not only continued him In the position OF
guard but made him yard master and
then commissary Of the prison. And, 10
time sped on, just as usual. and the ad-
ministration again changed and became
Democratic. And so the Son OF Ham
went down and out and one Waterhouse
ruled in his stead. And it looked very
good to G. ivan. who felt that he had
been but a spared monument under Ham,
but would hold his job az a matter OF
vested right with Waterhouse. What
then was his surprise. the other day,
when Warden W. had him on the carpet
and made known that he had been told
by several people that he (Young) had
been voting the Republican ticket and
flirting" with Republicans while he was
under the influence Of Ham; and Mr..
Waterhouse wanted to know. you
know" and intimated that If the re-
ports he heard were true his resignation
would be acceptable. Mr.. Young was
astonished and denied the aspersion and
demanded to be confronted with his ac-
cusers. He admitted that he had not
made his Democracy very conspicuous
for the past two years. but he defied any
body to prove, under the secret ballot,
that he had voted the Republican ticket
or did any (politicaD flirting. He made
his denial very strong. but he was fired
just the same.
And now Ivan the Terrible has his war;
paint on and Is mighty in his wrath. He
wants to know why. with only an anony.
NOUS impeachment of his political vir-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

fatalities The number of injured 10
Thirteen persons were killed In Mlchi-
gan-six in Detroit alone.
Seven Ohioans met death and Is otnera
were badly injured.
California reports seven deaths and
more than a score injured.
Georgia saw two deaths and twelve 80:
rious accidents that did not have fat4l
results.
The above facts are given on thu
"clip sheet" sent out by the National
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Assn from
Cincinnati, and these chronic dealers In
sophistry and falsehood put over 1t
these headlines:
because irresponsible Drivers Carried
Automobiiins to Excess Will Thess
Exeeptionabls Cases Result in Total
Prohibition Of This Modern Form Of
Transportation"
OF course the purpose Of the rum
trust in sending out such idiotic pre-
tense is to fool the unthinking into the
belief that their own traffic has just
as 6OOu I1Sut W llNc dS IAS oNSoAAAS
bile business.
If there were any analogy whatever
there might be opportunity for argu-
ment, the wholly false claim leaves no
chance. No comparison exists. All
is contrast. Booze has no defence.
its every utility is toward death where
it does not take the place Of some-
thing that would do its work. While
the automobile gets one victim (and
that most often because Of booze) Old
John Barleycorn and his family get
hundreds.
A business that is wholly "excess''
should be prohibited,
A business that is 99-100ths eco
nomic advantage and is disgraced by
drunkards and fooI-heads should be
regulated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
Cost Hair History.

[Note:-under the Republican tariff
laws Angora goat hair was entered as
wool, class two" and was dutlable
at ~ cents a pound. The underwood
law placed raw woods on the free list.
but goat hair was reclassified and
given a duty of fifteen per cent. ad
valorem. The late Hon. Serene r.
Payne said, statistics show that
there are 100000 goats in this coun-
try, probably 2.999,999 of which are in
the State Of Texas" Representative
Garner Of Texas. was member OF
the Ways and Means Committee
when the Underwood law was
framed.]
The tariff bill went through the
House, as writ, from A to z, with
ten per cent. on cattle. and all beef
products free. Sheep paid an ad
valorem, their wool taxed not Il
groat, but all the wiles Of statesman
ship could not get Garner's goat.
They slipped the skids meath Sched-
ule C, farm products got the axe;
they made up for the difference with
a damphule income tax. The stand
pats" growled and grumbled, the Bull
Moose bawled note-but all the
flights forensic could not get Gamers
goat. Gus Gardner swore a Goldfish
OATH and Hamp Moore waxed So
cratic; Jim Mann singed off his
lamberquins as he damned things
Democratic; up rose the placid I'm
derwood and put it to vote-two
eighty to one thirty-nine could not
get Gamers goat. The bill went to
the Senate, where they labored to
amend-and what they did to sugar
All. may the fates forfend! Ransdell
became Republican on that one thins
but note, he did not cross single
1t" to get Jack Gamers goat. AMI
Mary and her little lamb died In the
arms Of Smoot; steel rails swan
songed to Penrose, and Eaters wep'
to Root. Not one Of those grave
! seigniers could rise and clear his
throat, and strive by filibuster. to gal
lack Garner's goat. Browse on, thou
mild-eyed ruminant, thou art the
casual nexus that binds protection te
free trade thou Garner goat Of Texas
Lie snug in thy protected fleece. thou
modest not a cote. While Garner Is
thou shalt have peace-they'll get not
Gamers goat!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
The Champion German Liar.
(sprinsfield Republican,


The point Is grotesquely missed by
Baron Mumm Won Schwarzenstein Of
the German foreign office when he
says that THE newness of an instru-
ment of warfare is no argument
against using It," What the world
objects to is not the use Of airships
and submarines as instruments IF
warfare but their use as instruments
for Strengthening noncombatants. 1t
objected no less to the slaughter of
noncombatants in Belgium with old
instruments Of warware like guns,
and he Is wholly mistaken in suppos-
ing that neutrals failed to sympathize
with the victims of Russian invaders
in East Prussia. II sympathy was
facts were more in doubt and because
Belgium and. Poland were the earlies.
and most conspicuous sufferers from
wanton violence. The baron is a
notable recruit to the list of official
apologists; he has condensed into &
given space more false statements.
more bad logic. and more evasions "
the point. at issue than any spokes
man for either side has accom- :
plished since the war began. To be
crooked at a dozen places in a half
column Of newspaper space is feat
which only long years of diplomatic
service could make possible. Such
outgivings from German officials at
home should help to reconcile us to
DR.. Dernburg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
Difference ia "Excesses."

One hundred and twenty-eight human
lives were lost in automobile accidents
in the United States in April just ended.
Two hundred and ten persons were in
jured, Sc seriously.
Speed cost the lives of five score. Speed
resulted in the injury Of ten score others.
Twelve cars, moving at great speed.
their drivers trying to beat trains over
crossings. were hit by locomotives.
Seventy cars. hitting it up skidded.
IN every instance human life FORGETTING.
Records show that IS pedestrians were
killed. In several instances the fault
cororers' juries found. rested on the Pc
destrian. In the majority Of cases, how
ever, the cars crushing out the lives were
speeding.
A significant feature of the April rec
ord is that many accidents were due to
the acts Of drivers who had recently pur-
chased machines.
Illinois springs to the front with an
April record Of SO killed. This figure in
cluies the Chicago city list.
Pennsylvania witnessed 30 fatal
crashes. The list of injured who sur
vived accidents totals Is.
Seventeen persons were killed in auto
crashes in Massachusetts,.
New York State was the scene of Is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
Editorial Comment
Britain's Responsibility.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)

While the most extreme and ,insen-
safe opinion cannot mitigate the hor-
ror Of the sinking without warning NJ
the Lusitania, with her precious
freight of men, women and babies,
persons afflicted by the most viru'
lent type of Teutonophobia must
be forced to admit that Britain
blundered, to use the mildest Of
terms. in failing to employ her
naval patrol :, for the protection
of the greatest vessel of her
merchant marine. carrying more than
1900 passengers and a crew of several
hundred more.
1t has been the boast Of officials
and newspapers of Great Britain that
millions Of soldiers have been brough'
to the field Of war in France and
Flanders, from Canada. Australia
Africa and India with perfect i'm
munity from attack. Cargoes 81
horses and millions of tons of NUM-
tions of war have been similarl,
TRANSPORTED without catastrope. This
same tremendous protective machin-
cry which gave assurance Of success
for these phenomenal performances
should have been available for, the
protection of the Lusitania. for tht
Pennsylvania, which is threatened
with similar destruction. and for 9th
er vessels under British and French
flags which may come within strik
ing distance of the terrible submarin,
torpedoes.
But it must be realized by everI
person of fair and humane thought
no matter Of what nationality, tina
no remissness of Britain in the matte
Of protection can minimize a horro
like that of the sinking of the Lusi
tania, which has no parallel in his
| tOry
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
More Prison Politics.


Mr.. g. Ivan Young Of Gushing was in
this city Tuesday calling on friends. wht
had no difficulty in inferring from hi
conversation and manner that he was II
a state of mind. There was blood in his
eye and fire In his speech.
Mr.. Young has resided in Gushing
nearly all his life. and appeals to the old
est inhabitants. who know his manner OF
life from his youth. to bear him out IL
his declaration that after the most strict
est sect Of Knox politics he has lived 9
Democrat. And he had labored in the
Democratic vineyard, and represented
Cushing in the Sanhedrim at Augusta az
Democrat. Insomuch that one Wiggin,
also Democrat and for season chief
ruler over the prison at Thomaston. gave
him gun and set him on the wallis
thereof as guard. And Wiggin, when
he had past in his official checks, was
succeeded by one of the tribe Of Ham,
who was Republican and ordinarily had
no use ct all for Democrats. But he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

tue, he Is cast out into unofficial dark
ness, while Republicans who boldly
haunt their shame are holding more than
half the prison ofices-and the latest
half too. He has not fully made up his
mind what he is going to do about 1t but
promises that it will be something very
interesting. And he wants a piece put
into the paper about 1t. whici. we are
charmed to do to oblige him. And the
more willingly because he put down
haif-dollar for a six-months subscription
to the Opinion. That proves his Democ-
racy 50 cents worth at any rate. but
whether 1t will have retroactive effect,
in the mind Of the Warden. fixing his
status in the Ham administration, we
can't say.
We wait the next bulletin from the
prison. which Is furnishing lots OF ex-
element OF late.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

All this talk at the trial in Syracuse
about the public printing at Albany, with
contracts for 100000 worth given to
one firm in Is years, must be read with
wistful signs of sympathetic interest
down in Augusta -on-the-Ke nnebec.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Oh. we don't know! If you could
see the way Lewiston, Portland. Bath.
Waterville and Bangor mouths water
over the grubstakes coming to Au-
gusta on the -Kennebec (by permission
of the Governor and Council) you
might revise your opinion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Not only are the Georgia peach grow.
ers expecting to ship between AGO and
this year-more than ever before-but
the peaches are said to be exceptionally
fine. They will be welcome in our midst.
-Eoston Globe.
Great Scott What Is the capacity of
your midst ?-Waltham Free Press
Tribune.
We have often wondered-Boston
Globe.
That largest circulation" is evil
IDENTIFY no joke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

school as he died from the car M
over on Tuesday. BY so doing =
will greatly oblige his loving ND
er." %
You must stop teach my LIN
fiscal torture. she needs yet reafH
& figors NIT sums more as that y
want her to do junlpin / kin
her jump,
please excuse my Paul for r
absent he is yet sick with dipte12
der doctors don't tink he will d
to oblige his loving aunt Mrs.
I am his mothers sister frodk
first husband"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
Why the Lesson steppsf.

The teacher was taking ~
the infant Sabbath-school
was making her pupils fl4iG
sentence to show that they u1,9
her.
"The idol had eyes," the
said, but it could not"
See" cried the children.
1T had ears, but it could not
Hear" was the answer.
1T had lips" she said, "buts =
not"
Speak," once more replied Il
dren.
1T had a nose, but itvcould q
Wipe it," shouted the cd
and the lesson had to stop Z r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Jacob H. Schiff says the country Is
going to enter upon an era Of un-
precedented prosperity. Yes, and
simultaneously it will enter upon
renewed period of Republican con-
troll
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
Light and Airy
Curious Excuses.

The following curious excuses" it
is said, were actually given to the
teachers by pupils in a public school.
Prank could not come for wks
because he had amonia &, information
Of the vowels."
II Louis is bad pleas lick him till
his eyes are, blus. He is very stub
born. He has a or. deal of mule in
him. He takes after his father
please ex. Henry for not coming .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Some men grow in the confidence
Of the public because of what they
say, and others because Of what they
don't say. We have marked ex-
amples in the present war crisis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

state ever had. The answer Is too
easy: that legislature was over
whelmingly Republican In both
branches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Did you ever see a German walk
Spanish? Well, we'd like to see u
done to Dernburg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
Steamer islander

Leaves Augusta EVERY DAT at 7.@
Al n e ssSps z , a.'ioY H.,9 ss Gar
soothbay Harbor. ks snmGlne' ,ss css;
Boothbay Harbof EVERY DAY at go
Z. NJ, Bath Al6: Stops a Richmond,
rivss at Augusta about s r, M.
Stops at bouthport, Capitol, SQUIRREL
Island ana Ocean Point.
AGENTa-WaltAr y eanhcrn, Tel. q,
Augusta; Levi T. Williams. Halloween.
aprasdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

world over, but to get the real genu'
inc baked bean one has to come OF
send to Maine. That fact is illustrated
by an incident which occurred
Wednesday at Bath. when gentle
man and his wife from Westport, Ct.
visitors in Maine and evidently nav
ing had a sample Of Maine baked
beans. went into a store and ordered
sent to their Connecticut home an old
fashioned clay bean pot, together with
parcel of old -fashioned yellow eye
beans. What feast they will have II
they have had the proper instruction
as TO the cooking.
Among the resolutions drawn up a.
the recent Sunday school convention
at Pressure Isle were the following:
Resolved, that temperance instruction
and work be systematically pursued IN
the county and that the county ex-
ecutive committee be asked to make
an annual appropriation for the ex-
pense of the temperance department.
Also, resolved, that the convention go
on record as favoring national pro-
hibition and the enforcement of the
prohibitory law in our state. 1t was
advocated that all district conven-
tions in the county hold their annual
meetings the same week on succes-
siVe days in order that the expenses
might be shared in way that woula
enable the securing Of better speak
ers; also that each S. S. Of the county
be urged to pay the expense OF al
least one delegate to the State con-
vention. that all schools may be sure
Of representative.
The twin towns of Dover and Fox
croft claim the record for married
couples who have enjoyed so or more
years of married life. At the present
time II couples who have enjoyed 50
or more years Of happy married life
are among the active residents of the
two towns. They are Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard B. Oaks, who have been mar
ried so years; Mr.. and Mrs. James f..
Norris. who have been married .
years; Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Prem
tiss, married 81 years; Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph G. Lyford, married So years;
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Cochran. mar
ried so years; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph W..
Robinson. married 81 years; Mr.. and
Mrs Stephen S. Sawyer, married So
years; Mr.. and Mrs. David j. Edgerly.
married 81 years; Mr.. and Mrs. A. M.
Warren, married 81 years; Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank E. Pratt, married so years;
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Towne, married So
years; Mr.. and Mrs. John Shattuck.
married SO years: Mr.. and Mrs. John
F. Arnold. married So years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Nequasset lake in Woolwich is said
to be extremely deep, sounding in some
parts having failed to ind bottom and
1000 feet being claimed in other parts.
The lake contains about 1900 acres
and a fine head Of water is had at the
mill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
Wiscasset, Waterville &
Pennington Railway Company
IN EFFECT aEPT. a. 1siA.
Eastern Steamship Cooperation
BOSTON 4 PORTLAND LINE
EFFECT SEPT. q. 1874

BOSTON A. PORTLAND LINE
Steamships BAY STATE and COVER
NOR DINGLEY. Leave Franklin Wharf
week days 100 p. N. for Boston. Re-
turning leave Boston from Central Wharf
week days 100 p. M.
Day trips leave Portland 600 A. NJ,
Thursdays. Due Boston ECO p. NJ.
MAINE sTEAMeHlP LINE
Steamships NORTH LAND and NORTH
STAR. Leave Franklin Wharf, Portland.
at $50 p. NJ. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
kEkNEBEc LINE
Leave Gardner Tues, Thurs. and Sat,
S.45 p. NJ. Dresden 40 P. NJ, Richmond
Glide permitting) l.l5 2. NJ; Bath $40 p.
ton, Mon., Wed. Fri, go p. NJ. for
above landings.
BATH AND eooTHaAv LINE
Leave Bath week days at SIS A. NJ. and
245 p. M. Returning Leave Boothbay
Harbor week days at 100 A. N. and 100
H. A. CLAY. supt., Portland. Maine.
M. A.. HARApEN. Supt.. Bath, Maine.
6tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

The Boston Transcript remarks
that this years legislature in Now
Hampshire was one Of the best the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Alice May Douglas of Bath has in
her collection Of curios and relics a
stone bearing three distinct represen-
tations of the human face. The work
manship seems to be that Of the In
dams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

wick. Lewiston. FarmlngtOn; Portland.
land and Boston: 4.W p. M, (express).
Brunswick. Rockland, Portland. Boston
and New York; 5.l6 F. M. Hallowell,
Gardiner and So. Gardiner; 6.12 P. M,
Lewiston, Portland and way stations;
1910 P. M. Lewiston, Bath. Portland,
Boston. Sundays sos and $40 A. NJ, 3.30
(New York; and 1910 p. NJ. Portland and
Boston.
GOING EAsT-1.1 A. M, Bangor. st.
John, Halifax, Aroostook Go. Sunday
morning does not connect beyond Ban
gor; 3.09 A. NJ. (express), Bangor, Calais
and Bar Harbor. Sunday does not con-
meet to Calais; 633 A, NJ, local to Moose
head Lake (via Oaklandl, Belfast. Fox
croft and Bangor: s.17 A. NJ. local to
Belfast, Bangor and SkoWhegan: 12.09 P.
NJ, Watervtile. Bangor, p. & A. r. R.,
Calais, ST. John and IIalifax: ia p. NJ,
express to :Watervflle, thence local to
Waterville and Skowhegan: 7.0S p. NJ,
Waterville. 8kowhegan and Bangor.
Sundays Ill A. NJ, for Bangor: az A.
NJ, for Bangor and Bar Harbor; $50 A.
NJ, 2.53 p. M, for Bangor and Skowhe-
| gan.
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell.
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 63S, So
! A. NJ, 1913, $40. 400. SIS. 6l2. 1910 p. M.
H. D. WALDRON, GEM Passenger Agt.
d. c. Douglass. Gen'l Mgr, Portland, Me-
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RAILROADS & STEAMBOATS,.
Maine CENTRAL R. R,
In Effect May 8, 1915.
LEAVE AUGUSTA AS FOL-
LOWS:

GOING WEST-S.@ A. NJ,
except Monday, Portland
and Boston; 1888 A. M.
Lewiston, Pennington,
Rockland, Portland, Bos-
ton, Montreal and Que
hac. go A. NJ. Bruns-
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Boston baked beans are known the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15
AUGUSTA LODGE DIREc7s,

JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, Ma y
Meetings at 500 o'clock every secs,1@
f0urfh Tuesday. Tuesday, May
tu Golden sRule dagree.
w. III. JOHNSON.
G. p. STEWART. A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-15

Bar Harbor had a road bee last
Wednesday at which about 500 men
turned out with their teams and did
some fine work on the roads, and
Ellsworth Is contemplating the same
kind of missionary work on an exceed
ingly bad piece Of road.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-24

Mr. and Mrs. 1. E. Raymond Of
Frohn were Bemidji visitors yester-
day.
James Boobar and daughter Ruth
of Nary were among the business
callers in Bemidji yesterday.
A jolly crowd wanted for the Dam
Sunday Boat, leaves at 2:30.-Adv.
Albert Graft, who owns splendid
farm on the shores of Wolf Lake was
a business visitor in the city Friday.
Robert E. Fisher, ticket agent at
the Union station left for Minneapolis
last-evening on short business trip.
DR.. w. K. Dennison and D. R.
Burgess motored to Puposky today
where they attended to business mat
ters.
Mrs. John Doran of International
Falls is visiting at the home of. her
mother, Mrs. Lucy Hazen for few
days.
One of these days you ought. to
60 to Hakkerup's and have your pic
ture taken-Adv.
Mrs. F. F. Hammersley of Min
.neapolis is visiting at the home of
her mother, Mrs. D. Wilcox for few
weeks.
E. c. McGregor returned from
Minneapolis this morning where he
has spent several days on business
matters.
Judge Marshall A. Spooner left this
morning for International Falls
where he will spend the day on legal
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cooks returned
to their rome in Minneapolis last
evening after spending several days
:in=Bemidji.
A fine showing of white hats at
the Henrionnet Millinery 313 Mime
sofa avenue.-Adv.
Mrs. C. F. Williams of Grand Forks
who is spending the summer at Lake
side, was a guest at the Homer c.
Baer home yesterday.
Herbert Doran, chief of the Be