OIL GEOLOGISTS TO MEET HERE TODAY PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD TODAY AT 8:15 O'CLOCK AT CITY HALL. Prominent geologists from all parts of the United States, with some from foreign nations, are assembling in Dallas for the fourth annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which begins this morning and will conclude Saturday. Some arrived yesterday and many last night, but the bulk of the delegates is expected this morning. It is understood that the meeting will be devoted to registration at headquarters in the junior lobby of the Adolphus hotel, although some informal addresses may be made. Business sessions will be held in the induced roof garden of the hotel. The first business session will be held from 2 to 5 o'clock this afternoon. This is to be a symposium on the North Texas oil fields. The program calls for a discussion on the Adolphus by J. D. Under, on the lithology and characteristics of the Bend series; relation of surface structures to the occurrence of oil in North Texas, by Wallace E. Platt; folds in the Benavides anticline, by W. G. Smith; L. I. Sands, ancient rocks shown in the well borings around the Llano split, by J. V. Udden; notes on the structures and oil showings in the red beds of the Adolphus by H. Steed; the Cretaceous problem as it relates to the possibility of determining structures in the underlying Pennsylvanian, Mississippian and Devonian formations by a general discussion; water problem of the Bend series and its effect on production of oil and coal deposits by a general discussion; a review of the developments in the Central Texas district by W. C. Matteson. Public Meeting Tonight. The only meeting for the general public, save the banquet tomorrow night, will be held at 8:15 o'clock tonight in City Hall Auditorium. Here the addresses will be such as a layman can understand them. The principal talk will be made by Dr. Frank Knowlton, United States Geological Survey; "The Adolphus identified" will be the subject of an illustrated lecture by E. B. Dutton, Geologist of Texas. An illustrated lecture on China by M. L. Fuller also will be given. Secretary W. E. Wrather said that, while the public was welcome to attend the convention, the discussion would be more appreciated by the laity. He urges all who are interested in the development to attend the meeting tonight. "Some interesting oil and gas problems will be set forth in understandable terms. Prominent Geologists Arrive. Prominent among the arrivals yesterday were Alexander A. Anderson, president of the association, and Dr. White of Morgantown, W. Va., who has been State Geologist for more than two years. Dr. White is known as the "father" of oil geology in West Virginia. Distinguished Pacific Coast geologists also arrived yesterday, including H. R. Voshell, a geologist for the Southern Pacific and associated Oil Company; J. E. Smith of California; Carl Hi. Bland, petroleum technologist at Stanford University; C. A. Mowbray and Maurice Lombardi, superintendent of operations of the Southern Pacific Oil properties. "This is our most important and should be our largest convention," said Dr. Anderson. "It is impossible to tell just what attendance we will have. Many geologists whom we are not expecting may be present in large numbers. The movements of oil geologists are uncertain, owing to such changes as they may receive at any time. "Who said this was his first trip to Dallas? He has visited the Texas oil fields and has never seen the North Texas district. He had come from another section in Kansas immediately after the convention. Europe Bare of Oil. "Europe is bare of oil and the Texas discoveries came as a great relief," Dr. Anderson said, "because American fields were weakened by war conditions throughout the United States Texas is the chief supplier of oil today. If there is no Texas oil, then pipe lines and other facilities for handling petroleum are useless, because labor is so scarce in Europe that it cannot be obtained at a premium. This, rather than the need of oil, may tend to keep prices up. Mr. Wrather pointed out that the geologists are assembling in Dallas just at a time when some of them had received sensational views on Texas oil which have been published recently. "Many of the geologists have not seen the Texas oil fields and they are interested in them. If there is no sufficient number with us to lead the way, it will be hard for geologists to Texas, some of our foreign colleagues who are big developing companies in other States may find that there is nothing existing their outside capital in the State, but have come to investigate. Lecture to De Postmaster. F. M. Lege Jr. will register at the banquet beginning at 7 o'clock, and Morrow, head of the Texas Railroad Commission, will be given a complimentary dinner. Tickets are available at the Adolphus Pharmacy at $2 each. "The Adolphus Convention features such as an address by J. W. Dutton, illustrated by maps and charts. The principal address will be made by R. C. Johnson, chief of the valuation division of the internal revenue office, which deals with the depletion allowance for oil and gas properties. Gilbert Hill, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce committee, has a large number of Dallas citizens at the banquet."