DAVIES, HUBERT HENRY 0869-1917), English play wright, was born in Cheshire on March 17, 1876. After some years of journalism in San Francisco, where he also produced a few vaudevilles, he returned to England and made a success in London with Cousin Kate and Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace. Among his other comedies were The Mollusc (1907) and Doormats (1912). He produced The Outcast (1914). His health broke down as the result of overwork in France as a hospital orderly during the World War, and he was found dead at Robin Hood's bay, Yorks, on Aug. 17,1917.